(un)lucky Number thirteen by Missy (reading a book .txt) 📕

and then bolted out the front door. I sat there and then realized a seven year old just ran outside by himself! I jumped up and ran out the door. “ Wait. Rigs!” I screamed. He stopped and turned towards me. I ran up to him on the sidewalk. “ You can’t just run out of the house like that!” I gasped. He rolled his eyes at me and continued to walk. I followed him, and we walk three houses down and he rang the doorbell, and a guy opened it and he looked a little older than I. He smiled at Rigs.
“ Hey Rigs, Tony is in the backyard playing basketball. Go join him,” The guy said. Rigs smiled, and he grabbed my hand and pulled me forward.
“ Zack this is Gal. She is babysitting me,” Rigs smiled. Zack looked at me and a grin broke out onto his face. He opened the door a little, and rigs pulled me inside. I stumbled over a shoe, and went face first into the ground, but I didn’t hit it. Zack had his arms wrapped around my waist, and he pulled me towards his body.
“ ah, thanks,” I said trying to hide my beat red face. Zack let out a laugh, and I followed Rigs outside, and saw another little boy playing basketball, and rigs ran towards him. Zack came outside, and sat down on a wooden chair. I sat down next to him, and watched the boys play.
“ So your babysitting?” Zack asked looking at tony and rigs.
“ Yeah…” I muttered.
“ I’ve never seen you around before,” he said know turning towards me.
“ Well…. You know Giles right? Well im her friend, and I don’t live around here, and ugh yuh she needed a babysitter so here I am. This is the first time I have met rigs,” I blabbered on. I looked over at Zack and he was looking at me so intently. I touched my cheek wondering if I had something on my face. He let out a laugh.
“ You just look like someone I use to know,” he said getting closer to me.
“ ugh yeah,” I said jumping up. “ Can I play basketball with you guys?” I asked walking over to Rigs and Tony. Tony looked up at me and smiled. Rigs threw me the ball, and I threw it in the net.
“ For a girl your good!” Tony said trying to shoot a hoop. I smiled, and turned and looked at Zack, and he was still looking at me. I was starting to become irritated, and I walked over to Zack and stood in front of him.
“ Why do you keep staring at me?” I asked.
“ like I said you look like someone,” he said looking at me.
“ Who?” I said throwing my hands up in the air.
“ You might be related to the person,” He said. I raised an eyebrow, and looked at him confused. I shook my head, and sighed. “ I met a women, and a man about four and a half years ago and you look a lot like the women,” He said. Four and a half years ago… that was around the time that my parents died.
“ Where?” I asked sitting down.
“ Not too far from here. On the highway.” My breath caught.
“ How did you meet them?”
“ Why does it matter?”
“ because they were my parents,” I whispered. Zack’s face went hard, and he stood up and went back into the house. I sat there, and then got up off the chair, and followed him inside. I walked inside and saw a picture of three guys. It was Zack on the right, someone I don’t know in the middle…. And on the left was Ron, Ashton’s older brother…. It looked like they were on a road trip, and on the corner was the date. It was about four and a half years ago. Around the time my parents were killed. I picked up the photo and analyzed it.
When I brought Ashton to the spot where my parents were found, and I told him he seemed like he was hiding something… then his brother came and he was so cruel to him… then Zack said he had seen my parents before around the time they died. This picture was the date of when they had died…. I looked at the photo and realized they were at the lake where my parents died. There was beer cans all over the floor, and it looked like it was getting dark outside. The photo dropped out of my hands and fell to the floor shattering, and Zack came in and he stopped and our eyes locked.
“ What are you doing?” he asked walking up to me. his eyes they were full of hate.
“ I- Ugh…” My voice was caught in my throat. “ Im gonna get Rigs, and we are gonna go,” I said flying past him and running to the backyard. “ R- Rigs! Let’s go,” I said. He nodded his head, and we walked back into the house, and we were about to walk out when the door opened and I saw Ron standing there. He looked at me and smiled. I tried to smile, but I couldn’t.
“ Hey, your ugh…. Ashton’s girlfriend right?” he asked. I nodded my head. He smiled and then looked past me, and his face went hard. I turned around and saw Zack standing there.
“ Ron we gotta talk,” Zack said cold. Ron smiled.
“ Hey Gal can’t you stay a little longer?” Ron asked. Rigs started to jump up and down and I looked down at him.
