No, love.

Crushed da crush

It's the day before the first day of school. The town decided to have a "last day of summer" party. I don't get it; it's not actually the end of summer, just the beginning of school. I came anyway. I wanted to see my family and Blaire wanted me to come. "EEEEEEE!!" Then I see bobbing blonde hair running towards me. Under that hair sits a sparkling pair of blue eyes; now filled with excitement. Clarissa. The 5 year old leaps into my arms. She holds me tight. I love seeing her like this, not with the sadness that sometimes dulls those blue eyes. I wish life wasn't so hard on her; why in the hell did life decide to pick on this innocent little girl? She was short, even for her age. She was frail, sensitive, loving, beautiful. I hated seeing that sadness in those eyes. I wanted to take the pain away.

Face painting, games, running, and did I mention lots of games? It was finally starting to get dark. Here comes the concert. We were in lawn chair all over the park. Blaire sat on my right side. Clarissa was sitting in my lap with her legs around me and sticking out of the chair and her head on my shoulder, fast asleep.

"Marie?" I heard my mom call from the living room. I flail my arms and throw my head back.

"Whhhaaaa?!" I call.

"Can... can you please come here?" I sigh before rolling out of bed.

"What's up?" She looks concerned...

"Something happened at your grandma's house... your dad just went over there-"

I force the memory away with a slight shudder.

"Don't... dont... don't hurt me..." I wake up to find Clarissa whimpering in her sleep, again. I pull her close, then I hum. It's the song that the toy I had when I was little sang to me. "I'm sorry" i mumble. I know she can't hear me. "I'm sorry that your dad made them mad. I'm sorry they hurt your mom. I'm sorry you saw that..."

I pull Clarissa closer to me as I push the memory completely out of my mind this time. "Look who it is..." Blaire whispers to me. There stands Leo. Oh no. I didn't want to see him till school. Crap. Crap. Cra-

"Hey, Marie! Who is this cutie?" He asks smiling at clarrie in my lap.

"This is my cousin; Clarissa, although most people call her Claire of clarrie" I stop myself before I start to ramble.

"It's very nice to meet you, even if you're not awake enough to know you're meeting me" I give a brief laugh. "And you; you're Blaire, right?" She smiles that winning smile and I feel stomach clench. No... this one was suppose to be mine...

"Yes, but I guess you learned that from my wonderful friend here, isn't she wonderful?" I look wide eyed at her. She not only letting me have this one, she's helping me get him?

"She is, she's very wonderful" he smiles at me. For a minute, I think I believe him.

"Aunt piper?" I turn away from them "I want to go get something to drink, could you take clarrie?"

"I'll walk with you" Leo says after I have clarrie off to Aunt piper. He seems to be reaching for my hand, I don't try to look, but I do... I'm so nervo- then I feel myself falling, Leo's hand releases from mine as he grabs me and I land pretty well on top of him. "Are you okay? Come here" he ushers me back to my seat. I'm still too shocked to talk.

"Honey," Blaire whispers in my ear " you just crushed da crush"

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-Katie