THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT: paired with a rose

CHAPTER 6

Rose quickly hurried out of bed as the pounding knock at her door continued. She wondered who in their right mind could be banging at her door in the middle of the night. And to be honest a big part of her was hoping it could be Maria, otherwise this run she just made from the bedroom down the stairs to the front door would be fitting for one of those energy bar adverts.

When Rose finally opened the door she was in total disbelief at the young woman standing in front of her. "Do You love her?" the young lady asked walking past Rose who was still in complete shock standing at the door. The young brunette was now sitting on top of the kitchen island "oh come on Rosey, close the damn door and that mouth before it dries out because you have a lot of explaining to do".

"Vee.. wait! what are you doing here? actually how did you even know where I live? does your sister know you are here?" Rose asked with her arms folded still dumb shocked at the presence of her ex-girlfriend's little sister.

"slow down now Rosey, okay.. first of all I'm the one who is here to ask questions, I really did not fly all the way here to answer such obvious questions because you know I wouldn't be here if Maria knew of my plans to be here, you know as much I do that she hates when I meddle in yalls 'secret love affair', and how I found out where you live? well Emma will give you the heads up on that okay? ok good finally as to what I'm doing here, well... to stop you from making the dumbest mistake of your life which is letting my very much in denial sister go, so talk to me Rosey, I know you love my sister so whats holding you back?"

As Rose processed everything Vee has just said to her, she could not help but wonder if this young woman who was nothing but a copy of Maria would even care to understand her side of the story— but then Vee being here should be enough to assure her that she cared about both of them. So, Rose jumped up to join Vee on the kitchen island.

"well if you must know, Dr Vee.. incase you have not received the invite yet. Your sister is engaged to Kevin now and..."

"Yeah... Yeah and she looks happy with him" Vee cut Rose and continued "but look, lets not act brand new here, we both know..as a matter of fact everyone that knows about the two of you know how you two would die for each other, so this façade the two of you are putting on, really isn't helping anyone and by anyone I mean especially me, do you know how many of your fans are depending on me for pictures or any updates of you two's friendship? I'm basically the president of the 'MAROSE' ship if I say so myself"

Rose couldn't help but let out a small laugh "you really take this shipping of yours pretty serious don't you?"

"I mean it would be detrimental not to, you guys just have this thing and it really would be a loss not to stan"

"wow, you know what.. I'm not going to argue with you on that, you cant tell a shipper not to ship"

"good, you're catching up, but anyways back to the business at hand, what you and my sister have. are you going to let it go just like that?"

"I don't know Vee, what is your sister saying about all this? I don't wanna keep reminding you that she is engaged to KEVIN who by the way your is adored by your family, I really cant compete with that, especially in the eyes of a homophobic nation, I don't want to be the one to ruin the brand Maria wants to build there in Dubai with her now fiancé, I love Maria, I really do... and I will always do, more than anyone I've ever loved and sometimes I wonder if I ever will love anyone else like I love her..."

"shouldn't that be enough for you to fight for this? look Rosey, I'm not here to speak for Ria cause she's my sister but believe me when I say, I know for sure that my sister is only going through with this engagement because she believes she has already lost you, that you want nothing to do with her, she sees pictures of you with Emmanuel all the time on the internet and baby girl convinces herself that you are happy with him so she settles with Kevin"

"well but I'm not with Emma.."

"yeah of course I know that but does she know that you are just using Emma?"

"I'm not using Emma.. wait how do you know?" Rose asked with shock written all over her face

"come on Rosey, really? Emmanuel and I talk and when I say talk I mean we talk all the time and that is enough for me to figure out by myself that baby boy is definitely just your beard"

"oh wow.. I cant say I'm shocked, no wonder your sister doesn't want you meddling in her love affairs, you literally pull out every file" Rose said jumping off the kitchen island "im heading to the bedroom now, you wanna join me?"

"ooh Rosey I'm flattered really, but I'm not into that" Vee said giving Rose a disgusted look followed by a laugh that sent Rose rolling her eyes

"haha, You are full of shit you know that Vee? gosh you are lucky I know your sister cause I'd kick you out right now"

"yeah whatever, i'm just gonna make myself something to eat, im hungry as fuck, ill be with you in a bit though, this conversation is far from over, not until I hear you say you will pack your bags and go get your girl"

"been there done that, got the T-shirt and left it with your Sister, now its up to her to figure out whether she wants to wear it too" Rose said as she started to walk up the stairs "look Vee I appreciate you coming here and showing your concern for both your sister and I—but as far as me running back to her again? after seeing her with Kevin, nope.. im not gonna do that, I'll not be thar person, not until she says something about the letter I wrote back to her, as always I'm just gonna let fate run the show with this one"

"letter? Rose wait what letter are you talking about? Maria hasn't.. "

"ASK YOUR SISTER VEE, peace out from me" Rose shouted as she disappeared to her bedroom of course not catching the last bit of what Vee had said because is she did, she wouldn't be thinking of what she's thinking right now. One thing was for sure to her right now though, she was not going to be someone else's midnight love, no matter how much she lord Maria, she was hoping that one day she would be able to look into her eyes without wanting to make love to her, without seeing a future she saw desires with her.

Rose went to bed that night praying and begging God to help her let go.