I Swear I'm Not Crazy

12| And I Oop-

"Stay..."

I looked at the golden retriever, following me slowly.

"Stay!"

I just wanted to chill on the bench in front of the school but this dog had other plans.

It started to whimper, I bit the inside of cheeks and squatted down, "I'll take you inside the school and then I'll clean you up in the boys bathroom."

I rolled my eyes and picked up bridal style, "I can't believe I'm doing this, where did you even come from anyway?"

I looked down at it I thought for a second that it was smiling but, dogs don't smile... Right?

I walked inside the school luckily everyone is in class, I sneaked down the hallway when I saw a security guard I hid behind the wall, "Don't bark!" I ordered, "I don't need to be caught skipping, I can't get suspended again my uncle would literally kill me."

He tilted his head, "What the hell am I doing, talking to a dog."

"Yeah what the f**k are you doing?"

I quickly turned around to see Rose and Nia standing there, holding paint brushes, "Oh my God it's a puppy!!" Rose squealed, "SHH!!" I say covering her mouth and looking behind the wall, the security guard was just walking around.

I uncovered her mouth, "Sorry." She muttered.

"Tell me why you have a puppy, is there a vet class in this school I don't know about?"

Her eyes went wide, "Please don't tell me you stooped so low and you stole it!" I she whisper-shouted, I looked at her weird, "I'm not that stupid, like you." I retort.

"Oh really?! I've only know you for like three days and I know your just as stupid as me." she paused, "And yeah I know I just called myself stupid."

"Guys!" Rose blurted out, "Dog! School! No pets! We can get in trouble, even worse get detention!"

"We?!" Nia scoffs, "I'm just an innocent girl just trying to wash paint brushes, I ain't see shit."

She covers her eyes, "See this is me not seeing s**t!"

I roll my eyes, "Don't be like that help me, I couldn't leave this poor guy outside." I say sweetly holding the dogs face up to my face.

"Liam." Rose starts.

"Hm?"

"That's a girl."

"See now this is why I need you guys!"

They ended up helping me, they washed the dog in the girls bathroom, and I ended up bringing it home with me after school. And when I say it I mean Nia.

"So you was asleep on the bench and the dog just came out of nowhere and started licking your face?"

"Yes."

"Oh my God that probably was so cute!!"

I stopped at the red light, "Are you calling me cute?" I say with a smirk.

"Of course not I'm calling Skit cute."

I looked at her confused, "Who the f**k is Skit?"

"It's the dogs name, duh!"

"Yeah your psycho I'm not calling my dog Skit, what did you just cut Skittles in half?"

She slowly turned her head towards the window, "Oh my God you did." I laugh.

"What you can't blame me skittles are just that good."

"Your delusional Starburst is where its at."

"We mine as well go to the convenience store and get some dog food for our baby."

"Our?" I question pulling into the convenience store.

"Yes our, your the father and I'm the amazing mother." She says getting out the car leaving me there appalled I roll down the window a little bit and exit the car.

"You really are loco."

"Shut up!" She says nudging me on the shoulder.

I walk into the store greeted by the cashier, I just nod at her. "Since where here and all I'm going to go get some skittles from the candy aisle." Nia says with a smile.

"You're so fat."

"And you're such a dick."

I walked down to the pet aisle, what am I suppose to be looking for, I never owned a dog before.

What dog food is good for them usually the most expensive one is always the best... right? I grabbed the most expensive one and exited the aisle, I walked towards the candy aisle to see Nia dancing to the song playing in the store.

I couldn't help but laugh she looked dumb, but cute at the same time.

She spun around and almost jumped out of her skin when she saw me, "Would you stop being a child for once and lets get out of here."

She started to salsa closer to me, "You're just mad that you don't have-" She didn't get to finish that sentence of hers because shots rang out in the store. I pulled her close to me by her arm and hid us both beside the shelves holding the dog food, blocking us from the view of anyone who'd come into the aisle.

Her back was against the wall, my entire self being pushed as close to her as possible.I could see her eyes were opened as wide as possible as she looked at me frozen on what to do.

"Uh-What th- Liam what the actual f**k!" She whispered.

"What? I have nothing to do with this."

I think... Do I...?

"Liam Holmes! I saw your ass walk in here come out before I start shooting, You can't just put my guys in the hospital and expect me to let you walk away scotch free."

I mentally screamed, "Jake! If you don't get the f**k out of this f*****g store I'm going to call your mom!" I yelled back.

I rolled my eyes standing up, "He's no f*****g threat." I sigh helping Nia up.

Jake runs his puny gang and likes to mess with us a lot. If it were my father, he'd be dead in a ditch by now. But to me Jake is like a little annoying rat of a brother.

"What the hell are you doing, he has a freaking gun! where bringing fist to a gun fight!"

I placed the bag of dog food down, "He's a harmless cockroach that I can squash any time I want. But I'd rather not waste my precious time on a worthless human like him." I say glaring at Jake.

"But." I push her behind me to where her chest was on my back,

"He still has a gun he may be a i***t but he's still crazy, stay behind me." I say.

"You are an i***t, what do you want?" I question.

"Shut the f**k up Liam!"

"Excuse me?" I aim my gun directly at his head and narrow my eyes at him, "Would you mind saying that again?"

"You have a f*****g gun, you are bananas." Nia lowly whispers to me from where she is and I just roll my eyes.

I clock my gun.

"Don't kill him!! He may be an i***t, but aren't we all?"

"Hell no!" Everyone in the store says out loud, "Kill his ass." the cashier says.

She steps out of place, I groan and slap my forehead. "Oh! He's cute." I hear her say making me glare at Jake.

"Do you wanna die?" I ask her incredulously.

"No! And I don't think he wants to die and you don't either, so why don't you guys lower your guns and hug it out." She says cheerful like she forgets that she is literally in trouble.

Who is this girl?!

"Well if he didn't do what he did. No, I will not lower my gun." Jake says still holding his gun towards us.

"Welp. It was worth a try." Nia says stuffing some skittles in her mouth moving back behind me.

"Proceed." She yells.

"What the hell is wrong with yo' girl?!" Jake blurts out, "What isn't wrong with her?" I sigh.

I shoot Jake in the arm effectively making him loose his hold on his gun and move forward and punch him square knocking him out.

"Oh s**t!" She blurts out.

I grabbed the dog food and threw some cash on the counter and walked out.

I opened the car door for her and she got in, Skit was asleep in the back seat, I could hear the sound of police cars in the distance.

The car ride to her place was silent I would look at her every now and then, I could tell she was replaying the whole situation over and over in her head.

She would open her mouth ready to say something but close it.

It didn't worry me that she saw the destructive side of me. Because she didn't run when she did. She didn't cower away in fear of me.

If she didn't run at one of my worst moments then there's no question of her running in any normal moment she witnesses with me.

I pulled up at her house, I turned off the car.

"You gonna say something because any sane girl would-"

"Run, cry, cower in fear, curse you the f**k out?" She says cutting me off, "Yeah. well, that's not me." She says opening the door.

"I'm not a pussy." She lets out closing the door.

I couldn't help but chuckle to myself, I watched her walk up her driveway she paused and turned around, "You better take care of Skit!" She yelled.

"We are not calling her that!"

XX X XX X

"Ryder! What the actual f**k! Why the hell did you let his son get away? You know you are f*****g useless!!"

"I'm sorry boss, the cops literally came right after, you know. You was there you killed his parents."

"I need you to find him and kill him!"

"Yes, sir!"

"And Ryder Don't f**k up, I don't want to clean up your mess like last time."