The Ruse

FAMILY ISSUES

Luke's POV
"Honey, can the two of us talk about something." My mum said outside of my room. I know very much about what she wanted to talk about. "If you want to talk about Rosaline, I'm not interested." I said. She opened the door and sat on my bed. I was laying down on my bed with a pillow over my face. "Luke, do you remember the first day that we moved here." She said. "Mum, I don't care. It has nothing to do wi-" I was saying under my pillow until she shushed me. She removed the pillow from my face and said, "you didn't want to move. You found out that your friends were backstabbers and couldn't care about you. You were crying." "Mum, that was seven years ago." I said. "Exactly! Seven years later, you can hardly remember that day because of her." She said, pissing me off. "Okay, I need to go to the bathroom." I said. "Listen to me. You said it yourself, ''It was like she was sent by God''" she chuckled and continued. "Rosaline happened to be leaving the neighborhood that day, her mum went out to get something and she saw you crying. She made you smile." "Mother, I am extremely tired and I do not want to hear of this." I said taking the pillow from her hand. "Luke, did you even consider where she'd go. I just want you to know that you don't need to be her boyfriend for you to like her. You can just be her friend. I want you to know that." She then stood up and left. "I'm going for a walk " I told myself.

Rosaline's POV
Okay, this is the house. The house was surprisingly huge with beautiful tulips around the house, bringing out it's white paint. I could see a little play house not too far from where I was. I rang the door bell and I looked around in awe of the building. " Ahh, you must be Rosaline". A woman said as she opened the door. That's when I was struck and stunned by the interior designs. I saw beautiful paintings and a stunning fireplace, because it was winter. " I'm Mori's mother, Allison. Why don't you sit on the sofa while I call ,Mori and the others.'' She said and left. Everywhere smelt so nice, like Lavender, I felt like I was in a meadow. Soon enough, a girl ran towards me. " yay, there will finally be be another girl for me to talk to. Your name's Rosaline, right? I'm Misa. I'm 12. Wow, you're really pretty." She said. "Um, thanks" I said. "Mori", she screamed. Mori finally came and said hey. Hey, I'm really sorry that I asked for such a huge favor on the first day that we met, and i just want to say thank you." I said amd hugged him. "I want one of those too" Misa said. "Mori, why is your face all red?" She asked. "No it's not. I just- it's not red." He said. I giggled and hugged his sister. "I-I'm Max. Mori's older brother. Wow Mori, you surprisingly got a really hot girl." He said. "No, no, no. We're not together." Mori and I said at the same time. Shortly after that interaction, Mori's mother came and said we should come to the dining table. I checked the time and realized that it was already 7:14pm. We went to the dining table and sat down. "Your father won't be able to make it for dinner. He said he'd make it up to you guys though." Mori's mum said. "To the surprise of no one." Mori murmured. "So um, Rosaline, can you tell us a bit about yourself?" Mori's mother said. I didn't want to say anything, so I just looked down at my fidgety hands. "I don't think she wants to talk about it." Mori said and YES, I actually didn't want to talk about it but I had to. I mean they let me stay in their house, of course they need to know about the person staying with them. "No, it's fine." I said. "Um, I'm Rosaline, obviously, I'm 16, almost 17 in two months. I love painting, anime and drawing. Um..." now at this point, I was wondering if I should just shut up because they know everything they need to know, but my mouth just started to talking amd somebody needed to know about it amd I can't count on Reneé, I just needed to let out my emotions. "...My mum, um, she's hardly around, what am I saying, she's never around. She left on a trip, last year or so and I haven't heard from her since, well, I'm sure she's okay because she keeps ignoring my calls and texts and she blocked me, I don't think i exist to her..." A tear drop fell from my eye and I still kept talking. "...So, I was staying in my boyfriend's house, well ex boyfriend because she didn't even leave the key to the house and I , well, we broke up today, well he broke up with me because of a video and I-" I was interrupted by Mori. "Rosaline, stop" "what",I thought until I noticed my pants had been soaked with tears. Was I crying that bad? No, I was still crying, my eyes had turned red. "Do you need to go to the bathroom?" Mori's mother said. "Yes please." I said still tearing up. "Mori, why don't you take her to the bathroom." She said again. Mori and I stood up and he led me to the bathroom. I went to the sink and looked at myself in the mirror. My eyes had swollen and yet I couldn't stop crying. I wished someone would just pull the trigger and put me out of my misery. What am I actually living for? I have no family, my ex hates me, my best friend betrayed me, I'm a laughing stock at school. School, oh God, I totally forgot school. I still have to go tomorrow. They'll definitely bring it up. What about Chanelle and Cole, I didn't even know.y grades. Then I felt an arm wrapping around me. Who else could it be if not Mor- Cole. Why was Cole hugging me, I scream and step backwards, but my leg hit something and I fell, I tripped over a bucket of water. 'Great', my whole clothes were soaked. "Rosaline, are you okay." Mori asked. "No, no, no, Mori, just pull the trigger. I'm going insane. Pull the fucking trigger, Mori. "Rosaline, you've gone through a whole lot today, you just need some rest. I'll go get you a towel and your bag, if you want to change your clothes. Just relax, everything's going to be okay, I just need you to relax." Mori said. I hugged Mori so tightly regardless of my dripping wet clothes.

