Ms.Bully

8

I wrap the towel around my waist after rubbing my hair with it. I open the door letting the steam rush out into the hallway.
"Oh, I didn't know you were in there." I hear Niki's voice I look down to see she was now wearing a fluffy robe her face was flushed. "Well, excuse you then," I say brushing past her walking towards Raul's room. I don't know why but she just irritates me. It's like she's always in the way. I enter the room and get dressed.
"You ready I hear Raul shout as I walk down the stairs. "Yeah were we going?" I question walking towards the door. "Let's get some...Sushi." I wrinkle my face with disgust. "No," I say back
"Get involved with your culture." Raul whines. "My dad is white and Filipino and my mom was Black and Filipino. What do you mean by my culture?" I state raising an eyebrow? "I love you Raul but don't make me have to slap you." I snort before heading out the door.  Why is he so stupid?
I the end we ended up eating some burrito fusion restaurant because I didn't want to eat sushi.
"I'm stuffed," Raul says patting his belly. He should be after eating 3 burritos the size of his head. Raul was a pretty fit guy and if he thought eating 3 huge burritos was within his diet who am I to say anything. I only finish half of mine. "Wanna walk it off?" I suggest as I placed some cash onto the table. "Yea let's go, gotta burn some calories," he grunted as he stood up. We walked back to the house gradually getting rid of the heavy falling of food in our stomachs.

"You going back home tomorrow, right?" Raul's dad asked me as we entered the kitchen. "Yeah...why?" I say leaning on the refrigerator as I toss my half-eaten burrito inside.
"I'm just checking," he said smiling down at Niki before pulling her into his arms. Yuck. "Eww, don't suck each other's faces in front of us!" Raul exclaimed in disgust. Niki looked at Raul rolling her eyes. "You'll be fine." She states before pulling his father into a kiss. I close the refrigerator shielding my eyes from the sight before walking out of the kitchen. "They are so nasty!" Raul said his face still twisted. I agreed.
We jump onto the couch watching a few more movies before it was finally time to go to bed. I change into my grey plaid sleeping pants laying down shirtless since the heat was on.
"Next time can we do a sleepover at my house?" I ask Raul rolls to face me on the futon. "Yeah I'd rather not see their make-out sessions either," he smirked. I nod my head in agreement. I chuckle before turning to look up at the ceiling. "This weekend has been fun. The most fun I've had in a while." I say smiling softly my gaze still fixed on the ceiling. "I enjoyed it too. I didn't get along with my classmates in New Mexico, Santa Fe. The people there were quite shallow. And it was too hot." he sighs. "I'm just glad you came back." I laugh before pulling the covers up to my neck and closing my eyes. "Yeah me too." I hear him say before drifting off to sleep.

"Wake up." I feel the blanket being ripped off of me. "Oh, where did your shirt go?" I hear Niki's voice question. "Stop it." I groan snatching the blanket back. "Your dad is here." She announces. I open my eyes looking up at her she only had a tank top and shorts on. "Where did your pants go?" I say lifting an eyebrow." Her cheeks grow red as she walks out of the room. I stand up and look down to see Raul still sleeping I just slip on a shirt before packing my things into my bag. I nudge Raul "What." He grumbled, "See you tomorrow." I say before leaving. When I walk down the stairs my dad was talking to Raul's dad. "Oh, is this your wife?" He questions looking at Niki as she walks in now wearing silk pajama pants. "Yes I am, my name is Niki Anova." She says proudly bringing attention to her new last name.
"Um... you ready to go?" I question. He looks down at my pajama pants shaking his head to himself. "You going outside like that?" He questions. "We're just going home. I'll take a shower there." I explained and he sighs before waving goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Anova.
"I can't believe he remarried so quickly." My dad says as he starts the engine. "That's what I said to Raul." I laughed his hazel eyes glanced at me before giving me a small smile. "It's nice to see you smiling again." He said before pulling onto the road. As we pulled out of the driveway I saw an oddly familiar car parked in front of Raul's house. I can't remember who's so I ignored it and fill my dad in on Mr.Anova's relationship status.
"I don't know why she married him if he's already cheated with his previous wife." dad chuckles as he pulls into the driveway parking the car. "I know it's kind of sad." I sighed opening the door slamming it shut after getting out of the car.  I follow behind him as he opens the house door. "Oh did I forget to lock the door?" he murmured to himself.
We walk inside and I run up the stairs and take a shower.
I walk into my room with the towel wrapped around my waist. I fish through my drawers putting on clothes. When I turn around I see a flash of red catch my eye. I walk towards my desk to see a red note on my desk. I peel the sticky note off my desk. "Strike two" the note read. I looked up from the note and out of the window, I could see the same car that was parked in front of Raul's house. A chill ran down my spine as I realized what it meant. That was the same car that Annabella forced me into. I quickly draw the curtains shut. They were in the house. They were watching me this whole time. I don't know if I'm more scared or angry. I grabbed my head slump to the floor as I brought my knees to my chest. I feel my phone buzz. [" I'll see you after school tomorrow."] from Annabella. It was a simple sentence but I could feel the coldness from every word.
I wrap my arms around my knees and hug them to my chest. Should I just run away? I don't want to leave now that Raul's back. There was another buzz from my phone. [ "Oh, and don't try to run because you won't get far."] from Annabella.
I didn't get much sleep that night worrying about what the day would bring.