All Messed-Up

#3. [Maureen] Agitation

I'm so excited! My MereBear will come over to my house this evening. We'll make a poster for our English project. It's about suicide, and our job is to convince teenagers not to do it. I haven't got any ideas about it, anyway. But Meré said she'll bring her laptop to my house.

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[Doorbells ring..]
"Maunee?"
"Yes, it's me! Come in. Welcome to my house, MereBear!"
"//giggling// Sure, Maunee! Where's your parents by the way?"
"Oh, my Dad is still on his work, my Mom is in the kitchen!" "Mom! Meré is here!"

Gosh, I'm so excited for my Mom! Finally, she'll meet the girl I've been talking for months eyes to eyes!

"Umm.. Hello Mrs. Delaney, I'm Meredith."
"Hi Meré! Maureen has been talking about you for months! Finally, we can meet each other!"
"This house smells good, Mrs. Delaney. What are you making?"
"Well, I heard that MereBear love bacon and eggs //smirks//"
"MAUNEE!"

I laugh as Meré shout my name infront of my Mom!

"Go finish your works, girls! Just come and tell me if you want my bacon and eggs. Hmmm... //smirks//"
"See you later, Mom!"

As soon as that, we go upstairs to my bedroom.

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"So, you said you'll bring your laptop? I've done some research, but I think we'll need more."
"Yes, here is my laptop. I've downloaded some background pictures for you to see, here"

Meré is so artistic and creative, actually, we both are. Her talents are not discovered by the school yet. So, this is my chance to show her talents to our school.

For this project, Meré will design the layout and I'll be the researcher.

One hour later,

"Maunee, look at this. Is it good?"
"Oh, Meré. THAT'S SO COOL! But this part is kinda ... "
"Plain? Yeah I notice that too. So what should we add there?"
"I'm thinking of some quotes. What do you think?"
"Sure! That is a good idea. I'll find the quotes then."

I'm sure Meré will find the quote. Even if she want to make one, I'm sure it'll be good.

Meré is looking for quotes when I see the change in her face.

"What's wrong, MereBear?"
"Uh, no, nothing."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, Maureen."

When Meré say my real name, Maureen, it means that she's being serious.
But I don't think she's okay.

"Maureen, I need to go to the toilet"
"It's on the left"

And just like that, she leave my room and run to the toilet. I saw her red face.
What is happening?
Her cellphone is still on, I decided to look what is inside that phone that make her like that. The screen show me this,

"Did you really want to die?"
"No one commits suicide because they want to die."
"Then why do they do it?"
"Because they want to stop the pain."

What is she thinking? I don't understand this. I mean, I know about her dead sister, Jane, but what is really going on?

"MAUREEN! What are you doing with my phone?!"
"//SURPRISED// Eh, what? I'm just wondering what is going on! And I saw that teary face."
"//sobs// I'm sorry, Maunee.."

What is really going on??

"Meré, you know you can always come and talk to me.."
"I know! But I can't tell you about this one!"
"Okay, just tell me what is it about.."
"It's Jane. I MISS HER! And lately, I was having some ..."
"What?"
"I CAN'T TELL YOU!"
"Okay, fine. Let's clean up that face before my Mom find out."
"I'm sorry, Maureen.."

The Meré I know is always cheerful, a happy-go-lucky person.
What on earth is going on with my MereBear??

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