Shameless, Reckless Love (GirlxGirl)

Chapter 7 (cont.)

12:30 PM. 

Eden's wearing her black tee and khaki shorts. She leans on the pillar of the long bridge, tapping her thigh anxiously.

That bitch. Of course she's late, Eden thinks. But after all that time waiting, Eden slowly starts to realize how stupid all this really was.

3 minutes go by, and Lib arrives with a smoke in her hand. The anger all comes back to Eden.

"You're late! Where the fuck have you been?" Eden calls as Lib struts toward her, not giving a single damn.

"Never seen someone so anxious to get their ass beat." Lib replies back, approaching Eden's face. Lib tosses her cigarette on the ground.

"I almost thought you were chickening out." Eden then says. "But then I thought, 'Nah. This is Lib we're talkin' about. If anything, she's out sucking off a couple of STD infested guys.' Am I right?" Eden taunts, and with that, Lib lunges her fist forward to swing at Eden's head. But Eden ducks, and grabs Lib's sides to throw her across the ground. Hard.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Eden asks, and climbs on top of Lib to wrestle her arms down. Lib's face turns red. "I waited around for that pussy shit?"

"Fuck you, you lesbo prick!" Lib shouts, and releases one of her arms from Eden's grip. She then grabs at Eden's neck, trying to push her away. Eden fights through it, and ends up giving Lib a good, hefty punch to her pointy nose. Lib grunts, and water wells up in her eyes.

"I kind of get it now!" Eden continues, as Lib tries grabbing Eden's shoulders. "Maybe if you get into West Point, dudes will actually think you're worth screwing! Right?" she scoffs, but Lib finally gets enough strength to roll Eden on her back. As Lib gets on top of Eden, she gives Eden an even harder punch to the cheekbone. Though she is dazed, Eden uses her hand to push Lib back and she punches her in the cheekbone back. Lib rolls off of Eden due to the hit, and Eden takes advantage of this moment to lift herself up and go to kick Lib repeatedly in the ribs.

Both girls could not bring themselves to stop.

After being through with Eden's hard kicks, Lib pulls on Eden's foot, and Eden tumbles to her knees. In a flash, Lib uses her fist to knock Eden out in the head. It might as well have been a huge barbell since Eden was truly overcome by the hit.

Lib was in too much pain to even take advantage of Eden while she was laying on the grass. She just huffed and puffed, even though it made her ribs feel sorer than before. As for Eden, she was going through such painful throbs in her head that they made her forget what the fuck they were just fighting like that for.

After the heavy breathing was over and done with, Eden is the first to speak.

"I don't wanna live my life in your shadow." Eden says, truthfully. Lib rolls on her side to look at Eden confusedly.

"No one's asking you to, dickface." Lib replies, but grunts at the feel of her aching jaw. "Since when did you have such a low self-esteem?"

"Since always I guess." Eden replies, folding her arms over her chest. "West Point was the one thing I thought could prove that I was capable of some independence... But look at that. I couldn't even do that without you."

"What do you want me to say?" Lib asks. "Sorry that I was born first, or that I'm smarter?" she asks, but Eden stays silent. "Or that I'm much better looking?" Eden glares at her terrible joke.

"You are not better looking." Eden shoots back.

"Tell that to your ugly, cherry-lookin' freckles." Lib tells her. Eden shoves Lib's shoulder.

"Fucker." Eden grumbles.

"Asshole." Lib retorts, shoving Eden's shoulder right back. The girls remain silent. But it gives both of them a moment to think.

Eden has known Lib all her life. Eden knows that Lib loves her, and that she wouldn't intentionally hurt Eden (until the fact that she just gave her a reason to). Eden knew better than to believe Lib would personally try to sabotage her life.

"Okay, fine." Lib finally says. "I'm sorry that you feel like you're sometimes fading in the background. I'm sorry for not trying hard enough on the West Point stuff, and that I was focusing more on shithead guys that don't care about me. I made you a promise, and I'm not going back on my word." Lib opens up. Eden just stares into the clouds, paying close attention to every one of Lib's words. "You'll make it in the Army." Lib ends with a promise.

Eden sighs since it was now her turn.

"Sorry for even thinking that you'd ever try to ruin my life. And sorry for not talking to you. If I had just done that, we wouldn't have beaten each other to a pulp." Eden says, and Lib smirks afterwards. "Also, sorry for calling you a slut." Eden continues. Lib looks at her strangely.

"You never called me a slut." Lib informs her.

"Sorry for thinking it then." Eden corrects, but Lib does not get angry. Instead, she holds out her hand, and Eden grabs onto it. Eden couldn't get by without her. No one could. Lib was special like that.

"Wanna go get a beer?" Lib suddenly asks.

"I actually should get to work. But, um, I'll see you around." Eden says, and rises up to stagger away. Her body was still achy. Lib laughs loudly in the background, and of course Eden does to.

At the Kesh & Grab, Eden opens the door, surprised that it's even unlocked. She stumbles inside to see that Ricki was busy reading another magazine by the counter. Eden takes in a breath.

"How did you-?" Eden starts.

"I picked the lock." Ricki answers. "I hate waiting, and plus there's air conditioning in here." Ricki continues, and then looks up at Eden. "Holy fuck, what happened to that face?" she asks, chuckling.

"My sister and I." Eden responds as Ricki continues laughing. Eden then walks up to lean over the counter. "How bad do I look?" Eden asks.

Ricki begins tapping her chin, and then presses her finger on Eden's bruised eyebrow.

"Owowow." Eden says, wincing.

"I actually think you look pretty cool." Ricki admits, and Eden sheepishly grins.