Meat

Chapter 23

     I wake up, the sun makes a thin line on my back wall. I look over at my clock; 5:51. Goddamnit! I roll over and try to go back to sleep. It's fucking Saturday! I should not be waking up this early! I close my eyes, trying to get some more sleep, when my phone buzzes from under me. I sit up and grab it. It's a phone call from Anastasia. I answer quickly.

"Hello?"
"Hey! Sorry if it's early." She giggles her adorable giggle.
"It's okay! What's up?"
"I was wandering if I could go over today and maybe spend the night? My mom is going out of town for the weekend and my brother is staying at his girlfriends house."
I jump with excitement. "That would be awesome, um, let me ask my mom real quick, okay?" I throw my phone onto my bed and run out of the room. I run into mom and Jim's room to find them both asleep.

"Mom." I say, rubbing her arm, she stirs and looks up at me.
"Yes? Why are you up so early? Go back to sleep."
"Can Anastasia spend the night tonight?"
"Sure." She rolls over and falls back asleep.
I scurry back to my room and pick up my phone. "Yes!"
"Awesome! I'll be over at about three. My brother said he would drop me off when he gets out of work."
"Okay, I'll see you then! Later!" I hang up and watch the clock, I couldn't wait for it to turn three.
Suddenly, I feel the all too familiar pain that surrounds my stomach. I'm hungry. Everyone is here, I couldn't possibly chop up and cook Chase now. Actually, there's a possibility I wouldn't be able to do that all weekend! Shit.

I decided I needed to distract myself. I go to turn on my light and make sure that my room is ready for Anastasia, the beautiful, exquisite, Anastasia. Words couldn't describe the butterflies I feel when I'm around her, or even when I think about her. My light is very dim, so I decide I'm going to need a new one. I skip to the garage, thinking about the kind of weekend we're going to have. Sissy is in the kitchen, on her phone as usual.
"Good morning, Freak." She says to me. I laugh, and skip back up the stairs. Absolutely no one could ruin my mood today. I change my lightbulb and see my mess of a room. The yellow fluorescent light draped all the clothes on the floor, and the dust on my shelves and desk sparkled. I jumped down from the stepladder and started picking up clothes; everything had to be perfect for Anastasia.

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3 hours later and the room is spotless and I'm starving. Cleaning distracted me for the most part, but my hunger got unbearable after a while. Maybe I can get something from the kitchen to help me. I walk down the stairs and everyone is sitting at the table.
"Hey there, V." Quinn says, being the only one who noticed me. They are eating omelettes,with a fruit salad. Mom is trying so hard to make us eat healthy.

"V, we're going to the mall today for Q, she needs a hair cut. I wanted to also reward her for the grade she got on her test, so I'm going to give her 60 dollars for whatever she wants. You can come too, if you want. I can give you a couple of bucks if you want." My mom said, sipping her coffee.

"No thanks, mom. I have to clean my room today, and do some laundry."

"Getting ready for your little girlfriend?" Sissy said, not looking away from her phone.
I blush. "No, just getting ready for a friend." I say smiling. Sissy looks up from the phone, annoyed that her comment didn't even affect me.

"Okay, V. If you don't want to, it's okay. I can get you something if you want." Mom says, putting her silverware on her plate.
"Sure, maybe some movies? Horror movies, please. And maybe a new blanket? Popcorn? Snacks?"
"What about a blow-up bed for your friend?"
I stop and blush, I didn't think about that. I just assumed that she would sleep in my bed with me.
"Uh.."
"Where were you expecting her to sleep?"Jim asks me, looking at me sternly.
"I..I don't know. The couch I guess?"
"I'm getting her a blow-up bed. She is not sleeping on the couch, and she is not sleeping in your bed."
I blush and nod. "I would appreciate that, thanks." I grab an apple and trek back up the stairs to my room.

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15 minutes later and everyone is out the door. I'm assuming Sissy went with them, She's always down for a free trip to the mall. I go downstairs and check. I call out for anyone, and no one answers. Their car is gone, and every room is empty. I go outside and start up the grill. I bring in the popular boy inside and start chopping him up. His muscle makes him harder to cut, but the more muscular, the better; the more tender.

After he's all chopped up, I take him outside and put him on the grill.

After about half an hour of cooking, he's finally all done. I make myself a Chase sandwich, and sit in the kitchen waiting for my laundry to finish.

After my sandwich, I fill better, my stomach doesn't hurt anymore, and I'm ready to finish cleaning. I put the rest of Chase away and get back to my room, continuing my cleaning. Thinking about this weekend has made me super excited; even if I've only known about it for a couple of hours. I have a bunch of things already planned; a movie, video games, I can make us dinner.. I wonder what she likes to eat. I know she's vegetarian, we're very different in that matter. She only eats vegetables and fruit, and I eat human flesh. Opposites attract, I guess.

I put on my music and continue cleaning; checking the clock every so often. Waiting for 3:00.

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So something very exciting happens in the next chapter. If any of my readers ship Anastasia and Veronica, you may like the next chapter ;) some of y'all it may not be your thing but I'll keep it PG13.