Hating You From The Beginning

𝟭𝟰 | 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻

Why am I caring if she gets wet or not?

I don't.

She steps back into the car, now with her phone pressed against her ear. I try not to listen to her conversation but we're in a fucking car, of course, I heard it. My attention was peaked when she referred to me as a 'friend' I am most definitely not her friend. From what I'm able to pick up, these panic attacks happen often-

What the fuck?

Does she have an eating disorder?

She ends the phone call and I take the opportunity to ask her what she meant by 'friend'

"Friend?" I ask raising an eyebrow.

"What was I supposed to say. Hey, brother, I'm okay my roommate who hates me for no reason helped me out. Yeah, I think a friend is better."

Why do I hate her? Maybe the fact that she's walked into me twice. I don't know. We sit in silence for a bit before she speaks, "thank you for taking me out of the party, but I can't be here."

I start the car again and pull into a dinner. We quickly head inside finding a booth to sit at.

"Just ask," she says. I don't care about others' problems, but somehow I find myself curious about her.

"Do you get them often?"

"I used to only get them when I felt pressured or when I had a lot of attention on me but now I get them every time it rains?"

"Why?" I ask before I can stop myself. I don't care about her life nor do I want to. But something in me is curious.

"Early this year someone died because the roads were slippery and I was in the passenger seat.

Shit.

"Also if you could, like not tell anyone that would be great." I'd never tell anyone. One thing is disliking her and another is revealing something that's not mine to reveal.

End of flashback :)

She did some breathing techniques to keep herself calm and I drove her home after the rain stopped. The next morning when she walked into me again, let's just say I wasn't very disappointed.

Not a lot of people know about what I do. The only people that know are Rebecca, Kenzie who is like another sister to me, she's one year younger than us but ever since she was in 2nd grade and I in 3rd, she and Rebecca have been attached to the hips. I grew to see her as another sister.

Dean, who was the one to introduce me to this, I have no idea how he knows about this place since he doesn't take part in the fights. And Asher who found out after a drunk Dean let it slip. I met Dean freshman year at football camp, which I only did a year, and I met Asher through Dean.

And finally parents, my parents have always been super lenient on this type of shit, but to say they were shocked would be an understatement.

"5 minutes Grey." I snap out of my thoughts when Mikel comes to let me know the fight is about to begin.