If There Is A Tomorrow

Chapter 14

The warm, cosy room was painted with baby pink walls, but one wall was covered with posters of models and designer clothes. It was Natasha's dream since she was young that she wanted to be a model. Her curtains were covered with butterflies and sparkly flowers topped off with some shiny glitter. On two sides of her bed there were tables which had a lamp and some books. On the opposite side of her bed the wall was covered with pictures of her and Maya. Natasha looked at those pictures and sighed whilst tears gently dropped from her eyes.

There was a huge, loud knock on the door. Natasha quickly wiped the tear off her face. Her mum stood at the doorway and turned her head around to look at Natasha's room. 'What have you done to your room?' She asked horrifically. Natasha remained silent and didn't utter a word. 'What's wrong now?' Her mum asked her caringly after a long time. Still Natasha didn't reply. 'Was it Maya?' Natasha sniffed slightly but didn't answer. 'I told you that this girl would break your heart one day. You didn't listen.' Her mother spat. 'You never listen to me. I knew it from the first day I saw her. This girl wasn't right for you. Why did she become friends with you? She became friends with you because you were rich, popular and beautiful. Now look at you! Your popularity rates have gone down.' Natasha turned her head away from her mother. 'Don't look away Natasha. Before you were best friends with Maya you used to get so many modelling requests and now you have none. You're not my normal Natasha anymore! You're just a copy of stupid Maya. Now don't cry over that stupid girl. It's time to move on.'

Furiously Natasha got up from her bed and turned around to face her mother. 'Do not call Maya stupid! You're the stupid one round here. She was my best friend and she will remain my best friend.' Natasha argued sharply, her blood boiling through her entire body. 'When father left you, you changed into a complete different person. I was no longer part of your life at that moment. Not even now... I was so alone and I was lacking love. But you know what; I found that love that I was lacking one day. I got it from Maya. The one you are calling stupid. You were the one that gave birth to me, but Maya was the one who gave love and brought me up. What did you give me except from pain? Nothing...' Tears fell from Natasha's eyes. She took a deep breath. Her mother stood there in shock staring at Natasha. 'Maya was my best friend, is my best friend and will remain my best friend forever!' Natasha got up and walked bitterly towards her mother and then slammed the door on her mother's face.

She sat back down on her bed and cried and wailed loudly. Tears dribbled down her face nonstop. The more she tried to stop them the more she cried. Her heart was paining with the memories of her and Maya that were tattooed on her heart permanently. She looked up from her lap and laid her eyes on the wall in front of her that was covered in pictures of her and Maya.

In primary school when Maya and Natasha were around about six years old they were in the same class. But Maya used to get bullied because she was so naïve. Natasha used to bully her too. One day Natasha was going home from school and two boys that were a few years older than her came up to her and started to bully her. They were making fun out of Natasha. She was going to burst into tears. Maya saw Natasha into trouble and went to help her. Maya did a karate flying kick into one of the guy's face and punched the other one in his stomach. She then quickly grabbed Natasha's hand and ran away. That's when Natasha realised how nice Maya actually was. Natasha used to bully her and instead of taking revenge she helped her. That had really touched Natasha's heart and since then Maya and her have been best friends.

She also remembered when her and Maya got into trouble for chewing gum in class. For their punishment the teacher made them stay behind and clean the classroom. Whilst they were cleaning they were messing around, singing songs and dancing around on tables. Maya accidently slipped on top of Natasha and BANG! They both ended up on the floor, Maya on top of Natasha. Coincidently, just then a boy from their class walked in and saw the two them on the floor. 'OMG.' He said. 'Eeww.' They both got up and couldn't stop laughing.

Once, a fashion show was taking place in school. A girl called Ellie was jealous of Natasha because of her popularity and looks. She chose the ugliest outfit for Natasha. It was a muddy green dress that fell just below her knees and it had a slit at the front and back. It had no embroidery on it whatsoever. It was plain and ugly. Her hair was made into a stupid basket on top of her head and she had gruesome makeup applied. It was green eyes shadow and black lips. She looked horrendous. When Natasha went on to the stage no one clapped. Instead people were laughing and making rude, nasty comments. But Maya stood up on the chair and clapped loudly, filling Natasha's heart with happiness. She whistled and shouted out words of praise. After watching Maya other people slowly started to join in and in the end the whole room echoed with praises, whistles and applauds.

Once Natasha and Maya were walking around their neighbourhood talking about life's difficulties and being strong and facing difficulties. At that time a robber sneakily walked past Natasha and grabbed her purse off her and then ran away. When Maya saw this she chased after the robber until she was out of breath, but luckily she got hold of him. Maya took off her shoes and slapped him with it and then started punching the robber's belly. She swore whilst she tortured him. Natasha called the police and then the robber was arrested. 'You will never find a friend like this.' The police man said to Natasha about Maya.

Natasha looked at the pictures and remembered the memories. Tears were spluttering out of her eyes. She couldn't stop them. She screamed and cried. Memories were being torn apart.