>>68764850 >>68764918 >Decide to finally check up on Wes >It's been about a week since our fight >Both of us said some things we didn't mean >Really should've known when to back down, I he's been in an especially bad mood since his mom kicked him out >Man, I'm such a retard >And I still haven't even apologized >But hey, no time like the present >Right? >He hasn't been responding to any of my texts or calls, but I still shoot him a text saying I'm on my way >Before heading out I grab my purse, a little bag of those hot chips he likes and my pepper spray >Never leave home without it >Doesn't take too long to reach his complex >He brought me here a couple of times >A dingy little place just outside of Skin Row >Dunno why he insisted he lived by himself >We could've made due in my shitty studio >Hell, the other girls even offered him a place to stay >But no, Wes knows best >Can't so much as brush his teeth or even get himself to eat half the time >But he thinks he can make it on his own as a dropout, living in one of the worst parts in the city, working in some hole in the wall >But couldn't so much as tell me where he actually worked >Bet he doesn't really have a job >God, he really is an idiot >... >I really shouldn't be thinking this way >That's the same train of thought that got us in this situation >I'm already at the top floor, standing just outside his apartment >I stand there for awhile, hoping he'll throw the door open and tackle hug me >And tell me he didn't mean it when he said he wanted to never see me again >I fish my phone out my pocket >All texts sent the past few days are on unread
>It's clear he doesn't want to see me
>My limbs feel heavy >Raising my fist to the door is a herculean task >I hold my hand over the door for a minute before knocking >... >And then again >... >And again >... >Still no response >...
>>68767247 >... >He's probably not home, must have work today >Yeah, that's it >I'll just shoot him a call and ask where he works >I don't have much money, but maybe we could go out and- >My thought's cut off when I hear his phone ringing on the other side of the door >My heart sinks >I rattle the door's handle >Locked >Good thing I managed to make a spare >Maybe I am a shitty girlfriend for copying his key without his knowledge >But I knew I would need it >I needed it incase something like this happened >I keep digging through my purse >Fishing it out is nearly impossible with how much my hands are shaking and putting it in the key slot is even more so >I let my purse clatter to the floor as I fling the door open >The stench of garbage and.. something terrible instantly assails me >The dingy studio is completely bathed in darkness >The dim lights from the hall barely illuminates the outlines of the furniture strewn all about >Even without the light on I can tell the place is absolutely trashed >My heart's pounding out of my chest >Can't for the life of me remember where the light switch is >I blindly navigate as I slide my hand along the wall trying to find it, tripping over a chair and nightstand before I finally find it >With the light on I can finally access the damage >A mountain of garbage bags in one corner of the room >Broken furniture >Ripped mattress >Parts of the puppets the four of us made are strewn about >I look to the other corner of the apartment >My attention is immediately drawn to the swath of red marring the wall, beneath it is.. >The blood freezes in my veins as I comprehend what I'm looking at >A lifeless figure is slumped against the wall >Shotgun lying along the length of its torso >Barrel pointing to where his head used to be