Short Stories

14. Excuse Me, I Quit!

"Excuse me, but I quit!"

I stared at the terrified teenage girl who thought she was brave enough to make this kind of statement and get away with it.

"You quit?" I said in a condescending tone. "Is that what you are doing?"

"Y...yes...I won't be doing your homework anymore o...or any other chores," she said. Her voice was shaking uncontrollably. I almost felt sorry for her.

Almost...

I moved closer to her and grabbed her shoulders then pulled her towards me. The movement was so sudden that her glasses almost fell off her face.

"I never gave you that choice little hamster, you don't get to quit unless I decide that you can!" I sneered.

"B..but..but..Evan," she was a mumbling mess.

"No buts, now go get me a soda from the vending machine," I ordered.

"NO! I won't! It's over, I am leaving," she cried and yanked herself free from my grasp, then ran away.

"The fuck..."I cursed out loud. What is with her?

When I first laid my eyes on Annie Fisher, I knew she was perfect. Perfect to be my personal maid. She had a small round face which was mostly covered by a pair of thick glasses. She had a head full of hair which she always tied up in two fishtail braids. Her clothing choice was rather questionable. Not like the other girls in my school who always worried about wearing trendy clothes. Best of all, she was just tiny. She reminded me of a hamster, hence the nickname.

When I saw how weak and nerdy she was I knew she was the perfect girl to order around. All I had to do was threatened her a few times and she did everything I told her to do.

Of course, it wasn't entirely because she was spineless and weak. I had a reputation as a bad boy in this school. Most people were scared of me so it was a piece of cake to control her. No one ever did anything to help her.

I have been making her do my chores for almost a month now. She never stood up to me once, until today. I had to find out what's going on with her so I can fix it then we can go back to our regular relationship where I get to order her around.

The next day, I grabbed her and pushed her against the lockers.

"Evan! Let go of me!" she cried.

"Listen here little hamster, I am willing to forget what you told me yesterday and we can start over. I am going to pretend that you suffered from temporary insanity when you said you won't listen to me anymore," I said.

"You are crazy! I wasn't lying yesterday. I won't be pushed around anymore!" her voice trembled a little but she spoke firmly.

I yanked the glasses off of her face. I knew she couldn't see too well without those. Her hazel eyes were actually her best feature. Too bad she had to hide them under these dorky glasses.

"Wha...what are you doing? Give those back!" she exclaimed.

"Not till you apologize and say you'll keep doing as I say," I said.

"I won't!" she squealed.

"Fine, I hope you can get through the day without these. Good luck, hamster," I said and dropped the glasses on the floor and stepped on them. She gasped as she heard the sickening crunch beneath my feet.

"Noooo! What have you done! I can barely see without those," she looked like she was about to cry.

"Awe boohoo should've thought about it before going against me," I mocked her then let go. She picked up the broken glasses and tried to see through them but they were completely broken.