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nothing like it would have been before Jay. I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I don't like the idea that this kind of situation is something my body is growing used to.
I don't look back as I pay or when I get into my car. I'm glancing in the rear view mirror the whole ride home, but my neighbor never comes into view.
Once I'm safely inside my house, I look out my kitchen window just as the neighbor's pulling back into his driveway.
“ Boys!” I shout, turning around to find my brothers.
“ Yeah!” They yell in unison from the living room.
I go to them, a plan formulating, “I need your help.”
“With what?” Cody pauses the video game they've started.
“ I need you to be my diversion.”
This now has Seth's full attention.
“Okay...” I lick my lips, ready to reveal more than I probably should, “The new neighbor has been following me.”
Seth's eyebrows raise and his eyes twinkle in excitement. Cody looks like I've finally let my brother's antics rub off on me.
“I'm not sure why he is, but the last time someone followed me I was kidnapped.”
I watch Cody register what I'm talking about while Seth yells out, “I knew it! I knew those guys weren't who they said they were! I even told mom that she shouldn't have let you go! Ha!”
I give him a glare that has him shutting his trap.
“ I need to get to the airport and I don't want him following or knowing where I went.”
“ So what do you want from us?” Cody asks apprehensively.
“ You're going to distract him enough that I can get away.”
“ Sweet!” Seth fists the air.
“ I was thinking you guys could go over – but not enter,” I warn, “for a reason I haven't come up with yet, then when you have him distracted I can get away–”
“ What if he has a tracking device on your car?” Seth points out, getting restless with excited energy.
“ I already thought of that. I'm going to get Stevie or Naomi to come pick me up and take me there.”
Seth nods in approval.
“Who the hell are you?” Cody questions, completely taken back. “I'm beginning to think Seth was right about alien abduction.”
Seth shoots him a scowl, “Hey, alien abductions are a very serious matter and shouldn't be taken so lightly.”
“I wasn't abducted, I just fell in love.” There's probably not much of a difference.
They both begin flipping out and twenty questions flood me, both wanting to know why some dude is following me, why I was kidnapped, and who our old neighbor really is.
My only response to their ambush is, “Our old neighbor is not a man you want to fuck with and he taught me to be the same.”
This has them staring at me as though I'm Marty McFly and I just arrived in a DeLorean from the future.
I use the moment of silence to call Stevie and get her voice mail, stupidly forgetting she works most Saturdays. I then call Naomi, who answers, surprised it's me as we are having a bit of a rough patch in our friendship. She forgave me for blowing up the way I did, but then got mad at me because I stood firm in my belief that it wasn't her place to get involved . I tried getting her to talk about her feelings for Stevie, but Naomi doesn't do feelings, which caused another argument between us. We've never fought like this before, but then again I used to take what ever was thrown at me.
“ I need your help,” I get straight to the point, not having time for anything else.
“ Okay, what's up?”
“ I need a ride to the airport, like right now.”
“ Uh, sure. Why–”
“ Come. Now.” I hang up, not to be a bitch but my flight leaves in less than two hours and it can take a good thirty minutes to get to the airport, and then I have to check in and all the hassle that goes with that.
I hand Cody my phone, “I won't be bringing this with me. Text Mom later that I'm at the girls' for the weekend and keep it silent in your room to respond to any texts she or Dad might send.”
He nods, still not sure who I am.
“ Now go
I don't look back as I pay or when I get into my car. I'm glancing in the rear view mirror the whole ride home, but my neighbor never comes into view.
Once I'm safely inside my house, I look out my kitchen window just as the neighbor's pulling back into his driveway.
“ Boys!” I shout, turning around to find my brothers.
“ Yeah!” They yell in unison from the living room.
I go to them, a plan formulating, “I need your help.”
“With what?” Cody pauses the video game they've started.
“ I need you to be my diversion.”
This now has Seth's full attention.
“Okay...” I lick my lips, ready to reveal more than I probably should, “The new neighbor has been following me.”
Seth's eyebrows raise and his eyes twinkle in excitement. Cody looks like I've finally let my brother's antics rub off on me.
“I'm not sure why he is, but the last time someone followed me I was kidnapped.”
I watch Cody register what I'm talking about while Seth yells out, “I knew it! I knew those guys weren't who they said they were! I even told mom that she shouldn't have let you go! Ha!”
I give him a glare that has him shutting his trap.
“ I need to get to the airport and I don't want him following or knowing where I went.”
“ So what do you want from us?” Cody asks apprehensively.
“ You're going to distract him enough that I can get away.”
“ Sweet!” Seth fists the air.
“ I was thinking you guys could go over – but not enter,” I warn, “for a reason I haven't come up with yet, then when you have him distracted I can get away–”
“ What if he has a tracking device on your car?” Seth points out, getting restless with excited energy.
“ I already thought of that. I'm going to get Stevie or Naomi to come pick me up and take me there.”
Seth nods in approval.
“Who the hell are you?” Cody questions, completely taken back. “I'm beginning to think Seth was right about alien abduction.”
Seth shoots him a scowl, “Hey, alien abductions are a very serious matter and shouldn't be taken so lightly.”
“I wasn't abducted, I just fell in love.” There's probably not much of a difference.
They both begin flipping out and twenty questions flood me, both wanting to know why some dude is following me, why I was kidnapped, and who our old neighbor really is.
My only response to their ambush is, “Our old neighbor is not a man you want to fuck with and he taught me to be the same.”
This has them staring at me as though I'm Marty McFly and I just arrived in a DeLorean from the future.
I use the moment of silence to call Stevie and get her voice mail, stupidly forgetting she works most Saturdays. I then call Naomi, who answers, surprised it's me as we are having a bit of a rough patch in our friendship. She forgave me for blowing up the way I did, but then got mad at me because I stood firm in my belief that it wasn't her place to get involved . I tried getting her to talk about her feelings for Stevie, but Naomi doesn't do feelings, which caused another argument between us. We've never fought like this before, but then again I used to take what ever was thrown at me.
“ I need your help,” I get straight to the point, not having time for anything else.
“ Okay, what's up?”
“ I need a ride to the airport, like right now.”
“ Uh, sure. Why–”
“ Come. Now.” I hang up, not to be a bitch but my flight leaves in less than two hours and it can take a good thirty minutes to get to the airport, and then I have to check in and all the hassle that goes with that.
I hand Cody my phone, “I won't be bringing this with me. Text Mom later that I'm at the girls' for the weekend and keep it silent in your room to respond to any texts she or Dad might send.”
He nods, still not sure who I am.
“ Now go
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