Dark Roses

On the way

I continued to tie my shoes while Raiden slammed the door behind him as he always does. I grabbed my bag and made my way out the door and said goodbye to Rhett. I tripped over my own two feet when I stumbled down my old apartment stairs that led straight to a little parking space of our own. I threw a pebble into our beat up, falling apart bird bath for good luck-not that it helps- and picked a small yellow flower from our dead grass. "After you Lady Aerith" Raidey held the door of our black 67 impala open for me. He made me laugh when he said this with his cute smirk on is face and his horrible British accent. We used to do this when we were younger in the summer. He would put on his blazer and I drew a mustache on his face while I wore a tiara and white gloves. He would ask me 'Would the princess like a piggy back ride' and I would always answer back with these four words 'Why yes, thank you'. I would do anything to play with him like that again but things have changed since then. "Why thank you Sir smelly." I acknowledged my tease with a tiny smirk. "Get in the car you goof." Raidey added with a smile started to form on his face.

I shut the door carefully to our old, beautiful, expensive baby. Raidey had Whitesnake's Still Of The Night playing on the radio at full blast. He loves anything from 60's music to 90's. I love Poison, Whitesnake, ACDC, Queen, Rush, Saga, Barenaked Ladies, Simon and Garfunkel, etc, etc, blah, blah blah. So pretty much the classics. But Raiden LOVES-not likes- Whitesnake. Raiden started to scream out the lyrics and this is when I know he is going to start dancing and you DO NOT want to see that. "In the heat of the day I hang my head down low! And hide my face from the sun! Through the light of the day! Until the evening time I'm waiting for the night to come! Ooh, baby!" The scream of a demon would be more pleasant than hearing this abomination of what Raiden calls singing. "Raidey, honey, no. Just no." I screamed over the music. "WHAT?!" He screamed at me. I turned off the music and luckily he was busy starting to dance to realize what I was doing. "What the hell!" "Oops." He had his lovely I'm going to kill you face on and I looked at him then out the window and laughed.

"What was that for you jackass!" "You needed to shut your fat ass up that's what." I replied with confidence. "Come on, I know you love that song!" Of course I love that song you idiot. "Yeah but you were starting to dance! And you have no idea the physical pain that gives me! I yelled at him with force. "That is your opinion and I can dance if I want" That was it. He is gonna get what he deserves, THE WRATH OF AERITH! "YOU KNOW WHAT! YOUR A BITCH AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO DANCE THE AWFUL WAY YOU DO!" "I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO ARGUE WITH YOU RIGHT KNOW!" Raiden yelled back. "I'M NOT ARGUING, I'M EXPLAINING THAT I AM RIGHT!" I have had it with him today. "I'm not doing this today Aer, OK?" He said sincerely. I know he is trying to say he is sorry but he always does this. He NEVER says that he is sorry he just says something sweet thinking it's enough to get away with. Well listen up buddy! I am not your little princess anymore! If only I could have the courage to say that, but he's my brother I can't. So instead I just went along with it, "OK. I'm sorry I yelled.". I turned the radio back on- Def Leppard's Photograph was on- and slumped down into my chair. The rest of the ride there was silent.