Him

The Answer (Part 2): Chapter 12

I raced home from Jimmy's to make sure I made it there before Anthony.

I walked in the door and and threw my stuff on my bed and shut the door.

*KNOCK*KNOCK*

"Come in!" I hollered.

I was scared. I didn't know how to say it. What was I suppose to say?

Anthony came in and shut the door.

"What's up?"

I started with small talk.

"How's Peter?"

"Umm... Fine? But I know that's not why I'm here."

"Sit down."

He sat down on one end of the couch and I sat down on the other. I tried to keep as much distance as possible, being that my face is just now getting better from the last time.

"Look. I'm going to be straight forward with this. I--"

I was cut off by a knock at the door.

"What the hell?" I said confused.

I opened the door a little bit just so I could see who it was and Anthony couldn't. It was James.

"What are you doing here?" I probably sounded angry or my tone of voice came off as rude because he got a confused look on his face.

"Is someone here??"

He pushed through the door. He knew that the only time I acted like that was when Anthony was around.

"You must be Anthony."

"And you must be Jimmy."

They gave each other the dirtiest looks.

Well... This is not how I planned this to go. I got super worried because I had no clue what was going to happen now. But I had to admit, even though I was scared beyond belief, I felt a little safer with Jimmy there.

"Well, I guess we will all sit down."

I sat down where I was sitting before, and Jimmy sat down in between us, but closer to me. It's like he was guarding me, just in case Anthony got mad.

"Now that you two know each other--"

"So this is the guy that my kid keeps talking about right? You know buddy, I don't really like the fact that you've been hanging out with my kid without me knowing. I don't know you. I don't care to know you. And I sure as hell hate the fact that you're around him."

"Sorry to tell you this, but it's not your call Pal. You might not like it, but she is his mother and also has a say in who is around the child she had in her body for 9 months. And to be completely honest with you, I don't care to know you either. Especially after what you did to her face. I could care less about what you think of me. It doesn't bother me one bit."

"So you told him huh?"

I was about to say something when James stopped me.

"She didn't have to. She TRIED telling me that Peter accidentally hit her in the mouth with a toy. Now I've seen the kid, and he isn't the hulk. So there is no way in hell he did THAT to her face. I wasn't born yesterday."

I loved James so much right now. Every word that came out of his mouth I cherished. Not to mention he was pretty hot when he was angry.

Anthony got up in James' face and started mumbling under his breath.

I wasn't going to let them fight.

"STOP! Stop now! Both of you! Just sit down and let ME talk. ME!"