Only Saving Grace I Ever Had (Kellic)

Chapter Twenty Eight

*Flashback*
I heard knocking on my door, an eager pounding.

I jumped up from my spot in bed, afraid of who it could be.

Stop. It's okay.

I've jumped at every knock since I moved here, afraid that the visitor is always Craig.

He doesn't even know where I am, it's okay.
Who would be here so late though?
Do the knocks sound like Craig's?

My heart was pounding as I walked down the hall, slowly.

It can't be Craig, I haven't seen him in months.
I grabbed the baseball bat that I kept beside my bedroom door just in case.

I felt myself shaking as I got closer, another eruption of knocking startled me.
As I approached the door, I placed my hand on the knob, unable to reach the peep hole to see who it was.
The peep hole was oddly high up for some reason.

I took a breath and opened the door just a crack, the latch still hooked so he couldn't push the door open.

To my expectations, it was Craig.

How did he find me?

"Hey, I've been knocking for a long time, buddy. I've tried texting and calling, you haven't returned anything" Craig seemed desperate, pleading.
"Your mom told me where your apartment was" he said gently, explaining his appearance.

I was speechless, every word I could've said to him was forgotten.

Shut the door.

I went to shut the door but he stopped it with his hand.
"Please let me in, I've come all the way out here to see you" he begged.

You came all the way out here to rape me.

"Go away" I said in a low tone I wasn't expecting. I can't do this. Now he knows where I am.

"I got you something!" He said, holding up a bag.
A bag containing two pink fish, I recognized them as kissing gourami.

"I don't want anything from you" I said bluntly, though my voice was shaky and cracking.

"If you don't take them, I don't know who will" he said.

I sighed, reaching my hand through the cracked door for the bag.
Craig handed them over and I took a look at them.

The fin size indicated that they were both male, but sometimes it's hard to know.

"Are these male or female?" I asked, knowing he would be unsure.

"I don't know" he said, as I expected.

"If they're both male, one will kill the other" I stated.

"I thought they kissed, I figured they could represent us" Craig said, winking nervously.

I felt my face get hot and tears sting my eyes. Why would he even say that?

I shut the door this time, and locked the part on the knob too.
I barley got across the room to the tank before I heard Craig pounding on the door again, begging for me this time.

I opened the tank and set the bag in the water, opening it and letting some of the tank water filter in.

Maybe the one that is supposed to be him will kill the one that is supposed to be me.
Or maybe mine will kill his.