Later that night I woke up when I heard shouting from the living room.
"Which one of you motherfuckers bit Kerstin!"
It was Chris. He was angry.
I rolled over, expecting to hit the door but I didn't. I was in Chris' bed. I raised my hand up towards my neck, searching for the bite marks from Ricky, instead, I found a piece of cloth. I ran my fingers over the surgical tape, realizing it had been bandaged.
I sat up, pulling the covers back and slowly standing. I lifted my shirt up, seeing the huge cut from Ricky's knife, apparently Chris hadn't looked there. The cut was burning and aching. I rubbed my fingers over it, in attempts to scratch it without actually using my nails.
I opened the bedroom door and walked downstairs. When I entered the living room, Chris had his back to me. Opposite of him were the boys and Nina. I noticed something shiny on her neck. It looked like a dog collar from where I was.
As I got closer, I realized it was. Ryan had a collar on her and was holding the end of the leash in his hand. This pissed me off for some reason.
"Well? Which one of you did it? Speak up, now!" Chris said, crossing his arms over his chest.
He looked at Angelo. "It wasn't me." he said.
He kept looking at each of them, all of them denying it, until he got to Ricky.
"Ricky." Chris said.
"What?" Ricky asked.
"Did you fucking do this?" Chris snarled.
Ricky looked up at him, leaning back in his chair with a smug smirk on his face. I hated him. I wanted to watch him suffer.
"She deserved it." Ricky said.
One minute Chris was standing in front of me, the next, he had Ricky up against the wall, holding him by the throat. Ricky chuckled, smiling as Chris held him.
"What are you going to do, Chris?" he said.
"I should fucking end you." Chris said.
"Chris, stop." Angelo said, rushing to his side, placing a hand on Chris' shoulder.
Chris released Ricky, letting him drop to the floor. He turned back, looking at everyone.
"No one touches Kerstin, as of now. She belongs to me." he growled.
"That's not fair!" Balz said.
"You can thank Ricky for that." Chris spat.
He turned on his heel and walked off.
"Way to go, asshole." Devin said.
"Shut the fuck up Devin, you've never even done anything with a girl. We all know you're Angelo's bitch." Ricky said.
Devin looked down. Angelo glared at Ricky and went to sit back down beside Devin, putting an arm around him.
I kind of figured the two of them had something going on, by the way they acted. It was actually pretty cute. Angelo was so protective of Devin, it was the cutest thing ever, really.
I looked over at Nina and Ryan.
"Nina, get up." I said.
Nina looked up at me. She went to stand and Ryan yanked the leash, pulling her back down, causing her to whimper.
"She's not a fucking dog you asshole!" I screamed.
Ryan laughed. "She's a bitch. A female dog is a bitch."
