Sam offered his hand to me, helping me up as Ellie stood hesitantly off to the side.
"*fuck* thankss - ss" i grabbed his hand and let him pull me up.
"your stuff is in the spare room" Sam said as he took Ellie's hand and led her up the stairs.
alicia and I started down the long hallway when Sam called out for me from the top stair, his head leaning over the railing.
"Drew?" He shouted nervously, his voice wavering a bit.
"Sam? *i am - SAM" i answered, alicia rolled her eyes and walked into the spare room.
"I'm sorry" he said quickly, turning around and leaving before I could say anything back.
When I entered the spare room there was about 20 boxes lined up and stacked against the wall, my bed pushed in the corner.
"Are *oOoO* they *bloop bloop* labelled (thwap)?" i asked as i walked over and grabbed a box off the top and ripped it open.
"The ones on the right are clothes, the left are knickknacks" alicia said as she found an empty box and started putting clothes inside.
In 30 minutes we had three boxes of shit packed. We loaded them into the trunk of her car, my nosy neighbour watching from his front porch with a beer in his hand.
"you *bloop* hungry - hungry?" i asked as alicia buckled her seatbelt, quickly checking her phone.
"yes! burgers?" she asked as she typed a quick message and put her phone into the cup holder.
"A - a - a and w?" i asked, knowing it was alicias favourite. It had been her favourite since I met her in the second grade.
"You know it" she smiled and pulled out of the driveway, another car honking at her as she drove down the street.
"did you find a new me, in the hospital?" Alicia asked jokingly as my phone buzzed, dylan hadn't stopped texting me since I got arrested.
"very *bloop* funny (haha) (haha), you know *bloop* there's only *oOoO* one *oOoO* you" i teased, popping my chest repeatedly.
"oh come on, everybody loves you" she grabbed my phone and shoved it towards me, getting annoyed at the buzzing.
"if - if - if - if" I got frustrated and stopped, punching myself in the jaw.
"If by *bloop* everybody you *bloop* mean *oOoO* you (fuck)" i said and alicia laughed, shoving my shoulder and pointing at my buzzing phone.
"I think I might have some competition" she death glared me, smiling as I rolled my eyes and picked up my phone.
I had 13 missed calls from dylan and 20 text messages, all of them were a variation of him asking if I was okay and where I was.
I'm fine - me
I sent him a text and then turned it back off, shoving it in the glove department which seemed to satisfy alicia.
"You *fuck you* found a *bloop* new - new - new me *bloop* yet?" I said as she pulled into the drive through behind a couple cars.
"Alas no one can give me the excitement you bring" she took the $20 i pulled from my pocket and nodded a thanks, catching my head as it dropped forwards.
"two veggie burgers with fries and sprite please" she spoke into the speakerphone and then followed the car in front of her.
"excite! excitement *oOoO*, thats (thwap) what you - you - you're calling *bloop* it?" i joked as we went forward in the line.
"is there another word for it?" Alicia turned and caught my head again, hugging me quickly on the shoulder.
"annoying, *ding ding* stupid *oOoO*, retAA" i cut myself off by clamping my hand over my mouth as we got up to the window.
"thanks!" Alicia took the bag and put it in between us, handing the money to the employee.
"keep the change, have a good day" she said and drive off, the girl staring at me weirdly as i ticked.
"should i pull over?" she asked as she bit into the burger, looking over nervously as my tics got worse.
"Ye- *fuck you*!" I grabbed my arms and crossed them tightly in an effort not to punch alicia.
Alicia pulled into a parking lot and parked the car, climbing out and getting in the back seat. She put her hands on my shoulders and rubbed them gently.
"Cumslut!" I shouted, apparently the tic of the afternoon as i continued to shout it and smash my head back, throwing uppercuts at my jaw.
All I could think about while my body removed itself from my control was not hurting alicia, who spoke encouragements in my ear.
45 minutes later it was finally over, my heart pounding in my head and my eyes barely able to stay open.
"Come back here drew" alicia ordered me, smiling as she ruffled my hair.
I got out of the car and got into the back, hitting my hand against the top of the car as I slid in beside her.
"There has to be a way we can make this better Drew" alicia moved so she was on my left side and leaned her head against my shoulder.
"There *fuck you* there's nothing *bloop*" i bit my bottom lip and flipped off alicia, shrugging my shoulders a couple times before wrapping my arm around her.
"What about an animal?" She asked, intertwining her fingers with mine.
"I'd *STAB STAB* kill - kill - kill it" i could feel myself drifting off, the energy fleeing my body.
"You haven't killed me" alicia pushed me slightly so I would lean against the car door and laid on my chest.
"Hmm.. yet" i smiled and hugged her closer, thankful for my best friend.
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what makes us tic
Short Storydrew suffers from tourette's. he has no control over some of the things he says or does, often hurting himself and sometimes even others around him. his parents don't understand, and since the tics started emerging they distanced themselves farther...
