Chapter 4

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by kingrethan

by kingrethan

*WAIT UNTIL I SAY TO LISTEN TO THE VIDEO ABOVE!!*

   After a long day of work, I bursted through my front door and sat on the couch beside my best friend, Christina.
"How was your day?" She asked, even though she clearly didn't care. She's like me, all she wants to do is cut someone open.
"Ethan is still trying to get me to open up to him. It's gross, he's all happy all the time and thinks I'm playing hard to get." I whined. Christina made a face.
   "Punch him in the face." She answered, disgusted. I love her negativity. I laughed and shook my head.
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   "Scarlet, you have a visitor!!" Christina shouted from downstairs. It's 10:30 at night.. Who the hell is visiting me??? I stomped down the stairs and was shocked to see Ethan.
"Hey." He looked me up and down and smirked. I then realized I was wearing a long tee shirt with no pants other than my boy short underwear. I could feel my face heating up.
"Why are you here Ethan?" I asked rudely, placing one hand on my hip. He took a step towards me, causing me to take a step back.
"I figured since you don't want to talk to me at work, maybe you'd want to talk to me here."
"Well I don't."
   "Yes you do."
I rolled my eyes and pointed at the couch, indicating that he should sit, and he did. I took a seat next to him and waited for him to say something.
   "You were lying. I don't know what it is, but there's something about your brother that you lied about. I'm good at knowing when people lie. Scarlet, you can trust me. I'm here." He stated in a soothing tone. I cringed at the words 'I'm here.' I took a deep breath. He knows, so I might as well tell him.
   "Fine, you really want to know? I'll tell you. My brother is dead. He killed himself when I turned 18 because he probably didn't want to raise me alone and figure out how he was going to pay for his college. He was 21." I bit my cheek, waiting for him to give me stupid fucking sympathy. Instead he placed his hand on top of mine, waiting for me to go on.
"He had to raise me alone because when I was 9 my mother died in a car accident, I was in the car and I lived. She died, and I lived. My father started drinking. A lot. When I was 13, he died of liver failure. My brother and my grandparents had to raise me. My grandma died when I was still 18 from heart failure, and my grandpa died from the same cause when I was 23. I don't have a family. I don't talk about my family because I don't have anyone to talk about." I placed my hand over my mouth to hid my quivering lip. Nobody has ever seen me cry. But then again nobody has known my life story. I looked down at our touching hands so that he couldn't see the sadness in my eyes. He put his finger under my chin and lifted my head up so that I was looking at him.
"You have me." He whispered.
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I climbed into bed at 1 am. We were talking for about 2 hours, and it was great. Just then I saw I had a voicemail from him, so I hesitantly played it.

(Listen to the video up above now!!)

I started shaking in fear. In fear that he was going to make me fall in love. Fear that everyone I have ever loved has died.

*Im sorry that chapter was soo long but I had to get her story in!! I hope you liked it!!*