The Silence Between Us

Emotional Overload

Chapter 21:

"Boys, a word." I said in a hushed aggressive tone, trying my hardest to scare the living daylights out of the twins. I left Alex and Lucas in my room as I stepped outside. For some reason, I had a feeling that the twins forced Lucas to hang out with them and spy on us. Then again, Lucas did bet on Alex and I kissing, so maybe he wasn't as innocent in this as I thought.

I was still on an emotional roller coaster from that kiss. My mind was trying to process so many emotions at once that I couldn't keep up. First I was extremely happy, then I felt a surge of feelings towards Alex, then fear with the knocking on the door, then confusion, then straight anger. I still didn't quite know how to deal with it, but this seemed like the best option. Forget temporarily what just happened with Alex and focus on punishing the boys for spying on us. Yeah, that'll help me simplify the mixed emotions going round in my head.

They both grabbed my hands like they always did once we were a couple steps away from the door, but I wrenched them out of their grasps. It made me feel like a terrible person for doing that, but I had to, I had my reasons. For one, I was mad at them and the twins holding my hands was going to make that anger go away when I need to tell them what they did was wrong. The second reason is that I always thought I was more intimidating when I talked with my hands. It illustrated my emotions better.

"I cannot believe you two." I said, immediately thwacking them both of the head a little harder than usual. "You spied on us? What would possess you to do that? And making bets to see if we would kiss? Seriously?"

I shouldn't blame them, they're only kids looking for a source of entertainment. And yet they literally could've done anything else. Why did they have to spy on us when they knew they would get into trouble?

"We're sorry Louisa." One of them said. Now that I couldn't tell who was who based on them holding my hands, I didn't know who was saying what.

The other one piped up, "We just wanted to have some fun with Lucas. We didn't know that you would get so mad."

I exhaled dramatically. "Think about it this way," I pointed out, "If you wanted some privacy or didn't feel like being bombarded with people and then went into your room for personal space, would you want three other people to barge in? Not to mention those people were also listening to what you were doing in your room the whole time. Does that seem like fun for you?"

"No." One of the twins said hesitantly.

"Exactly." I stated. "You might not think about the other person's feelings in the situation because you just want to have fun, but that might mean that the other person feels really hurt about what you guys did and that you didn't think of her feelings first."

"We're so sorry, Louisa."

"Are you still really mad at us?"

I smiled. There was no way I could really stay mad at them forever. "No I'm not that mad at you guys. I just want you to think a little bit more first before you decide to disregard my privacy. Got it?"

I could hear the smile in his voice. "Of course, Louisa!"

"We'll be good next time, we promise!"

I ruffled their hair and could practically feel their smiles beaming up at me. "Go find Lucas and play. But find something else to do, alright?"

"Okay!"

"We will!"

And with that they took off, leaving me behind. I shook my head at them. Those two were definitely a handful, but I would be so lost without them. I needed them in my life to give me that precious joy that I used to never experience often.