ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ

Confrontation

   Hearing my step-mother's muffled voice coming towards the bathroom door as Lisa knocked continously.

"Is Rosie in there?"

"Yes, and she's taking forever." Lisa's knocking stopped as I hear the shuffle of her mothers flip flops toward the door.

"Rosie?" She thumps the door twice, "Rosie, honey, it's Jennie on the phone," I open the door gently.

"Can you just tell her that i'll talk to her tomorrow? i'm really tired." I lied. I glanced quickly to the other side to see Lisa with a pursed lip and cocked an eyebrow.

"Okay, sure," She agreed and started walking down the hall back to her bedroom. "Jennie? Rosie will be going to bed right now but she'll call you tomorrow, okay?" Her voice faints as she ends to another hallway, leaving me and Lisa. Great. I went back to the sink and fix my toiletries, expecting for Lisa to leave me alone but she became invasive and shut the door behind her before saying, "Why wont you talk to her?"

I slowly gaze behind me with squinted eyes, "What?"

"Just talk to her you're lucky you can!" She pushed that made me sighed, "This is completely none of your business,"

She moved closer to my side, "You don't even realize how easy you have it," I halted, I sensed something, "I mean, God, go for it no one will care, and then at least you have someone," I stare to her, confused emotions creeped in.

"At least it's an option, at least the person your in love with-"

"I don't believe it," I whispered, confusion turned into anger. "You read that letter that she wrote me."

her shoulders fell back, "I did not!" Her voice sharp. "Oh yeah, right." My teeth gritted in annoyance, "I didn't read anything and in anyway I wouldn't do that!"

"No, but that would be the exact thing that you would do, you take things that don't belong to you and I don't care what you think you know! I am not in love with anybody, just because you pick somebody who'll never love you back in a million years," My eyes stung with tears but threatened to fall,

"Shut up."

"Oh you think I don't know? You think I haven't figured it out what you had to go to his house-"

"What are you talking about, shut up!"

"Everybody knows, and it's embarrassing, and when you look at him-"

"And you would do anything to protect your little image, wont you!" Lisa fired back, but then she mocked, "perfect Rosie who couldn't possibly in love with a girl!" We both stared for a second, confused, angry, sad, upset. Well, she can't be possibly shitting me and already hating her guts.

"I can't believe how much I hate you." I stormed to the door before I hear her say, "I hate you more." slamming the door shut.

•

   Okay, I was desperate. Rosie was avoiding me, and I forced to notify her with a note that she couldn't face me, or that I couldn't face her. She didn't attend to school today due to a major coincidence. Either she wasn't feeling well or she just didn't want to see my face. Thinking about what she's doing right now, seeing Lisa get up from her chair seconds after the class concluded. I leapt to my feet and grabbed her arm. I took us to a corner and murmured, "Lisa, wait." "What happened?" I grumbled. Lisa appeared to be preoccupied; she looked away from me and then back.

"What do you mean nothing happened?" she replies bluntly, but with a touch of concern in her tone. "But," I soothed, "you gave her the letter, right?" I hoped she hadn't read it yet. It was a blunder. Lisa blinked and remained silent for a moment. My lips form a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank God you didn't give it to her..." Lisa shifted her gaze away from Mr. Dimitri.