Emotions are what makes us human, especially love. Caring for other individuals keeps our humanity intact. But, what's Peri to think when the very fervor she's been dreaming of feeling for another human being, is incited by her half brother Nathan...
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"Imagine being so into someone that you forget everything else." - Nathan
Nathan's Point of View (I decided to switch things up for once.)
The next morning, I awake in my bed, just as I usually do everyday. For some reason though, today felt different, mostly because I had a sense of liberation. I wasn't chained down by Penelope in that toxic relationship anymore, and I was already starting to feel better. Or maybe I'm feeling so shitty that I had to burry all of my emotions deep down.
... Yeah, no, I'm going to go with the first explanation.
Getting out of bed, I thought about how I haven't been single since freshman year, so I don't really know how to be by myself. I envy Peri because she does it so well, she doesn't rely on anybody, and can do fine without them. The sudden thought of her name made me pause, and smile, since she had herself so figured out. I'd much prefer that over the opposite, since I hate having to clean up the giant mess she's left as after a breakup.
Curiously, I exit my room and step over to hers, just to see what she was doing. When I opened the door, she stood there, in front of her mirror, trying on clothes. The moment she turned to face me, I bursted into a fit of laughter. She currently had a skirt hiked up to her chest, I'm guessing it was supposed to imitate a cropped shirt.
"What's so funny?! I can't find anything to wear." She sighed, and spent around to get a full view of the top.
"You have way too many clothes in your closet for this to be an option." Why is it that girls will buy so many clothes, but then, whenever it's time to get dressed, they suddenly don't 'have anything to wear'? "We leave in an hour, so make sure you find something other than that before then."
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We finally arrived at school, and for some reason, it felt like the first day. Being this happy felt weird to me, since my life usually isn't this joyful. Peri and I were bonding, there wasn't any drama between my friends and I, and my car decided that it wouldn't be a dick today.
"This day just keeps getting better and better." I announce, while pulling into the parking lot. "Look, those kids aren't parked in my spot." Peri turned away from the passenger window to look, and laughed at my statement. "If I knew life would be this good I would've broke up with Penelope a while ago."
That sentence made things go silent, and I knew that I shouldn't have said it. Things were going so well, and my big mouth had to go and ruin the mood. "Nathan ... if you ever want to talk about that, I'm here for you. You don't have to if you don't want to."
"There's nothing to talk about, I swear, I'm good." I promise.
"Really, because you sound kind of ... in denial. It's like you're trying to convince yourself that you're fine when you're really not."
