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Hide and sick of it.

LAURA

Back at their run down apartment complex .

Laura quietly jiggled her keys in the keyhole of the door to her apartment , careful not to wake Jaymie as she returned from her first day at her night shift waitressing job that she had applied for and gotten much to her surprise .

Jaymie had found the job in the papers and forced her to go , after giving her rigorous run down of what she assured her that her brother used to secure every job interview that he went for .

She had also reminded Laura that lawyers for Child custody battles were expensive and that was all the motivation Laura had needed .

The door finally gave way and opened and she walked in , the lights were switched off but she of course knew the way around her own goddamn house .

She headed straight for the fridge , she needed a cold beer to deal with this stress and nerves from her first day at the job , she had not worked a job with actual manual labor in a while .

She opened the fridge and the light came on , displaying the contents of the fridge .

Laura brought her hands up to wipe her face and eyes to make sure she was hallucinating , she was still seeing the same thing .

Had she been robbed ? Though when. she thought about it , it seemed really unlikely .

Her fridge had none of her things from before , now it had Deanie's lasagna and the other things he had cooked .

There was milk , cheese and fruit juice but no cans of beer .

There was left over pizza and half a pie but still no cans of beer.

Laura was sure she had bought about half a dozen six-packs the last time she went grocery shopping .

There was a Ziploc bag that had just a piece of paper in it , Laura picked it up and brought out the paper . It read :

" Try again !!! Better luck next time !!! "

The brat had cleared out her fridge , Laura swore under her breath .

But there was no cause for alarm , she had always kept an extra pack of beer beneath the cupboards , it made for good seeking to entertain herself when she was drunk off the rails .

She fished out her phone and turned the flashlight on.

No one could guess that the cupboards were just removable fixtures that could be shimmied off .

Laura proceeded to take it off the wall .

She had another surprise waiting for her when she found the hole in the wall empty , save for a piece of paper . It read :

" You can not hide from my eyes .

Now , get to bed ".

Laura took a deep breath and chanted the phrase the brat of a kid had taught her when they had just met .

" I will not kill the kid next door , that would be stealing the world's eight wonder ", She chanted softly to herself as she packed about .

She chanted a few times as she finally stopped and pacing and walked towards the bedroom to check on the child .

Something on the couch caught her attention and she rushed to switch on the room lights , scared that there light have actually been a break in .

Jaymie lay curled up on the couch , the letter her brother had left her in her hands .

She had been holding on to it and the picture of their family since she had found the kid at her doorstep bleary eyed yesterday morning .

She was quieter and was always staring at the door like she expected her brother to just run through , like he always did when she called for him .

The kid was also angrier and was taking it all out on Laura , she had made Laura wash and dust every possible thing till her hands and feet hurt and then found a job for her and proceeded to kick her out in the evening for the interview .

When other kids got angry , they broke things and sulked and stayed in their rooms but when she was angry , she tried to be as productive as possible.

Laura picked up the blanket that was folded by the side and covered Jaymie , she had refused to use the bed , complaining about germs and whatnot but Laura knew .

She knew the kid was sleeping here because she was expecting her brother every second .

Laura had made a joke about the job her brother had taken for a week that had Jaymie so agitated and Jaymie had given her the death glare .

She kissed her forehead and patted her hair before going to her room .

When her door had closed behind her , Jaymie opened her eyes and wiped her forehead .

Who knew where her lips had been ?

She had half expected Laura to smack her for hiding all of her beer .

She got off the couch and wore the tall heels by the corner , she used the new added height from them to switch off the lights and threw them off before returning to the couch .

All the while , she continued to keep her eyes on the door , waiting .

She had to be awake to see Dee when he got back and yell at him for leaving when she was asleep , that was such a low move .

Then , she would not talk to him till he begged her for a long time .

As she lay on the diseased couch gripping the unopened letter he had written her , she smiled at the pleading look she knew he would wear to get her forgiveness .

Jaymie fell asleep with the evil and creepy smile plastered on her face .

DEAN

Dean could feel eyes on him as he awoke slowly .

