Box Flower

06 - Date

TW: forceful relations
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Saige hurried me out the door and into his car. I'm not sure what's going on but he's never treated Winslow like that. Winslow's his best friend. Even when he acknowledged Avy, it was briefly and not very friendly. He was always friendly and goofy with everyone. Never hostile like he sort of was back there. Soon enough though, we were driving back to our part of town.
"What was all that about?" I asked

"What do you mean?" Saige replied glancing at me.

"Well you seemed angry this morning when you woke me up. Then in the kitchen with Winslow and Avy." I said staring at him. Even though we'd all partied the night away and had rough nights, Saige was still handsome. He didn't look like he was drunk at all just the night before.

"Something happened and it pissed me off."

"Is that why when you asked if Winslow was with me, and you freaked when I said no?" I asked, thinking back.

"I didn't freak. He just left you alone and something happened. So it pissed me off."

"Well what happened?"

"Nothing."

"Well obviously something, you've been saying something happened this whole time. Now what happened?" I urged.

"I woke up and went into the basement to find you without Winslow and asleep. While you were asleep, Derek was feeling you up and trying to get at you." Saige said finally. He gripped the steering wheel tighter as he spoke. "Winslow should have been with you."

"Oh." I replied. That's why he had blood on his hand.

"Yeah."

"Thank you." I said looking at him.

"For what? I wasn't there either."

"Maybe not all night," I said wriggling my eyebrows, "but you were there just in time. Hero." He glanced at me when I wriggled my eyebrows and didn't really find anything of what I said amusing.

"What's wrong? Did you not have a good time with Lorele last night at all?" I asked.

"Not really. I only pleased her and then this morning she told me she was dared." He replied sighing.

"Ooo, damn. She has a boyfriend anyways. Her loss." I said looking out the window.

As we ended our conversation, my shackle hell house came into view. Saige parked his car and turned to me. I started gathering my bag and belongings. Once I was ready to get out, I paused and looked towards Saige.

"Thank you, for everything you've done this morning." I said.

"No problem. What are friends for?" He smiled.

"One last thing I have to ask."

"Shoot."

"What'd you say to Winslow before we left? Why weren't you very kind to him or Avy either?" I asked.

"That's two things."

"So what, are you going to humor me or not?" I sighed.

Chuckling a little he replied, "You don't need to know. Not right now at least. You should go upstairs and shower. Definitely eat something and then rest."

"Yeah, okay dad." I said opening the car door.

"Alright see you at school." He replied laughing.

"See ya."

With that, I did the walk of shame up the stairs to my apartment. Even though this walk of shame had no getting lucky involved. I unlocked the door and pushed it open, turning to see Saige was waiting for me to go in. So I waved and he drove off as I shut the door behind me. Saige is right, a shower doesn't sound so bad. Considering I smelt of alcohol, sweat, and hormones. I went to my room grabbing a pair of leggings and a sweatshirt. Walking into the bathroom, I checked my phone.