Dazed and confused

Chapter Four

Millies pov
I opened the apartment door, swinging my bag on the table.
"Your back!"
I heard from the kitchen.

I ran in and jumped on to Lola.
"Your happy! What did you do today?"
I smiled uncontrollably.

"I got a job! And went out for breakfast."
She smiled.

"That's so great man! I'm happy your happy."
I nodded.

I opened the fridge pulling out some almonds and half of an orange.
When I felt something furry on my leg.

I jumped when I saw a small cat run against my legs.
"A cat!"
I picked it up and rubbed my face against its.
"Yeah crazy right? I found it today wondering around it didn't have an owner, so I figured fuck it".
I smiled kissing it's head.

"It's a boy, and a bit dirty we should wash him."
I nodded.
"What are we naming him?"

"I think we should name him jim."
I laughed hard, until I realised she was serious.
"I love it, Jiminy Cricket!"
She laughed as well taking one of my almonds.

My phone buzzed.

Timothee-Timmy
I took this if you today, well what you were eating. It was fun, we should do it again. I'm picking you up after your shift at the record shop. How does that sound?

Millie
I'm adding it to my album. My roommate found a cat how cute right? I'll send a photo.

Millie
Also I'd love that, I start at 9:43 and finish at 3:45. I'll see you then 😤

Timothee-Timmy
Adorable, you guys have the same eyes! They don't look as blue there."

Millie
I noticed that. We named him Jiminy Cricket but Jim for short."

Timothee- Timmy
Love it.

I threw my phone on my bed and collapsed on to it.
My smile grew. But I shouldn't do this, I shouldn't be.

It's to soon, he flashed in my mind the first time he slapped me.

He told me he was to drunk, that he was sorry but that didn't cover the next 38 times he did it.

I counted, I always have. His eyes afterwards how he was huffing and puffing. He'd pretend that he didn't know why I had cuts and bruises on my face.

He'd complain when I'd wear to much makeup, but in reality I was just trying to cover up the bruises and cuts. That I'll carry as scars forever.

"Hello? Earth to mills?"
I snapped out of my deep thought.

the only people that know about what happened was Lola, I figured i could tell her due to fact that she lived 15,979 kilometres away.

She always told me to run away, I never did until he punched me because I caught him cheating on me. He told me I was being delusional like I always was.

I finally got the courage to leave, and never come back.
"Come one lets bath Jim!"
I nodded and picked jim up carrying him to the bathroom.

"Put it warm."
I said as I closed the door behind me patting jim until he started to purr rather loudly.

"Ok put him gently in there."
I nodded and eased him in.

He clawed at the bath walls and meowed so much.
"He hates it get him out!"
Lola yelled.

"Just wait."
I said patting jim to comfort him.

And soon enough he was chill.
We washed him and laughed.
As Lola got up to get some water, I splashed her with water.

She slowly turned around.
"Oh you did not just do that."
I smirked.
"Oh yes I did."
She ran to the bath and grabbed a bottle of soap and squeezed it at me.

Soap went all over me.
I held my mouth open and I snatched the bottle off her squeezing it on her.
"This is war."
She said kicking the bathroom draw it opened and revealed 4 more soap bottles.

I threw the one I was holding which was basically empty.

I grabbed two so did she.
"AHHHHH!"
We both yelled squirting the bottles at each other.

The tiles began to get slippery and we both fell down laughing our asses off.

Lola held the two bottles to her chest pretending that they were her breasts.

She squirted them and we both started laughing even more so.

Jim was having a blast he looked like a walking blob of soap.

We both took our clothes off until we were left in our bras and underpants.

We sat in the bath Lola turned it on again so the water was higher.

I grabbed jim and placed him on my lap.
"So how are you? Really."
Lola asked washing soap off her arms.
"I'm doing amazing honestly, I'm glad I left Zac it was getting really bad. I try to forget but I have so many scars Lola, you don't understand"
I said showing her my scar on my hip, it was from last Christmas. He was "drunk" of course.

"I'm so sorry mills I can't imagine, please never go back stay with me forever."
She said coming towards me and bringing me into a hug.

Which reminded me of when timothee hugged me.
Timotheeeeee.
I smiled so hard it hurt.
"Why you so smiley?"
"You wouldn't believe me."

She laughed and splashed me.
"I have no clue how we're going to clean this up."
I said referring to the bathroom which was from the ceiling to the ground completely covered in soap.

"What do you mean 'we're' you started this."
She said looking at her nails.
"Bitch!! No I ain't!"
She laughed.

I turned 21 four months ago although lolas 25.
We eventually got out and made a deal to clean the bathroom tomorrow as it was getting late and we were completely exhausted.

We dried jim, and we dried off changing into sweats and hoodies.
"So tomorrow I start work, I should show you the place. I want you to meet someone."
I said as we shared our favourite Ben and Jerry's ice cream.
"I'd love to, who have you met?"
I smirked.
"You'll seeeee, now let's watch interstellar."
She nodded and we zoned out.

Laughing and taking and sleeping through the movies.