Sketchpads and Guitars

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

"you just walked away??!" Kenna said after Mary managed to go back to their dorm room in one piece and narrate to her confused roommate what she found out in London as she remembers it quite vividly.

"you didn't even pull out her hair, maybe 2 or 3 strands or better yet, a handful?! You didn't even gouge her bloody eyes from her eyes bloody eye sockets??! You didn't even slap her annoying face??! Oh my God, Mary"

"I'm starting to think that I did the right thing by not bringing you there with me"

"If I was there with you, I would have slapped her face a hundred times and Francis' a thousand times over! And let me get this straight, not only did you just walk away, you didn't even see Francis? You told me he was just taking a shower, why didn't you wait for him?"

"what's the point? He would just deny the whole thing, he would just lie to me about the truth I already know. I can't Kenna, I can't do it. I can't look at him and ask why he's done this... I—"

"Oh Mary" Kenna said as she hugs her friend tightly, Mary chokes on her sobs as she catches her breathe and tried to speak.

"how could he—"

"shhh Mary, he doesn't deserve any of your tears. You'll get through this, we'll get through this together, okay?" Kenna said as she rubs her friend's back, Mary buried her face on Kenna's neck and continued crying. Kenna hugged her friend even tighter and hopes that maybe tomorrow, everything will be better.

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*2 days later*

"do you think she'll be surprised?" Francis said joyfully as he holds his gift for Mary in his hands, they were in Bash's car on their way home from the airport

"I really think you should have told her you that were coming home, she's been worried about you, you know?" Bash said as he glances at his younger brother then quickly transferring back his gaze to the road

"I wanted to surprise her, we've been apart for so long, I wanted to do something nice for her" Francis said while beaming at his brother, clearly excited to see his girlfriend.

"and what exactly did you plan for her?" Bash asked, quite intrigued.

"well, since it's our summer break, I want to take her to Europe, we'll go to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Budapest—"

"you sure have a lot of money, little brother. Meanwhile, maybe I'll just take Kenna to the beach house and stay there all summer."

"I'm sure she'll love that... I've been saving up since I arrived in London, you know. I wanted to make it up to Mary, I'm still mad at my mother for forcing me to go with her and I'm just really thankful that Mary has been so understanding about this whole situation."

"yeah about that, does your mother know that you and Mary are still together?"

"we don't really talk much, but even if she doesn't agree with it, it won't really change much. Mary and I love each other and there's nothing she can do to stop us." Francis said, convincing himself, it's quite odd that his mother hasn't make a move yet to break his relationship with Mary, but even if she does, Francis hopes that they'll be strong enough to stay together no matter what.

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"Mary, get dressed, you're going with me" Kenna said while putting some make up on.