Everything is different (Aldub fanfic)

Chapter 13: Operation: Nicomaine

Louise strolled back in the house following a very upset uncle "Umm, uncle are you alright?" she asked as Mr.Mendoza turned his head towards her.

Shaking his head he consolingly answered "I'm sorry Louise, I don't want to talk about it now" Heaving a sigh, he plopped down on the living room couch.

The girl nodded as she quietly sauntered upstairs to her cousin's room. She couldn't hear anything but she knew she was there. Knocking on the door, she tried to suppress her emotions. She had liked her best friend for the longest time, and she still did, in fact RJ was her first love, but she had to do what was noble, what was right, she had to explain to Maine the reason RJ was late.

No one answered the knock, breathing out a sigh Louise placed her finger tips on the steel doorknob. Clasping it, she turned it counterclockwise unlocking it with a click.
"Meng?" she pleaded, as her eyes adapted to the dark room. The window blinds were closed but the moonlight still shun through the slits of the bars. there was enough light for her to see a body bundled in blankets laying on top of the bed.

Louise slowly crept up to the lifeless figure as she shook the individual "Meng?" she reiterated again. This time the body moved as Maine unwrapped herself from the layers of cotton. Louise watched as her cousin jerk a tear away and smile at her, it was fake "Louise, hey I'm sorry for leaving you earlier. You want to do something?" she asked with a forced jovial tone.

This was wrong, everything about her was wrong. She knew pleading for Maine to forgive RJ would break her own heart, but she wasn't doing this for her first love, she was doing it for her best friend.

"I know why RJ was late" she blurted.
Maine smile inverted into a frown upon hearing the name "I'm sorry, but I don't want to talk about him right now"

"No, no, you got to understand... He was held up! I held her up!"

"Ikaw? Why would he get held up by you?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Remember when you still lived near me?"
Maine looked up at her confused, but nodded "Uh huh?"

"And I kept telling you about my best friend"
"Yes, but I don't see how that's got to do with-"

"RJ was that best friend!!!" Louise cut in "We were too caught up in the moment, hindi niya napansin yung oras. But really you got to listen to me! He really did try to make it!" the girl pleaded.

"Wait, hold up... you knew each other?" "YES!" "How come-" "I'll tell you about it later, but right now we're talking about you and RJ!" Maine grew silent for a minute, re-evaluating the situation with the new information.

For a minute, the girl actually thought that her cousin would finally understand, but then Maine asked "What time did he leave?"
"Huh?"
"What time was it when he left you?"
"Umm, 6:50? Why?"

"Nag hintay ako until 7:20, it doesn't take long to get there you know.... It's only about a ten minute drive" she stated with renewed rage "7:20 LOUISE!!!" she reaffirmed, this time louder.

The girl watched her cousin get off the bed and head towards her desk. Maine sat down, as she took out a piece of paper "Whatever, I'm through with him now... he's blown too many chances with me" she roughly asserted.

Louise sighed, her shoulders drooping down as she scratched the back of her head in frustration "Come on, just give him another chance. I'm sure he's got a good reason for all of this, just let him ex-"

"Explain?!? I'm don't want to hear it. I don't care if it was because he was held up in traffic, I don't care if he didn't call me because his phone died, heck I wouldn't even care if he told me that an old lady tried to beat him up! I won't have any more of it! I gave him too many chances already, I'm done" she coldly retorted as Louise watched her skim through what looks like a letter.