Clarity

Movie night

Hazel

When I get home I drop my backpack off on the bottom of the stairs hading to the kitchen for a snack. I decide on some pretzles. I walk into the movie room turning Netflix on and selecting Home. The movie just starts playing when the doorbell rings.

"Ugh." I say.

I pause the movie walking to the door and looking through the peep hole. I see him. the guythat killedmy family that night. I pull my gun out taking it off safty. I cock it opening the door pointing it at his head only to find it isn't him bu its Ryker with wide eyes.

"Sorry I thought you were someone else." I say putting the gun back on safty and placing it in its usual spot.

"You carry a gun?" He asks stunned.

"Yeah and I can shoot it to." I say.

"But your a girl." He says.

"And?" I ask.

"Girls can't shoot." He says.

"You wanna bet?" I ask.

"Sure." He says.

I lead him down to the indoor shooting range. I pull out a headset handing it to him along with one of the spare hand guns.

"You aren't going to use a headset?" He asks.

"No I'm use to the noise." I say.

"Oh okay." He says.

I go up to my table him going to his. He puts his headset on and we both begin shooting. We both shoot one round. When we finish we walk over comparing the two papers and sure enough all mine are dead center.

"How?" He mumbles.

"Practice." I say walking up the stairs him following closely behind.

"So why did you come here?" I ask.

"Oh I'm I just wanted to make sure you are okay." He says rubbing the back of his neck.

"I'm fine." I say.

"Are you sure? You hesitated." He states.

"I just haven't been asked that question in a long time so it took me by surprise." I state matter of factly.

"Okay if you say so. I should probably get going but if you need anything just let me know." He says walking to wards the door.

No one has been so concerned about me in a long time and I mean my old friends have but that's different.

"Actually I am home alone for tonight and I was wondering if you maybe wanted to stay and watch some movies?" I ask.

"I thought you didn't want anyone here." He states.

"Well I don't like being home alone and I know you wont press me for answers so would you like to stay or not?"

"I'll stay." He says.

"Cool. Before you interrupted me I was actually about to watch the movie Home." I say.

"Oh okay. Where to?" He asks.

"This way." I say leading him to the Theater room.

"Dang you have your own in home theature?" He asks.

"Along with a gym, spa, and indoor pool." I say.

"How did you get so much money and this huge house?" He asks.

"My Parents." I say simply.

"Oh Where are they now?" He asks.

"I would rather not talk about it." I say tears pricking my eyes.

"Okay that's fine." He says.

I start to see images of that night and the tears slowly start to fall.

"Hey I'm sorry." He says pulling me into a hug.

I stiffen for a second but relax under his gentle touch after a few seconds. He just holds me and I let a few more tears escape but pull away wiping the tears from my face and pulling myself back together.

"Sorry I am not one to cry in front of people." I say.

"It's fine to cry in front of others."

"It means weakness." I say.

"No it doesn't it means that you are human and you trust others to hel and support you." he says.

"Well I don't trust many people." I say.

"Why?" He asks.

"All it takes is for one person to ruin your trust and then it is hard for others to gain your trust." I say.

"That is something I can relate to but it is okay to open up." He says.

"Anyways lets get to watching some of those movies I could really just use some Disney and kid movies to take my mind off things." I state.

"Yeah okay." He says sitting down on the bigger sofa me following. I lay down getting comfortable.

I press the start button and the movie begins. 

After we finish a few more movies he says he has to go home so I walk him to the door seeing him out. He gets onto a motorbike and before he can leave I walk over to him.

"Um.. thank you for staying for a bit." I thank.

"Your welcome. Just remember if you ever need anything I am here and to help with your image at school I will keep this little thing to ourselves and I wont interact with you at school. Just promise me to give me a try. Do your best to trust me. That is all I ask." He says.

"Okay I will try but it wont be easy in fact it is probably going to be almost impossible." I say.

"That's okay just don't shut me out." He says.

"Well I better get to sleep." I say pointing to my door.

"I will let you go. Goodnight cupcake." He says throwing me a wink.

"Goodnight bad boy." I say.

I go back inside walking up to my room changing into my pajamas and climbing into my bed hoping to get a decent sleep tonight.