Heroin || BWWM||Book.1

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝟰𝟮

𝗝 𝗔 𝗞 𝗘

"JAKE !!" My dad's loud voice woke me up well before I wanted to. I tap my phone, checking the time and it shows up as 8:27 AM. Two hours and fifteen minutes since I fell asleep.

"What the- YEAH DAD ?" I answer, hoping he won't call me down.

"Come down here someone is here to see you !!"

I sigh heavily, rubbing my hands down my face. The sun was freshly rose and peeking through my blinds at me. The gold-ish shadow on my arms and bedsheets remind me of Mani. She always looks pretty in the mornings.

"JAKE !"

"IM COMING ! Damn."

Taking a few seconds to gather myself, I pull myself out of bed and stretch my relaxed body. Yawning, I slouch my way downstairs and into the kitchen to see my whole household sitting at the table but amongst them was everything that could shatter my world.

At the table along with my family sat the woman who single handedly ruined Maddie, Corey and I's childhood and ultimately screwed us over completely.

Her—

Seeing Stacey is more than just a struggle for me. It's more than a trigger. It's like dying brutally and reliving it several times all at once. It's that feeling when your chest tightens, you feel dizzy and everything just stops.

"Happy to see me ?" Her voice brings pain to my body. All the memories of it yelling and screaming at me while she beat the shit out me or when her boyfriend would and she would watch.

"What ?" My heart raced. Palms sweaty and head fuzzy.

"I said, are you happy to see me ? You didn't seem to happy the other night when I came to your show."

My heart thumped so hard in my chest it pained me and my stomach felt sick. So much pain and overwhelming emotions that my vision went black.

"JAKE !!!"

My eyes open again and there stands Corey with Alex.

"Why are you here ?" I pant. My body was still in shock about the nightmare. I felt paralyzed.

"Brother you alright ? You look like you seen a ghost." Corey questions, worriedly.

"Bad dream ?"

"Alex get out." Being spooked from my dream, he's the last person I wanna see.

"Get out ? What's your issue now ? It's always something with you man."

"Watch it. Im not in the mood today" I warn him. Im not always a hot head and thanks to Mani I'm better at controlling how I react but Alex makes me forget the progress I've made.

"What ? Whats got you so in a bunch ? Therapy ? Not sleeping again ? That girlfriend of yours?" My head snaps to him. He lowered his head, looking at me from the top of his eyes. "Struck a nerve ? She likes me brother and I think she's nice."

"Alex, chill man" Corey hits his arm.

"Corey stay out of it. Aren't you supposed to be at school or something ?"

"Don't talk to him like that"

Our heads turn to the sound of my door opening and in came Ally. Great. The other one is here.

"What's going on in here ?" She closes the door behind her and walks in to stand at the corners of my bed.

"I'm just wondering, why our little brother didn't think to tell his girlfriend about his us." He crosses his arms, walking farther into my room.