Thirty, Flirty, & Dumb by T.M. Shivener

Author:T.M. Shivener [Shivener, T.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

Hutch

I hear a loud clang and Vivian shout ‘OW’. My arm reaches for her on instinct, even though I know she isn’t in bed with me. My hand meets damp sheets and the room smells like urine. Fuck. I didn’t hear her get out of bed. I get up fast and run into the other room, hoping she hasn’t hurt herself.

When I reach the kitchen, she is standing at the counter naked. She has a spoon in her hand, and she dips it into a jar of peanut butter and brings the spoon to her mouth. She moans as she licks the spoon. Her eyes are open, but they look vacant. She isn’t awake.

I walk slowly to her, hoping I do not startle her. “Hey, Vivian.”

She doesn’t say anything. She finishes her spoonful. With a wicked smile on her face, she dips the spoon in the container again, but instead of eating it she touches her neck with it and leisurely moves it down her body. Her voice cracks when she says, “You like it like this. Just don’t hurt me this time, okay?”

I grab the spoon from her hand. “Vivian, stop,” I say as calmly as I can.

She begins to cry. Her chest heaves and she drops to her knees on the kitchen tile.

“Vivian. It’s me,” I plead.

Her tears drop faster onto the white tile as she lowers her head. “Please don’t hurt me.”

I don’t know what to do. Do I try to get her back in bed? I can’t touch her; she thinks I’m trying to hurt her. Gotdamn, what the fuck do I do?

I leave her on the floor and run to my phone. I turn to Google to see how I can help, and it says to try to get her back to bed without touching her. I don’t think that will work because she’s on the floor. The only other suggestion is to use loud, sharp noises from a good distance away from her until she wakes up.

I grab a frying pan from the top of the stove and move to the other side of the counter and bang it off the counter one time. I look at her. She hasn’t moved. I take the pan and hit it three more times off the counter with as much force as I can. I think I might wake up the entire apartment complex. Someone might call the cops, but I don’t care. She’s petrified of someone and I want to help her.

Vivian’s head pops up, and she looks at me, she really looks at me. She’s awake. “Hey.”

Her hand moves to her mouth as she begins to look around the room.

“You were sleepwalking. I think. You were scared and I didn’t know what else to do but try to wake you.” I begin to walk around the counter, but she puts the palm of her hand up in front of her.

“Stop.” She looks down at her naked body. Shakes her head and sits in silence for two minutes before saying, “I uh, I need to take a shower.

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