Don't Tell

You mean it?

Lia sat at the table. She twirled her fork around and held Alex's hand under the table with one hand.
    "Love please eat something." Alex whispered.
    Lia shot her a dark look. "Alex don't pester me about it."
     "Is there a problem?" Her father asked. He had a heavy look.
     Alex straightened. "Nope."
    Lia took a small bite and Alex saw her grimace darkly.
     Laura looked at her. "How do you stay so thin? You have to tell me your secret."
    Lia looked at Alex.
  Alex shrugged. "She's always like this."
     Liam kicked Alex under the table. "Hey dork wanna let me show your girl around after supper? You can catch up with the rest of the family?"
     "Do you want to?" Lia asked her.
   Lia shrugged. "Sure. I'm almost done eating."
  "You've barely touched your food." Christa said. "Does it taste bad?"
"No! It taste wonderful. I'm not very hungry that's all." Lia said.
"I'll bag it up for you then and when you two leave I'm a few days you can have that for the road." She said.
"Thank you." Lia said softly.
Alex squeezed her hand.
"Alex why are you here?" Her father asked.
"You're sick. I want to-"
"I kicked you out. You're a disgrace to the family and a little slut at that. Does your girlfriend know that?" He asked.
Lia stood up. "Liam how about that tour?"
Alex looked at her mother. "I'll go start dishes."

Liam stopped Lia at a lake on their property. "So why are you with my sister?"
Lia smiled. "She took me in when I needed her. And I guess I fell for her-" Liam cut her off by crashing his lips onto hers. She was shocked and froze.
"Hey! Man get off!" She heard a familiar voice say.
He got off of her. Lia felt anger this time and slapped him hard across the face. "You asshole!" She yelled.
Alex walked over. "What the hell man?!"
"She kissed me first!" He said.
Alex looked at Lia. "Did you?"
Lia shook her head. "He asked why I am with you and I was explaining and he kissed me! Honest Alex!"
Alex looked at her brother. She gripped her fists tightly. "Stay the hell away from her." She snapped and Grabbed Lia's hand. She walked her to the house and slammed the door behind her. "We're going home." She announced.
"Great!" She heard Alex father say.
"Alex you just got here." Her mother said walking over.
"Yah and I haven't even talked with little Parrilla yet!" Laura said.
"She didn't even finish the tour with your bother." Christa said.
"Oh yes I have." Lia said. "And the next time his needy lips touch me in any way I'm going to rip them off and feed them to wild animals." She snapped.
"What are you talking about? He didn't try to- did he?" Christa asked. "He wouldn't."
"He did." Lia said softly. She suddenly felt embarrassed.
She looked at the door as Liam walked in. He smirked at Lia. "Want some more?"
Lia grabbed Alex wrist tightly.
He walked closer. "Come on. Be the little whore the world tells you to be." He said. "All those comments. About you being a slut? A whore? A bitch? Why not live up to them. I'll start. You ugly, whore. You can be my ugly whore."
Alex slammed her fist into his jaw.
Her father slammed him against the wall. "I thought I taught you to treat women with respect." He snapped.
"She's a dike, a faggot. Like Alex." He said.
Her father slapped him. "Don't you speak of your sister like that."
Alex looked at Christa who was just as confused as her.
He pulled away. "Alex I'm sorry. I shouldn't have treated you the way I did. I realized that when they diagnosed me with Stage four cancer. I realized I didn't have long. And I didn't want to die without you knowing I was sorry."
Alex looked at her father. "You mean it?"
He nodded. "I do."