tick tock tick tock

I have been hearing that stupid clock on the ceiling for the past two hours.

Tick tock tick tock

I lean my head back, closed my eyes and relaxed.

"How can you be so calm right now?!" Eric harshly whispered at me

I opened one eye and glance over at Eric. He looks pretty messed up; Bruise on his left eye, cuts and scraps everywhere. Man, I did a pretty good job.

I shrugged my shoulders at him and closed my eyes again, "It's not my first time here you know, I'm basically family to them. Right Mary?"

Mary looked up from her computer, giving me a disapproving look, "Don't bring me into your mess again mister. Who should I call this time?"

I opened my mouth to say my parents but that wouldn't end well. Father would be upset and hear him yelling all the way home until bed also my mother by his side trying to calm him down, while giving me death glares or call Alec who is visiting some girls house. I wouldn't want to disturb my brother and have him also yell at me.. Then the idea came to me. "Call This number" I told her the number, she nodded her head and picked up the phone,

"Of all people you choose to call is Leah, what the hell man?!" Eric whispered Harshly.

"You do know that you don't have to whisper right? The whole "Everything you say will be hold against you" is kinda not true, and besides if I call Alex she would get herself into jail instead of helping us."

Eric had a confused look on his face, I looked over at him and smirked, "You have missed a lot my good ole friend,"

He crossed his arms and huffed angrily, "I am not your f*cking friend,"

I chuckled, "Why yes.. you're not. We're wonderful enemies."

I closed my eyes and tried to get comfortable. Before I fell into a slumber I heard Eric scoffed, "Damn right,"

*****

Out of nowhere I woke up by a sudden door slam, "WHERE IS HE?!"

I knew that voice from anywhere. I could be in Africa and still hear her screaming on the top of her lungs. Opening my eyes, I was met with a very angry Alexandra standing at the front desk with a lost and confused Leah.

"Leah," I whispered

She turned around and her eyes widen, then she walked over to our jail cell. "What did you guys do?! Alex is furious at the both of you!"

I pinched the bridge of my noes, "I expected you to come by yourself and not bring Godzilla with you."

"Well what did you expect her to do?! Walk into a police department by herself and bail us out?! Smooth move Carter," Eric snapped

"Hey scrumbag, you shouldn't talk. I thought it was a wise choice to ask the innocent one to help us out. She wouldn't have told anyone or so I thought!" I glared at Leah, she squeaked and flinched back a little.

I told Mary to call Leah because we all know that Leah is like a scared bunny and she'll call her best friend who which I don't mind but It'll be fun to see Alex's reaction.

Alex brought her attention to the jail cell I was in and glared straight at me, "Can you please f*cking explain why you're behind bars... again!?"

I put my hands up, "Hey this time it's not for having drugs at hand!" I pointed out.

"Or drinking and driving, smoking weed in a public park, street racing, street fighting, or going above the speed limit-- Hey Alex you're on this record!" Mary said

Eric got up from his seat, "Alex I can explain--"

She raised her hand, "Stop." She brought herself to eye level with me and stared directly into my eyes, "You, explain."

I smirked, "Well if you insist, it start when I was running from this chick saying she was pregnant...

*****

"Andrew, I'm pregnant can't you believe it!" a girl yelled down the street.

I been running for like an hour now from this girls who knows my freaking name and says that I knocked her up? NOPE!

Soon I reached my house and the crazy girl was nowhere it sight. Sigh of relief, I lost a crazy pregnant lady.

"Oh Andrew where did you go?" She moaned out

"Damn it," I mumbled to myself. I then started running across the street and I barged right into the house, "hide me! I am running away from a whining girl who followed me home and thinks I am the father of her baby!.... Hey what's wrong with--"

My sentence was stop by a sharp pain on my cheek, I groan in pain.

What. Just. Happened

I glance up at Alex and see her with a blank expression on her face, "What the hell was that for?!"

Her expression turned from blank to in shock. Was she really in shock that she just smacked me across the face?! Really?!

