Solace

Chapter 9- I have questions

I woke up warm and very well rested. I was lying on the couch, a blanket put over me. I sat up looking for my phone. It was lying on the counter top and I wasn't ready to leave the warm couch just yet, it was still dark outside so I lied back down and closed my eyes.
And then, last few hours came to my mind.

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Aerrin looked at me and then his eyes dropped down to my lips. He leaned in and put his lips on mine so lightly, I thought I was imagining all this. He kissed me slowly at first. I kissed him back. His fingers pushed loose hair away from my face and tucked them behind my ear. Blood was rising in my cheeks, making me feel feverish. My head felt a little heavy for my neck. I put my hands on his shoulder for support. He took it in a wrong way and backed away suddenly and stood up in front of me.

"I'm sorry Fia. I-I shouldn't have. I shouldn't have given you the pill but uncle Abrahim told me to. And you need rest. This deal with your dad is going to get worst."

I looked up at him, mouth agape. Oh my god he drugged me. He fucking drugged me and then he kissed me.
I tried to say it out loud but my tongue felt swollen and heavy. I was losing consciousness.

He came quickly and put his hands on my arm to keep me from falling. I tried to push him away but my limbs were made up of cotton wool. He helped me lie down.

"These are bit stronger than the ones that don't work on you anymore. I'm sorry."
He ran inside my room and brought back my blanket. I was barely keeping my eyes open. And then I gave up and fell into a deep dark abyss. The last words I heard were
"I know I broke the basic rule of friendship, I shouldn't have kissed you, it'll ruin our friendship forever but I don't want to be your friend anymore." And I felt him kiss my forehead.

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Son of a bitch!
I got up, unable to lie down comfortably. He drugged me and kissed me when I was too numb to think about anything. What was I thinking. Why did I kiss him back? What got into me? And my dad, what does he want from me now? What did Aerrin mean when he said that it's gonna get worst?

These questions were big emotionally and they were draining me physically too. My stomach growled viciously. I opened the fridge and drank orange juice straight from the box. A two day old lasagna was sitting in the corner waiting to get eaten. I microwaved it and sat on the counter. I picked up my phone and holy shit! It said 8 pm Saturday. I was down for 9 hours!

11 missed calls and 3 texts. 2 of them were of Myra, 4 Aerrin's, 3 uncle Abrahim's, which reminded me of his involvement in drugging me, and 2 of them from an unknown number.
I texted Myra, saying sorry and that I'll talk to her later.
And then there was this whole paragraph from uncle Abrahim saying he was sorry and that he just wanted me to rest before the big storm and that he was worried that I'll drain myself and become ill.

What storm?

I sometimes worry that they are the one who need help and attention instead of me.

My phone vibrated in my hand, catching me off guard, I dropped it. Sleeping pills always made me jittery. I bend down to pick my cell phone and that's when I noticed a small hole next to my iPhone's camera. It's wasn't a microphone, since it had a small piece of glass covering it. Maybe it was a new iPhone thing. Or maybe this pill was too heavy for me. I needed coffee. It was Aerrin who was calling me. I picked up.

"Why would you even call me now? Do you want to use another sleeping pill to make me half drowsy and then make out with me?" My words laced with venom.

"Yeah I deserve that. I'm sorry but you needed rest or else you would've-"

"OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE STOP SAYING THAT!" I lowered my voice a little. "I don't need you or anyone else telling me what I need or what I should do. So stop!"