The walk to Edds house was pretty smooth. It wasn't busy outside, and the wind was barely noticeable. It was snowing lightly and it wasn't freezing out. My shoes crunched the snow with each step and for some odd reason, I had the urge to just cry. I stopped in my steps and looked around. Nobody was in sight. I took a deep breath and just continued my way to Edds. I knocked on his door when I arrived and waited patiently for an answer. Edd answered and smiled when he saw me.
"Margrett! Come on in!" he said cheerfully. He stepped aside as I walked in.
"Thanks Edd" I smiled. I look in the living room and see the rest of the guys watching the news. I didn't pay too much attention to what the people were saying.
"Hey Edd, Margrett is on the news" Matt says turning around but paused when he saw me.
"Margrett! You're on the news!" he shrieks. I raise an eyebrow and walk over.
"You saved a kid from a serial killer and then found her parents!" Tom says surprised. I shrug.
"It's my job" I smile.
"That's cool though, you made it on the news" Tord adds. I blush and bite my lip.
"I didn't even know I made it on the news" I admit.
"Wow" Tord replies and looks back at the television.
"Anyway, what brings you here?" Edd asks opening a new can of cola. I look at him and try to quickly come up with an excuse on why I even came here.
"Just came by to say hi. An...old friend came by to visit me and he's staying...for a long while" I say with a weak smile. In my head I was screaming at myself on why I said it the way I did. "Oh! Why didn't you bring your...friend?" Edd asked. I bite my lip and look out the window
"He went somewhere" I lied.
"Okay" Edd shrugged.
We were watching movies nonstop when I looked out the window and saw the stars in the sky.
"Uh... What time is it?" I ask trying to fetch my phone out of my pocket.
"It's almost eleven-thirty" Tom tells me showing me his phone screen. I think for a second and get up.
"I should get going" I say with sadness in my voice. Matt whines. Edd gets up and stretches followed by Tom. Tord just plays on his phone and pretends I'm not even here.
"Want us to drive you home?" Tom asks.
"Yea, that would be great actually" I sigh.
We pull up in my driveway and Carl storms outside, not even knowing who's car this is. I didn't even have a chance to get out of the car and this guy was already out here.
"Lock the car! Lock the car!" I started to freak out. I hear a click and the car locked right before Carl started shaking Edds door handle.
"Who is this guy?" Tord asks with a blank face.
"That's...Carl. And he proved that this is legally his house and he's forcing me to stay with him" I confess. They all look at me with their jaws open.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Edd says with a complete worried tone. "Because this isn't your problem to fix" I tell him.
"But we could at least help" Edd continues. I shake my head.
"Like have you lived with this guy before?" Tom asks me. I nod my head and told him that I dated him once.
"He was demanding and abusive so, I kicked him out of the house and he came back yesterday with papers showing this is his house" I explain.
"We can't let you live here anymore" Edd says changing the gear to reverse and pressing the gas pedal.
"Edd? What are you doing?" I ask.
"Don't worry, we have a spare bedroom you can have" he smiles in the rearview mirror.
"Edd I can't" I tell him. As much as I would love to live with the guys, it's their house and their food and their everything.
"Don't worry. We can come back tomorrow and get you your stuff" Matt tries to comfort me. I bite my bottom lip and smile weakly.
