unexpected ; s.w

thirteen

stas looked at me, her eyes drooped and filled with worry. she backed away from me and sat on the couch, as i opened the door. when i looked through the creak, i saw her sister, tia.

"don't do that!" stas yelled.

"so i can't come home now?" she threw her purse on the floor and kicked her shoes off.

anastasia breathed, "sorry tia."

"it's okay." tia answered and ran up to her room. i walked to where stas was sitting and put my hand on her thigh, "everything's going to be okay, i promise. he won't come here, and if he does, he'll deal with me."

i heard her phone ding, and she grabbed it. the text was from her sister.

tia: your boyfriend's hot. great job.

"looks like you have some competition." i laughed and glanced at stas, who had pink cheeks.

just then, tia came out of her door, wearing close to nothing, and sat next to me.

"can you guys take me to that ice cream shop down the street?" she asked. since she was only three years younger than us, she of course had a body. but i would never date her.

"sure," stas said grabbing her keys, "sam are you going to stay here?"

"yeah, i might shower and then make dinner."

they both nodded, but tia's eyes drooped low and continued to the door. i chuckled, and ran upstairs. i wasn't sure how to work their shower, but i'll figure it out eventually.

after five minutes of trying different combinations, i turned the know right, and the other one left, and the water spritzed out. it was hot, but that's the way i like it. the water flattened my hair, and trickled down my body. there was only one bar of soap, and a bottle of old spice body wash. i poured a tiny amount into my hands, and lathered it into my hair. i didn't see any male shampoo, so this would have to do.  the shower head was removable, so i took it off of the handle an brought it closer to my hair, so it would rinse out faster. the soap raced down my body, falling to the shower floor, going down the drain. i used to bar soap to wash my body, but realized there as no rag in here, just a loofa that anastasia, her mom, and sister probably used. i opened the shower curtain to peek my head out, and saw a stack of rags in a basket. my long arm reached out and just nearly reached.i kept my balance while ishut the curtain over and wet the rag. the bar soap slipped into the rag and i lathered the soap into the rag, and rubbed my body.

i finished and got a huge towel, probably big enough to go down to my feet. i didn't have a change of clothes, so i put on my former clothes. my hair was knotty since i didn't have conditioner, so i ran my fingers through it to attempt to get the knots out. i heard the doorbell ring, and i hung the towel up quickly. i ran down the steps and slid to the door, looking at the door to find a peep hole.

noah.

i opened the door and noah gave me a strange look.

"is anastasia here?" he looked around shoving his phone in his pocket.

"no, but i don't think she'd want you here." i calmly announced, watching his every move.

"why not," he started to walk in, "why are you here?"

i pushed him out with my stronger hand, "i'm her boyfriend. now, go."

"you can't tell me what to do," his eyes bulging, "call her and tell her to come home. now."

"no-"

with that, he pulled out a handgun.

"excuse me?" noah yelled. i clenched my fists and pulled out my phone, pretending to dial her number.

"you need to come home, now." i spoke into the phone, even though no one was on the other end.

i paused for a few seconds, "i need your help with something."

i hung up, and noah turned his back to me, which was a bad idea. my fist connected with the back of his head, jerking him forward. he dropped his gun and fell to the ground. his hand were searching around for the handgun, but i had already picked it up. noah stood, wobbling.

i pointed the gun to his chest, "leave, or i'll shoot."

noah started to walk clumsily toward me, and pulled out a second handgun. i didn't want to be in this situation. i hated hurting people physically. i know i wouldn't shoot, so if anyone gets shot, it would be me.

i saw anastasia's car pull up, and i felt a pain in my stomach. i looked down and saw blood falling down my side, and dripping to the floor. the last glance i saw before i blacked out was noah running away, and anastasia running to me.