The Two Of Us (Sequel to Till there was you)

Chapter 29

Lana's POV

"No Rachel" I said looking at her

"No what?" She asked, a since of anger in her voice

"I'm done. I'm tried of you saying everything would be better without you, your past is your past and it's over and done, you need to let it stop haunting you because it's over! You can't keep saying you'd be better dead, there's a lot of people that are better off dead but you're not one of them, your life is different now, this needs to stop!" I said with a loud voice, though it wasn't loud enough to be yelling

Rachel look at me

"Well then I guess I would be better if I left, I wouldn't make you feel that way then" Rachel said standing up

"Rachel you're doing it again, you're making everyone feel bad about this with out knowing it, I love you Rachel but this is stopping now. This is my version of rough love and it's not happy but it's the truth, I'm going to tell you this now and you're going to except it. You're going to see a therapist" I looked Rachel in the eyes, I didn't want to tell her but she needed to face it

"You also need to stop fishing for sympathy in a blinded way" John grimaced

"John, sit down, and shut it" I ordered

"I'm not going to see a therapist!" Rachel yelled

"Listen to yourself, you're not excepting help. Rachel the past is behind you for Christ sake! Get a grip, if you kill yourself your doing nobody any good, your daughter won't have a mother, George won't have a wife and I won't have my best friend, this has gone on for too long, Todd isn't here, your mother isn't here, your father isn't here, nothing that hurt you before is here! You're safe from it all, memories aren't what you need to feed off of you need to let them go, fucking hell I took in my son from the guy who got me pregnant forcefully, who raped me, I made up with my dad, I quit drinking, I'm on the road to quit smoking, I got help! And now my life is better, so I'm telling you, you need help!" My face was red with anger, my eyes were beginning to water and my voice was sore from yelling.

"Well maybe it's easier for you than it is for me! Ever think of that?!" Rachel screamed

"Yes in fact I have, but unlike me your past is actually not physically here! Mine is! Cliff is still around and so is Aaron, my dad is still around, everywhere I look there's advertising for drinking and smoking, but your problems aren't here, my problems are and you don't know how hard that is for me to still have to face my problems while yours vanish like dust in the wind!" I yelled.

This was my rough love, this was how I handled things with people before Rachel. She's never had to fully face this side of me, so what she'll say next is up to her. But I'm not backing down, because my rough love, is meant to be a wake up call, a metamorphic slap in the face. It's supposed to be the cold, heartless truth.

Written by Hannah