Meat

Chapter 24

I open my eyes. The sound of knocking wakes me up. I look around and see the living room. The TV is turned on to some movie. What the hell?

Suddenly, I remember! I finished cleaning and decided to watch a movie while I waited for my laundry. My last load. The knocking sound continues. I look over across the kitchen to the entry way. What time is it? I check my phone. 3:15.

Holy shit! I scramble to the front door and open it to Anastasia's worried face.

"Oh good! I thought you went somewhere and forgot to tell me. I was calling you forever."
"No, sorry. I fell asleep."
She giggles as I let her in. By the looks of it, everyone is still gone. They probably went out to eat or something.

"Is your family here?" Ana asks, putting her duffel bag down.
"No, they went to the mall."
"Oh, cool." She got this weird look in her eye. A look I had never seen before. "How long will they be gone?"
"I'm not sure.." I trail off, wondering where this is going.
"Uh, can we go to your room?" She asks me, that unfamiliar look still gleaming in her eyes.
"Yeah, of course. Let me get your bag for you."
She came with a duffel bag and a backpack, I'm assuming the backpack was for homework or something.
We go up to my room and I set down her things.

"Wow, it's really clean in here. That's unusual."
I giggle "yeah, I mean I just wanted it to look ni-"
I'm cut off by her lips meeting mine. She grabs my face with her right hand and the small of my back with her left.
At first, I'm in shock, but I eventually grab her back, wrapping my arm around her with my right hand and grabbing her hip with my left. With our lips still locked, I lead her to the bed and lay her down. She moves her hand up to my head and starts tugging lightly at my hair. Her other hand trails from the front of my neck down. She eventually reaches the waistband of my sweats.

"Woah" I say, pulling away slightly.

"Oh, uh, sorry.." She blushes, moving her hand away.

I stop her. Keeping her hand there. "Keep going. I just want to make sure you're comfortable."

She smiles slightly as our lips lock again, and she continues with what she was doing.

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I wake up and roll over. Ana is laying next to me, covered in blankets, sleeping. I get up and put my clothes on. I leave my room, walking to the bathroom. I wash my face and brush my teeth. Did that really just happen? What time even is it? I check my pockets and find my phone, barely alive. 9pm. Seriously? It couldn't have been that long. It didn't feel like it.

I finish in the bathroom and head back into my room. I open the door and go to walk in, when I'm grabbed by my shoulder and pulled away. I get pulled into Quinn's room.

"Quinn?"

"Shh" she says, closing her door and turning on her light.

"What the fuck?"

"Shh!"

"Quinn," I whisper. "What's going on?"

"Nothing. What is she doing here?"

The words dripped out of her mouth like poison. "Uhh, she came to hang out."

She snarled. "I see. Well I'll let you get back to her."

"What's your deal, Q? What do you have against Ana?"

"She just gives me a weird feeling. A bad vibe. I'm usually right about these things and you know it."

"There's nothing wrong with her, Q!" I started getting angry. She doesn't even know her. Not like I know her.

"Believe what you want. Just be careful." She says, sitting down at her desk and turning on her desk lamp.

"Fine." I say, leaving her room and going back to mine. Anastasia is still asleep, so I get in bed and cuddle with her until I fall asleep, too.