Stupid Fast

Chapter 34: I HAD TO BE A BARBARIAN




Or a warrior, seriously. I lived with Andrew. I lived with Jerri. I tried, but I couldn’t just run away.

As the month wore on, Andrew worked to drag me into his Jerri battles. I had to fight him off. Once, he woke me up in the middle of the night, his little head hovering over me in the dark.

“She’s a liar, Felton. She’s a crazy old lady liar. You have to help me.”

“What?” I was scared, didn’t know what was happening.

“She won’t tell me why you freak her out, Felton.”

“Who?”

“You. You do. Help me. You have to ask her, Felton. You have to.”

I woke up enough to know what was going on.

“No. I won’t ask her anything.”

“Why won’t anybody help me?” Andrew whimpered.

Jerri didn’t leave her room. Andrew wanted to fight her. He wanted me to fight alongside him. I wanted nothing to do with it.

“Get out of here,” I told him.