The Iron Lighthouse

Crash

"I can't believe this," Bailey whined. It had only been ten minutes since Grandpa had arrived, and we had all been silent.

"Believe what? That my friends and I have to be stuck in here with you and Caleb until this storm stops?" Rebecca snarled.

"I don't mind it," Davy mumbled.

"That's because," Bailey started, "You've spent every minute since your arrival, staring at me!"

"Ya, what's up with that?" Caleb questioned Davy, a hidden tone behind his voice, warning Davy to back off.

Davy shrugged. "She's just pretty, that's all."

"How dare you say that!" Caleb yelled.

"What, you don't think she's pretty? I mean, she's your girlfriend so..."

"Of course I think she's pretty! Why the hell do you think she's my girlfriend? Because she has a good personality? Ha!" Caleb continued.

"Are you saying I don't have a good personality?" Bailey snapped, now angry.

"You didn't already know that your personalities a piece of shit?" Rebecca asked her. "Wow, I'm surprised nobody's ever told you that."

"I think I have a lovely personality, thank you very much, bitch!" Bailey screamed.

"Hey! Nobody calls my friend a bitch!" I screamed at her, my attack mode turned back on.

"Well I just did, go to hell!" Bailey snarled.

"Nobody calls either of my friends a bitch," Davy said, now back in the conversation, "Or tells  them to go to hell!"

"Ya, you don't even have the right to say that!" I added, "You're just a no-good, stupid ass slut!" 

I knew I had gone too far the second I felt a hand land on my cheek, causing me to fall to the floor.

"Shit," I mumbled, one of my hands on the stinging spot where I had been slapped, the other holding myself steady on the ground.

"Ellie! Are you okay?" Rebecca asked, running over to me.

"Ya, I'm fine," I said through gritted teeth, pushing myself off the ground. "Who the hell did that?"

"I did, because you called Bailey a no-good, stupid ass-" Caleb started.

"No need to repeat it!" Rebecca shouted, cutting him off. "We all know what she said, and that every word of it is true."

Caleb was about to say something, probably some snarky comment to shoot back at her, but there was a faint noise that came from upstairs.

"What was that?" I asked everyone.

"What was what? Are you hearing ghosts or something, bitch?" Bailey snapped.

"It sounded like something fell over or crashed," I told her.

"I heard it too, Bailey is probably just deaf," Rebecca said, confirming my thoughts.

"We should go check that out," Davy suggested. "And make sure your Grandpa's okay."

I nodded and we started making our way up the stairs, hoping that everything was fine.