The Beast Within

Twelve

The First Fight...

Things between Riley and I were amazing. He's been an amazing husband and the sex was out of this world. But there's one issue, I want to enroll back in college next semester and he doesn't want me to.

When I first talked to him about it, he was saying how I should want to stay home and spend time with him. He also wants me to quit my job. But I love my job. He's being irrational and I feel like this marriage shouldn't just be what he wants but what I want too. But I don't want to tell him that, he'll just get irritated.

He's been working a lot. He's out some parts of the day, comes home for about an hour, then up and leaves again. I hate it. He told me when we got married that I'll be his hip, his rock. But now when I want to go somewhere with him, he doesn't let me. I miss him too much.

I planned on talking to him today about college and work, then go and visit my Mama. I haven't seen her in two weeks. Whenever I tried to go and see her, he distracted me by having sex with me. I wonder if he did it on purpose so I wouldn't go, I'm not sure at all.

Right now, I was cleaning the dishes from lunch. I cooked a roast beef sub with grilled tomatoes and raw carrots. As I finished the dishes, I hear the front door open. Riley came in looking tired.

"Hey," I greeted.

"Hey, baby." He walked to me and pulled me to him, kissing my lips. "I missed you."

"I missed you too," I told him. This is the perfect time to talk. "Hey, can we talk about some things?" I asked.

"Maybe later, boo. I'm really tired," he chuckled tiredly. I nodded understandingly and he kissed my cheek before walking upstairs. I watched as he slammed the door.

After watching my favorite show, Star, for about
thirty minutes, I started to feel a little tired too. I turned the tv off and hummed the theme song as I was walking upstairs. When I opened the door to our room, I saw him laying comfortably, snoring softly as he was sleeping peacefully. I smiled.

I crept in next to him and laid down beside him, not wanting to disturb him. Not even a minute passed when I felt his huge arm come around my body and he pulled me to him, placing me on his chest. I chuckled. He loves to have me close to him at all times. I think it's pretty cute.

When I woke up, I didn't feel him. He must've woke up before me. I hope he didn't leave because I really want to talk to him now and not before college registration starts. "Riley?" I called.

I got up out of bed and went to search for him. I figured he was here since I was hearing music, but I didn't know where from. I followed the music and opened the door. He was in the gym, lifting weights. He spots me and looks my way.

"Hey, baby," he greeted, setting the weights down. "When did you wake up?" He asked.

"Not that long ago," I replied. I walked up to him while he was wiping his sweaty body. He pulled me in a hug and kissed my lips. "Hey, I really need to talk to you about something," I told him.

"Okay, let's sit." We sat on the couch in the gym. He grabbed my hand in his and kissed the back of my hand. "What's up?"

I sigh. "I really want you to reconsider me going to college - and work," I claimed and he groaned dramatically and dropped my hand. "Riley, you can't just keep me here."

"The fuck did you just say?" I don't know why, but his tone of voice made me a little bit scared.

"Riley, you're acting like I'm a housewife. I'm still young, I have to work and I really want to go to school," I told him.