you said you won't leave

•8•

"We have everything," Chad says. "I think that they are staying at the second one."

"There is probably people at every safe house," I say.

"Well Luke is probably at the second one. It's super nice and it seems like the one that he would stay in."

"So what do we do now?"

"We go home," he says. "And we sort through all of our information."

"And then what?"

"Then we attack the safe houses," he says. "And then you will finally get to kill Luke."

"That's wonderful," I say sarcastically. I have no clue how I'm supposed to get out of this one.

What the hell am I supposed to say?

***

"No, Caleb," I yell laughing super hard. I roll over on the bed and I try to get away from him as he continues to tickle me.

"This is what you get," he says.

"I-I didn't d-do anything," I say as I continue to uncontrollably laugh.

"You made me die in my game," he says.

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. Please stop!"

He stops tickling me and I catch my breathe. I absolutely hate it when people tickle me. Caleb always finds it so much fun though.

"I won," he says.

"Not in your game though."

"Don't make me tickle your ass again," he says.

"I won't," I say. "I'm done bothering you. You can play now."

"It's fine," he says. "I want to do something now."

"Like what?" I ask as I start to play with one of his dreads.

"I don't know," he says. "We could go watch the stars. Or get some late night ice cream."

"Both?" I ask.

He chuckles, "I knew you would say that. I'm down for both, baby."

"Yay," I say getting excited. Watching the stars has always been my absolute favorite thing ever. I find so much joy in it. People think I'm weird for it, but Caleb loves it just as much as me. I'm glad I found someone that loves the stars too.

"I'll get the blankets," he says. "You need to grab one of my hoodies for yourself, so you don't freeze."

I smile to myself when he says that. I'll never get over the way he treats me. He always makes sure I'm taken care of and okay. I've truly never met a man like him.

I get up from his bed and I go to his closet. I start to look through his drawers until I find the white hoodie that says, "Pussy builds strong bones." This is one of my favorite hoodies of his and I'm not sure why. I just love it.

"You ready, baby?"

"Yes," I say.

We walk out of his bedroom, but we are then faced by someone I haven't seen yet. I'm here all the time and I have yet to see him. He really is amazing at hiding.

"Oh, hi," he says. "I didn't know anyone was home tonight. I thought you and the boys were going out."

"Uh, actually," Caleb says. "I told them to go without me. Nyai wanted to hang out."

Luke starts laughing, "You ditched the boys for a girl. Wow, I'm impressed, son."

Caleb smiles and wraps his arm around me, "I do have priorities."