2. Paranoid
I grabbed Lena by the hand and made her turn around. "Look at me!" I said.
She looked up and met my eyes. They were filled with tears.
"You can't keep doing this to yourself." I told her.
"And what am I supposed to do, huh? Just forget what happened. I can't! You know what happened just as well as I do. It's not just something you forget.!" she told me in a harsh tone.
"I know and I'm sorry you're feeling this way." I hugged her. "But I can't stand seeing you like this."
"It's haunting my sleep. There's nothing I can do to change that!"
"Try to forget it."
"Oh so that's what you have done?"
"No." I said and looked down.
"No that's what I thought."
"But it wasn't your fault. Just let it go!"
"I watched it happen. I can't just forget that Gabby. Maybe you can, but I sure can't."
"You think I've forgotten? You don't think I carry this with me everyday? Because I do! I blame myself all the time." I told her with tears in my eyes. "You know what I've done."
"You didn't do anything."
"Yes I did. He should have been stopped. This isn't right. It wasn't supposed to be this way. You can't just make deals with death. You can't. I'm sure there is a pay to price for what we've done!"
"I sure didn't do anything." Lena said. "I just watch it happen."
"That's exactly why you shouldn't let it bother you!"
"It's not like I can just move on."
When I got home Ophie was asleep.
"Bye baby." My mom said and kissed my cheek. "I just put Sophie to sleep."
"Bye."
I was alone. The only one here was a sleeping baby, but she sure wasn't much fun right now. I popped down on the couch to watch TV. But apparently I ended up falling asleep. I had the weirdest dream. I was seeing this shadow of a man. It was like he was trying to tell me something. He was walking around the house leading me upstairs. He painted something on the wall. He wrote. 'I know what you have done'. I woke up as I heard crying. Ophie was awake. I was covered in sweat and I was having this weird feeling that something was completely wrong. I walked upstairs to get Ophie. As I grabbed her I looked around in panic. I felt like someone was watching me. And then I heard a loud noise. The front door had been opened. I slowly walked downstairs with Ophie in my arms. She seemed almost scared too, like someone had woken her. I took another step down and then…
"Do you live in a circus? Close the door." Jake told Troy.
I jumped in shock. I had been expecting something totally different.
"What happened to you?" Troy asked. "Have you seen a ghost?"
"No. I just thought… Never mind."
I walked to the kitchen with Ophie.
"I swear dude, your sister gets more and more weird."
"I know, but it's not like…"
"I can hear you!" I yelled to them.
They both walked out to us and I placed some mashed potatoes in front of Ophie.
"Aren't you two home early?" I asked.
"No. It's 4:30." Jake told me.
"Oh never mind then."
"Is there anything wrong with her?" Tory asked Jake but I answered.
"Troy nothing's wrong with me."
"Whatever you say Gabby."
Ophie grabbed for the plate and I realized I had forgotten to give her anything. So I grabbed a spoon and started feeding her. She loved mashed potatoes.
"How much do you get paid from this?" Troy asked me referring to babysitting Ophie.
"Not enough." I told Troy while looking at Jake.
"Then why do you do it."
"Because…" Jake said. "Who can resist this cute little face?" he asked as he looked in to Ophie's eyes, which made her laugh.
Troy rolled his eyes. "You guys are the weirdest people I know."
"Then what are you doing here?" I asked.
"Free food." Troy said.
I rolled my eyes. "You are such a guy."
"You got that right baby." he said as he grabbed me by the waist.
"Go away Bolton."
"Yeah stop hitting on her." Jake said.
Then the front door opened and I jumped again.
"Why so tense today Montez?" Troy asked, giving me a weird look. I just shook my head leaving it with that.
"Hey!" Lena said as she stepped in to the kitchen.
"There's my favorite girl!" Troy said and jumped over to hug Lena.
"I swear there is something seriously wrong with him." I told Jake.
"Tell me about it!"
"Hey. You didn't say I couldn't hit on Sel."
Lena just smiled and walked over to kiss Ophie's cheek. "Hey cutie."
"You need to stop hitting on both of my sisters."
"Why?"
"Because it's weird dude."
"But they are both really gorgeous." he said giving both of us a smile.
"Is he high?" I asked no one in particular.
"Shit!" Jake said and grabbed Troy by the shirt and led him outside.
"What just happened?" I asked looking confused at Lena, who just shook her head.
Later that evening I got this weird feeling again. I was sure that someone was here or maybe I was just getting paranoid.
"You okay?" Jake asked me looking concerned.
"I'm fine."
"You're not. You're thinking about him aren't you?"
I nodded.
"It wasn't your fault Brie."
"It was mine and you know it."
"No it was mine. I should have stopped him."
"I know you couldn't choose."
"But there had to be another way." I could see he was feeling helpless.
"You know there wasn't. I just wished it wasn't like this. It shouldn't have been. He should still be alive."
"You know what would have happened if he was right?"
"I know." I told him and looked down. "I don't think we are the only one who knows what happened!" I told him out of sudden.
"Why would you say that?"
"I had this dream, and it seemed so real. Even Ophie seemed to be affected. It was like there was someone in the house. I saw someone paint 'I know what you have done' on the wall."
"But it was just a dream right?"
"I don't know." I told him as I shook my head. "But it felt like someone was watching me. Jake what if someone else knows?"
"Then what?"
"I don't want people to know. They would look at me differently. They wouldn't like what I've done."
"Brie you weren't the one doing it. Sam was he was the one who pulled the trigger."
"I know. But it's still my fault none of it would have happened if it wasn't for me."
AN: Okay so this story might not be the most interesting story so far, but I promise there'll come a lot of drama And Troyella will be together eventually just be patient