It had been ages since Jaymie had woken up before him , she was always so tired these days , she ought to sleep more .

" Go back to sleep , Jay ", he told her sleepily .

She did not kick him off the bed or pinch him , Dean forced his eyes open and came face to face with some guy with terrible bruising that was staring at him .

Dean moved back from shock and fell on the ground , yelping as the cold , hard ground damaged his butt .

A small book fell down with him and he picked it up , the journal .

Oh , it had not all been a dream .

He must have fallen asleep on the reading table yesterday and judging from the fact that he could not remember anything from the book , he had probably fallen asleep on the first page .

His whole body ached and Dean groaned , wondering who he had offended that was going to such lengths .

Someone cleared their throat beside him and Dean almost yelped again .

He looked up , it was the bruised human from earlier , he was the kid that they had brought back yesterday .

The kid was holding out his hand for Dean to take .

Dean nodded at him and grabbed on to the kid's hand to lift himself up , he turned around to dust his ass when he finally stood .

His bloody and quite disfigured clothes surprised him but he was sure they would make May happy after she had complained that his clothes were too tidy and unwrinkled .

She would have a field day when she saw him now .

" Thanks . How do you feel now ? ",He asked the kid as he looked at his bruising .

When he did not get any response , Dean stopped trying to get the blood out and turned to the boy .

He was still staring at Dean , his eyes unmoving.

" What ? Do you not feel okay ? " , Dean inquired , worried that the boy light have hit his head too hard .

The boy tilted his head to the side , his black hair coming to cover his eyes , he hurriedly swiped it off .

" You are the guy , the one that rushed into the gauntlet and threw Top dog down , Your face was the last thing I saw and remember ".

Something struck at Dean .

" Wait , his name was actually Top dog ?!! "

Dean realized a second later that his name was not much of a priority .

" How did you know my name ? "

Dean blinked confusedly, What now ?

" You called me by my name when you woke up ".

Dean shook his head .

" You must be mistaken ".

Dean winced as he looked at the kid's face , his features were distorted became of the bruising and swelling , Dean turned around to get his bag .

He carried it to the bed and brought out the emergency kit , he turned to the boy and patted the bed .

The kid walked over and sat down .

Dean cleaned all of the wounds first before he began to apply bruising cream on them , the kid did nothing but flinch and whimper all through .

When he was done , he packed his stuff up.

He was packing it up when the sliding door flew open and May walked in accompanied by Blade .

The former looked like she had slept for hours while the latter looked like he had been forced to work on assignments all night long .

May skipped over to the bed , she had put her hair in a ponytail , it suited her , she looked prettier and younger than she had already looked .

" Good , you are both awake ".

Blade ignored all of them and just fell into the bed and began to snore immediately .

May hissed over this and turned to the boy who was watching all of this unfold .

" How do you feel ? "

The kid smiled or tried to , since his face was heavily bruised , he just succeeded in looking terrifying .

" You were also there yesterday , you stopped him from hitting him ".

May flipped her hair and threw herself on the bed , on to Dean's unsuspecting body .

" You should thank Dean , he put Top dog out of business ".

The kid's eyes widened and Dean rushed to correct the story .

" It is only temporarily " .

The kid visibly relaxed , strange reaction over someone who would have killed you if they had only been a minute late .

" I'm Jade but most people call me Jay ".

Oh , that was what he meant when he said Dean had called his name as he woke up.

May jumped up and grabbed the kid's arm .

" I am May and the buffoon on the bed is Blade , that's Dean who has been attending to you . I will call you Jay. I can , right ? I did save your life after all ".

The kid nodded and they both turned to Dean who looked around .

" I will call you Jade ".

May and the kid exchanged glances and shrugged .

Just then , someone's stomach growled and Dean remembered that he had nothing to eat yesterday .

He stood up from the bed .

" Let's eat ".

Blade flew out of the bed immediately , surprising Dean who yelped loudly .

May laughed as she slapped Jade's arm .

" He makes that sound every time ".

Dean glared at all of them as he left his room, hoping that his Jay was eating and sleeping well.