Tempt me

New beginnings

Saturday's where always slow, but today felt extra slow.
You where exhausted, you where a full time stripper, working day in and day out. Never taking a break. It wasn't ideal but you had to do what was necessary to make ends meet for not only you, but your little brother too. Your parents where deadbeats. They never took care of you, you guys would bounce from house to house. They were run down, bug and rodent infested, and full of drugs. It was nowhere for a child to be. The longest you've stayed at a place was a year.. you had to leave, you had to get out of there, you did not want to end up like a deadbeat druggie like your parents, so you ran away when you where 17 and you never looked back until 3 months ago. Why? Because those dumb fucks had another fucking baby. You wouldn't have even know that if it was for your cousin. The only one in your family who actually talks to you.
You where not about to let your little brother go through what you went through. Over your dead body. You refused to let him suffer the trauma that you did. It wasn't going to happen. So you took him in.

"Y/n?" You turn your head to see who it was. It was your best friend Layla. "Yes?" You reply with a bit of exhaustion in your voice. "You want a ride?" She asks "I know your car broke down yesterday." She looks at you waiting for an answer.
"Um" you think about it. "It's fine, I'll take a a cab." She looks at you and rolls her eyes as you change into sweat pants and an oversized T-shirt. "Fine." "Suit yourself." She walks out with her bag packed.
You finish changing and now you are grabbing your things for the night. You quickly count your money and leave.
Just as your about to walk out the door, your boss Chris stops you. "Y/n, can I have a word?" You look at him a bit impatiently and annoyed. "No disrespect, but I gotta get home to my brother." "So please make this quick." He rolls his eyes and continues on with what he was going to say. "Look, all I wanted to say was, good job tonight." "And if you ever need help, I'm here."
You cut him off before he says anything else. "I know, thank you." "But I really gotta go." You rush out the door and wait for your cab. You start to get impatient waiting so you start walking home. It was 3:03 in the morning at this point. Your already coming home later than what you told the nanny you would be, you told her you would be home an hour ago. You stop just for a moment to grab your AirPods out of your bag so you can listen to music, it will be a good 20-30 minute walk from Appleton to your apartments. It starts to get a bit chilly so you pick up the pace.

Finally. Your home.

You enter the building. You take the elevator up to the 5th floor. "Your almost there." "Just a few more steps." You say to yourself.
You make it to the door. You get your keys out and unlock the door. "Home sweet home." You walk to the couch laying your stuff down.