5 Feet apart

It was three in the morning and I was wide awake munching on popcorn lounging on the floor with my best pal, Ally.

At some point in the night, we build ourselves a bed on the floor by stacking blankets on top of each other and laying a mountain of big pillows on top. Courtesy of Kat.

We were watching re-runs of our favourite show, American horror story. I absolutely love it!

It has to be the best TV show out there. And if you disagree, then your death is surely near!

"Hey Kat, we're outta gummies"

Alison announced as our Asian friend lifted a brow in question

"So?"

"So go get some more. They're in the pantry."

White fluff of cotton cloud was all that I last saw. Kat threw a nearby pillow on Ally's face which bounced off onto mine.

My blonde friend did the same to her assaulter. The force of the pillow forced Kat to bend over backwards like a bamboo shoot.

The two started exchanging blows and I stayed by the sidelines, simply watching the two morons I call my best friends basically suffocate each other.

Yeahp, this was our everyday quarrel and banter but I couldn't have it any other w-

"Ow"

I felt my head violently jerk back as a hard blow was delivered right on my shnoz.

"Oops, sorry"

Kat said not looking one bit sorry at all.

"Oh it's on"

Picking up the pillow that was thrown at me I attacked my best friend with a deadly hit.

We wrestled and hit one another mercilessly. None of them was giving in and I sure as hell was not going to be the first.

This was not any ordinary pillow fight, oh no no. This, this was an all-out war game!

"Final attack!"

Ally exclaimed throwing two pillows at Kat with all her might, she took the blow and landed on the floor.

Taking her momentary distraction I launched a counter-attack of my own

"Spinjitzu, ninja goooo!"

Spinning I let three pillows fly to Alison and the hit was successfully delivered.

"Yaay"

Dizzy and a little nauseous, I celebrated my victory but eventually joined my fallen foes on the battle ground's floor

"I think I'm spinning...or is that everything else?"

"Wow Addie"

"Couldn't finish the attack without getting sick?"

My oh-so-wonderful so-called friends commented.

I rolled my eyes at them and immediately regretted it feeling a headache slowly form.

"I-"

*I am very, very crazy...*

The ringtone on Ally's phone went off interrupting me mid-sentence.

I gave her a look and she did the same to Kat who in turn gave me a look as well.

We were all thinking the same thing and in all honesty, I was hoping that we were wrong.

With precision and careful movements, Alison picked her phone up from in between the couch cushions.

She took a look at the screen, looked towards me then back at the screen.

I slowly shook my head at her while mouthing the word "No". She failed to take notice of my plea or maybe she just chose to ignore it.

Pressing on the screen she placed the phone to her ear and gave a nervous greeting.

"H-hello?...yes she's here...okay I'll tell her...no there's really no need...I think she just needed to be with girls right now..."

I was so nervous that I didn't notice my shaking from pure and utter fear and it was not the kind of fear where you're running from a killer by the way.

This was a far worse fear. The kind of fear where you'd rather face the burning flames of Hades rather than face this immeasurable fear.

The fear...of your parents.

Looking at Kat I saw she dawned a similar expression to mine.

We were both on edge and wondering what it was my father was saying to Alison.

"Yeah I'll tell her...goodnight sir"

Sir? Alison never and I mean never called my father sir! She only ever called him Mr D or Addie's maker.

If she called him sir then that could only mean it was bad, really bad.

"Hey, Addie your dad called."

"I know"

I answered with a blank face, but that was just a pretence to hide my inner panicking attack.

Inside my head was a warzone.....

Mayday, mayday,

code red,

I repeat code red!

Heart failure, respiratory system unresponsive.

We're going down!

"Addison!"

Kat screamed in my ear while snapping her fingers to get me back to Earth.

"Huh, what?"

She sighed and looked to Ally for help, their expressions were a bit sour but more worried than anything.

"I told you she wasn't listening. She never is when she has that look on her face"

"You're right, maybe we should sing it to her? Maybe then she'll actually listen to what people are saying."

Alison said while rolling her eyes at no one in particular. Kat had a serious look, nodding to herself with her index and thumb perched on her chin.

"I think you're right"

"Uhm...I think you should just tell me like a normal person instead of treating me like a three-year-old."

The two gave me deadpan looks as if what I was saying was the dumbest thing possible.

"Ah, you are a three-year-old in a teenager's body"

"Kat! What the heck, you're supposed to disagree and be like 'oh no Addison, you're really grown up I promise' like that!"

"Sorry Addie but this isn't a fantasy where the impossible becomes possible, this is real life and it's a real pain in the a-"

"Okay you two knock it off"

Slapping her hands together, we both looked at Ally a bit startled by the sudden noise.

"So your dad was saying that you have to go home in the morning as soon as you wake up. He also said something about you being in big trouble if he sees you so yeah"

"Ahg!"

Grunting I fell face first onto the blankets burying my face in a big fluffy, pillow.

"You're so dead"

I glanced at Kat sneering at her. She laughed at that ignoring my silent daggers. Seemingly exhausted Alison fell on top of the mountain of pillows and as soon as her head hit them she was out like a candle.

Following her was Kat who gave a large yawn. I rolled my eyes at her and smirked to myself.

"Weaklings"

"I heard that"

She said glaring at me. It was more like a kitten trying to look like a tiger, absolutely adorable!

But don't tell her I said that!

"You're one to talk. You ran away the second you saw your new so-called brothers"

Immediately my smirk was wiped clean off my lips. I gave her a serious look that said "too soon man, too soon".

"Sorry"

She sheepishly apologized while fiddling with her french braid, a habit she's had since kindergarten.

"Nope, it's cool. I'm tired anyway, we should sleep."

"Yeah, let's sleep. We have a long day ahead of us, or should I say you have a long day ahead of you"

"Ugh"

I grumbled in irritation. Let's just forget about this till morning.

