Dirty Deeds

Tori

I stepped into the convenience store. The cashier nodded as I made my way to the usual spot. Standing in front of the Slurpee machine, I checked my list to make sure I was getting the right supplies for my dad.

He had worked later than usual that night and I was ready to go to bed, but he’d asked me to stop on my way home to buy some late night munchies.

I shoved the list back in my pocket, filling the cup and scrolling my phone. I didn’t even pay any mind to the commotion behind me until I heard a pop!

Pop! Pop!

I immediately hit the deck because I knew that sound. Gunshots… and within feet from me. The Slurpee forgotten, I crawled on the floor, looking up into the mirrors hovering over the refrigerator sections and saw four masked individuals and Leroy, the cashier, holding his side and his piece.

Leroy and someone else holding their gun were arguing back and forth.

But where did all the bullets go?

Suddenly, my fucking phone went off and I saw one of the individuals turn in my direction.

Oh no..

I covered my head as my phone went silent. I knew it was my dad because I’d been taking forever.

“I got a live one!” The male voice echoed.

“Leave ’em! We got the money! Let’s go!”

I felt the man hovering over me, then he knelt down, cupping my chin and lifting my head up to face him. His green eyes were so bright that I thought I was staring into an enchanted forest.

“Must be your lucky day, beautiful.”

And with that, they were gone.

Leroy and I both ran to the other one, Leroy holding his shoulder.

“Are you OK?” He asked as I asked him the same thing.

“Who was shot?” I asked as he called 911.

“One of them. Just a flick! Fucking punks!”

I called my dad and noticed Leroy was bleeding.

“It’s just a graze. We both must be shitty shooters!”

Tommy

“You’re gonna be all right, Glenn,” I told my brother as the van peeled out of the vacant lot behind the convenience store, “We’ll get you stitched up.”

“Who the fuck was in the back of the shop?” Donnie asked as Shane drove the van like a madman back to our warehouse.

“No one important,” I lied, shrugging. I knew exactly who the fuck it was and I wasn’t about to let these hot heads know. She wasn’t a direct threat, unless you considered her dad was a cop.

She was already a thorn in my side, but she was cute. A cute brat.

She wasn’t supermodel hot, but she had a natural beauty that was too much for me to handle. I guess I’d say I got off on her at least once a week in the shower since sophomore year.

Now we were both seniors and only months shy of graduation. She was the prettiest nerd I’d ever laid eyes on, but she was untouchable.

Until tonight, of course.

Tori

After the police arrived and the ambulance took off with Leroy, I couldn’t tell them much. I didn’t even know what vehicle they took off in.

My dad was there in no time and he wasn’t much of a relief. He constantly worried about me so it was worse when he found out that I’d been in the store at the time.

Now, I probably wouldn’t even be able to go off to college and start my own life without him up my ass.

“You’re sure you’re OK?” He kept asking me as I stood by my car.

I shoved my blonde hair out of my face. I knew I reminded him so much of my mother, Kendra, and that killed him. Not only because she was dead, but because of how she died. Plus, there was absolutely no suspect in her death.

“I want you safe. This town isn’t safe anymore,“Dad frowned. As a beat cop, he wasn’t able to perform the duties he truly wanted to to get the bad guys.

“Jim!”

“Hey, Ray...”

An officer strolled over and spoke with my dad for a while, acknowledging me briefly. I wasn’t one to mingle so I prodded my father’s arm a nudge.

“Ray, let me get Tori home,“Dad said, “Let me in on all the details you get.”

“Will do.”

Dad walked me to my car and hugged me, “I’ll be right behind you.”

I rolled my eyes and smiled, “My bodyguard.”

“You’re all I’ve got left, Tori...” His voice trailed off, but he ambled over to his car and waited for me to leave.

I was shaken up, but able to drive.

I couldn’t stop thinking about that man’s voice. I knew it from somewhere...

Tommy

“See? Told you it’d be OK,“I nodded to Glenn’s wound, “Fucking crybaby.”

“You try getting shot, asshole!”

I snickered, “I have been shot, asshole! Let me remind you.”

Donnie sighed, “Jesus, don’t get Tommy started on his life story--again!”

“Ha Ha..” I walked into the bathroom and glared at myself. I hated what I saw. I should have protected them better, but I was too busy staring into Tori’s big ass hazel eyes that showed absolutely no fear. I was impressed and it no doubt turned me on.

I ran some water over my face and through my light brown hair. I looked like my dad and every time my mother (Bridget) saw me, she saw him and couldn’t stand me--or at least that’s how I felt.

Who could blame her? Dad (Rocky) was in prison, but he’d left us a long time ago when his infidelities ran rampant.

“Hurry up, Tommy! Stop staring at that pretty face of yours!” Donnie mocked.

“Just piss outside,“I told him, emerging from the bathroom as he ran passed me and into the loo.

I peeked in on Glenn one more time. Shane was stitching him up as they both drank straight from a whiskey bottle.

I headed to my room and turned up the radio. The hit would be all over the news and all over school. I wonder if even she’d be talking about it.

Tori Loomis.

I looked her up on social media, but she didn’t seem too active.

There was a picture of her and a cat and those hazel eyes again....

She looked so innocent, so pure....

Not for long.