"I wanna know more about you" That's the first thing Alex says as he begins to drive.
"Like what?"
"I don't know. Tell me about your family"
"Well I have my mum, Dad and 2 sisters, I'm the youngest"
"Right..."
"I love my dad, he's the best man ever. He cares for everyone so much and he never sees the bad in people, he only sees the good. I don't have a great relationship with my mum. She doesn't really like me—"
"Bullshit. How can anyone not like you?"
"I'm flattered but yeah, we've never been really close and she's cared more for my elder sisters".
"Tell me about your sisters"
"Well there's Ella, who is 25 and Rachel who is 24. I'm not close with them at all. They're such asses and mum seems to get on with them better. They don't like competition and they obviously think of me as competition for whatever reason. That's why I'm so close with Hannah, she's the person
Who my sisters never were or will be. Ella is engaged and she's getting married next month. You can imagine how excited I am for her wedding!" I say sarcastically.
"Wow quite an interesting family you have. What about your boyfriend..
Tyler is it?" Alex asks. My heart sinks.
"Tyler's just you know, great, like how boyfriends are" I lie.
"You don't really talk about him"
"No I don't and I'm not really sure why i don't know. He's just so- he makes me really happy"
"Are you trying to make yourself believe that or me?"
"I don't know what you're talking about"
"Soph, if anything is bothering you, don't hesitate to tell me" He says with concern.
"Okay".
"Promise ?"
"Promise"
There's a silence.
"You're confusing" I say breaking the silence
"And why's that?"
"You're just so arsey one minute and the next minute you're so nice. Like now you're being so nice"
"Maybe I have a big personality?"
"That's one way to put it", I laugh. "Tell me about your sister"
"Well she's the cutest person ever. She's really cheeky and when she gets in trouble she gives you this puppy dog face and your heart can't help but melt for her. I do miss her a lot but I'm seeing her next week, I'm going back home. She's got blue eyes with a hint of green and that's my favourite feature of hers. She reminds me of my mum. My mum had those eyes" Alex goes quiet.
Alex's hand is on the clutch and I place my hand on top of his. "It's okay to be sad Alex. I imagine you pretend to be extra happy so your sister doesn't feel like something is wrong. But she's not around at the moment so you can have down days" I tell Alex.
"Thanks for your advice"
"It's fine. Tell me about your dad" I remove my hand from Alex's
"Oh yeah my dad is cool, very cool"
"Cool?" I laugh.
"What's so funny?".
"Expand on cool"
"He's just a cool dad, what else do you want me to say?"
"Nothing!"
"We both have secrets princess. Some may be worse than others but they're still bad nonetheless".
"Yeah no kidding"
"I hope we come to a point in our... relationship... where we can tell each other things we don't tell many people"
"Yeah..." I smile at him.
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Fragile: Must Handle With Care
Teen FictionSophia Collins isn't exactly an extrovert. She is a calm, introvert with a dark secret that could potentially kill her in the near future; she is physically abused by her roommate. And the worst part? She can't do anything about it since she is fa...