“ please Gal?” He cried. I nodded my head and rigs ran back outside to play with tony. Ron and Zack walked down the hall, and I sat down on the couch, and took a deep breath. Could Zack, Ron, and his friend in the picture been the one that killed my parents…. I felt my throat go dry, and my hands started to shake. I heard someone running down the hall, and Ron grabbed me by my arms and hauled me up looking at me intently. His face was pure red. He then just let me down, and stormed out of the house. I stood there and then got up, and grabbed rigs and we went back to his house. We got inside, and Rigs walked into the front room, and turned on the TV and started to watch courage the cowardly dog. I sat down in the kitchen and pulled out my phone, and scrolled down to Ashton’s number and composed a new text.
Ashton…. We need to talk.
Chapter Eighteen-
I stood at the door, and I brought my hand up and knocked on the door. I stood there, and then the door opened and I saw Ron standing their looking at me.
“ Is Ashton here?” I asked. He looked down at me, and nodded his head, and he opened the door a little more, and I walked in and walked up the stairs, and opened his bedroom door. He was still asleep. I wasn’t surprised. It’s still very early in the morning. I closed the door behind me, and walked over to his bed, and knelt down next to him. “ Ashton wake up!” I hissed. He turned over and I heard him moan. I found a pillow on the ground that was next to me, and I raised it above my head, and hit him with it as hard as I could.
“ What the hell!” He flew back and fell off the bed. He got up and sat on the bed looking at me, and he rubbed the side of his head. “ What was that for Gal?” he mumbled.
“ Ashton we need to talk… Why didn’t you respond to my text message that I sent you last night?” I asked.
“ I was ugh…” he cleared his throat. “ Preoccupied.”
“ Hm… Preoccupied… okay sure,” I said rolling my eyes. Ashton sat at the edge of his bed, and he rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands.
“ What do you want to talk about?” He asked. I stood there in front of him, and I walked over to his desk, and sat down on his computer chair, and put my elbows on my knees, and looked down.
“ Ashton you said you loved me right?” I asked.
“ Lilz,” he said sternly. I looked up at him and our eyes met. “ I have never loved anyone more than I have loved you,” he smiled.
“ Ashton… Do you believe that a relationship is based off of trust?”
“ of course. Without trust in a relationship then there isn’t one at all,” He said. I let out a laugh shaking my head.
“ We tell each other the truth right? You and I don’t lie to one another about anything… Right?” I asked. I looked up at him, and our eyes met, and he nodded his head slowly. I clenched my fist and closed my eyes. “ So you are not hiding anything from me…” he was quiet and didn’t respond. “ Ashton,” I said looking up at him with tears in my eyes.
“ Gal I… d- don’t know what y- yo- you’re talking about,” he mumbled looking away from me. I let out a dry laugh, and tears fell down my cheeks.
“ Damnit Ashton why are you lying to me!” I cried sitting up from the chair. “ I know Ashton! I know your brother, and his friends where involved in my parents death…” I yelled at him. I heard him gasp, and he looked up at me, and he was just gawking at me, and then he closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
“ how did you find out?”
“ not from my boyfriend,” I spat sitting back down in the chair and shaking my head.
“ gal… you don’t understand…”
“ Your brother, and his friends left my parents on the side of the road to die… they could of called the police… then they would of still been alive, but they are dead because of your brother, and his friends! They are murderers!” I yelled out at him.
“ No they are not galaxy,” he said raising his voice. I stood up from my seat, and he stood up also.
“ Then what are they?” I asked through clenched teeth. He was quiet for a couple of minutes.
“ Why does it matter anymore?” he sighed.
“ It matters for me, and my parents. It matters that my parents killers are caught. My parents are dead, and their murders are out enjoying life, and they learned nothing from what they did. They paid no consequence! It’s not right!” I yelled at him.
“ So you want to ruin my brother’s life?!” He screamed.
“ He already ruined mine!” I screamed through my sobs.
“ galaxy,” he whispered. he touched my shoulder, and I ripped my arm away from him.
“ No Ashton! Damnit! Your brother, and his friends took my parents away from me! they left me all alone Ashton…” I was crying. “ And know your brother and his friends are living their life like nothing happened. They are happy and enjoying life. They have no remorse…” I whispered. Ashton sat back down on the bed, and put his head into his hands.
“ So what do you want to do Galaxy?” he whispered.
“ Do you think it’s right that your brother can just live life like nothing happened?” I asked. He shook