"Ah! I can't believe you've done this!"
[B] could hear the muffled screams coming from the basement as soon as he shut the door. What am I doing? He was pacing back and forth shaking as he tucked his hands into his pockets.
“Hey, what’s up [B]!”
[A] watched [B] visibly jump, “Shit [A]! Can you not do that?”
“Touchy..touchy [B] what’s wrong with you? I haven’t seen you this on edge since--”
“[A] don’t.”
[A] looked at him cautiously as she heard a bang come from the basement. [B] never uses the basement. “[B] what’s going on, what’s in the basement?” [A] began to reach for the handle before [B] grabs her wrist. She looks at him in confusion as he pulls her arm and leads her into their kitchen.
“Listen [A], I had to. I-I can’t continue to live like this.”
[A] pulls her wrist from his grip as she takes a step back, “You had to what [B]?”
The screams from the basement echoed throughout the house as someone called out for help... no begged for help. “[B] what have you done?” She pushes past him as she slings the basement door open and scurries down the steps.
“Wait [A]! No don’t go down there!” He was too late as he rushed in behind her to see her shaking and tears rolling out from her eyes.
“Help me please! Look I’m sorry for everything, I really am but he...he’s crazy! He’ll--” [B] ran to re-gag him as he cradled [A] in close and carried her back up the stairs. She was still shaking and death gripping his shirt as he laid her down onto the couch. By the time he pried her hands from his chest she was crying loudly.
“[A], [A] look at me, you are okay. He can’t...he WON’T hurt you, ever again. I’m going to take care of it and we’ll never have to worry about it again.”
“I-I...Ah!” [A] forced the tears from her eyes as she shoved [B] back away from her.”
“[A]...”
“NO, No, this isn’t right! I can’t believe you’ve done this! How could you!”
“[A] I-its...it’s not like that... he, he destroyed us! Took everything from us!”
“And we survived! Isn’t that enough! We both were doing okay, weren’t we?
[B] turned his head breaking their intense gaze, “I-I”
[A] placed both her hands on each side of his face forcing his gaze to meet hers. “You weren’t okay were you?”
[B] Shook his head as tears pulled in his eyes, “You were, and I didn’t want to take you back there. I couldn’t do that to you.”
[A] sighed as she pulled him into a hug. ”If...” She paused trying to gather her strength to finish her words, “If you need this... you shouldn’t do it alone.”
