«So this morning you found out you could leave in September. How does it feel?» Serena asks as she continues to change the channel.
«Well, how am I supposed to feel? Finally, I will be able to have some space again.»
«Sure, space. Aurora, do you think I'm stupid?»
«No, and I don't understand why you ask. I don't think I've ever treated you like you were.»
She puts down the remote, unaware that she has tuned to a children's channel.
«You're doing it instead, and it's one of the things that offends me most.»
«Serena I don't know what you're talking about» I say, starting to get impatient.
«Do you know what is the real reason I'm here?»
«Because you think you need it.»
She laughs amused as if I told her a joke.
«This is only partially true. Let's say I have no choice.»
«Then why are you here?»
«Tell me first if you think you can lie to me, as you do with Maria and your parents.»
And here's where she pulled the stupidity question from. She seems quite determined, its better to walk away.
«Serena, if you really want to talk about it, let's go to my room.»
«All right.»
As we walk there is tension. Maybe I should say my tension, I don't remember ever seeing her so relaxed. Why does she want me to tell her the truth?
«I'm not going to go and tell people about it if that's what you're thinking» she says as she walks over to Anna's bed.
«I didn't know you were a seer» I answered ironically to lighten the mood.
«Aurora, you have nothing to worry about. So, do you want to tell me what are you going to do?»
«I want to leave. Nothing more, just this.»
«So far, so good. But wouldn't it be better to leave once you understand?»
I can't believe it.
«What do I have to understand Serena? What are you talking about? Maybe you meant that I should only leave after recovery, because that's who I am, right? A sick woman!» I raise my voice without realizing it. I didn't expect this attack from her.
«Why are you screaming? What did I say so wrong?»
«You talked like everyone else.»
«Stop turning this around, Aurora! You don't have a problem, okay. So I didn't get pregnant and I didn't lose a baby two years ago, I wasn't thrown out by my parents because they were too ashamed, I wasn't forced to...»
Her voice chokes in her throat. My heartbeats return to regular as I watch her face streaked with shame.
«Serena, forced to do what?»
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Aurora's Shadow
RomanceAurora, forced into an eating disorder clinic at 17 years old, decides to find a compromise not to remain under observation. Her choices will lead her along a path full of lies, pain, unspoken anger, and false joys until, at the age of twenty, Tyler...
