Best Friends

18

Roseanne

I woke up early the next morning and climbed out of the bed as quietly as I could so I didn't wake Lisa and put on my clothes. I snuck out of the room and went to sit on the nearest bench. I'd been thinking about this all night, I didn't want to move out and get a place if we didn't have to. I didn't want Lisa to have to earn money to pay the bills if there was some way we cold work this out with our parents.

My Mom and Brian loved Lisa, this was all just a shock that's all, well that's what I was hoping for anyway. I was hoping that if I called them maybe I could convince them to let Lisa and I live there together, I mean she practically lived at my house anyway.

I called the house silently praying for my Mom to answer, I was still mad at Brian for hurting Lisa but she'd convinced me last night not to hold a grudge. I guess he was doing what any father would have done to someone who had just told him they married his teenage daughter in Vegas. I was still angry but I guess I needed to let it go and get it sorted quickly before Lisa and I needed to rent a place, I didn't want to stay in the motel forever.

I held my breath while the phone rang, eventually Brian answered.

"Hi, it's me." I said closing my eyes waiting for his reaction, please be ok.

"Roseanne! Where the hell are you young lady? You get back here right now so we can sort this damn mess out." he growled, wow he hadn't calmed down at all.

"Brian, there's nothing to sort out, Lisa and I love each other, we want to be married." I said trying out my most persuasive voice in a bid to calm him down. This act usually worked to his face but I'd never tried it over the phone before.

"There sure as hell is something to sort out Roseanne! You can't be married at 17 for fuck sake, get home now!" he ordered making me flinch slightly.

"No, I just wondered if there was anything we could do to sort all of this out, stay married but come home?" I asked hopefully even though I knew it was pointless to even ask.

He gasped, "Are you kidding? If you want to come home then come home, but you do it alone, you understand what I'm saying?" he shouted. I could hear my Mom crying in the background.

"Brian please don't make me choose between you and Lisa." I said pleadingly.

"I'm not allowing this Roseanne, come home now and stop being such a fucking child." he shouted. I closed my eyes and swiped away the tear that fell. I loved Brian, I always thought of him as my Dad it was breaking my heart that he would make me do this.

"I love Lisa." I whispered.

"Then you're staying married is that what your saying?" he asked condescendingly.

"Yeah." I croaked.

"Well then I guess you've made your choice, when it all goes wrong your mother and I will be here to pick up the pieces but I can't condone a teenage marriage, I love you Roseanne." he said his voice breaking through emotion.

"Love you too." I whispered. I heard my Mom wailing in the background and he disconnected the call.

It felt like it was killing me but I knew I'd made the right choice, I loved Lisa with all of my heart. I wanted to be Mrs Manoban, and Brian was wrong it wouldn't fall to pieces because Lisa and I were meant to be together. In time he'd see that too.

I wiped my face and went to the nearest corner shop to buy the classifieds, on my way back to the motel I stopped and bought doughnuts and coffee's. Lisa was still asleep when I got back to the room, her face had gotten worse overnight. She had two purple shadows under her eyes, and her cheek looked like she was blushing, her cuts over her nose and on her lip had healed but still looked sore and angry.