Horrible Human Beings

Partner in Crime

PARTNER IN CRIME

It was an awesome night. We talked about everything and laughed a lot which only made me feel worst because Kristie was a really cool person and the thought of turn Eric against her not only seemed pretty bitchy from me but also almost impossible. They were the perfect couple so I needed to find out if there were any cracks between them and how I could exploit them even though that would probably make me the worst person ever!

We split in the train station. Eric had to take Kristie back to her horrible aunt’s house before ten, so after crashing my bones with a hug –damn she was strong!- we said goodbye and I took my train back home feeling happy because of the night I just had. While I was in the train staring at the passing lights of the buildings below me I couldn’t help thinking about Charlie and Alice. There was something odd about how things worked with Eric, Kristie and me. I mean, when I met Steve and yeah you know I hated Kelly so much, but despite that there were other reasons why I felt uncomfortable near them, because I felt like the third wheel. Now with Charlie and Alice things were kind of different because we could hang out and everything and laugh about each other jokes but it still felt like I was the third wheel again and yeah I was the third wheel after all but with Eric and Kristie…things were different I just… didn’t feel like an stranger standing in the middle of their stuffs, I felt disturbingly comfortable as if I was part of a trio like Harry, Ron and Hermione…and you know what? I liked that.

That thought kept bugging me until I made it into the campus, the more I liked being part of Krericky –Yup another ship name!- the more I understood that things could…maybe…slipping…out of my hands and I couldn’t afford that. So, I shook my head as I opened my dorm’s door because I needed to focus on what really mattered and unfortunately Kristie couldn’t be part of that equation.

“Hey!” Charlie said from his bed. He was cross legged with his laptop laying on his lap. “What are you doing here?” He frowned as he took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

“Um…” I started sarcastically. “I live here remember?”

He chuckled.

“I know… but…I thought you were back in your home” He explained thoughtful.

“Back home?” I replied without getting what he was saying.

“Oh don’t you know?” He asked and then grimaced as if he just swallowed a bitter pill.

My heart quivered. “What? What happened Charlie? Did something happened to my parents?” My voice hitched and suddenly I was standing in a morgue identifying their bodies. My bottom lip started trembling.

“Wow Easy!” Charlie said getting out of bed with his hands up. “Nothing happened to them… they just are having….problems you know? Again” He looked away uncomfortably.

I gasped. Oh no! This shit again? Really? “Did my mom called you?” I said embarrassed as I tugged out my phone searching for missing calls from her.