Anger Management

Chapter 11: "Rainbow" and Chocolate Chip Pancakes

"No, don't do that."

"Why the f*** not, you said you had to talk to her I'm trying to wake her up."

"I didn't say try to slap her, and stop talking so loud she's sleeping." I move around under the toasty covers the voices in my dream becoming louder by the second. They should really talk lower though, I'm sleepy still.

"No! You know what….."

I open my mouth to say something to tell the voices to shut up, but don't when I leap out of the bed with water running down my shirt.  I look up shock on my face to see my traitor of a best friend and that girl with the black and  turquoise hair.

"What the…. What the fudge man?!" I scream my hands working to detach my now soaked curious George shirt from my body. Yes I wear curious George fight me about it.

"Your welcome. Now you can shut up about needing to talk to her. If you need me I'll be in your kitchen finding stuff to eat and maybe to steal." The girl then gives us the special finger before walking to the door.

"Jamie if anything is out of place, I promise you-" Riley tries to threaten the girl who I guess name is Jamie, before the door is slammed shut in her face. She turns to me and I try to control my laughter as she tries to control her anger.

"Remember deep breaths", I say leaning in to pat her shoulder. "Don't let the anger come over you." I tease Riley by acting like one of those cheesy peace instructors. Or in  other words Summer. Riley punches then me in the arm, and I immediately start laughing before I remember I'm soaking wet and waiting for an explanation making my laughter stop.

"Dude why did your partner pour freaking water on me?" I ask the anger now in my voice .

"Well about that…" Riley says a sheepish look on her face. I'm about to tell her to continue before she walks over and hits me upside my head. I stare at her wide eyed my mind still trying to comprehend what she just did

"What is going on with the world today?" I ask shouting my hand clutching my now throbbing head.

"That's what you get. You're trying to act all mad with the water, well guess how upset I was when you didn't show up for that stupid emergency meeting. At first I was scared that you had gotten hurt or something, but then I tried to stay positive and just tell myself that Ashter distracted you because he was trying to show you a good time. So where the fu** where you? Also why would you leave me with that woman do you know what she made us do? Do you?!"  She rants and I can only stand there shocked the whole time while Riley screams at me, and I know this sounds bad but the only thing that stuck with me from what she said was that After was showing me a good time. A good time of what. His depressing history?  I feel my body right now shiver from the thoughts of last night. It's either that or the wet pajama shirt chilling my bones.

"Riley calm dow-"

"Don’t you tell me to calm down I'm gonna scream all I want!"

    "Fine go ahead scream all you want, I guess you won’t get an explanation as to why I didn’t show up." I say smugly my arms crossed over my chest. The smug look turns into one filled with satisfaction, when Riley suddenly stops her tantrum, and gives me an expecting look. I shake my head at her a small laugh going past my lips.

"You're such a weakling for gossip geesh." I say teasingly making her turn red in embarrassment, this only making me laugh louder.

"Oh shut up, I'm not a gossip freak, I just like to……. You know…………. Be aware of what’s going on."

    "Tomato, Tomahto, same thing. All I hear is gossip druggie," I say while walking past her giving her a pat on the shoulder. " But I'll let you think that you’re not gossip crazed, just go make sure your partner person hasn’t stole anything, and I'll be down there to tell you what happened."