Youngest Justice

Two things. One day. (Peter)

Heather stands expectantly at the bottom of the stairs. Genius whines and pulls at leash, and I let her pull me down the stairs. "Aww aren't you such a cutie," Heather coed.
"Heh thanks," I wink at her.
"I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about your dog." She says.
"Well duh I knew that," I say even though I didn't know. She rolls her blue eyes and laughs sweetly.
   The rest of the evening passes calmly and I'm a little sad when Heather had needed to go. Now I walk back to Rose's house to leave her dog.
Finally I see her house within eye sight. I jog up to her house. As I start to unhook the cage's door, the glass door on the other side opens and out comes Rose. Her eyes widen when she sees me then her gaze falls on Genius. "What are you doing? Why is Genius not in her cage," her voice is rasp.
"Uh I- REALLY NEEDED TO BORROW HER IM SO SORRY PLEASE DON'T KILL ME I'LL- hey were you crying," I say when I notice her eyes are red.
"What," she wipes tears away and sniffles, "no."
"Uh-huh..." I say.
"Ugh stop looking at me like that. Why do you have Genius anyway?" She asks.
I unhook the cage and let her in, "I needed to impress a girl." Rose rolls her eyes. "So why were you crying?"
She looks down, "it's nothing."
I give her the are-you-serious look. "C'mon Rose, if it was nothing you wouldn't be crying."
I get in the cage to have a seat on the random bench in Genius's cage. I wanted to let her know that I was not leaving until she told me. She finally looks at me and sits down across from me, "I feel so stupid. Peter, I- I let myself start liking a guy who obviously wouldn't like me...a guy who already has a girlfriend."
She finally lets herself cry. Aww man I really hate seeing my friends cry. It reminds me that I have real feelings. I put an arm around her and let her soak my chest in tears, "ah. So...I'm guessing it's Chase isn't it?" She nods into my chest. "Aww Rose," I scratch the back of my head not really sure how to end the sentence.
"You don't have to say anything. I just need someone to listen to me," she says. She lifts her head up and wipes more tears away. "I thought we had...something special, you know? But I'm such an idiot. Of course he likes Stacey, he always has and I was just too dumb to realize that the way he looked at me was the way he looked at everyone else. Everyone, except Stacey." She sighs then continues, " but I think it would be better for everyone if I stoped feeling sorry for myself and moved on," she gets up with a smile and goes to the door. She stops and turns around, "oh, and thanks Peter. Your the greatest friend ever." With that she goes into her house. I smile.