Webs We Weave

"What's natural for the spider is absolute chaos for the fly."

"What have you done?" I asked in disbelief. I looked at my clothes lying in shreds on the floor. She ruined my whole wardrobe! Chloé stood up from my bedroom floor and walked slowly up to me, scissors still in her hand. "What do you mean, Slo? I was just having a little fun. After all, you left in such a rush, I didn't get to say goodbye." She pulled this innocent puppy face. "The hell you were, what are you doing in my house, Chloé?!" Just as I said that, other questions came rushing to me. How did she know where I was, how long has she known? Does anybody else know she's back? Is she here on one of her psycho adventures, is she gonna hurt me? Am I gonna hurt her? What is she doing here and how the f**k did she get into my house? Actually I don't care, she needs to go. "Chloé, you should go. You know very well you're not welcome in my life anymore after the sh*t you pulled."

"Who? Moi?" she asked coyly.

"Just stop. Okay? Get out."

"Are you sure you want me to leave? You might regret it.", I couldn't ignore my blood boiling any longer. "You must have a death wish coming back here like this." My tone as cold as ice.

"Oh Slowy. So much time has passed and you're still the same old b**ch."

"At least I'm consistent." I snapped. Her face changed from amusement to death.

"Don't make me cut you." she said, pointing the scissors at me. She wouldn't. Would she?

"Get out." that was my last calm act. She started heading for the door but instead of passing by me stopped and brought her hand with force against my face. "You think you're better than me, huh?"

I held my cheek, and looked back at her. She slapped me. In my own house. The damn nerve! That's it, this b**ch is gonna get it tonight!!!

A knock on the door interrupted our argument. Great. Hopefully it's a trash collector, because I've got trash here. I opened the door and Rhodes was standing there, is black eyes twinkling. Rhodes was a lot like his brother, Kai, but not at all what I wanted. I wouldn't even go as far as to say we're friends, even if that's what he thinks. For some reason, he has always been very protective over me, although he and Kai did not get along very well, at all!

"What's up?" he asks a little over enthusiastic.

"I don't know, you tell me, you knocked on my door..?" For 3am in the morning the world sure is still awake. Don't these people sleep?

"But while you're here, would you mind taking out the trash?" I opened the door wider and then he saw Chloé standing there. The look on his face was of pure rage.

"What the f*ck is she doing here?" he brushed past me and walked towards her and stopped, so close they were almost touching forheads.

"Did you come here to die?" he asks her. She smirked at him and looked at me, "Not tonight." she said glaring at him. She headed for the door, pushing Rhodes out of her way. Rhodes was a strong guy, he stood his ground.

"See you soon, Slowy." she said before going out the door, disappearing into the night.

Finally. One down, one to go.

"What was she doing here?" I hear Rhodes ask. I turn around to look at him. Such a funny man he was in a non humorous way.. I could never bring myself to like him really, and I'm pretty sure under that "pretty boy" facade is a psychological error. A serious, serious flaw lurking within.

"Nevermind that now, Rhodes, what are you doing here?" I said, now folding my arms and asserting myself for what it's worth.

"I just came to see if you were okay" he shrugged.

"Really? You came around to my house in the early mornings to see if I'm 'okay'?" where is this going? He has no foot to stand on, who the hell walks around early mornings to check if someone is okay? "Well, I heard Kai come in and I knew you'd be home by now, so I thought I'd stop by and check on you." Unbelievable. "Okay mom Rhodes, as you can see, I'm fine. Can I go back to my life now?" He just smiled at that and said

"You know I'm always here for you if you need anything." he winked at me. Ugh. "You don't have anything I need," I assured him, "now off you go."

He turned around just as I was about to close the door. "Hey, Slo?" he said while staring at his feet.

"Please don't think all us men are like my brother. He's an a**. There are still good guys out there." Shame.

"You're right, and I think I might just know who he is."

"Buh'bye now." I closed and locked the door before he could say anything else.

Sure there are good guys still out there, I don't know any except for Jay, but I'm sure there are. I looked at my shredded clothes lying all over the floor. Fu**. Nothing surprises anyone when it comes to Chloé anymore. Things she's done.. So what, is she stalking me now? Honestly, like why was she here? I decided I would clean this mess up in the morning, by now I was in tears, all my clothes were cut up. Why won't she just leave me alone?

My toes entered the warm water and my body immediately succumbed to the tranquility that the water offered. Really hot water. If it doesn't burn my skin a little, then it's not warm enough. I like it just right. I became so engulfed in the moment, sinking my whole body into the water. Insane butterflies tickling me on the inside, the tingles causing me to shudder myself into relaxation. I just closed my eyes for a moment until I heard this faint ringing coming from somewhere inside of my house.