While I'm driving, and anytime I'm driving, Naomi likes to hold my hand since I only use one hand. She turns on the radio and the sound of my father's voice blasts through the car like a wave of venom that has intentions to piss me off. That venom does it's job and I use the buttons on the steering wheel to turn off the radio. My dad and I don't see eye to eye on anything except for our pure hatred for each other. When I turned 15, he got signed to Young Money Records after LIl' Wayne saw him perform on YouTube opening for one of his friends at an underground show. After he got signed, he secretly made an extra bank account and told me,my mom, and my sisters that he declined the offer when he didn't and he was keeping all the money to himself. One day he disappeared and we found out he went to Florida for an interview. During the interview, he indirectly told the world that he wasn't coming back for us. I was infuriated. I wrote a song that dissed him and everything that he does. The video went viral and he decided to call me out. Young Money Records set up a battle at Time Square. In the end, I won and Young Money pulled us to the side and asked if we would do a make up album together. I basically said for all of them to fuck off. Ever since, my dad has called me out a few times and even said to the public I was being a punk for hiding out.
By the time I finally calm down, I pull up to Rita's. I get a simple Ice Cream cone and Naomi gets something that is super complicated for no reason. I was still a little pissed from hearing that song, so I stayed quiet and just looked around. People were spread around all over the place. Some walking, Some going into stores or buses. One guy gets off the bus right in front of Rita's. He is wearing an all black suit with a pair of sunglasses on. From the time he gets off the bus, to the time he gets to the bench, he doesn't take his eyes off of me and Naomi.
"Babe?" I say to break the silence. Naomi makes a sound that is in between a growl and a hum as if responding but, she doesn't stops eating. "Do you see that guy?" I point at the bench but, when I look, there isn't anyone there.
"No. I don't see anything." Naomi finally talks.
"Strange..." I turn the other way and the guy is standing right over me. "OH SHIT!!!" I fall back off the seat. I look around and notice everything is frozen in place. All except for me and this mysterious man. The man removes his sunglasses and his face is burned completely. Pieces of charred skin are still falling off as he moves. Slowly he removes his suit without saying anything. The rest of his body is just like his face, except, I realize that this man.. Isn't man. It is a girl and from what I can tell, she isn't much older than me. Probably even my age
"This is what you did to me." The girl's voice is recognizable but, I still don't know who it is. "Even though I dumped you, you still burned my inside. DO YOU STILL LOVE ME?" The girl lashes out and scratches my face and leaves a deep cut that bleeds profusely. She swings one more time and I cover my body with my arms and legs out of instinct but, I never feel anything. All I hear is Naomi calling me.
"Babe, are you okay?!" Naomi screams. I nod and then feel my cheek. Nothing... "You suddenly black out and I've been trying to wake you up for the past 10 minutes. You scared me." Naomi looks like she's going to cry so I stand up and pull her close to me.
"Baby, I'm fine." I look down at her and wipe her face. "I don't know why I passed out but, I promise, I'm fine." Naomi sniffles and I grab her hand. "Why don't we go to your house and you can stay over with me?" Naomi smiles and she kisses me before I pull her to the car.
On the way back to Galloway, I keep seeing flashes of the same girl standing on the side of the road. When I pull up to a red light, I shake my head to clear my mind when I feel Naomi grab my hand. I look over at her and she's looking out the window. She looks so peaceful. I decided not to tell her about my visions, not even the dream in math or the thing with my phone.
When I pull up to Naomi's house, Naomi kisses my cheek before going in the house.
"Do you need me to come in with you?" I ask and Naomi shakes her head.
"I'm not going to take that long. Don't leave without me." She smiles and closes the door. I go on Instagram while I wait. About 5 minutes later, the car door opens.
Without looking up from my phone, I say "That was fast. Look watch this 3 year old try a back flip on a bike." I turn my phone to what I thought was Naomi but, it was really the same girl from earlier. "What the hell? What do you want from me?"
"I want my revenge!" She grabs my throat and tightens her grip harder and harder until the edges of my vision start to turn white. From behind the girl, I can see Naomi locking her front door. Before Naomi turns around, the girl vanishes into thin air and I struggle to catch my breath.
"Why are you breathing so hard? And you're sweating. What the hell happened?" Naomi says in one breath.
"To be 100% honest, I have no idea."
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Bitter Ex's - Be Careful Who You Dump
HorrorJeremiah Baskerville, 18 year old senior at Absegami High, starts to have strange imagines that he believed were hallucinations or dreams. Later to find out that they were something worse. Much worse.
