White to Red

Furthering relationships (Part two)

"N-no," Dad shakes his head. "Your not Rowen, I don't have a daughter named Rowen..." He nervously mutters. "Yes, you do! You also have a son named Charlie. And a wife." I yell. "I don't have a son! And obviously, I have a beautiful wife." He stands up and I notice how frighteningly similar we look, he'd have to be crazy to doubt that I was his daughter. "You are not to be in this house." He points his trembling finger at me. "Out," I stand my ground angry that he would speak to me like I am a dog. "No, I want answers. And if I can't have answers I'll-"  he steps angrily towards me. "Your mom is a sad excuse for a woman! Can't keep her jobs, ugly, and-and" I lunge towards him but Ellery separates us before we knock each other's eyeballs out.

"Dad me and Rowen will go up to my room now." Ellery's voice shakes. "She should really go," Dad glares at me. "No, dad!" Ellery screams at the top of her lungs. "Why would you do this? Why would you ditch her? You could've at least had the decency to get a divorce! I am so ashamed and upset." He looks stunned. "Just go you two." He rubs his forehead. 

"I'm so sorry Rowen." Ellery gives me a sad smile. "Thanks for sticking up for me." She nods and then we sit in silence both thinking about how terribly this really had gone. 

I text Robin to tell her I want to be picked up early.

           Robin

Me: things didn't go great. I would love to be picked up early.

Robin: That Lil' twig! Imma be there in twentyish minutes and I'll beat that boy!

Me: Okay thank you. See you then.

I remember the first time I'd texted her I'd been shocked by how she texted, but now I'm used to it. She's kind of like that cool aunt. 

"I hate him!" Ellery screams into her pillow. I'd thought that I would be the one doing that and I'm alarmed at how mellow I am and how upset she is. I go over and rub her back not saying anything. "Why me? Why do I have to have a-a-a piece of work as a dad?" She sobs. "Life isn't fair Ellery." a spark of sisterhood shoots through us it's a weird sensation, the ball of jealousy drops and I finally realize how hard this is on Ellery too, I mean obviously I knew it'd be hard but she'd been keeping her cool for me. 

"Ellery I love you." She looks up from her pillow and wipes away her tears. "That's incest." She chuckles. "No-no not like that!" I grab a pillow and throw it at her. We then have a full out pillow fight and end up collapsed on the floor swiping laughter-tears from our eyes.

"Ellery! Rowen's mom is here to pick her up." Ellery's mom yells. "Okay, mom," Ellery responds and wipes away any remaining tears. 

Robin gives me a huge hug when we're outside. "He's a jerk okay? And I'll beat his butt one day." I chuckle a little and tell her it's okay.

"Rowen I'm sorry about your 'dad'" Diana tells me as we cuddle together on a bench. "He's a jerk why should I care? I and Ellery had our first pillow fight." I smile at the sweet memory. "You seem pretty okay with having a jerk for a dad." Diana laughs. "Yeah, I guess. At first, I wanted to rip him to shreds and cry into my pillow. But Ellery taught me sisterhood and I guess that makes up for it? Honestly, I don't know." Diana nods. "Deep," she chuckles. We then feed the ducks and make out on the bench because I mean who wouldn't want to make out on a bench with a beautiful girl? 

We continue it inside and end our date on a happy note.