Narrator's POV
Mori came out of the bathroom. "Is everything okay? What's wrong with her." Allison asked. "She's fine now. Where's her luggage?" Mori asked. "In Misa's room. What happened to her." "She tripped over a bucket of water. She's okay though." He said and left. Five minutes later, Mori came into the bathroom. He looked to the sink and saw a message from an unknown number. "Hey darling" it had read. The number wasn't saved. "Um, you have a message." Mori said as he looked over at the girl still on the floor. "I know, I just don't know what to say." She said as she finally stood up. Mori could see her figure through the almost translucent clothing due to the water. He immediately looked away, feeling a fluid coming out of his nose. Yup, it was blood. He gave her a towel and a bag still looking away, trying his best to hide his flustered face. "Don't tell me you're a perv." She said. "What? What are you talking about?" He said. "I need to change." She said staring at him. "Oh that! I just um, wanted to know if you needed anything else." He said. "No, I don't think so." She said. He then left the bathroom back to the dining table because dinner was still ongoing. "What took you so long?" Max asked while smirking. "Nothing, she'll be out in while, mum." He said to his worried looking mother.

Five minutes later, Rosaline came to the dining table in a black fitted long sleeved top and sweat pants. As she came to the dining table, Allison immediately asked her what happened. "Dear, what happened? Are you alright?" "Mum, don't." Mori said. "I'm fine, Mrs. Allison." Rosaline said. "Misa, what are you looking at?" Allison asked her. "I was wondering if mine would ever be as big as her's." She said pointing at Rosaline's bosoms. " Um...Misa..." Rosaline said completely speechless. Actually everyone was speechless. Mori choked on the water he was drinking when she said that. "Are you okay?" Allison asked. "Yup,I'm good." He said. "Oh really, tell that to the blood coming out of your nose ." Max said. "Did you hit your head somewhere, why are you bleeding." Misa asked totally confused. " I'm just allergic to idiots like Max." Mori said. "By the way mum, where's Rosaline going to sleep." Mori asked. " I want her to sleep with me." Misa said. "That is so unhinged." Mori said and Max chuckled. "Yes she'll sleep in your room." Allison said. "Yayyy!!!" Misa shouted. "So this is what a happy family is." Rosaline thought to herself and smiled. "Alright eat your food quickly and go to bed. You all have school tomorrow." Allison said, which caused Rosaline to tense up.
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"Welcome to Misa's room. I have bunk bed because my best friend and I usually have sleepovers. I usually take the top bunk but you can have it if you want." Misa said. "No, the lower bunk is just fine." Rosaline said. "Do you have a nickname?" Misa asked "what?" Rosaline asked. "A nickname, your name is so unnecessarily long, a shorter form." She said. "Oh, everyone usually calls me Rose and-" "I've never heard Mori call you that. He's always so formal with you. Anyway, Rose is such a boring name, no offense. What if I call you Rosa, wait no, Ro or Roro, Roline. You know what, it'll come to me later. I think I'll go with Roro for now." She said and Rosaline laughed. "Anyway, on with the tour. Over there is the bathroom, my closet, no, our closet, study table, even though i don't use it. Hmmm, that's all." She said. "Anyway, it's almost ten, I need to sleep , see you in the morning Roro." She said and climbed up the bunk to the top while Rosaline went to take a shower.