i hired a hitman on myself // joshler [✓]

XXVIII

you would think sleeping in a foreign place with people potentially wanting to kill you would have kept me up the whole night. but in reality, i didn't care. i was out like a light as soon i got into bed.

i was desperate for sleep.

so i did it, i slept through what i believed was the rest of the night and let it go on until morning until i was awoken by a knock at my door, but it wasn't hard to get up since i was pretty well rested.

"josh, it's jen. you gotta get up, dude, we have work to do." her voice softly told me from the other side of the door, i responded while rubbing my eyes and yawning an, "okay."

i slowly got out of bed and noticed my two bags that tyler told me he'd bring me as they were on the floor, next to my bed. i wasn't sure why, but seeing them there gave me a sense of comfort, i guess it was knowing that tyler actually thought enough to take my bags when i left them behind.

when i managed to get myself standing, i decided to get dressed into something new. so i unzipped one of the black bags to reveal that it wasn't the one full of clothes, it was the one filled with guns that raz gave me.

i stared at them for a few seconds, did tyler know he left these with me? you would think he would have taken them for himself or given it to the others. and yet, he still left them with me.

that's just weird.

nevertheless, i took some clothes out of my other bag and got dressed, putting on a plain grey tee and some black jeans, but i left the beanie off. before leaving the room, i made sure to take my phone with me, incase somehow, ashley got in contact with me again.

though i doubted she would call, it was still reassuring to have it.

i walked out of the room, still a bit groggy but i hoped i didn't look it. i saw jenna talking to tyler, sarah, and dallon, though dallon looked focused on whatever he was eating off his plate, i still walked over to them and was greeted by most of them.

"mornin' josh!" jenna chirped, walking away from us for a minute but coming back with a plastic purple plate that has scrambled eggs and two slices of toast on it.

she handed me the plate along with a fork and smiled, "you should eat, it's been a while." i thanked her wholeheartedly, not wasting a second and began to eat right away.

tyler and sarah chuckled at how happy i looked while eating, pshh, i knew they were just jealous,
"nothing to see here." i joked with them, protectively covering my plate, after swallowing a few bites of egg.

i noticed dallon glaring at me from the corner of my eye, but i tried not to acknowledge him as i didn't want to die before i finished eating, so i kept quiet when it came to him.

but to my surprise, he spoke up on his own, "want anything to drink?" i looked over at him and halved a smile and nervously answered, "uhh, yeah... is there red bull?"

he sighed while nodding, setting his plate down on a nearby desk and walking over to the other corner of the room. he came back with a chilled can of red bull and handed it over to me.

"t-thanks." he just nodded in response, picking up his plate and went back to eating as he leaned against one of the grey cubical walls near us.

dallon and i finished eating at roughly the same time, and he offered to take my plate, which i complied, thanking him again as he walked away with the forks and plates.

i cracked open the can of red bull and could already feel my body properly starting up when i drank half of the carbonated drink in one take. during this, jenna pulled sarah aside for a few seconds, leaving it to be just tyler and i for a bit.

"how'd you sleep?" tyler started off the conversation with a rather casual question. i stopped drinking my red bull and responded, "good," i assured him, "what about you?"

"as good as it can get," he sighed, i just nodded in response, not knowing what else to say in that very moment, until a question probed in my kind, which i knew i had to ask eventually.

"hey... you kind of left me my bag of guns when you brought my stuff--"
"yeah i know," tyler casually answered, "is something wrong with that?" he then asked.

"o-oh no, i was just wondering if you knew that you left it with me..." tyler nodded, "i did," he once again confirmed, "they're your guns, not my place to take them."

"oh wow..." i was surprised by his genuine answer, it was really strange to hear that, "thanks, tyler." i smiled, he nodded again, "don't mention it."

silence fell between us, so i took another few sips of red bull before breaking the silence again, "i-i really don't need all those guns, so if you guys need them you can have them..." i explained, tyler half smiled.

"thanks," he nodded, "i'll let the others know and we'll sort it out later." tyler explained, i silently agreed while drinking the last of my red bull.

jenna and sarah came back and soon dallon did too, sarah was clearly curious about something as she kept asking jenna something along the lines of;
"who?!" "who?!" "who is it?!"

her eager questions made jenna chuckle, "okay okay i'll tell you." she assured sarah as if she were an excited child, which confused dallon, tyler, and i.

"alright so since we obviously don't have enough to even think about going against raz," jenna started, "soooo i decided to bring an old friend back."

"who?" tyler and dallon asked in unison, jenna didn't immediately respond but she looked down at her phone at something, "he should be here in 3...2..."

before she could say the final number, the elevator dinged, signaling that someone had arrived on this floor. we all look over find a guy dressed in all black walk in and smirk, but the first thing i had noticed was his big forehead.

he held his arms out and loudly announced,
"daddy's home!"