Let's Play A Game

Chapter 6 - Brianna

Brianna lay down on the couch as soft music filtered through the speakers that Nathan had set up. Her eyes watched Cat and Sia run around with ingredients, the girls laughing and teasing one another. The sight almost made her gag.

The way those two felt for each other was so obvious to everyone but them. Sia loved Cat but was convinced that Cat liked Nathan just because they were childhood friends. Cat loved Sia but didn't realize it. She believed that the one who set her free was Sia but that was a strange way for her to deny her real feelings. 

Of course, Brianna thought that was just bullshit but then no one cared about what she had to say anyway.

The way Cat felt for Sia was so strong that she was willing to play friends with Brianna. No matter how much the blue-haired girl tried to hide it, Brianna could sense her dislike from a mile away but she just never said anything about it.

It saved her the trouble of having to fight Nathan whenever she tried to make Ansyl more like her. He was an eyesore and she just couldn't wait for the day when that stupid couple broke up.

Brianna couldn't help but feel annoyed whenever she saw them together. It was almost as if they were purposely trying to show the world that they were so very happy together. It was as if they were the only ones who deserved happiness while everyone else had to suffer.

"Hey, no smoking in the house, Bri," Ansyl warned, breaking into Brianna's thoughts.

Brianna glanced at her hand that now held a cigarette and wondered when she even reached for it. She didn't remember taking one out but she wasn't surprised either. After all, smoking had become an impulse for her every time her thoughts began to stress her out.

Sometimes she wondered if she could rid herself of her pain with the smoke that escaped from her lips.

"Sorry, Ann," Brianna said, putting the cigarette away.

After giving her a smile, Ansyl went back to the kitchen and Brianna reached out for the cigarette again. Instead of lighting it, she ended up crushing it in her hands as she heard Ansyl laugh.

Even though Brianna hid it so well, there were times when her hate for Ansyl just got to her.

On the outside, she was the Ansyl's best friend forever. But on the inside, Brianna wanted to see her fall apart. She wanted her to fall into the darkness so deep that she could never escape.

The thing about the two girls was that they were so similar to one another and yet they were so different.

They both came from well off families, the ability to just buy whatever they wanted to make themselves happy because in reality, they had nothing. Both of their parents never had time for them since they were so busy working. Office meetings always came before a school event and there were always nannies to take care of other things.

There was nothing Brianna wanted more than for her parents to notice her just once, for them to love her the way any parent would love their only child. No matter how many birthdays passed, all she got was a card that wasn't even written by them.

Her childhood passed in the arms of a nanny who felt nothing for her. While other kids ran to their parents at night afraid of monsters, alone in the darkness Brianna befriended those monsters and called them family.

However, one day even her monsters left her behind and Brianna found herself doing whatever she could to get the attention of her only family. It started with skipping classes and getting bad grades. Then it escalated to drugs and finally one day, she jumped from the window of her bedroom, knowing that it wouldn't kill her, knowing that maybe this way they would finally remember her.