We were standing in silence-- well more like she was and I was still on the freaking ground. I slowly got up from the ground with my hand on my cheek that is still pain. She was staring at me for quite some time now and I somehow felt insecure.

Because you like her....

What in the name of Jesus was that?!

Your conscious, remember me....

Not right now, I have to deal with this b*tch

She's not a b*tch to you.. You think she's beautiful....

OKAY I'm going to stop talking to MYSELF now.

I still had my hand on my cheek and I silently groaned, "Can you stop staring and explain why you slapped me across the f*cking face?!"

she looked at me for a moment then shrugged her shoulders and walked away quietly towards the kitchen. I followed angrily behind her, "You could at least say sorry. I came over for shelter and I get attacked by you. I don't what's more scary; you smacking me or a crazy b*tch thinking that I am her baby daddy."

Still ignoring me she open the fridge and took out a small frozen bag of peas, "Here." and tossed the bag to me.

I sat down on one of the chairs at the island table and slammed the package of peas towards my face. The pain slowly started to simmer down, "Soo... you gonna explain what went through your mind when you smacked me??" I asked her

All of a sudden her ears started to turn red. "You broke Eric and I up! You blacked mail him into cheating me! How could you be such an asshole?! I never thought you would stoop this low to ruin my life, but I guess wrong. I can't forgive you for this--"

I couldn't take this anymore, "Would you just STOP!" I shouted. My felt my face heat up and my nails were going through my hands. "I only did that because I didn't want you to get hurt. If I told you what he did, you wouldn't believe me. The only way to get Eric out of your life was to make him cheat on you. He was a bad influence,"

From the way she is looking at me, I don't think I explain it the right way. "What are you talking about 'bad influence' He's a great guy. He came over today," She muttered the last part.

It took me a second to realize, "That little asshole was here?!"

She looked down, I guess that answered my question. I wasn't going to stand here and have her blame me for everything. I'm saving her from a huge heartbreak and how can he.... I shook my head and stormed towards the door.

I heard Alex foot steps behind me, " "Hey, where are you going??" She yelled out.

I opened the door and felt the cold wind rush in front of my face. "Out," I mumbled

She wrapped her sweater closer to her body, "Out where," She sounded worried, why was she so worried about me?

I glanced at her and looked away; She looked cute today with her messy bun and no make-up. She looks much prettier without all that makeup. Why am I studying her this way?

Because you like her.....

I look away and ignore my conscious, "You don't need to know," Then I slammed the door behind me. reaching the end of Alex's driveway I turned right and started walking; if I drive I would of hit somebody with my car.

How could this a*shole put me on the spot like that?! He didn't have to deal with her for so many years. I had to! She was doing a pretty good job until he came back.

Finally, I reach the house and surprisingly he was outside on his porch. He stood up and smirked, "I'm surprise you're here? Alex must have kicked you out huh?"

I stormed towards him, "Listen up you little--"

"What f*ggot,"

I stopped and glared up at him, "I wasn't going to say that! I respect gay people and even though I hate your guts, I respect who you are."

He step closer in front of me, "I know Carter and that's the one thing I like about you-- well the only thing about you. You respect people for who they are. And you came here for a reason so tell me?"

I didn't have to tell him. My fist did for me

*****

I left some stuff out, to save Eric and I lives but you get what I'm saying.

Alex was confused, "So... You went over to his house... And punch him in the face,"

She paused, looked over at Eric then at me. She dropped her jacket on the floor, "I'm going to kill him!!" And she started putting her hands through the bars trying to grab my neck. Leah tried to stop but it didn't work. Mary notice the commotion going on and called in back up. Two other police officers tried to stop Alex from coming inside the jail cell, but unfortunately it wasn't working.

I am not surprise; when Alexandra is determined to do something, she really puts her heart and soul into it.

Alex's kicked one of the officers in the shin and they grunted in pain. Another police officer came out, saw what was going on and tried to help.

I sat down beside Eric and whispered, "You stay the hell away from her, she's better off without you."

He didn't say anything, he continued staring at Alex's fighting the officers off.

*******