***********

Ah morning, such a wonderful, peaceful, and fulfilling day this will b-

"Yo, lazy ass wake up!"

"Ow, stop hitting me with a damn pillow Ally. It's too early in the morning for this crap"

Ignoring the relentless attacks of Alison, I pulled on the blankets over my head and snuggled further, deeper into the comforts of the floor bed.

"Hey, I said wake up!"

She protested pulling on the blankets trying her hardest to expose me to the cold morning air. But I was not about to let that happen

With all my strength and might I held onto the blankets not letting them slip from my tight grip.

"Let, go!"

Ally screamed struggling to remove the blankets, pulling with all her might.

"Never! Over my dead body!"

We continued like that for a few more minutes until the gruff voice of an unwelcome guest startled us.

"You know, I could help get her out no problem."

Letting go of the cover the sudden action caused Ally who was still holding onto it, to fall over the couch and land with a loud thud.

Moving slowly I looked at the intruder in question.

Dark, stormy grey eyes, wavy black hair cut at the sides, and that annoyingly heart-wrenching yet familiar smirk.

What the hell was this guy doing here and who invited him over?!

"Lione"

I said in a dark tone eyes glaring into the stormy ones in front of me.

"Oof, I love when you say my name"

The idiot said clenching a fist against his chest with a flirtatious look in his eyes.

"Oh, you mean pain in the ass?"

I asked with a sweet and innocent smile, eyes closed and aura sparkling like a rainbow.

"Well, I don't mind giving you pain in the ass"

Oh, that evil, conniving, little piece of sh-

"Hey, bro are you gonna be long?"

Kat asked coming out of nowhere. It's almost like she sensed something was about to be said to her annoying big brother and it was definitely not gonna be something nice.

"Nope, just wanted to say hi to my beautiful future wife."

"Who you calling future wife?"

I scoffed, my brow lifted.

"Oh? You prefer mother of my seven future kids?"

"Oh hell no! You think I'd push three human freaking beings outta me, let alone seven? You're nuts!"

"So...you'd have three of my kids then? Nice"

My eyes widened in horror

"Wh-what? No! Hell no, no no no no!"

He smirked at me gave a flirtatious wink and waved goodbye as he turned and walked away his little sister closely behind.

I felt my face heat up in embarrassment. This is one of the reasons why I loved being dark-skinned, means seeing me blush would make it near impossible to see.

But that damned smirking devil, I'm sure he knew exactly what he was doing.

Damn, he's so hot though. If it weren't for that terrible personality of his I would've jumped his bones already.

Looking at my earlier friend who flew over the couch, I saw her give me a look and smirk at me.

"What?!"

"The sexual tension between you two is so thick I can cut it with a knife"

She smirked with her hands under her chin repeatedly raising and dropping both her brows.

I rolled my eyes at her stupid little act. Scrambling out of the blankets I slipped on one of them and fell face first on the wooden floor with a loud thud.

"Oww"

Alison laughed at my endeavour

"Yeah, serves you right."

"You're a real asshole of a friend, you know that?"

"Yeah, I know. And I love it so freaking much!"

She answered while folding the same blanket that caused her trouble.

I got up from my uncomfortable position on the floor to lend her a hand.

"Alright, I'll see you soon Ally. Addie, you coming?"

Kat asked with a pillow resting under her armpit. She stood at the door with her brother eyeing me...as usual.

The damn hot perv

"Y-yeah, just...just hold on a sec."

Grabbing my phone off the coffee table, I gave Alison a see-you-later hug and headed towards the door.

The two said their final goodbyes and went to their car. I soon followed after.

Closing the door to the medium-sized home Alison lived in, I took my sweet time walking to the car waiting for me.

"Addison, seriously hurry up!"

And why the hell should I? I was in no hurry at all, I mean at all.

In my mind, I registered the theory that if I prolonged the inevitable I could at least move it to later instead of soon.

After all, procrastination is one of my fortes. That and being completely lazy that is.

*Beep-beep*

Kat pressed on the car honk leaning over to the driver's side where her brother sat.

His eyes were solely focused on me, amusement written across his face.

I ignored my friend's pleas and leisurely walked the 5 feet driveway like it was a 5-mile road.

"Yeah yeah, I'm hurrying up. I'm going as fast as I possibly can...oh look a penny."

She grunted in annoyance. But I couldn't understand why. I mean I really did have a cartoon moment and found a penny on the floor.

This is something I always wanted to happen to me!

"Addison Lennex Miller, I swear if you don't come into this car right now! I'll give you a reason to run"

Her voice deepened at the end. Did I say she was the kind and caring type? Yeah, I meant cared to an extent.

And something told me I was past that line.

"Okay, this is gonna take years."

That's what I was hoping for. I watched the cool and collected Lione get out of the car and with a few easy strides he was already in front of me.

"Uhm-"

Before I could open my mouth to ask what he was doing, I found myself lifted off the ground and onto a fairly muscular shoulder...surprisingly comfy though.

He gave me a small smack on the buttocks.

"Ah, hey!"

Giving a sideways look, he gave his signature smirk.

Not finding it fair, I looked at his very refined butt and gave him a smack of my own.

"How do you like it huh?"

I mock asked, but it just backfired on me.

"Oh, so you like it rough huh? I'll take note of that."

I feel like I just dug my own grave. Instead of making the situation less I just added fuel to the fire.

Throwing me into the back seat, I folded my arms in annoyance. I glared daggers at him as he continued buckling me in...like I'm some infant!

"I hate you"

"Love you too"

"I'll push you off a cliff"

"Only if it's between your legs."

...Yeah I had no come back to that. He smirked at me once more and made his way to his seat.

"You're the worst."

"Only for you babe"