Roses aren't always Red

True Colors

[AN] Sorry, I meant to update this earlier but got sidetracked. I had Pre-Calc and physics finals to study for as well as a million projects for my other classes. Only one more week of school. When I get out for the summer I'll be sure to write a lot more (: hope you all enjoy.

I open my eyes waking up to the sound of someone being slammed against the wall and then groaning out of pain. I quickly get up ignoring my dizziness to go near the wall and hear what was going on.

"Rosaline," I hear a voice, that sounds a lot like Isabelle, hiss loudly. I groan internally remembering there is drama between those two and dig through Casey's closet to find better clothing than the dress I am still in, so I can go try and help. I throw on a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. I wince when I hear the sound of bodies colliding. I swiftly open the door to the hallway and take a look at the situation.

Casey is crouching down next to Alex pressing a piece of cloth to her jaw. It is getting stained red. Isabelle and Rose are violently wrestling with each other on the floor. Rose gets shoved against the wall and Isabelle sits around her waist holding her down. Rose struggles spewing curse words. I wince as I suddenly become painfully aware of my hangover headache.

"What. The. Fuck. Are. You. Idiots. Doing!?" I say hoping I sound more angry and less in pain as i walk over to where Rose and Isabelle are still struggling around on the floor. I stand over them crossing my arms. They look up at me stunned at my sudden presence. In that split second I act.

"Isabelle, get the hell off her and Rose don't you dare try and tackle her when she does," I say glaring daggers at the both of them, sounding a lot more confident than I feel. It must be the pain in my head turning to anger. Isabelle slowly gets off of her but as she does kicks Rose in the ribs. I hear a sickening crunching sound and screams of pain muffled by clenched teeth from Rose. Casey comes out of her room, she must have laid Alex down. I grip Isabelle's shirt and shove her against the wall letting my anger out. She gasps in surprise at my sudden violence.

"Casey, get Rose out of here," I say demandingly as I hold Isabelle to the wall. I know as soon that I'm not nearly as strong as her and as soon as she overcomes the shock of it she will overpower me. I just hope it's long enough to get Rose out of reach so the fighting doesn't start again. I can't look away from Isabelle but from the sounds coming from Rose I know she is in extreme pain. Isabelle's boots are tipped with steel plating I realize glancing down.

"Isabelle. You need to calm the hell down," I say sternly hoping the anger In My voice will get her to listen. She looks down right into my eyes.

"She punched my girlfriend!! Let me go Ari. I don't want to hurt you," she says with a threatening tone of voice.

"Are you threatening me Isabelle? Please don't do this. You've done enough. Just please go to our room and leave Rose alone now. You have avenged Alex now and I'll make sure Rose won't do it again," I say desperate to make her listen, before she does actually decide to attack me.

I glance over at Casey and Rose and it looks like Casey is picking her up. She walks away down the hall and Isabelle shoves me away from her trying to stop them. I do the only thing I can, jump on her back while kicking the back of her knees. I used to do that when we were kids and wrestled together for fun. This made her fall to the floor just as Casey disappears from sight. I sigh with relief and let Isabelle get up. She turns on me glaring and for a moment raises an arm to lash out. I tense up to brace myself thinking she is going to hit me, but she just spins around and goes into our room shouting.

"Next time I'll actually hurt you Ari. Don't get in my way," she says looking back at me before disappearing into the room. I sigh and go back into Casey's room to see how Alex is doing.