Chapter 4
I start typing the directions home into my phone and as they start to tell me where to go I walk away from the building, just then Mark comes up from behind me and not long after Jack joins.
"What are you guys doing? Don't you have cars?" Jack lets out a little sigh of disbelief "Don't you know how dangerous it is to walk anywhere by yourself in New york?" I shake my head and they just stare at me like I'm an alien or something. Just as we turn the corner two blocks from my home I remember I don't live alone, in fact I live with my boss! I turn to Mark and Jack
"Hey guys I will be good from here on out" they continue walking anyway "Guys I don't think you should take me all the way home" I spoke with desperation. We finally stop one corner from the house and then Mark speaks up
"We'll only let you walk home by yourself if we have your number." Then Jack adds in
"Yeah, we need to make sure you get there safely." I heave a breath and give into their commands, as we exchange numbers I see boss driving his way home and I quickly finish with them and start creeping with extreme caution. When I finally make my way to the cozy house I get to call home I remember what the guys said in the office earlier, about how Paul is a huge perv. I start to get anxious when I walk through the front door and see Paul pacing frantically in the living room. When he sees me he starts to talk so fast I can hardly understand him. All I heard was something about him being worried and about me leaving with Jack and Mark, I held my hands in the air and start to say I'm sorry but am cut off with his thundering voice
"Do you know how worried I was!?" I look at him confused and he starts to slowly make his way toward me,I quickly dodge to the side and scream
"Why the hell would you worry about me so much!" and run upstairs to the first room I can get to. As I slam the door I notice it's the blank room with the thin black chandelier hanging, I plop down in front of the door so nobody can open it. As soon as I sat down I started to cry hysterically, as I am sobbing I hear footsteps coming from the stairs then suddenly they stop at the top of the steps right outside my door. I can almost imagine Paul sitting on the top of the stairs, suddenly a gentle voice makes its way through the air
"Hey, i'm sorry I got so worked up. I know all this must be new and difficult to take in.'' Just then I hear a clunk right outside my door "I brought some orange juice" as he says that I chuckle to myself thinking how he loves his orange juice. I scoot away from the door and crack it just enough to grab the juice and bring it back into the room,
I quietly whisper "Thank you" then shut the door again. Then he comes out and says
"It's like I already know you, Christopher had talked about you so much and it was like you were his pride and joy. He couldn't seem to get enough of you, he told me practically everything about you and i'm sorry if this is wrong or you don't like it but I feel the need to protect you. That was one of the things he asked of me, but it's not because of him I feel this way. I don't know why it is but it's there." He went quiet for a little while then I spoke up
"I'm sorry I reacted that way, I've never had someone worry about me let alone to greet me when I come home. It's like we live in different worlds but somehow I already feel like you're more of a big brother than my actual one." Then I giggled so loud he heard i snorted. As soon as I was done talking I heard a knock on the door, I got up as fast as I could and opened the door to see a smiling Paul standing in front of me. Just then I notice on my phone I am getting a call from an unknown number, it immediately ruins my good mood. I answer my phone and ask who it is with a bit of attitude and from the other end I hear Mark
"What's gotten you in a bad mood, huh?" just then a smile crept across my face
"I can't talk right now, can I call you back around 7?" After that he agreed to it, then hung up. As i was talking on the phone Paul was staring at me with curiosity "It was Mark, nothing to worry about" Then a small smile reached his face too, as I try to exit the room he hugs me and whispers into my ear
"I can't let my little sister be talking to some weirdo" with a joking voice. We both laugh
"He is no weirdo, he is my friend! Okay maybe he is a little weird though" I say in all honesty, as he lets go of me he starts to say something but stops himself. I look at him with a grim expression "Tomorrow is saturday right?!" he nods his head "Oh thank god I need to go buy some more suitable clothes for work" He laughs at my comment and I can't help but join in.
"Well it's already 6:30 so you should go relax or whatever girls do" I see him heading down the stairs and for some reason I follow, when we get to the bottom he continues to walk like he hasn't noticed me or something so I go tap him on the shoulder and he jumps up pretty high in the air, I can't help but grin at his reaction
"Hey what cha got in the fridge?" It looks like he is back on the train of thoughts again so I walk myself over to his fridge and see he has exactly one egg in his fridge. I giggled as I heard him come into his kitchen
"Hey what are you up to?" he says in a calm voice unlike the one from work and I stand back up to walk out of the kitchen
"I'm going shopping, it's like you don't even eat! Wanna come?" I say half heartedly but then he starts to put his shoes on
"Sure, why not".