I looked for something, anything I could use to help mask the smell, but it was no use. To make things worse, I had a big wet spot on my crotch too.
This wasn’t going to go over well.
I walked in, and I saw the girl who spilled it all over me smirking.
“What’s the matter, piss your pants Officer Snitch?” she said.
The girls started laughing, and I rolled my eyes.
“No, just had something spill I needed to clean up,” I said.
“Eww what’s that smell?” one girl said.
“I don’t know, but I think it’s coming from officer snitch. She’s a smelly snitch,” another said.
They laughed, and I groaned at the juvenile jokes. I can’t believe this was even happening to me, but I couldn’t let them win. I wouldn’t let them get the satisfaction they desired from this.
I stayed quiet despite the teasing for the rest of the day. Though, it honestly did hurt. I hated that I was treated like this, but at the same time, I really wasn’t surprised. It’s not like I could fight it either. Tabitha looked at me as I was heading out of school with a satisfactory smirk.
She was getting such a thrill from this, that’s for sure.
As I headed back to my apartment, I noticed that something felt off about the place, but I couldn’t figure it out. I looked around, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
“Strange,” I said to myself.
Whatever I was experiencing, I didn’t know what it was. I looked around at the entrance, but it still seemed pretty normal. I went to the fridge, and I immediately looked inside.
“Ugh,” I said to myself. There was milk and cheese in there. I couldn’t eat that. I had some ham from the meat container. After a moment, I heard the door unlock, and JJ showed up.
“Hey there,” she said.
“Hey. How are you?” I asked.
“Good. Dang you smell,” she said.
“Yeah well, you can thank Tabitha’s friends for that,” I said.
I went to my bedroom and put my clothes in the hamper. I’d have to wash this shit tonight or else it’d stink up the whole place, and I didn’t want to do that to JJ. JJ hummed outside, but then, I heard her speak.
“By the way, is this ice cream any good?” she asked.
“Yeah. You can have it,” I told her.
“Really? You sure?”
“Yeah. I can’t have dairy for a little bit, so you’re welcome to it,” I told her.
“Alright.”
I heard the sound of the container being opened, and then a big scoop being poured into there. I heard her open it and hum while eating it, but then, I heard silence.
“JJ?” I asked.
I walked outside, only to find JJ unconscious on the ground.
“Oh shit, JJ wake up!” I said.
Suddenly, I noticed her vomiting all over the place. I put JJ on her side as she retched violently so she didn’t choke. I quickly called 911.
“Shit, what the hell is going on?” I said to myself. I don’t remember the ice cream being bad. I just bought it two days ago and checked the date. I looked at it, and I noticed that there was a strange brown liquid within it. After the ambulance showed up, I rode with JJ over to the hospital. When we got there, she was quickly rushed in.
What the hell happened to her? Why did she get attacked? I had no idea what was going on. I felt fear in my body, and I wondered if there was anything that could point me in the right direction.
I waited at the hospital for JJ to wake up. Finally, the nurse came over, looking at me.
“You’re Josephine’s roommate, right?”
“Yes. How is she?”
“Alright. She’s awake and conscious, but whoever did this seriously had a death wish out. She only had a little bit, but that was enough to hospitalize her. She’s going to need to stay here for a few days so we can get the last of it out. The last thing we want is her to get sick after she leaves,” the doctor explained.
“What do you mean? what happened?”
“Well someone put rat poison in her food. We found a pretty hefty amount of it. It was the last thing she ate too, so it wasn’t that long ago,” the doctor explained.
Holy shit. Someone poisoned my ice cream! That’s why it felt so strangely off after I got home.
“What the fuck. So this whole carton is poisoned?”
“Yes. It’s best if you check your food, and don’t buy anything to leave at home. Sounds like someone has a big beef with her,” the doctor said with a sigh.
“It’s not her. It’s me. That ice cream was me but…I couldn’t eat it,” I told her.
“I see. Well, I think it’s best you check your food to make sure it isn’t further tampered with,” the doctor admonished.
I waited with JJ at the hospital. I couldn’t believe this. They were dragging innocent people into this. These damn elites were hurting me, but also other people too.
I couldn’t believe this. They took it way too far.
I couldn’t just sit by and let JJ get hurt like this. Especially after all that she did for me. But I felt regretful.
After about an hour or so, I walked inside. I saw JJ there, but she had a wary look on her face.
“It’s me. I’m not here to hurt you,” I said.
“Yeah, but you’re connected to people who are looking to hurt you. And I…I don’t want to deal with that. I’m just trying to graduate,” JJ said.
“Yeah well, I’m not letting any of these bastards get away with it,” I told her.
“You’re making a mistake Jules—”
“They made the mistake when they decided to hurt you. I don’t know
