Robert, Ronnie, and Bryan were all sitting in the living room together. “Today, I met two guys I never seen before. They might go to the middle school.” Bryan tells his two brothers.
“Who cares.” Ronnie said and gets up going back to the kitchen.
“The guys might’ve been friends, they were being nice and helping me get a book I needed for a book report. Speaking of that, I need to work on it.” Bryan picked up his backpack and opened it up. He got the book out and began to read it. Ronnie came back into the living room holding a beer can. He sits down.
“Ronnie, you really should cool it down with dad’s beers.” Robert said as he stared at Ronnie.
“Shut the hell up.” Ronnie opens the can and takes a sip of it. Bryan felt like he couldn’t read his book properly with them in the room, he gets up and goes to his bedroom.
“Lacy was still at school when we left. She was upset earlier, I wonder if she’s okay? Maybe I should visit her when she gets home from school…” Robert thought to himself. He wasn’t sure why he felt worried about Lacy, but he was.
It was after school time and Robert gets up. Ronnie stared at him. “Where are you going?” Ronnie asked.
“Going to visit Lacy.” Robert answers.
“Hey! I want to see her too!” Ronnie glared.
“I’ll see if she can come here.” Robert left the house and went next door. When he got there he knocked on the door. Hoping Lacy was home. The person to answer the door was Lacy’s mother. She stared at Robert.
“Are you a classmate of Lacy?” She asked.
“Yes. Is she home?” Robert asked.
“She’s grounded.” The woman answered.
“For what?” Robert asked.
“She got home and was arguing with my boyfriend. Did some crazy things so I ground her.” She responds. Robert didn’t like what he heard.
“Stupid boyfriend of that woman’s. She needs to know the truth.” Robert thought to himself. Lacy’s mother shuts the door. Robert leaves and went back home.
“Where’s Lacy?” Ronnie asked noticing Robert had came back and sat down on the couch by him.
“She got grounded. Because she was fighting with her mother’s dumb boyfriend.” Robert answers.
“That’s too bad.”
It was at nighttime. It began to rain. Robert was looking out the window. Thinking about Lacy. Ever since he met her, his mind was drawn on her. “Love doesn’t exist, so I why am I concerned about this girl?” Robert wondered. “She’s a friend.” He tells himself and lets out a small sigh. Ronnie was sleeping in the bedroom. Everyone was asleep as it was late, but Robert couldn’t sleep.
At Lacy’s home, she was sitting on her bed. “Mom takes up for her boyfriend. If I did tell her the truth… If I did… I wouldn’t be able to convince her. She wouldn’t believe me.” Lacy felt as if she was going to cry but she held it in. Lacy puts her knees up and laid her head on them. “I feel like I can’t take another day living here…” Lacy’s door open. It startled her and she stood up and got off her bed.
“Hey Lacy.” Steven said standing in the doorway. Lacy felt scared, but she played it off tough. She glares at him.
“Get out of my bedroom or I’ll tell my mom.”
“Tell her what? She isn’t here. She went to work in case you forgot. She won’t be back till morning.”
“Then I’ll get James!” Lacy knew she couldn’t get James. He was younger than her and he wasn’t even home.
“Did you forgot James is with one of his weird friends spending the night?” Steven asked and laughed. “That new friend of his. Now you’re all alone with me.” Steven walks over to her and she ran over to the other side of the bedroom.
“Just get out of my bedroom!” Lacy was about to pick something up and throw it at him. Just to protect herself.
“You can’t do anything you stupid little girl. Don’t you get it? You hurt me, I’ll tell your mother. Besides do you want me to break up with your mother? If I do I’ll throw you all out and you’ll be homeless. You want that?” Steven asked rudely. He made it over to Lacy and pushes her against the wall.
“Don’t you love my mother?” Lacy asked.
“You think I do?” Steven laughed. “I only started dating her when I saw you. I did it to get close to you.”
“W-What?” Lacy was confused at what she was hearing.
“When I first saw you. I wanted to touch you.” Steven grabs Lacy’s right breast and squeezed it. “You maybe just a fucking kid at 14, but you look older. Dammit, I thought you were at least 18. You look so hot as hell.” Lacy didn’t like the way Steven was talking and grabbing her.
“S-Stop it! Now!” Lacy tries pushing him away.
“Hey!” Steven grabs her by her neck. “Didn’t I tell you that I will throw you all out if you don’t do what I say and let me have what I want?”
“This… This isn’t fair to me…” Lacy thought to herself.
