Pretty Is

Chapter 6

I stood in front of the sink looking over my foggy reflection. Even with the distortion,I could still see every scar clear as day. But they were nothing new. What I didn't quite understand, were the two lumps of fat underneath my collar bone. I poked them noticing they felt like my other skin,yet different. What were they for?

I had overheard Nelle,my twin, on the phone one night talking about them. She claimed to have let some guys from school see hers and other things I didn't quite understand. Why would you lick them? How do they taste? Would something bad happen if I didn't let someone see mines? Nelle seemed to think so since she invited over someone to
"help" me out. It's like ever since I got out my coma,that they've all been acting weird. I no longer have chores and I haven't gotten any new scars in almost two months. That knocked the record out of the park. If Devin were here,he'd tell me to be suspicious.

Devin. He and I had grown close while I was in the hospital. He taught me new things and explained a few I didn't understand. He was still weird but now I knew he couldn't help it. Devin made me feel something I couldn't quite put my finger on. I was undecided whether that was good or bad. I got knocked out of my thoughts by the door opening and Nelle sticking her head in.
"Girl hurry yo ass up,this gon take long enough as is."She rolled her eyes and pulled me by my arm to our room.

It was remodeled before I came home from the hospital and looked like a condo.There was a rich red curtain separating our sides and a huge master style bathroom,that we shared. My side was covered with different shades of black and blue and hers hot pink and anything neon. Renelle laughed when I first picked it,telling me it looked just like when I got beat. I didn't respond then because I didn't know how to feel.

Feel. I had finally learned the names to emotions other than anger and sadness. It just made me feel numb realizing how my life was before the coma. But thinking of that made me miss him.The lock clicked shut and I heard three different voices reach my ears. Nelle tossed me my silk robe and I put it on partly confused. She guided me to her side of the room where two girls and one guy sat conversing. They stopped when they saw me and Renelle made the introductions.

Khanisse had brown skin,blue eyes and curly black hair to her butt. I thought she was pretty and seemed too calm to be friends with Renelle. CJ had smooth chocolate skin with brown eyes and what they called a cesar. On the other hand Antoinette was coffee cream with hair the color of Renelle's and deep green eyes. They each stared at me but CJ's eyes lingered. I waved slightly and went to my side of the room. I knew dad would burst a vessel seeing CJ here but I knew she'd just blame it all on me,like always. So I let it go. I was rubbing moisturiser into my skin when I felt someone behind me.

"Need help with that?" I turned around and there stood Khanisse.
"No thank you,shouldn't you be with the others?" I finished up and got my panties and bra out my dresser.
"They're busy upstairs,apparently her bed didn't have enough room." My eyebrows furrowed together but I reminded myself to stay out of it and relaxed.
"I guess you can sleep in her bed then. No one will be home to care for awhile."
She smiled at me heading to the bathroom claiming she'd be back.
I shrugged and put on the least revealing pair of panties and my striped cotton sports bra. I was in between the realm of sleep and awake,when I felt someone over me. My body tensed and I opened both eyes slowly.