Double Trouble

DT ch. 17

~ Chapter 17 ~

-TORI-

As I stood in the doorway I slowly swept my eyes back and forth taking in the whole room. This is insane! Just how rich are these people? And who would've guessed Alex was a neat freak?! His room was as big as two whole classrooms. In the middle was a king size bed that had three TVs hanging on the wall in front of the bed. Each one had a different video game system hooked up to it. Wasn’t one enough? I ran my hand against his desk where there were two shiny laptops and tons of random papers set in neat stacks. One of the stacks read assignments on the top. It was in big bold red letters. My curiosity got the best of me because before I could even realize what I was doing, my hand had opened the envelope. My body is out of control! Although I didn’t stop myself. 

Picking up the first piece of paper, I brought it up to my face to take a better look at it. On the top it said confidential; underneath were all the details. Kill a drug dealer. Kill a terrorist. Kill a smuggler. Kill a butcher. Kill a gang leader. Kill a hit man. Kill an anarchist. Kill a trafficker. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.

Appalled, I took an involuntary step back. “Holy shit. He’s done more than me and Lexi combined!” I quickly stuffed the papers back into the envelope not needing to read any further. 

Next to the desk, there was a door which I assumed would be the closet. Wrong. When I looked inside there was a gunroom mostly consisting of blades, snipers and, machine guns. Puzzled, I closed the door and studied it. The door blended in with the wall perfectly making it almost impossible to make out. How had I spotted the door so easily? Guess that’s what ass kicking instincts do to you...

Someone giggled outside alerting me back to my senses. Crap! I dug into the floor sliding underneath Alex’s bed in one swift motion. The door banged open. “Alex!” O God, it’s Lexi. I could hear lips smacking together as their footsteps got closer to the bed. It moved as they both climbed on top. Lexi was laughing like a hyena while Alex mumbled some incoherent words. I could just imagine him pushed up against Lexi’s body. Ew! I need to get out of here! No way am I listening to their make out session!

I peeked out from under the bed; the lights were out, finally! Quietly, I got out from under the bed and crouched to the ground while moving to the door. I snuck a glance behind me. The two still hadn’t noticed me. Good. Opening the door, a stream of light came through making the dark room glow. Crap! how could I be so stupid? Of course the hallway light was on! “Logan?” Alex asked.

Deepening my voice, “O, sorry Alex.” I sped out of the room and shut the door behind me. Taking a deep breath, I shut my eyes giving myself a moment to relax. That was close. “Are you ok?” a voice interrupted.

My eyes shot open. It was an elder woman that looked to be in her mid forties. She had blonde hair tied into a bun. Her eyes were a vivid green, just like Alex’s. “Yea. Thanks. Are you Alex’s mom?” 

She chuckled. “Yes, but call me Lauren. What’s your name darling?”

“Victoria, but you can call me Tori.”

“That’s such a beautiful name. Not to be rude, but who exactly are you?”

“O, uh, just a friend of Logan’s,” I replied hesitantly.

“Just a friend? Logan doesn’t just invite people anyone to our house.”

“Well, maybe his girl, uh, friend.”

She raised her eyebrows at me. “That’s a little better.”

“Ummm,” I responded not knowing what to say back. What does she mean?

“Why don’t you come downstairs? You can help me make dinner. Can you cook?”

“Yea! Of course! I’d love to,” I said delighted. Back when I was only twelve, I didn’t bother to ask Lilly, my god parent, to do anything for me. After the first night’s events, I never took one step within a ten foot radius of her. She said so herself; if you leave me alone, I’ll leave you alone.