Roommates

Chapter 29

<<Ryder>>

It happened in five days. Less than a week was what it took for things to finish.

Day 1: Stell was gone.

"Come on Stell answer your phone already" I was frustrated. She wouldn't answer my calls and won't reply to my texts. I didn't even know if she even saw them or not.

"Bad news travel fast" Sage tried to relieve my stress but he was only making it worse.

"Not helping, Sage"

Sage put his phone away after he did his share of phone calls. I was pacing around in the apartment.

Ivy left earlier. Kicked out as a matter of fact. Well knot kicked out in the literal sense, but I did tell her to leave in a not so nice way.

'I'm pregnant', she said. Pregnant my ass. I was pretty sure it wasn't my baby. It couldn't be...

It. Wasn't. Possible. And not just that because I was too careful. It just couldn't be.

"Why don't you go check who's d*ck has been up in you?" I said straight to her fake tears.

I didn't know what had gotten in me. Maybe it was rage, or despise, but I couldn't stand her out of a sudden. I was too stunned at how I even used to love her...

I couldn't fathom how I was able to be naked with her in the same bed. I felt disgusted with myself.

I didn't want anything to do with her anymore, I wanted and needed only one person.

"Ughhh where is she I'm worried sick" I paced even faster as I passed my hand through my hair and felt weird when it didn't go all the way through since Stell cut it.

Stell.

I wanted Stell.

"Since when have you been so thirsty for Stell? I mean I knew there was something going on between you two but I didn't know it was that intense"

"Well it is."

"Jeez it was only a question"

I plopped on my bed and apologized to Sage. "I'm just really nervous"

"Don't worry, she'll show up soon. Just give her some time"

"I hope so"

*****

11 pm.

No sign of Stell. Her phone was now off. It probably died out.

I tried to distract myself, I really tried.

TV didn't work because sitting on the couch alone felt so wrong knowing that she's not here to share it with me and I didn't know if she would share it with me anymore...

I was hungry but I didn't even dare go to the kitchen. What if she's on the street? What if she was mugged? Hurt? Bleeding in some alleyway?

I bashed my head to the wall in attempt to turn the mental pain into physical. It didn't work and now I had a headache.

When I finally fell asleep, I was in my jeans and everything, even shoes. And I was half on my bed and half off of it.

We were lying down on the hood of my car, on the edge of a cliff. A blanket underneath us and a blanket of stars in the sky.