Sisterhood

Childish Past

~One Year Later~

Age:

Monika-18

Julia-23

Chapter 20 - Childish Past

Now that Monika had finally gotten through Felisa's eighteenth birthday she only had one event to worry about; graduation. Yeah, now Monika only had to worry about graduation, that is until Felisa walked into Monika's house.

"Felisa!" Monika exclaimed standing up from the couch. "You just walked in, without knocking or telling me you were coming over. Are we seriously at that part of the relationship?"

"Monika can you do a favor for me?" Felisa asked.

"Uh, I don't know depends on what it is," Monika replied.

"Um, well you see now that I'm eighteen," Felisa mumbled.

"Yeah," Monika said trying to get Felisa to get to the point faster.

"I WANT YOU TO COME WITH ME TO MEET MY MOTHER!" Felisa blurted out, taking Monika by surprise. The sudden sound of crashing caught both of the girls attention. Monika turned around to see Julia standing behind her, with the same shocked expression.

"Ah, don't mind me," Julia said as she scrambled to pick her phone up off the floor, then ran off.

Monika turned back to Felisa, "you want me to come with you?"

"Yeah, Nonna, Isabel, and Luciana won't come with me, and they won't tell me why!" Felisa cried out, Monika could have sworn she saw tears in Felisa's eyes.

Monika sighed, "fine, this seems to mean a lot to you so, I'll come along."

"Really Monika! You're the best!" Felisa cheered, throwing her hands around Monika's, hugging her. "Anyway, sorry to suddenly run, but I only came over to ask you that," Felisa said as she let go, before Monika could say another word Felisa was already gone.

Monika sighed, "sister you're not slick I know you were listening the whole time."

Julia stepped out from the kitchen, "that idiot," Julia mumbled.

"What!" Monika sneered.

"No, no, I was talking about Isabel she was supposed to tell Felisa about her mom before her eighteenth birthday."

"What's so wrong with their mother?" Monika asked.

Julia gave an uncomfortable look, "Well, you see, it started back when Isabel was born, she wasn't exactly planned."

"Neither was I, now continue," Monika said.

"Fine fine, so pushy," Julia continued, "anyway, the mother didn't expect it but she kept her. However it didn't take long for her to realize that you couldn't exactly take care of a newborn and go out partying every night. So their mother decided to give Isabel up for adoption, Roma didn't like that so she said she would take custody of Isabel. Their mother complied, and that's how it started."

"Oh my," Monika mumbled. "Wait, what about Luciana, and Felisa?"

"Well, those are similar stories, well Luciana's is." Julia continued, "when Luciana was born, she was actually planned, the mother tried harder to be a mother, but still wasn't really and let Roma take custody once more."

"What about Felisa?" Monika asked desperate to know more.

"That's the hardest part," Julia mumbled.

"Sister!" Monika cried out.

Julia sighed, "you see after Luciana, their mother had given on being a mom so she didn't want anymore children, but she was kind of a whore. So when she found out she was pregnant with Felisa, she had enough and was going to...Um," Julia's voice trailed off.

"Sister, please," Monika begged, "I want to know."

"When their mother was pregnant with Felisa she didn't was to go through it again so she was going to get an ab-abor," Julia tried but she kept choking on her words. Julia didn't need to finish Monika managed to put the pieces together.

"Oh my gosh," Monika mumbled. "How could she, that-"

"Monika!" Julia interrupted, "please don't let what I've told affect how you act when you see her. I don't know what she's like now, just please go there acting like you don't know a thing."

"Fine I will go to Felisa's mother-" Monika started.

"You're going where?" A voice interrupted. The two girls turned to see Lili standing in the doorway, back from work.

"Felisa decided to go meet her mother and wants me to come with her," Monika explained.

"I told her everything," Julia added.

"And who told you?" Lili demanded.

"Isabel," Julia answered.

"And who told h-" Lili stopped realizing the answer to her own question, "Roma that loud mouth."

"Grandma, are you upset?" Monika asked.

"That your going with Felisa to her mother's, no if Felisa is going to see her mother I'm glad you're going with her. Just please don't get upset around her because what she did," Lili said.

"Yes I know," Monika confirmed.

"That's my girl," Lili said giving Monika a reassuring hand on her shoulder.

Monika watched as her sister and grandmother walk out of the room. She blew her bangs out her eyes, then took a deep breath, "fantastic, more pressure. First graduation, now this." Monika shrugged her shoulders, then headed up the stairs, "oh well it is for Felisa after all."