48.

" Hey, you look stressed out, are you okay?" Sunny asked her boyfriend as he entered the house.

" I'm fine...is there any food around here, 'm starving." he walked past her.

"Sunny?!" he called startling her.

" Is there any food in this house goddam it?!" he raised his voice at her again making her flinch.

" Please don't hit me," she murmured.

" Yeah, there's,  there's some pasta on fire...let me go check it and serve you your food," she answered shaking as she hurried past him to the kitchen. Her hands were still shaking as she took the food off the fire and dished Keith's food. She set it on the table with a  bottle of root beer. Keith stood in front of the kitchen observing his girlfriend. She seemed so scared and was shaking the whole time.

I shouldn't have screamed at her.

He walked closer to her and put his hands on her waist making her flinch again.

" Please, please don't hit me,"