Ethan's POV
I woke up to a small bang. What the fuck?
I got out of bed, grabbing my lacrosse stick to use as a weapon.
Maybe it was Johanna, I thought to myself.
"Hello?" I called out.
No answer.
If it was her she would've answered.
I heard glass break and immediately held up the stick. I tiptoed down the hall towards the kitchen. I heard..glass bottles clinking?
No fuckin way.
I put the stick down stepping into the kitchen finding Johanna chugging down a bottle of beer.
"Johanna!" I said sternly as I flicked on the lights.
"Oh hey, E!" She smiled at me.
"Don't 'Hey E' me" I scoffed. I glanced at the bottles of beer before focusing on the drunken mess in front of me. "When you first moved in I gave you just two rules. Don't eat my ramen and no liquor in the apartment"
She knows damn well I don't like being around alcohol. It tempts me and unlike her I want to stay sober.
"It's fine, Ethan" she rolled her eyes. I snatched the bottle from her hand making her whine.
"No it's not!" I yelled at her. "Do you not remember how bad your drinking was? How many times you had to have your fucking stomach pumped?" She was quiet. "This isn't good for you Johanna"
She began walking away from me but I grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Don't just fucking walk away from me, I'm ta-" I was cut off by her throwing up on me.
I clenched my jaw closing my eyes, taking a deep breath, regretting it as the smell of vomit filled my nose.
"I'm-"
"Just go wait in my room" I said shortly.
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I woke up the next morning to a knock at my door.
My back was killing me, last night after I sent Anna to wait in my room she fell asleep in my bed so after showering I just crashed on the couch.
I needed to have a serious talk with her, she was either straightening herself out or she was gone. As much as I love her I cannot go back to the person I used to be.
I made a promise to myself that I would never let my drinking get out of hand again and I intend to keep that promise.
I walked over to the door opening it to reveal my Grayson.
"What's up, man?" I asked. It was only ten what was he doing here so early and with his bags too?
"Alexis and I broke up" he said his voice shaking a little bit.
"What happened?" I asked shocked, last time we were all together they seemed happy. Could it have something to do with Johann? "Well, come in first" I said grabbing one of his duffle bags, stepping back.
We both dropped the bags by the kitchen table sitting down on the couch.
"She couldn't get over the fact that I had slept with Johanna." He shrugged.
So it did have something to do with her.
"And it's not Hanna's fault, you know? It happened in the past before any of us knew we were going to be together" he shrugged. "She just, I don't know" he leaned forward leaning his elbows on his knees "didn't trust me?"
"Did she kick you out or..?" I trailed off.
"No, I just had to get out of there. We tried to talk it out at first but things escalated and we started arguing." He leaned back on the couch. He shook his head staring at the coffee table thinking about the situation.
"It just pisses me off that she doesn't trust me over something that happened a year ago" he shrugged.
"Sorry man, I don't know what to tell you" I wanted to help my brother but right now I needed to take care of my situation. "Obviously you can stay here, your room is still vacant"
"Thanks, man, I'm just gonna go shower" he got up with a deep sigh before going into the hall.
Now to talks to Johanna.
