junky || Ciaran McDonald

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MATT; 

I stood infront of all the guys and was about to announce to them about Cleo coming for three weeks. They were all there except one, Ciarán, he is always late to house meetings. "CIARÁN GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!" I screamed as I heard him going down the stairs. 

"So impatient," I heard him say as he walked past me, I rolled my eyes and waited for everyone to quiet down.

"For the next three weeks I have a friend staying with us, her name is Cleo. You need to respect her boundaries." I said looking at no one in particular. "Ian, Joba, and Merlyn yes it is that Cleo. She had a really tough childhood and she is still really nervous around a lot of guys because of it. This is a really big step-." The door bell rang an I left to go answer it. On the other side there was the face I loved to see smiling.

"Cleo!" I yelled while giving her a hug. I pulled back and saw her radiating a smile. I was half expecting her to show up with bright green hair, but this was the fist time in awhile I haven't seen her without dyed hair. 

"It is so good to see you! I have been loving the music, Iridesence is a blessing, also we n-" She prattled before she stopped and shifted her vision. Her eyes lit up as she spotted him. "Oh my god Joba, is that you?" He nodded as she walked up to him. She gave him a big hug before he started talking and led her into the living room where everyone else was. 

As I walked in I could see she was already overwhelmed by all the guys in the room. Joba was still standing next to her saying everyones name's. I swooped in and did what I did with her all through-out high school parties after the incident. I grabbed her arm and had her sit in the corner of the couch and I sat right next to her. Joba looked over as did Ian and their facial expressions both changed from excitement to concerned. Joba turned to everyone else and announced, "Let's watch a movie." He said happily.

"But, I want to get to know Cleo, I think we all do?" Romil said. He looked around trying to get people to agree, other than a few forced mumbles of 'yes' no one answered. 

"I think it's better if we watch a movie." Joba said back.

"She's going to be living with us and I want to get to know her!" Romil stated sounding a little mad.

"Romil, shut up we're watching a movie." Ian said from next to him. After Ian gave him a kick, Romil actually stayed quiet. Joba went on to Netflix and picked out 47 meters down. 

Half way through the movie I turned to Cleo, I saw she was already stressed. This made me instantly feel bad as I stood up which caught her attention. I grabbed her hand and dragged her into the kitchen so we could have some privacy. She looked at me, confused why I dragged her out before the end of the movie.

"I can tell you're nervous. If you want you can go stay with Emma or Summer." She slowly debated the options in her head, but I wanted my best friend to stay. I had barley seen her recently, this was the longest either one of us wouldn't have to dread the 6 hour drive from San Fransisco after a weekend. 

"I don't want to go there without an announcement. You know?" I nodded, I slowly spotted someone from around the corner and I walked over and found Ciarán awkwardly standing at the edge of the entrance.

"What do you want?"

"The bathroom." He said as he quickly rushed through the kitchen to the bathroom. Cleo's eyes trailed him as he made his way over there.

"I don't know Summer, but I know Emma. I think they would be fine with you going there randomly."

"For three weeks? I don't think so. Either way I need to function like a normal person, I can't be scared of the opposite gender."

"You are normal, you just had a rough past."

"Exactly, I need to let it stop affecting me. End of the conversation." She said and I watched her walk out of the kitchen and back to her spot. Slowly Ciarán also made his way back, leaving me to be the only one left in the kitchen. I don't think she can handle this. 

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CLEO;

As I got up and worked my way around all the boys I felt a set of eyes starring at me, he had big bushy eyebrows and I think his name is Romil. I turned back around and continued trying to find the bathroom. As I walked around trying to find the bathroom I heard footsteps behind me. "Hey Cleo, where you going?" Romil asked me, putting his hand on his shoulder.

I grabbed his hand and calmly removed it from my shoulder. "The bathroom, where is it?"

"Here I'll show you." He said extremely happy, Jesus I'll take ten of what he's having. "I'm not on anything."

"Did I seriously say that out loud?" He nodded as we walked to the bathroom and he asked me questions about my life.

"So here's the bathroom and if you need anything just yell."

"Thanks, but can you tell Matt I think I'm going to go to bed."

"You don't like him or anything. You know he has a girlfriend, right?"

"No, I don't like him. And yes of course I know about Tavia. If she makes Matt happy then she makes me happy."

"Then why do you act like your in love with him?"

"I owe a lot to him, more than you could really think. Goodnight Romil."

I closed the door and waited until I heard him walk away to leave. I opened the door and I went upstairs to the room I was staying in. It was a small, minimalistic room with white walls. The bed was just calling my name after the traveling I've done today. I climbed into bed and my eyes fluttered shut.