Gears for a Heart

Walks

Thump!

Tug!

Bam!

Crack!

Thump!

Alyssa punched the tree, crying. Her mech-heart hissing in protest of her feelings. What was happening? One day they were fine, now they were not?

"This is BULLSHIT!" Alyssa growled and gave the tree another punch. "Dennise... Why are you so confusing?"

"Woah. You'll make a hole Alyssa." Amy, the new comer said. "Why here in the school's garden huh?"

"Why are they so confusing?!" Alyssa punched the trunk again.

Click!

Hiss!

Her heart churned.

"Okay, bro that's enough..." Amy stopped Alyssa from punching the tree trunk. Amy looked at the spot Alyssa was punching and widened her eyes. "Well damn, girl! That is one nice dent. Yuck... With a few blood though. Ugh... Speaking of." Amy raised her hand to see blood smeared on her hand. She grimaced. Disgusted at the vile liquid in front of her. She wiped it on her foster sister's towel which was dangling out from Alyssa's pocket.

Alyssa sat on the grassy floor and pulled out a few tooth pick sized splinters in her knuckles without wincing and let her hand bleed.

"Band-aide?" Amy offered jokingly.

"Will that fix the way I am feeling now?" Alyssa grumbled.

Amy was taken aback. "Woah! Wait, hold up and rewind. Bogshhhhhh... Zip!" Amy looked at her as is she had grown two heads and a unibrow. "Did you just make... What was that? Ahhh... Hugot?! Wow. Okay. What got your knickers in a twist?"

"She's ignoring me... Again." Alyssa glared at the ground.

"Dennise Michelle 'Denden' slash Iron Eagle slash Queen Libero Lazaro of the Ateneo Lady Eagles?" Amy asked

Alyssa shook her head.

"Okay?" Amy said unsure. "Did you do something stupid?"

Alyssa sat up straight. "Oh shit. I might've done something stupid!"

"Yeah... What I said."

"Wait? You were talking kanina? Sorry. I wasn't listening." Alyssa apologized.

Amy raised an eyebrow. She leaned on the dented trunk and folded her arms. "Did you try talking to her about that?"

"Eenope." Alyssa said with the popping sound.

"Uh hey, smart guy? Talk to the lady will ya? And uh, you have blood on your forehead." Amy pointed at a spot.

"Oh yeah... Right. As if she'll talk to me IDIOT... She's ignoring me remember? May I have my bimpo back please." Alyssa reached her hand out.

Amy was about to reach it but then she thought of an idea.

"If she's ignoring you with you big efforts, why not make her notice you with small effort?" Amy smirked.

"And how's that?" Alyssa asked trying to reach her bimpo from Amy's grasp only to get more annoyed when Amy threw her bimpo high up in the air, into the trees and stuck on some branches. "AMY?! That was Bench for Pete's sake!"

"Alyssa, fact number sixty-one, girls? They dig scars... And when they do? They're in deep..." Amy wiggled her eyebrows and punched Alyssa in the face.