Jake- Ur place or mine??

Indi- mine

Jake- Roommates?

Indi- ya but they don't mind

Jake- Aight. See you at 10.

Indi- k

"Who are you texting?" Belle asked from her favourite place on the couch.

"No one, why do you care?" I said passively.

"I don't your face is just kinda funny. You're just like aggressively typing and looking bored at the same time." She said giggling, Kenny giggling along with her. I just glared. Kenny was running around the room probably searching for her keys which were sitting right next to me. So I picked them up and held them out.

"Thanks babe. Alright I'm off, see you guys later!" She said quickly as she headed for the door but Belle slid in front of her.

"What time will you be back?"

"Bel-"

"What time will you be back?"

"Belle, leave her alone, she's a big girl."

"She's still the youngest, and I worry. Be back by three please? For me?" Belle pleaded. Kennedy looked uncomfortable. She sighed.

"Yes queen Arabella." She said like the smart ass she is. Belle nodded and stepped out of her way.

"Have fun Kenny." I yelled.

I turned around back to my desk, picking up a pen and my journal.

"Who's coming over tonight?" Belle asked quietly.

"How did you know?" I asked slightly shocked. She motioned over to my phone sitting next to my hand. "Oh... His name is Jake." She nodded.

"How'd you meet him?" She asked suspiciously.

"He's a friend of Dylan." I told her. Dylan was a friend of ours. He worked at the book store down the street, he'd been our friend since we moved in. Ever since Belle dragged us into the store when we were walking around literally the day we moved in. He was sweet. Always giving us discounts on books, and saving us books he'd think we'd like. Although I'm pretty sure he wasn't doing it for all of us. Belle didn't pay attention to him, and I only talked to him to get to his cute friends. However he and Kenny were "best friends", that's what Kenny thought at least. He told me once that he had a huge crush on her, but she had no idea whatsoever. I however just used him basically as a pimp. He had hot friends and I took advantage of that. It was nice, lots of attention. It helped that I was societally "pretty". My only problem was the guys' houses. Man, they were dirty. Like dirtier than our house. Which was mostly clean because Kenny had a couple days off during the week and being the OCD freak she was, constantly was organising through Belle's and my mess. But she wouldn't touch our rooms unless we asked. My room was just covered in clothes. And at LEAST two-thirds of them weren't technically mine. Either stolen or just left there by various partners. Either way I hated other guys houses so they just always came here. It was either that or no sex. Which kinda took them by surprise considering they'd then find out I had roommates. Eh, whatever. Our walls were pretty soundproof and Belle always had headphones in anyway, so it's not like it mattered.

"Is he still pimping you out?" She asked stifling a laugh. I shook my head.

"Yeah basically." She let out a loud laugh and turned her back to me, focusing again on the screen.

"Just remember," She added, "You don't know where these boys have been, so use protection." I scoffed.

"Belle. I'm 19, you act like I don't know that."

"You're 18."

"Since when did you become the mom? That's Kennedy's job. She's momma duck." She just shrugged. "Whatever." I paused for a minute. "What time is it?" She pulled her phone out of her blanket.

"9:30. When's he coming over?"

"10." She nodded.

"Okay, I'll be in my room by then."

"Thanks kiddo."

I walked back to my room and started "cleaning". Underwear, underwear, underwear. Where is my cute underwear? Gotta treat the boy right. I found a pair of blue and orange underwear and a matching bra, which was weird because I didn't really have anything that matched. Unlike Kenny who had everything matching, freakin OCD freak, and Belle who didn't have anything that matched. I shoved most of the clothes into my small messy closet. Sometimes I miss having a bed to shove things under, but having a mattress on the floor doesn't give me much choice. I checked my phone to see the screen reading 9:55, after I heard Belle's door shut. I walked out to the living room just as I heard a knock. I opened the door to find Kenny standing there out of breath. She moved past me as I closed the door.

"Belle!" I yelled, she came out a couple seconds later with a worried look on her face. Even more so when she saw Kennedy on the couch.

"Kenny! What happened?" She asked scared. Belle ran over and wrapped her arms around Kenny. Kenny just leaned into her and starting bawling. "Kennedy, babe, you have to tell us what happened." She searched for an answer again. She sat there trying to coax an answer out of her, but to no avail. I stood up to get her some tea, when I heard another knock, this one quick and hurried. I opened the door slightly, to see Jake standing out there slightly out of breath as well.

"Jake, this isn't a good time, can we reschedule?" I asked sadly. He shook his head violently. Vaguely catching his breath he started to speak.

"I- She- I helped-" He struggled to complete his sentence.

"Jake, Jake, calm down, what are you trying to say?"

"There were these guys, they were attacking her." He said pointing at Kenny. I looked over at my shaking best friend on the couch. Still unable to speak.

"Come in, come in." I said basically pushing him inside. "Okay, tell me what happened." I pressed.

"I was walking over here, and I was near the ally about seven blocks down, and I saw something going on in the ally, so I went to check it out, and there were these three guys ganging up on her. I couldn't see who it was at first, but I didn't really care, so I got their attention and got her to run. I think they were going to rape her..." Well fuck. That's like her biggest fear. I went over to the living room, and saw Kenny whispering to Belle. Belle saw me and waved me off. "Wanna get out of here? Go to Waffle House?" I nodded and he grabbed my arm gently and lead me out of the apartment. We walked for a block or two before we got there. We sat down quickly and ordered.

"Thank you." I said quietly. "For protecting her..."

"No problem Indi." He said smiling. I leaned my head against his shoulder, and his arm wrapped around my waist.

"So... Can we go back to your place?" He chuckled.

"Sure." He said as we got up. And started towards the door. We walked about 9 more blocks before we got to his apartment. 

"Wow, it's very.. Clean." He laughed. 

"Well, I try to keep it tidy." He said smoothly. I looked around at the modern apartment, taking in the aesthetic of it all. 

"Well you're doing a good job of it. Now... Where's the bedroom?" I said smirking. He pointed down the hall and grabbed my hand and led me into the dark."