As I walked through the door I was met by an angry-looking Bruce. Oh boy, this should be fun. "Who the fuck was that Anna?" Hw screamed at me, I was having it up to here. "That was a coworker bringing me home." I walked to the bedroom because I could see where this was going. "Don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you. Anna!" "I hear you!" I screamed back at him. "Why are you screaming at me? I'm trying to talk to you." "And I just want some simple fucking sleep but I guess we're both outta fucking luck today now aren't we." I turned to him and he didn't respond for a moment. I took that as the end and went to take a shower. When I came out I found both he and his car was gone. "God please don't let him be at a bar." With a sigh, grabbed a few bags and started putting my clothes and things in them. along with a bag for the pets' stuff. I call Rayne and ask if I could crash at her place and if she could come to get me as my car was still at work after being dropped off. Not long after I got dressed and was done packing Rayne pulled into the driveway. I loaded to bags and when I went for the babies I wrote a note stating that we were done and that I never wanted to see him or his little dick again. After that, we headed to Rayne's.
"You gonna be ok hun?" She asked. And either it was the sleep she was looking at, or I might have had a face. "I'm good, just sleepy, hungry, and downright exhausted." we giggle before chatting off about random things. And to celebrate my newly single life we went and got Mcdonald's. Not much, just McNuggets and fries.
It was good being free, and even better now than I was with my bestie. After there we went to Starbucks to get a pup cup for Suzie. it was a. Big of a hassle due to it being close to after hours and they were new staff that didn't know what a pup cup was. Rayne and I giggled on the way home. Once we got there it didn't take long for any of us to get settled in, maymay also got a pup cup too, she Rayne's pupper, she may be 3 years old but she's still that small little German Shepard that Rayne brought home those years ago. Suzie was only a year behind but again, still a puppy. Milo was fine with the move from what I could tell, he's my baby boy by five years. I began to half unpack since Rayne and I already talked about this place after graduation that we were moving to. "Hey," Rayne knocked on my door "wassup hun?"
I sat up on the bed as milo walked in and plopped on the floor. "Did you want any spaghetti with your chicken or macaroni?" I thought for a moment, "spaghetti." "Okay." She left again and I took the time to think over all that happened to me this week. The nightmares, Bruce, work, finals. I know others have had it worse but I couldn't help but wonder what have I ever done to deserve it all, I walked into the kitchen and pulled out an egg from the fridge. "You good?" Rayne asked me as I held the egg for a moment before trailing it across my body to catch and draw any negative energy or spell from me. "Yeah, just have a feeling is all." Once I was done I took a cup of water and cracked the egg in it. I watched as the bubbles and eyes appeared. I looked around and got some vinegar, chili powder, cinnamon, and salt and pepper. After I was done I went and poured it down the toilet because I was not keeping that negative energy in this house. And just like clockwork, I was getting a phone call, it was Bruce. I hung up and blocked his number from my phone. "Let me guess, the sender called?" She had a knowing smirk as she said it and it made me laugh "yeah, and he's now blocked and doesn't know where you live so," laughter ensued between us. "Good." And with that, she went back to cooking dinner.
At the dinner table, "So how were your finals?" I asked her, "they were good as can be expected. It's like the closer to graduate you get the harder they feel." "Right! I was thinking the same thing." Our conversations went on for a moment before we got ready for bed. The next morning Rayne and I went to the house we were planning to move into for a final walk-through. "So what do you girls think?" The leasing manager asked us from the threshold while we were looking things over "I like it, has a lot of space and a backyard for the girls to run around in, what about you?" I had asked her "same, and also there looks to be a pretty view of the beach from here." We nodded in agreement and went through the process of signing the lease and moving into the new flat.
"ugh," I groaned as we drove back to the apartments we used for school. "What?" Rayne asked as she kept her eyes on the road. "I just remembered I still have shit at Bruce's and then there's the matter of the graduation and shit. You do know we'll have to get new jobs that are closer to the new place right?" I word vomited all my thoughts, she chuckled and playfully shook her head. "Yes Anna, I know all of that. And plus, don't we have a dinner date with Amber and Drew before Graduation anyway?" It took me a moment to remember, "yeah, we do." We pulled up to the apartment and there was a box left on the doorstep. We looked at each other with puzzled looks, "remind me to tell Ben that he could just call or something when he does things like this." I chuckled nervously, "Ah, yeah. But here's the thing. Ben is out of town till graduation, so he can't send me anything or call." My heart dropped at her words. Amber and Drew are the only other people who should know where Rayne lives. And they don't send us boxes of anything. "Yeah, I'm not feeling that. But it means either you have a stalker-" "or you do." She finished, and that made things even more real. "So what do you wanna do with it?" I asked her, she shrugged and kicked the box away from the door and unlocked it. Just then I heard a sound. A tiny meow. So faint I was surprised I even heard it, I dropped down and undid the pretty pink ribbon. There was a card but I was focused on the sound coming from the box. When I opened it, a tiny black kitten popped its head out and made a more audible meow that made Rayne realize something was in the box. "What the fuck?" She asked spinning around just as she opened the door. I handed her the card and scooped the kitten out of its box and left it there. "Who would leave a poor baby in a box with no holes on a doorstep that it's in direct sunlight?" I soothed the kitten and snuggled it so I could examine it for fleas or anything. "It's a boy." I said, Rayne chuckled "well, now we have two girl dogs and two boy cats, I wonder if this family is gonna get any bigger?" I laughed as I walked passed her coming into the house. "You never know."
I gave the little guy a bath and blow-dried him so he wouldn't get cold, kittens are not good at keeping themselves warm. After I setup up the bathroom with things to keep the kitten busy, I placed him in there and closed the door. "Do you think we should keep him? Other than the creepy way he got here, there's milo and the girls to think about." I shrugged as I plopped down on the couch. "Oh, what did the letter say?" She came and sat on the couch too, "that may you find answers in Cerberus and yourselves."
"What is that supposed to mean exactly?" She shrugged and began to put on demon slayer.