Robert felt like he could tell something was wrong as he was staring out the window. “I feel like something is wrong and not right. I can’t go over there though… It’s so late.” Robert didn’t know why but he felt like something was wrong with Lacy.
It was 6 AM. Robert was lying in bed. Barely sleeping a wink. “I can’t sleep…” Robert thought to himself. All night he kept thinking of Lacy.
“Uhh… babe you got some nice tits…” Ronnie mumbles in his sleep and turns over.
Lacy was crying. Sitting up on her bed. “Why… Why did I let this happen?” Lacy asked herself as tears just kept running down her face. Steven woke up and noticed Lacy was crying. He sat up.
“Stop whining you little bitch. You should’ve enjoyed that.” Steven got out of bed and picked up his pants pulling out his cigarette pack and lighter. He threw his pants back on the floor and sits back on the bed. He lights his cigarette and sits his lighter on the end table next to the bed. He began to smoke.
“No! No!” Lacy cries to herself. Lacy wanted to get up and run away. She was trying to hide herself with her blanket.
“Why are you hiding? I saw your body.” Steven laughed. “I can’t believe you’re just a fucking little 14-year-old and wear a D or DD.” Lacy didn’t like Steven talking about her. She gets up. “Where you going you little bitch?” Steven yanked Lacy back down on the bed.
“Please stop!” Lacy started crying. “Just stop it! You already humiliated me all night!” Lacy felt like she couldn’t take much more.
“I guess you want to be thrown outside, don’t you?” He asked her. Lacy stopped crying.
“My mom should be coming home soon.”
“Nice try, your mother doesn’t come home not until 8 AM.” Lacy knew this when Steven told her. She couldn’t wait any longer and was wishing her mom would come home now. She wanted to get away from Steven.
“I have…school.”
“You think I was born yesterday? Today is Saturday.” Lacy couldn’t fool Steven. Steven puts out his cigarette on Lacy’s end table and then pushes her down on the bed. “You know what I’m in the mood for? Some more of this. Us.” Steven started kissing Lacy’s neck.
“Please stop it!” Lacy wanted him off of her.
Robert gets up out of bed and shakes Ronnie. Ronnie looks at him.
“What? It’s too early to get up.” Ronnie complained.
“I can’t sleep. I feel like something is wrong.” Robert said to Ronnie.
“What are you talking about?” Ronnie asked sitting up and began to rub his eyes.
“I feel like something is wrong with Lacy.”
“You’re just paranoid. Go to bed.” Ronnie said and was going to lay back down.
“Ronnie, I am not joking with you. I feel it. When I feel it, I know it.”
“Fine. What do you want us to do? Go over this early in the morning to knock on the door and ask if Lacy is okay?” Ronnie asked.
“Can’t.”
“See? Can’t do anything, just go back to sleep or wait till a reasonable hour.” Ronnie laid back down.
“I can tell you don’t care about Lacy.” Robert thought to himself and went to the door.
“Something just don’t feel right.” Robert left the bedroom and went outside to the back door. He was sitting out there staring at the back door next door. He was hoping Lacy would come out.
Lacy was laying in bed feeling disgusted. “I want to take a bath! Get off me please!” Lacy said hoping he would get off of her.
“You never listen do you?” Steven said staring at her. “Listen carefully you whore. You tell your mother about us, I’ll kick you all out or better yet make it like you’re a liar and have a crush on me. And if you don’t let me fuck you right now dammit, I’ll just go ahead and kick you all out. Or do you prefer me to tell your mother you tried to have sex with me. Your choice.”
“I…” Lacy began to cry again. She felt like she had no choice. “Fine! But please let me take a bath after this…” Steven laughed after she finally gave in to him.
Robert was sitting outside still staring at the backdoor to Lacy’s house. “I know something just isn’t right over there, but what could it be?” Robert wondered to himself. He then walks over to the door. Staring at it, he then touched the doorknob. Robert wasn’t expecting it to be unlocked, but he turned it and it was.
Robert opened the door slowly. “I shouldn’t go in here.” Robert tells himself but went in the house anyways. He knew it was wrong, but something deep inside made him felt like he need to go in there and see what was wrong with Lacy. He heard her crying and screaming. Robert ran up the stairs fast to find her. When he did, he peaked into the doorway of her bedroom. He didn’t want to be caught going in the house when he wasn’t invited.
“Stop!” Lacy cries wanting Steven to get off of her. Robert didn’t like what he saw going on in Lacy’s bedroom. He wanted to punch Steven. He felt like he wanted to step in and stop them.
“That bastard is doing that to Lacy! I need to step in! I need to stop him!” Robert thought to himself.