Flowers For McGee

16 - You Called The Cops

Rose sits with her back against the door. She and Johnny were quite literally locked in their rooms. Maggie was sure they'd gone nuts, but Rose wasn't so sure Maggie was acting on her own emotions.

Rose banged her head back against the door and let out a loud groan. She was angry about being ignored. Rose felt like they were so close, but it had to be ruined. "McGee, answer me!" She yells and bangs her fists on the ground the ground like a child trying to get attention. Rose felt close to tears and she had no way to prevent it. "Gwen! Rosaline!" She screams, but not even they answer her. Rose stands and faces the door. "Answer me!" She yells and kicks the door and it rattles the second floor. She presses her ear to the door as she hears pounding feet, but not the ones she wanted.

The door is thrown open and Maggie stands in the doorway. "What is your problem? Why are you crying?" She asked Rose, who furiously wipes her eyes with her sleeve. Rose felt like a baby for crying, but she couldn't help it. Maggie was going to ruin everything and McGee was nowhere to be found.

"Because I need to do this! I promised!" Rose wails and Maggie doesn't understand.

"Promsied who? You can't just bust holes in whatever you want." Maggie says and puts her hands on her hips.

"You never trust me. Can't you just assume I'm not gonna mess everything up? That I might know what I'm doing?" Rose asks her mom, but she knows the answer.

Maggie sighs and pushes the dark hair out of her face as she crosses her arms. "You do mess things up. You messed up the wall, you messed up your own face. You sabotage yourself, Rosanna, no one else." She says and Rose shakes her head.

"See, this is why I lived with dad. He actually listened to me. He cared about me and not what I do. He would understand. My friend needs me and you are being unreasonable." Rose says.

"Rosanna, I care about you." Maggie says to the dejected girl. Rose looked just like a younger Maggie, the two mirroring each other in appearance, but Rose got her personality and sensitivity from her father, John.

Maggie knew Rose hardly cried or showed actual emotions towards anything, so she didn't know how to approach the girl as Rose's tear stained face morphed from sad to blank in no time.

"No, you don't. Leave me alone." Rose says and Maggie slams the door on her way out, frustrated.

Rose sits on her bed and stares at the ground. She felt like she was letting McGee down, even if he was nowhere to be found.

Her head snaps up at the tapping on the window and she quickly walks over and struggels to open the window. After several minutes of Rose feeling completely weak, it slides open and she looks out.
"No offense, but you are not who I wanted at all." Rose says as she sees Cameron standing down there.

"Thanks, I guess," He says and chuckles. "Come down."

"I'm locked in." Rose says. "McGee left and I can't find him." She says.

"One at a time, why are you locked in?" He asks and Rose dives into the story of the wall, her mother losing her mind over it, and the disappearance of her friend.

"Okay... I can sorta make sense if that. You did turn into the Hulk in her wall." Cameron says and she scowls.

"Why are you here?" She asks him.

"I felt as if I needed to see you. I parked outside the gate in the road, I didn't know if I should have pulled into the driveway." He says and Rose thanks every divine force for the cliché of this predicament playing out in her favor.

"That's actually great. I need your help." She says and she goes back into her room and grabs shoes, two flashlights, and a jacket. "We are going grave robbing." She says and Cameron doesmt even flinch, he just agrees to her plan.