Swapped Love | ✓

■ Fight

I went in and saw Alice was watching TV intently. I remembered I had to talk to her about Trevor. Deep breaths, Alli. You can do it.

"Oh, hi there," She said as I came in.

"Guess what? Frank and I broke up. Anyway, he sucked. Oh. How was the party? Mom and dad have already fallen asleep. You wanna join?" She asked without looking up and blabbering about completely different topics at the same time.

"Um, actually I gotta talk to you, Alice. Important stuff," I muttered.

"Oh, Jared and you finally did it?" She grinned, "Was it his bedroom or bathroom? Or the backyard?"

"Please be serious, Alice," I said, sighing and opening my earrings and bracelets.

"Okay," She switched off the TV, "Tell me whats wrong," She lifted her legs up on the couch and folded them.

I sat down beside her, thinking how to begin it. She looked curious as she waited for me to speak.

"The thing is..." I began. This was an acceptable way of starting.

"What?"

"Don't freak out, keep an open mind but-"

"Just tell me, Alli. You are creeping me out," She said worriedly now.

"Its Trevor. He has returned," I blurted out in a single breath.

Silence.

Pin drop silence. We sat there not making a noise. The only sounds were the thumping of our hearts. Alice had a blank expression on her face as she processed my words. Her eyes narrowed, taking in the announcement word by word.

Slowly it changed from curiousity to shock to anger.

"What?" She whispered quietly.

"Yeah, I met him few days back when Jared and I went out. He mistook me for you. And today at the party he was present... um... he is... uh.... Jared's cousin," I said, scratching my head awkwardly.

"And you didn't bother telling me that you met him that day?" She asked quietly, looking at the wall behind me.

Volacano was soon going to erupt. Abort mission, abort mission.

"I thought he would leave. I threatened him, I swear. But today he— Alice, he is sorry for what he did. There has been a lot of misunderstandings," I struggled to find the right words.

"Tell me its a bad joke. I am not liking it at all, Alli," She got up, looking deadly quiet and somber, "I didn't know Trevor's cousin was Jared."

Nobody did, honey. We didn't even know Jared at that time.

"No. You have to listen. That night-"

"Do not speak of that night. That's the worst day of my life," Her voice wavered.

"No, just hear me out. Trevor—"

I told her the whole story. Everything. From his misconception to how he met me at the party. I did not leave out a single detail as I spoke what I knew and heard from Trevor.

Alice stood there quietly throughout the time with a cold, hardened look.

"Say something Al," I pleaded, after I realized she was not saying anything.

"You believed him, Allison? Can't you see he is lying?" She whispered in a raspy voice.

"I think he was telling the truth-"

"Thats the thing about Trevor Anderson. He will act all sweet and poor cute boy but he just wants sympathy. He is a bastard. He doesn't deserve anything. He can die and rot in hell for all I care. He shouldn't meet me again. And don't speak about him again," She ordered, "Good thing he is going away after few weeks. I hope he doesn't come back after four months."

"But-"

"Arrghh! Why did he come back? Any person... just any person and he had to be Jared's fucking cousin? I didn't even know Trevor had a cousin. He was a single child and I didn't bother asking him about his cousins," She groaned.

"Alice, calm down, please,"

"Well, if I come to think of it, maybe he once mentioned how rich his uncle was and the owner of some hotshot company. I didn't pay attention to it," She said, babbling to herself now, "This whole fiasco is getting twisted day by day," She let out a noise of disapproval.

"There is no fault of Jared," I said defensively.

"Be as it may, these two boys are really pissing me off now. Why can't they just leave me alone? I am trying to move on, Alli. Don't make it any harder for me by saying to give him a second chance. Tell him he can go fuck himself off because I am busy fucking someone else," She stormed off to her room without waiting for my response.

Dejected, I went to my room. This did not go well. At all. I should have known Alice would act like this. Maybe, I should have put it in a more gentle way. I was too blunt on my sister. How else could I have said it?

I love you, Al. You are the best sister I can ever get and by the way, Trevor returned and these two years was just a misconception. Love you!

I changed and sat down thinking.

Just great. Brilliantly messed up lives of teenagers. I should be worried about getting good scores in my tests, not worrying about how I was messing everyone's lives around me. They didn't deserve it.

My phone rang, driving me out from my train of thoughts. Unknown number.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Allison, its me Trevor. You spoke to Alice?" He sounded nervous.

"Trevor, hi."

"What did she say?" He asked.

"Well, she doesn't wanna speak to you. I am sorry. She is really upset. She wants no contact with you," I said slowly.

Silence again.

He sighed, "I deserve it. But I just wanna meet her once. Isn't there anyway I can meet up with her without any problems?"

"Trevor, give her sometime. She needs some space alone," I spoke.

"Yeah, you are right. But how long should I give her?" He asked.

"Few days, I guess."

"Hmm. Thanks again Alli, you are a really good friend. I hope to speak to her. In case you are wondering, Jared gave me your number. Goodnight," He muttered sadly.

"Goodnight Trevor," I threw the phone away, took my pillow and shouted at it. Bad pillow.