Broken Arrow

I flinched awake, heart racing as I heard my bedroom door slam open, Jimmy practically flew through the door. He jumped and pounced on me.

"FUCK PRADA! Lickin on my nuts, suckin' on my nuts," He proceeded to pretend to tea-bag my face. "Fuckin grindin' DOWN on 'em nuts!"
"Jimmy, fuck off!" I laughed, swinging my arms at him.

A pair of skinny, tattooed arms wrapped around his waist and pulled him off of me. He landed beside me on the opposite pillow, and laid flat on his back. As he did so, a girl came into my view. She laughed and smiled down at him, ruffling his hair before turning to me.

Then it clicked to me who she was.

"DEMI!!!!" I cried with joy, feeling tears in the corners of my eyes.
"Hey Ruby, long time no see, Nigguh." She smiled.
"You sure haven't changed, then." I laughed.
"Nope."

Okay, so appearance wise, she had changed. Her hair was now a Blue Black colour, long and thick, with the fringe cut straight, very much like my own without being Red Wine Red. She had tattoo's all over her arms, her septum pierced, both ears, snake bites and the right side of her nose.

"Wake your ass up, bitch." She teased.
"Why?" I asked.
"You're goin out today." Jimmy chimed in. "Party'ing with the girlies." He sang, moving his arms and dancing even despite laying flat on his back.
"Party'ing?"
"Us girls are spending a day down at the pier, stupid girly shit, clothes shopping, ice cream, some time down on the beach." Demi filled me in. "Brian suggested it, he told me you've been at home way too much and could use a day out."
"And what am I gonna wear?" I chuckled breathily. "I'm not exactly set for the California lifestyle."
"That's the whole idea of you going shopping, niggz!" She laughed.
"You have gotta stop saying Nigga so much." I shook my head.
"YOLO MUTHAFUCKA!" She shouted.
"Exactly! YOLO!" Jimmy shrieked, he grabbed her by her waist and launched himself up from the bed, swinging her over his shoulder. "You get dressed, and Demi and I are gonna--"
"No need to fill me in, Jimmy!" I laughed, holding a hand up to silence him. "Go do what ya gotta do!"
"Get dressed!" Demi called out as Jimmy raced off out the door with her over his shoulder.

I sat in silence for a few moments, a genuine smile upon my face. I had missed Demi to Hell. She was my oldest friend, like a sister to me even. She was the one who had come along with me when I'd decided to move to Orange County, as we both had the dream of moving to California one day back when we were only young teens living in Chicago. And then I left, and moved back to Chicago with Jack a year later.

Wow, great friend I was...

At least she hadn't been alone. We'd befriended the guys in a matter of hours at Johnny's Bar our first night here. They'd let us crash with them when we told them we had nowhere else to go. Surely, it sounded crazy for a 16 year old and 14 year old to have run away together, let alone just accept an offer of accommodation from a group of crazy, tattooed, drunk strangers at a bar.

But we were young and naive, and didn't have much of a choice otherwise. It was either that, or pay $300 a night to crash at the local Motel. So, of course we both chose the latter. Although a lot of the decision had been made solely by the fact that the guys were like fucking Sex Gods in our eyes.

I was pulled from my thoughts by a knock on the door frame. "Hey." Brian smiled, he was wearing a purple tank with an awesome looking black cross on it and another pair of the ever-so-common smoky black jeans. "Can I come in?" He asked.
"Sure, Bri." I patted the bed in front of me, inviting him to come sit down.
He walked over and crawled along the bed, laying down in front of me, propping his chin up on his muscled arms. He looked up at me with the cutest expression and sighed. "Have a good sleep?"
"Yes, I did actually."
"Yeah, when you eventually got to sleep."
My face fell. "Oh, you heard that huh?" I frowned, looking down at my hands and playing with the sheets.
"I'm only in the room next door, Ruby." He reminded me. "You were crying last night, for a good two hours."
"It happens pretty much every night..." I admitted. "When I'm alone in the dark with nobody to hold onto it just gets to me even more." I sighed.
"Mmm hmm." Brian nodded in understanding, he pushed himself up into a sitting position, one leg on either side of me, and pulled me into his arms. "It's okay, Ruby." He stroked my hair as I buried my head into the little dip in his shoulder, I let my arms snake under his and held onto him by the top of his shoulders. "I'm always here if you need me, okay?" He spoke, rocking back and forth gently. "Right next door, if you need someone to cry on, a cuddle, anything, that's the reason I brought you here."
"I know." I whispered, drawing in a deep breath. "Thank you, Bri."
"Remember, you're my best friend, and I'd do anything for you." He reminded me...

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