chapter 3

Lanka was on top of me shaking my head back and forth, "where the hell have you been!?" she yelled, shaking me faster.

"w-what are you t-talking about!?" I blurted out through gritted teath.

"you have been gone for two damn weeks!" Lanka yelled again.

"he's been sick sis, you know that..." Ziek said with a tired expression.

Lanka looked up, letting me fall, "since when?" she questioned with a tilt of her head.

"since two weeks ago..." Ziek sighed.

"ah." Lanka said.

"yes." Ziek replied.

Lanka is Zieks younger sister, Ziek being a year older then us, I first met Lanka when we were kids, I remember finding her crying, she somehow got lost from her family, and I was pretty much forced into helping her, since then we became inseparable.

through her I also met ziek,

when I first me him he was, for lack of a better word, hostile, why because he thought I was holding his sister hostage.

now that I think about it I could understand his reasoning, his younger sister, her clothes were riddled with tiny holes, clinging to my arm while lightly crying.

He instantly lunged at me thinking I did this to her, but she jumped in between us and defused the situation.

she ended up saying something to him that made him even more mad.

what she said? no idea, I zoned out since the bickering was annoying.

soon after he ended up apologizing, explaining himself, all while Lanka was standing of to the side with a big smile,

seeing that made him even more mad, but a glare from Lanka he quickly calmed himself.

as we got older me and Ziek started to become friends, and the two were some of the only one's to help me with my bully problem.

just like Sam, they aren't just friends, but family.

"jeez woman, you nearly killed him!" Sam's voice brought me back from my thoughts.

"huh?" Lanka asked in a challenging tone.

"you heard me." Sam didn't back down.

"pft,HAHAHA!" I couldn't help but laugh, these two always bickered back and forth at each other.

they looked at me with confusion written all-over there faces, "what's so funny?" They asked in unison.

"he's laughing at the both of you." Ziek explained through a chuckle.

"why?" They pressed.

"because the two of you argue like children!" me and Ziek cackled in unison.

Lanka's face got red, she started to pout, "I'm not a child!" she huffed stomping her foot on the ground.

Sam still had a confused look on his face, like what we said didn't click yet.

suddenly his eye's widened in realization, "HAHAHA , they called you a child!" Sam cackled pointing at Lanka like a eight year old.

Lanka's face turned an even darker shade of red, "shut up!" she growled, " as usual you only hear what you want to hear, everything else went right over your head."

Sam had a smug expression on his face, "please quiet down child, the adults are talking." Sam started laughing at his comeback.

Lanka looked like she was about to rip Sam to shreds.

"All right enough the both of you." Ziek stepped in between them, "it was just plain fun."

"fine." Sam and Lanka said in unison.

after everyone calmed down, the conversation continued, "so, why were you gone for like two weeks?" Lanka asked.

"because I was sick." I answered.

"with what?" she pressed.

"I don't know, cold I guess?" I continued.

"a cold wouldn't last that long." she interrogated.

her eye's were usually silvery blue went dark with suspicion.

"were you with another woman?" Lanka asked in a dark low voice.

the tone of her voice sent a shiver down my spine.

"n-no, and even if I was it doesn't matter." I stated ignoring the growing feeling of dread.

suddenly the area around us felt distorted, I looked back into lanka's eye's, they had an even darker glint in them, she had a scowl.

every part of my being told me to run.

she was about to speak but Ziek spoke up, "some types of colds last about two to three weeks." Ziek muttered.

just as fast as it started the pressure disappeared.

Lanka looked over at Ziek with wide eyes, "really?" she questioned with a tilt of her head.

despite Lanka's fiery personality, her appearance is similar to Ziek's, waist length grayish silver hair, about 172 cm,

a curvy body.

all in all, she's definitely considered beautiful, that's why it surprises me that she isn't dating anyone.

"I see, ok then, are you all better now?" Lanka asked with concern on her face.

"yeah perfectly fine now!" I reassured her with a smile.

she looked away "good." she muttered.

I looked at my phone it was almost eight, "shit I gotta get to class!" I blurted out.

"so do we." Ziek added.

yeah, remember, three am, no later." Sam confirmed.

"yeah, yeah." I waved the off.

I headed off towards the front door.

'Adam's state university'

I pushed open the door, heading through the hallway I couldn't help but notice that everything feels different today.

as I was lost in thought I accidentally bumped into someone, "sorry, I was lost in..." I started my apology but the words got caught I'm my throat.

"the fuck, what's your problem?" he said turning around, once he turned around he froze, looked me in the eyes for a couple seconds, the a distorted smile arose on his face.

shit, it's Johnny.

"J J!" he exclaimed joyfully, rapping his arm around my neck.

"where the hell you been?" He questioned, "I've missed ya!" he laughed, squeezing his arm tighter around my neck in an attempt to choke me.

"Man, you really like to choke things huh?" I asked, "hopefully you don't do this to yourself at home!" I said loud enough for people Around us to hear.

snickering resonated through the hallway, Johnny looked around, releasing me from his grasp, his smile no longer in site, he looked back at me his face now distorted in anger, he grabbed my arm and pulled me into the stairway.

we pass through the door, he tosses me against the wall, you fucker what did I tell you about opening your damn mouth to me?" Johnny questioned.

do to Johnny being both a head taller then me and three times my size, I had to look up to look him in the eye.

"how is it a conversation If I'm not allowed to talk?" I smirked.

Johnny didn't say anything.

like usual, he raised his fist and punched me in it the mouth.

I fell to the ground, I pulled my hand away from my mouth, looking at the blood in my hand I started to laugh.

Johnny looked at me like I was a rare animal, "the fucks wrong with you, why do you laugh when I hit you?"

"HAHAHA, because you hit like a bitch!" I laughed.

I heard him growl before he grabbed my shirt pulled me to my feet and readied himself to hit me again.

this time, he went for my stomach.

punch after punch, I kept laughing.

"you fucking freak!" he said catching his breath, "you know what, fuck this." he dropped me and left.

I sat on the floor, leaning against the cold wall, I looked at my hand again, looking at the blood in my palm my smile grew larger.

I sat there for a couple more minutes, after that I got up cleaned my mouth with my sleeve and went to class.

once I entered the room I went straight to the back and sat down.

at least I only have one class today

the lecture went by fast, and the walk home was hazy, I went inside got something to eat, and since nobody was home I watched TV in the living room.

I looked over to the clock, it was about four thirty in the afternoon, so I got up and went to take a shower

when I got in the bathroom I removed my shirt and looked in the mirror, looking over my body, I looked at the many scars, both large and small all over, I was in a car accident, I don't remember but my parents told me that's where all of them came from.

I looked down towards my stomach which was now covered in bruises.

I took a deep breath to calm myself down and hopped in the shower.

after I finished I decided to go to bed since I had to be at the meeting spot by three am, and since I was tired I would sleep till then.

almost instantly I drifted off to sleep.