The same roof 3|| HEROPHINE

twenty-six: apology

♫-Us by Carlie Hanson

꧁ Josephine's POV ꧂

"Oh dear" she says opening her arms.
"Gently" Hero says.
"Hero can you chill for a bit?" Martha asks giggling and then lightly hug me.
"I'm so sorry about what happened." she says and I just hug her back and stay in silence.

She steps back placing carefully her palms on my shoulders.
She looks at my eyes with so much gusty in hers even she didn't do nothing to me.
"Mom she can't speak." Hero says and Martha's eyes so wide that I get scared about her eyesballs falling out.
"What?!" she yells turning back to look at her son.
"Not in that way! God!" Hero says.

I get in my kitchen and I find other flowers.
A bouquet of sunflowers, one of my favorite flowers after the white roses, other red tulips and now these pink tulips.
I get a vase to put the new comer.
I put the pink tulips in and I place them next the kitchen window.

I look around while I hear Hero and the others talking and is so upsetting to not be able to talk.

I caress the red tulips with my fingertips admiring how fragile but beautiful they are.
I wonder if the people that brought these, knows that I'm still alive and I'm not dead.
Everyone is bringing flowers with a sad face like they are going to attend to a funeral.

"Hey." that voice that now I'm used to hear around my house since Hero moved in.
I turn around and I see Scarlett walking slowly toward me caressing the marble that is covering the kitchen island.

I take a deep breathe knowing that I have no option if not listen to her since I can't talk.
I look up at her face and I see something in her eyes.
They seems to be more clear more... something.

"Listen. I know that you hate me for what I've done to you.." she starts and then I look at her trying to hide my being so shocked.

Is she really going there?
Is she really going to apologize for being a fake friend, using me and stealing my boyfriend?
Is she for real?

What the fuck happened when I was asleep?
The Big Bang or something? Or Scarlett hit her head like Hero did?

"I was a horrible person with you. I treated you so wrong when you were treating me as a real friend." she continues and I'm so paralyzed.
"Seeing you in that bed in that way made me think how much I care about you." she says and a laugh comes out my mouth producing some noises and hurting my throat.
I stop immediately placing a hand on the neck brace.

"I know it can seem hilarious but trust me I've been thinking about what happened a lot and I'm sorry." she says and my eyes go wider.

Did she just said she's sorry after a year and a half?

"I'm sorry you didn't deserve to be manipulated like that but I was so madly in love and love and being hurt can change you and make you do horrible things." she explains while I'm asking God why he had to cut my voice literally today. Why?

The only thing is look at her and react to her words just with face expressions.

"I know that I have no right to use that as a excuse with you since I hurt you but trust me I was really hurt and I also was going through a lot in that time..." she continues and I really can't figure out what is the point of this conversation. What she want now?

"I know that asking sorry isn't enough and that probably you don't want even want to see me around your house..." she says.
At least she knows that she isn't welcomed here.
"I know that we never can go back and try to make our friendship less toxic and get to know each other for what we really are..." she continues.