Him

chapter 22

It was about 3 pm when I woke.. and Ethan was still passed out on me.

I shook my butt a little to wake him up and his head fell off which caused his whole body to fall off the couch. How the fuck.

" dammit!" He winced as his body made contact with the hard floor. "You okay?" I asked as I laughed. " yea sure I just got booty bumped off the couch so I'm fineee." He said sarcastically while I got up off the couch and headed to my room.

And when I walk inside I see someone I never wanted to see.. like ever again.

What the fuck! How did she get in here?!!! I look at my window and see that its broken.

" what are you doing here?" I ask through gritted teeth. She looks up and her eyes are swollen. The smell of liquor is strong and the strong scent of tobacco smoke from her body almost makes me choke.

" mija I-"  "why are you here!?" I asked as I interrupted her. I looked at her hard. She looks weak and frail and looks as if she feeds off of heroine and beer... Damn it hasn't even been that long though! The bags under her eyes make her look sleep deprived and hallow.

"I-I'm sorry-y..." She begins to cry as she talks. Then she coughs. "You should be." I reply curtly. She hurt this family, and she hurt me physically. Multiple times. Like literally.

As I'm standing there I hear Ethan's footsteps down the hall. I glance at him and shake my head and he stops in his tracks immediately and leans against the wall...fists clenched.

"You should go." I finally say after the long pause. "Ana I-" " I said go, please, now." I speak up and my eyes are looking at the floor. She looks down at her feet and stumbles off the bed to stand up. She walks down the hall and she sees Ethan and she stops in her tracks and stares at him. " if you hurt my daughter I will ki-" " Get Out right now. You have no right to speak to him like that!" I yell down the hall and she looks startled.

" you rather have him in this house than you own m-" she slurs her words and I interrupt. "Oh please... Just leave now. Or ill report a break in... Since you couldnt use the door." I say bitterly. She scoffs and stumbles down the hall and leaves. I walk behind her and shut and lock the door.

I stand there after a minute still clutching the knob when Ethan stands behind me. " Ana are y-" " I'm fine." I whisper and I turn around and walk past him to my room.

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I head down the hallway to the kitchen when I hear Ethan on the phone with someone... So like the nosy bitch I am i I eavesdrop.

" yes I will meet you there... No I'm with Gray right now so I'm busy...Okay see you then bye." I hear him whisper. What the fuck? He's with me... not gray...Who was he talking to?

Ethan turns around and I emerge form the corner and he spots me immediately. And His face goes pale.

"E-who was that?" I sorta choke out and he hesitates. " that was my football coach..." He lies. "Oh..Then why were you whispering?" I ask with a mad and confused look.

"Um... I... I..." " Ethan? Why were you Whispering?!" I get a little louder. His phone rings and I see the caller ID. It read "Makayla❤". Fuck!

My heart sunk. Did he have a girlfriend. Was he cheating on her with me? Or was he cheating in me with her... Even though we weren't even dating or I guess I don't even know.

What the fuck! He looks at me then at the phone and tries to end the call but accidentally answers it and puts it on speaker.

" Hey Ethan so are you sure you can't come over right now..." The female voice says and he fidgets with the phone to try to turn it off. " I miss you... Babe? Are you there?" The female voice asks again and that's when it hit me hard.

I looked at Ethan and he looked at me...

And a single tear rolled down my cheek...

The first one in years