Do you Believe in Fate? Ch 6

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Six Second Screams

Today had been a bad day…

The kind of day that makes you happy to see your bed because the only thing you want to do is go back to it.

Because it's warm…

Because it doesn't judge you…

Because it doesn't make you do things you really don't want to do…

…the only thing that your bed wants to do is make you happy.

'I love my bed…' I think as I pull up into the drive way. Even the drive home had been horrible and longer than usual. Nothing was on the radio and my iPod was dead because I forgot to charge it last night. It had poured all day. Now I know that rain isn't unusual in Lafayette, just like in the surrounding towns, but today it was a literal monsoon…

I had frozen all day long because someone had the air on full blast throughout the building, and on the way in, I stepped into a puddle… a rather large puddle.

Today was also the last day before the magazine when out for this month. That means it was all hell all day and any minute mistake was enough to warrant a severe tongue lashing; which of course did nothing but put everyone in a bad mood….

I walk into my apartment, my beautiful, warm, dry…

"WHAT HAPPENED?" I screech as I look at what used to be my living room, which has been transformed (magically!) into a pig sty…

Scattered along the floor were crumbs of stepped on chips, Cheetos were mashed into the plush carpet, an empty pizza box, at least I hoped it was empty laid overturned on the rug and several soda cans littered the table and floor surrounding it.

"I couldn't skateboard today," shrugged Tommy from his position on the couch.

"So you decided to become an animal instead?"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" he growled.

"That you've made the biggest mess I've ever seen one person create! You will clean this up right now!"

"Don't fuckin' tell me what to do!" he yelled getting up off the couch and standing to his full height.

"Well since you live under my roof I will tell you what to do."

"I didn't ask to live under your roof! In fact, I can't stand you! I wish I had been shipped off to Seattle!"

Normally it probably wouldn't have, but because of how tired, stressed and depressed I was anyway, I felt it. Tears pricked my eyes as I turned away from him and walked into the kitchen. I heard a knock at the door, figuring it was Seth and the others I just ignored it.

"Hey Megan!" exclaimed the chipper voice of Seth as he strode into the kitchen.

"Hey Seth…" I murmured my voice weak from trying to keep the tears at bay.

"Woah… What wrong?" he asks as he turns me around to face him, I quickly look away to hide my tears.

"Nothing… I'm fine…"

"I don't believe you…" he muttered back as he stared intensely at me.

"I'm fine just tired… I think I'm just going to lay down…"

"…ok…"

I brushed past him as I hurried out of the kitchen. Tommy, Brady and Collin were in the living room and when I passed by Brady and Collin practically leapt from their seats on the couch to greet me. I felt bad for brushing them off but I barely escaped Seth, I don't need the pranksters of the group to know I was upset. One thing I had found amusing was that the trio of boys seemed to have taken a liking to me and seemed to spend more time at my house than at even Emily's house. Apparently, she was quite grateful for this. I didn't mind… I had grown quite fond of them in the week since this had all began as well.

I closed the door perhaps a little harder than I meant to, because the next thing I hear is Brady and Collin rounding on Tommy and Seth knocking softly on my door. I simply ignored them all and went to take a nice hot shower.

Maybe things will be better when I get out…

The first thing I hear after my hour long shower is the booming voice of Paul. I had of course heard him pissed off before, a few days ago when Tommy had gotten into a fight, but this time is worse. I can tell…

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO MAKE HER CRY?" Bellowed Paul.

I hear it through the door as plain as day. I quickly threw on some clothes and ran out of the room.

Now Tommy is tall for his age, standing easily at about 5'10" to 5'11" and Paul towered over him topping him by about 5 inches easily. Paul was in Tommy's face, he looked livid.

"WHAT IS GOING ON?" I yelled, all 5'3" of me at the towering males before me.

Paul ran to me and pulled me into a hug murmuring 'are you all right?' I was a little uncomfortable being hugged like this by a man I've known for all of a week but didn't say anything; he seemed genuinely worried about me. Tommy was glaring over at us from his position in the middle of the room, every once in a while glancing over to Seth who must have been the one to call Paul.

"What are you doing here?" I asked in confusion as I pulled away from him.

"Seth called and told me you were really upset about something, said you were crying and wouldn't come out of your room. He was worried and didn't know what to do."

"I'm fine… It just hasn't been a good day."

"He didn't say anything to upset you did he Megs?"

"If he did, then it is between the two of us. I appreciate your concern but it's unnecessary. Everything is fine."

He obviously didn't believe me.

"You know he is going to try to get away with stuff just because he is much bigger than you, you know that right? He's lived his life mostly in fear of his parents, now he's the one to be feared. He doesn't want to be told what to do."

"Yeah, I know, but if you're always stepping in to defend me, then he is never going to respect me. I know he respects and listens to you, but that doesn't do anything for me. We have to fight our battles with each other or nothing is ever going to get better. I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to this, trust me, there is more to me than there seems."

"Oh I know there is more to you…" He says with a small smile as we turn and head back into the living room from the kitchen, where we had talked.

"You ok?" The Trio asked the second I walked back into the room.

"I'm fine guys," I said with a soft smile, "Where did Tommy go? I need to talk to him…" I said as I looked around for him.

"He ran out severely pissed about five minutes ago," Brady supplied.

"Did he say where he was going?"

"No he just took off."

"It's storming outside! We have to find him!" I said as I grabbed my coat and ran out into the rain.

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