Let Me Hear You Speak ~Minor Editing and Slow Updates~

chapter nine

I wake up remembering everything that happened just last night. Frustration runs through my mind.  Lily promised me that I would have fun. I slide out of my bed and walk down the hall to the bathroom with a change of clothes.

I open the bathroom door and start warming the water to take a shower.

After I shower I dry off my body and put on the clothes I brought in.

When I go downstairs I'm greeted by Lily. "I saw you slam the door on Max last night. What happened?" she asks me gently.

I look away not wanting to talk about it. "Rose, please tell me. Is this about his plan?" she asks.

I nod knowing she won't leave me be until I answer.

"Rose, I know you don't like the idea of someone trying to get you to talk, but Max doesn't know that. I think you owe him an apology. He's simply trying to be your friend," she replies.

I simply shake my head. If I felt a need to apologize I would. 

I walk over to the fridge and get a plain bagel out, and put it in the toaster. While waiting for the bagel to pop up I hear a few stairs creak. Lily must have gone upstairs. While I wait for the bagel to pop up I get a butter knife out of the utensil drawer.

Pop! I take my bagel out and quickly put it on a plate. I get some strawberry cream cheese out, and spread it on the bagel.

I sit at the table and eat my bagel. When I am finished eating I hear the door bell ring. At the sound of the bell the dog starts barking like crazy.

I wonder who is here at such an early hour in the day. No one ever comes to our house this early. Not even the door-to-door sales people.

Lily comes downstairs and opens the door. Curious to see who it is I look and see that it is Zach.

"Oh! you got here quick!" exclaims Lily. 

"Yea, my house is only like 15 minutes driving distance from here," he replies. 

"Where's Max?" Lily asks simply.

"He's out in the car. He wasn't sure if Rose would want to talk to him or not," he explains. 

Why am I being brought into this conversation? I think to myself. 

"Me being the sister, would make them apologize any ways. Go get Max and come on in," she tells Max as she shuts the front door.

Great now I have to apologize I think to myself.

"It's for your own good. You don't have that many friends, and Max really cares about you. I don't want you to lose that one person that could make a huge difference in your life," Lily says to me sitting next to me on the couch.

Before I have a chance to reply to Lily I hear the door open. "We're in the living room. It's the first right," Lily calls out.

Zach and Max walk into the room, and sit down.

We all sit in awkward silence. Then Lily stands up, whispering something to Zach, and the two of them leave the room. As Lily leaves she  glares at me and gives me a 'what are you waiting for' look.