The Player and The Bad Girl(On Hold)

6~The Player

Chapter 6:Happy Birthday

I talked to Kira about what happened at the police station. When she told me that John tried to punch her, I was mad;she loved him and was always kind to him, John was rude to her- but this was the first time he had tried to harm her using his fists instead of words.

When Kira told me that Parker had prevented John from punching her I was relieved, and I wanted to thank Parker.

I waltzed back downstairs, Kira following slowly.

Serenity was gone when I entered the kitchen to see Parker making a smoothie.

When I asked she said,"Her parents needed her. They're going somewhere and she has 9 younger siblings, her only older one lives in London, so she had to watch them."

When she finished she glanced behind me to where Kira was, sending her a look that meant something specific, I just don't know what. Kira left the room hurriedly, pretending to have a call, making me predict that the look meant, Get out.

"Why'd Kira leave?"

"Because,"Parker explained. "I wanted to talk to you. Alone."

This simple sentence made my heart race. For reasons that I didn't know. Just kidding, I knew why. But y'all don't. Muah, ha, ha, ha, ha.

"Ashton?"

"Yes?"I replied, glancing at Parker.

"Did you hear what I said?"

Oh, so she was talking. That's why her lips were moving! I just thought she was mouthing something.

"No,"I answered guiltily.

I was to busy thinking about why you're so awesome.

"Then I'll say it again; Kira told me that you wanted to know why I had this tattoo,"Parker started, lifting up her shirt in the back so that I could see her A&P 4'Eves tattoo. "Well, it's because when I was in the gang I told you about I had a friend named Ally. She was in the gang too. But when like, half of us went to jail, we went our separate ways. She died a year later; she joined the military after she left the gang. I got the tattoo because she was my closest friend in that gang. When everyone found out I was pregnant, they mocked me and laughed at me, even though I was their "leader." She didn't."

Pink smoothie had spattered everything in my kitchen. I guess when Parker was telling me why she got that tattoo she unconsciously took of the blender top. Some of it had stained her dark purple shirt and jean shorts but she didn't look affected by it as the wet mess fell from her blond hair and onto the front of her shirt.

She looked ridiculous and beautiful at the same time, which is not something a lot of people can do.

I passed her a roll of paper towels and gestured down to her clothes when she looked at me in confusion.

She just laughed and set to cleaning the mess of. I helped clean the rest of the kitchen and called Kira in to get Parker new clothes.

Kira disappeared upstairs, a maniacal grin covering her face.

She ran back down seconds later, the maniacal grin still there.

Kira handed Parker a pair of clothes that I don't think Parker would ever wear; a short flowery skater dress that had a white background and red, pink, and yellow flowers with a pair of sandals to replace Parker's Nikes that were ruined by the smoothie.