I woke up and noticed that the sun wasn't up. I looked at my left and saw my alarm clock. It was 3:43 A.M. It was so irritating that I couldn't go to sleep. I wasn't happy and I didn't feel like my old self anymore. I looked at my right and saw the woman I fell in love with. She was the most important person in my life. And I hated her.

I went to the bathroom to pee and looked at myself in the mirror. I saw the reflection of a guy who had short blond straight hair and green eyes. I was thirty and I had to shave almost everyday. But the thing that bothered me the most about my appearance was the huge scar I had on the side of my stomach. It always looked like a star or a cross to me. But I will never forget that day when I got this scar.

 All of a sudden I hear a knock on the front door. I got up and looked through the little peephole. Outside was a little girl. She had short straight hair. Her hair looked ridiculous because her hair was the colors of green, blue pink, and yellow. She had a small hello kitty book bag in her hand and looked pretty tired.

 I opened the door and asked her what she wanted. She didn't say anything back.

"Are you lost?"

With a soft voice she said"Umm...I'm..."

While she was mumbling, her little body moved back and forth and she put her hand on her forehead like she had a headache. I caught her before she fell on the ground and had her face towards mine.

"You okay!?"

"I haven't eaten in two days." She whispered.

 I took her in and, laid her on the couch. She was wearing pink barrettes in her hair that were shaped like flowers and I noticed that her eyes were dark brown. Something about those big eyes of her's, just gave me the creeps. 

 I made her a ham and cheese sandwich. She snatched it out of my hands and ate it like a wild animal. My eyes opened really wide at this girl's actions.

"So. Why are you wandering around this apartment building all by yourself?"

With her mouth full of food, she said with a rude tone,” Do I need an adult to wander around?"

"Hey, watch your mouth."

That girl just rolled her eyes. I looked at her in annoyance.

"It isn't safe for you to be up this late. Where are your parents?"

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"I don't know!"

I was really getting pissed and I wanted to slap her.

"Kid how old are you?"

"Umm...I think I'm six. No seven. Wait six. Yeah. Definitely...eight. Yeah."

"Ok, then. Well you can't stay here. Why don't you call your parents or something? I don't care how you contact them. Just get the hell out of my house, got it.

"No!"

"What do you mean no."

"No! I wanna stay here! I wanna stay here!"

"Shh! Quit being a baby! Your gonna wake up my annoying wife!"

"I don't care!"

I grabbed the little girl and used my hands to cover her mouth.

"Oww!" I screamed.” You bit me! Ya freakin bit me! What the hell is the matter with you?"

"But you grabbed me."

I looked at my bloody hand and was even angrier.

"That's it! It's almost 4 o'clock in the morning and I gotta get up for work! I'm not gonna deal with some bratty kid who thinks they can do whatever they want! I'm callin' the cops!"

"No, Wait! They'll take me back to her!"

"Take you back to who?"

"My...mother."

"So you do have parents. Which means you really gotta leave." 

 "No you can't make me!"

While the both of us were arguing, we heard a knock coming from the front door. I stared at that door suspiciously. I looked in the peephole and saw a cop. He wore the usual blue uniform and didn't look to happy. I opened the door and got kinda nervous. 

"Sir, I'm police officer Banker. I believe that there might be a little girl around this apartment building. Just wanted to know if you saw anything suspicious.

 "Umm...does she have crazy hair colors?"

 "Yes she does."

 "She's right over there." I pointed at the couch but, the only thing there was an empty plate with bread crumbs. "What!? She was there just a second ago!"

"Sir I'm gonna need to look around."

"Be my guest! Take her!" Officer Banker looked in every room but saw no sign of her. It was like she disappeared in thin air. Then he checked the bathroom and saw an open window.

 "Dammit!"He said. Banker talked through his walky-talky and ran off to see if she was close by.

I scratched my head and said” What a weird night." I yawned real hard and loud and decided to go to bed. As soon as I layed my back on my bed, something popped out under the bed. I got up and turned on the lights. I was shocked because I saw the weird hair girl and screamed. "What the hell are you doing here!?"

 "I'm faster than that fat cop. I just pre-den-ned that I jumped out of the window by opening it. Stupid cop."

"Get outta here! Ya freak!"

"But I don't wanna! I don't wanna! I don't wanna! While she was screaming on the top of her lungs, I noticed that Ema was moving around the bed moaning. I grabbed the girl and I put my hand over her mouth again.

"Shh! Your gonna wake her up!" All of a sudden the little girl's face turned to an angry one. Then I felt a lot of pain coming from my hand. "Oww! You bit me! Again!" I wanted to punch her in the face so badly. But before I could, she pulled out two golden guys, pointing my face.

"Don't touch me. Ever again." Her personality changed dramatically. Her eyes even changed color...to red! It looked like fire was in her eyes.

"Whoa! Calm down! I'm sorry! I won't do it again!"

Her eyes were so scary. I really thought she was going to kill me. Then, all of a sudden her eyes went back to the color dark brown and she slowly put down her guns. We both looked very nervous and sweat covered our faces. We were breathing heavily as well. I had to speak up to save my life.

"Ok, listen; I don't know what the hell is wrong with you! But you gotta go!"

"No Wait! Please! Let me stay! I'm sorry I did that! It was an ass-i-dent! I just don't like people touching me!"

I couldn't believe that this was happening to me. All I wanted to do was to go to sleep and, figure out a way to get my wife out of my life for good. But then this crazy kid shows up and try's to kill me. I kept telling myself that this girl is no good and that I should kick her out as soon as possible. But for some strange reason, I did the opposite.

Even though she's armed, she's still an innocent child...kinda. I took a deep breath and said, "If you really have to stay here, I have to know who you are. Also, I want something in return."

"Oh, thank you so mu..."

"Hold on. I also need to know why you’re running away, and who you’re running away from."

 The little girl looked away, with a worried face. "Umm...My name is...Miriam. But everybody calls me Miri. What's your name?"

"I'm Noah." 

Miri's worried face was gone and, she looked very serious. "So, Noah. What do you want in return?

I thought for a good second and I had a perfect idea.

"Help me...get rid of my wife."

"What? That's what you want? You want me to kill her?"

"What!? No! Just get rid of her. You know, make her leave me."

"Wait. I'm con-fluzed."

"She hate's kids. When she finds out that your living here, will get into a huge fight and she'll leave for good. It's the perfect plan!" I got so excited that Miri just stared at me like I was an idiot.

"Are you sure, you don't just want money?"

"No I don't want money. Just do it alright."

"Fine. You have iz-zues."

"At least I don't talk retarded."

"Hey! At least I can cook. That sandwich tasted like feet."

"What!? I gave you food after you were starving and this is what I get!"

After Miri and I stopped fighting, we both decided to go to bed. She slept on the couch but, neither of us could go to sleep.