Survival instinct

Chapter 5

~Marisol

"So how did we come home?" asked Irene once I had finished eating, acting nonchalantly.

"The boys brought you home, you were completely wasted don't you remember?"

"Now that you have brought it up, I do remember someone putting me in bed" Penny piped in.

"What do you mean the boys? They could have kidnapped us and sold us to the mafia or worse raped us... We don't know them that well and you just let them bring us to our house while we were unconscious. Don't you have common sense?" Irene nearly shouted looking frustrated.

"Oh come on, get your head out of the gutter, don't you think I could have sensed if they were harmful? You have been spending too much time in that imaginary world of you". I said in a cold voice feeling my blood boil.

"Girls, calm down why don't we talk this out?"

"We're not always gonna follow that instinct of yours. One day you're gonna make a mistake and you'll regret it." Irene said, her eyes flashing with rage, completely ignoring Penny.

"So you aren't happy that I let the lover boy bring you home, who knows maybe you have made one of your twisted fantasies come true, like they say it's the quiet ones you should be wary of."

"What about you, who knows what you were doing while we were unconscious, you seemed to be all mushy with -

SLAP

The sound echoed in the room. The heat I had felt earlier started spreading around my body. It was a strange feeling. Looking up I saw Irene standing there with her mouth wide open and tears in her eyes.

"Whatever" she quickly walked out of the kitchen to her room shutting her door with a bang. Like I suspected she had put on her music to unleash her feelings. You could make some of the words, it was rock music.

"What the hell just happened?" Penny asked looking utterly confused.

"I'm going shopping. I will be late. Don't wait for me".

"Why did you start arguing? First you two were happy, and then bam you are arguing like cat and dog."

"She started it. Anyhow, I am taking the car if you want to go somewhere tell me now." I said changing the subject. It felt like Irene was challenging me or something along these lines.

"Yes actually I want to do some shopping too. But first you girls have to recover!"

"No. I'm not in a mood right now. Some other time." I said and she shook her head.

"No. It was really mean by you to slap her. I can't believe you. Really. We haven't argued for 16 years and now? What happened now? Okay I know she was a bit too excessive but you know her! Come on" she said and I can she fury in her eyes. I can't believe it! Penny is the calm one here. Something is going on. But I don't have time for this now.

"Really go and talked to her!" She added and pushed me to the stairs.

~Irene

There was a knock on my door. "Leave me alone" I shouted over the music.

"It's me.. Can we please talk?" I heard Marisol's voice from the other side of door.

"No"

"Please. I'm really sorry." She said. Yeah of course ,you first slap me and then you are sorry. Ohh please.

"Just leave me alone!" I shout and I heard her pouted

"Fine. I and Penny are going to the Mall. May you come?" she asked. I didn't answer. I think she take the point. I heard footsteps and then the door being shut.