Wendy

“Wendy, is that you?” I can’t really make out the figure but I’m pretty sure it’s Wendy trying to run up the stairs. She runs up the stairs without answering so I chase her shouting “Wendy! Where are you going? Come back!”

We reach our room and after I enter I can see that Wendy is crying on the bed trying to hide herself.

“Wendy what’s wrong?” I say worried I did something wrong

“Why’d you agree to her terms?” As she sits up and looks at me kinda angrily. “You hate Tabitha! Why did you agree to date her?’

Ah I guess that could make her upset “She was hurting you and making you suffer! The loans are making you stressed and she’s tried to hurt you with it! I couldn’t just sit around and do nothing. I told you that I would help you get rid of it.” I sit on the edge of the bed. “I just wanted to make you happy.”

Wendy clings onto my waist “ B-but now you have to go out with young lady Tabitha for me. It’s my fault th-that you’re going to be unhappy for the next few months”

I stroke her beautiful brown curls “Wendy I get to spend time with you and when you’re happy I’m happy. It’s not your fault Wendy, I just want to help you. You’re my best friend, and to be honest I love you.”

She lets out a few sniffles but slowly stops crying “thank you - John I love you too you’re a really kind person”

“Why don’t we do something before we sleep? I have a few consoles in my room so why don’t we play some co-op games for a few hours?”

Wendy sits up and hugs me around the shoulder “um I’ve never played any games before I’ve either worked or searched for a second job for the bills”

Wow, no wonder she’s so stressed, she never had time to herself

“Well don’t worry it’s the perfect time to learn.”

I pull two beanbag chairs and place them in front of the 70 inch plasma flatscreen tv and boot up street fighter because hey why not.

“Come on Wendy I’ve seen you play this at school before, why don’t we play this for a while? take a seat let’s have some fun.”

She meekly walks over and she isn’t going to the other chair and she decided to … sit on my lap? Oh shit oh shit oh shit her hair smells so good and her warmth around me feels so nice. “Wendy are you sure you want to sit here? Are you not uncomfortable?”

She giggles “No John I just want to get closer to you”

“Alright than let’s get started than”

as we play a few rounds (I let her beat me a few times) my stomach rumbles, “say Wendy, are you hungry I forgot to have dinner during all the chaos today and you didn’t go home so I don’t know if you’ve eaten yet”

She blushes “I didn’t yet b-but it’s fine, I can wait until tomorrow don’t worry about me”

“but aren’t you hungry?”

“Not really, I don’t no-normally eat dinner to save money”

Without saying a word I pull her off me and tell her “alright than stay here I’m just going to get something to eat”

She smiles and says “ I’ll be here waiting darling” before giggling a lot

I walk to the kitchen to see that Monsieur André had left my dinner at the table before leaving for the day, apparently he noticed that I didn’t eat yet and cooked quite a large steak with a lot of sides for me, I’ll have to thank him tomorrow. I grab two plates after reheating the meal and divide the steak into two portions, one with 60 percent and the other, of course being 40 percent. I separate the sides in half and grab 2 forks and knifes.

At the door of my room, I see Wendy fascinated as she starts looking through my game library.