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There was a serial killer active town, They are called “The symbol” Because of the symbol they always draw next to the body after the murder. The killer was active every night for the past 4 years, except for tonight.
Ribbit had went to a bar five minutes away from her house, she not really a bar person but there was really nothing to do in town on a Saturday night
Once she walked in the lights where soft and there was a small tv in the corner of the bar playing a football game, there was people cheering when a football team scored and some people arguing
ribbit doesn’t watch sports but she sat down at the bar anyways
The guy next to her was quiet, not watching the game nor glancing at the tv just looking around
Ribbit flagged the bartender down “Could i have a cosmopolitan?” She gives a polite smile as the bartender nods and starts to make it
While its being made ribbit turns to the guy next to her, he’s watching the people around him not quite zoned out but definitely not all the way there
“hey.. um whatcha doing here by yourself?” ribbit ask as the guy turns to her
he’s pale and has black fluffy hair with layers, most people would call it an emo haircut which it probably is but he looks oddly attractive
“Nothing.. bored.” His voice was weird almost dead like that intrigued ribbit
Ribbit takes a sip of her drink thinking of how she could try and keep the conversation flowing even though its clear as day he isn’t interested
“So whats your name?” ribbit sets down her drink keeping eyes contact on him
he is slightly annoyed from all the questions coming from her mouth but he answered anyway “Jax” flat and straight to the point unconcerned to get to know her
“oh, mines Leah but you could just call me ribbit” ribbit rubs the rim of her glass remaining eye contact
the bar erupts with noise as a team makes a touchdown now making a comeback, some cheer and some yell but the noise is Indistinct as it starts to get blurry
“cool” Jax says but the noise is muffled in Ribbits ears as her body sways around but she doesn’t notice
he chuckles as he watches her body tremble “you’re really drunk, maybe its better i take you home” Jax grabs Ribbits wrist not hard but firm as he pays her tab
As they walk out the bar the cold air hit ribbit hard but she cant say a word, her chest is heavy as she stumbles on the side walk trying her best to not fall on the rode
he says something every time she almost falls over he seems annoyed but she cant make out what he says his voice is just fuzzy and distorted
Jax still had his grip on her wrist firm as she stumbles through the pavement, it’s clear he irritated and even regretting making her his next…
They walk into his apartment
its oddly warm, a gray big couch with a few throw pillows and blankets, his house is nice and clean but lived in at the same time with some weirdly shaped bongs on the coffee table and dirty dishes in the kitchen sink that someone probably hasn’t washed in a few days
Jax sits Ribbit down on the couch as he goes in his room mumbling something under his breath, Ribbit is freaking out she cant speak it’s almost like her throat closed up as everything around her is a blur
as Ribbit is freaking out Jax comes back in the living room he’s wearing long shorts and a plan black shirt something casual probably for sleeping
Jax heads in the kitchen for a few minutes as he inters the living room again with a fresh out the fridge water bottle
he hands Ribbit the water in his hand “Your stupid drunk right now” he sighs as he sits next to her not really paying attention to what shes doing just scrolling through his twitter timeline waiting for her to sober up
After a few minutes of silence Ribbit finally speaks “I um.. I feel better” she looks over at Jax waiting for him to process what she had just said
“finally” he groans as he puts his phone face down and turns his head to her “Kinda thought you were going to black out” he smirks playfully
that was the first time Ribbit had seen emotion on his face even if it was to poke fun at her it felt weird, in a… good way?
Jax yawns as he stretches out his arms and legs as he grabs a bong and lights it though in the corner of his he sees Ribbit just staring at him
he takes his thumb off the lighter stopping the flame “What do you want?” he doesn’t look at her though
Ribbits eyes widened as he calls her out she quickly snaps her head to the bookshelf in his living room as she fidgets with the hem of her shirt
“Oh uhm” before she could actually get words out he cuts her off “if you want a hit you could just ask..?” his tone of voice is slightly annoyed as he finally looks up at her
Ribbit laughs “No thats not was I going to say, i was just wondering if you’re going to take me home”
he looks back down and lights his bong as he takes a hit, once he exhales he blows it right in her face “do you want me to take you home?” he chuckles a bit as he takes another hit
Ribbit starts to cough as the smoke hits her face “i just didn’t know if you wanted me to stay” Jax exhales not towards her face this time looking at her
“i dunno, do what you want” he pushes the bong back on the coffee table as he stands up “I could care less” he walks over to his bedroom door putting the lighter in his pocket
as Jax goes into his room Ribbit sits on the couch not sure if she should leave or stay here in the guys apartment she just met, its stupid to even have a thought about staying but she feels so drawn to him
After a few minutes of going back and forth with herself she finally walks over to his bedroom door
knock
knock
after a few seconds the door opens slightly and ribbit looks up theres Jax with his messy hair rubbing his eyes its clear she woke him up
“I thought you already left” Jax say as he leans against the door frame staring down at ribbit
“Nope”
Jax looks like he about to beat the shit out of her “What do you want” Ribbit gives him a bitter smile “well i was going to ask if i could sleep in you room but never mind” ribbit turns around to walk away but as she lifts her foot up Jax holds her by the collar
“Get in her before i really don’t let you stay” he says as he lets go of Ribbits collar and pushes himself off the door frame walking back to his bed
Ribbit walks in his room and lays on the opposite side of the bed its not that comfortable since she still had her outfit from the bar still on, a cropped tank top and some jean shorts called “miss me”
She try’s to make herself comfortable but nothing helping and she not going to ask a guy she just met if she could take some of his clothes to wear, not after she woke him up so she could sleep in his bed
she quietly gets up the moonlight peaking from his blinds shining on the bed as she slips her jean shorts off leaving her in a thong and a cropped tank in the middle of his room
suddenly as she is about to get back in bed she sees Jax sit up
“Your making a bunch of-“ he cuts himself off as he looks down at her thong then up at her face again he doesn’t look affected tho still the same annoyed look on his face
“What? did you think i brought you back to my place to hook up…” he stares at her hips not even paying attention to her face now
“wha- what?! no!” Ribbit picks her jeans shorts off the ground “my shorts just got really uncomfortable” she looks like she’s going to explode
“Yeah whatever” he looks back at her face with that same blank expression on his face “You don’t gotta lie, I would’ve if you really wanted”
Ribbit sighs not wanting to explain anymore because she knows he’s not believing a word that comes out of her mouth
“Can we just sleep?” she groans and gets back in the bed trying to escape that awkward moment
“I was trying to before you started undressing in front of me like this was some kind of soft porn” he lays down his back facing her
Ribbit says nothing in response to that and they lay in silence for a few minutes before Jax finally breaks the silence
“goodnight… leah”
“goodnight jax”