Love At The End

Chapter 6: The Truth

We walk home and see Uncle John and Manny, sitting on the porch.

"You guys didn't get her fast enough". I go and open the door. We all walk in.

"So, whose party, did you go to?". Uncle John asks. "We went to Lacey's party". Nina says. Uncle John looks at me and says. "Were you okay with that?". I nod.

Uncle John and Manny left, Nita and I did the dishes while Nina cleaned the table. Ethan asking me out was all in my head, why would he ask me why no Nita or Nina?, We just met.

The next morning, I couldn't get what happened last night out of my head. I was really disappointed because I really wanted to see mom again like I saw her last time. We went downstairs and ate breakfast. Nina and I washed the dishes again. I couldn't focus in what I was doing.

"Liz, what's up?, You okay" she asks, maybe she noticed. "Nothing". She looks at me in suspense. "Liz, I Know something's up". She looks at me. I can't actually hide if from her. "Ethan..". Her eyes opens wide. "He asked me out" She let out a huge gasp.

"Not like he asked me out, he just said he wanted to know me better". She starts twirling. "Do what are you gonna wear?". She holds my shoulders looking at me up to down. I remove her hands. "Nothing, cause I'm really thinking of cancelling..". She stops me. "Cancel!, You can't cancel". Who says I couldn't. Nina walked in to the kitchen.

"What's that all about". Great

"Ethan asked Liz out". She was about to squeal.

"Please, don't".

"This is awesome, what are you gonna wear?.

"Pyjamas, cause I am not leaving this house. You can think whatever you wanna think, but i am not leaving this house and that's final!". Nita and Nina raise their hands in defeat.

KNOCK KNOCK.

Who is it now. Nina walks to the door and oh no.

"Hi Nina is Liz home?". Nina turns back and gives me that i told you I so look. It was Ethan standing there with a bouquet of flowers.

"Of course, come on in". Nina grabs the bouquet as Ethan walks in. I was still standing there dumbfounded. I didn't know what to do, should I go and meet him or should I run up stairs. She spots me and waves. I walked up to him as he stood up.

"Hi". He smiles, he blue eyes so mesmerizing. "Hi, Liz". He scans me. "Uh are you ready". Yikes. "Just give me too minutes". I ran upstairs and found Nita and Nina smiling. "Not a word". I sat on my bed. "Get ready, he's waiting downstairs". Nina sits behind me. I grabbed my normal outfit. Big top with leggings. I put on sandals that Uncle John gave me for my birthday last year.
And then I was ready. I walked downstairs, Nita and Nina followed, he saw me and got up.

He looked at me and his eyes were stuck like I mean I wasn't wearing anything eye catchy. "I'm ready". He nodded. We were about to leave. "Sorry but what about your parents, I was hoping I could see them before we leave". Nita quickly responded. "I'm sorry, they left for work". He nods. "Don't stay out to late". Nina and Nina waves. We wave back. We entered his car.

"So, where exactly are you looking we going to?". He looks at me, it's a surprise. He drove for minutes. My phone buzzes. He then stops. We got off. "Where are we?" I say taking in the beauty. "This is our old house, this is where we lived before we packed".

"So, why'd you bring me here?". He puts his hands in his pockets. "I normally come here when I need some alone time, when I'm happy or sad. This house reminded me of our simple life, you know before my parents started working to much. We used to live so simple but since the past eight years my life changed". He walked into the house, I follow him. He sits on the chair almost tearing up.

"What happened?". I looked into his eyes. He continued. "We went to see my Aunt who just gave birth that night, we left around 10 in the evening, my Grandma followed us, as we went, the car refused to work, so my dad went out to check what was going on, then my Grandma dropped her purse, she looked at me and asked her to go get it, I noticed that Ciara was already asleep, but I pretended not to hear her, she got of the car, mom went outside with dad to check the car, as my Grandma reached for her purse, there was a car that ran her over, the car also hit a blue van". I don't believe it. "The car tumbled and landed next to our car, my dad rushed the people inside and Grandma, they were given a certain room. But my Grandma couldn't make it. I still pitied the people in the car too, I heard they didn't survive it". He paused and look at me already crying.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..".

"My parents". He looks at me. I continue to sob. "What do you mean your parents?".

I couldn't say anything. He holds my face up. I blink out the tears in my eyes.
I guess I have to tell him. "My parents died that night, mine and my cousins Nina and Nita". He arched a brow. "Yes, we're not really blood sisters". I guess it's story time. "Our parents went out that night to see my Aunt who passed, then we got a call from the hospital that they had an accident, Uncle John who was with us at that time drove there I saw my mom and dad, about to die". I paused to catch my breath while I cried. "They died, I lost my entire world that day, I felt like I had no reason to live, I was only seven years when they passed, I was traumatized for months, I couldn't eat, or do anything, I just stayed in my bed crying and wishing for them to return but, they never came back. Sometimes, I would hear them calling my name, I would run down and call them but they never heard or saw anything. I couldn't understand how Nita and Nina moved on so quickly, suddenly they started to act okay, even though it wasn't. They we're trying to hold on and stay strong but for me, it was never like that. I couldn't even leave the house". Ethan looks at me, he gives me a pitiful look. I wipe my tears. He holds my face.

"I'm sorry". He whispered. The smell of mint fulling my nose. He pulls me in for a hug, and then I hug him back, holding him so tightly. We pull out. I look down in embarrassment. I shouldn't have.

He cupps my cheek. I look into his eyes. "A lot of things happened that night, and maybe it's time to let go of it and accept new people into your life, people who are there for you, people who love and care for you, people who want to always see you happy". I stand up and then we hug properly. We pull out again, his hands on my waist, he holds my neck and leans in, we were about to, but..

"Delivery for Ethan West". We pull out. He grabbed the food. He checks light red, I was so blushing. A swarm of butterflies filled my stomach, what if we actually..

He broke me from my thoughts. "Do you like pizza?". I smiled.