Beautifully Flawed

"uhh.....I don't know"

"Hello......Jeff?..watsup"

"Hey well Mira wanted to know why you didn't show up for lunch earlier today"

"Oh.....well in that case you will not believe what happened"

"Rhea what the hell did you do this time!?"

"Is Mira with you"

"hold on let me get her" I heard him call out to her

"Okay put the phone on speaker"

"done" I told them everything that happened and like every other time they overreacted

"omg!!!!Rhea you're my hero...I mean you just freaking saved the world!"

"Mira. ......have you been smoking again?"

"Noo. ..but seriously that was very nice of you"

"I guess"

"but I hope you know you practically have all the populars coming after you now"Jeff says with a worried tone of voice and I sigh...because I know he is right

"yes I know....and I think I can take them all.....I've been through worse in my life than just facing a bunch of rich spoilt assholes okay?"

"You know you are sooo badass it's unhealthy right?"

"Whatever" I say while laughing
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I'm busy making pasta for dinner when there is a knock on my door and when I open the door what I see really suprises me

"uhhh.......Mira what's wrong " I opened the door to see a crying and very drunk Mira

"leave me alone *hiccup* I just w-wanna cryyyy"I help her inside

"you can't just show up at my place like this and tell me to leave you alone"

"*hiccup*I'm sorry I'll leave" she  starts to walk towards the door but I stop her

"Mira I'm sorry okay....come with me" I take her to the guest room and place her on the bed gently then I get a glass of water and aspirin and place them on her side table because I know she's going to need it

"Rhea....?"

"Yeah?"

"Do......d-do you *hiccup* believe in true lovee?"

"Umh......I don't know ;but I do believe people are capable of loving and caring I just don't know if I believe in true love itself" i look at her and see that her eyes are getting heavy

"y-you know what Rhea?.......I don't believe in love no one in this world knows how to love.....and t-that's w-why people do what they do....everything I've believed in and everything I was taught all my life has been nothing but a damned lie!" She starts yelling profanities and crying and to be very honest....

I.do.not.know.what.to.do

"shhhh....Mira calmn down okay"

"My dad is bad...very very bad" she says while sobbing in my arms

"you know what Miranda I want you to go to bed so we can talk tomorrow okay"

"noooooo"she whines like a baby

"I don't w-wanna go to bed what if tomorrow is also a lie....w-what if I'm dr-dreaming"now I'm getting a headache ;I force her into a sleeping posture and cover her with the softest and comfiest blanket I could find after about thirty minutes of whining and arguing she FINALLY falls asleep and that's when I realise tomorrow is Friday

"we are so skipping school".
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"Uugh....fuck my life!"I hear Mira yell on her way to the kitchen

"Amen to that " she laughs lightly and sits on the kitchen island

"I've got pancakes ready for you..."

"thanks Rhea you're the best"

"so where is Jeff "

"uhhh.....I don't know " she says with her head down and with that I stop what I'm doing and look at her

"what do you mean by you don't know Mira.....what happened?"

"My family is falling apart that's what happened and it turns out my 'twin brother' knew about it all this while and didn't bother to tell me aaaand my dad is a supposed criminal who killed a woman a couple of years ago and two a few months back!"to say I'm shocked or suprised right now will the understatement of the year

"w-what do you mean by your family is falling apart?"

"My mum and dad have been thinking of getting a divorce"

"and do you know why?"

"Well it's the same damn reason as always there's no more 'love' "

"I'm so sorry "

"don't be "

"and how do you know about your dad supposedly being a killer?"

"Well...after we spoke with you on the phone yesterday the police visited our house yesterday to arrest my dad saying that he killed a woman four years ago and killed two other women about three months ago "

"aaand did they arrest him?"

"Nope he was at work and I'm pretty sure he's on the run now"

"do you really think he did it?"

"Well I don't want to think that but why else will he be on the run...plus when we called him to tell him to come to the house all he did was cry and apologize then he hung up.......you know? he's always had a bad temper but never in my wildest dreams did I think my own father will be capable of killing" I walk up to her and pull her into a comforting bear hug

"listen Mira I know you're going through a lot right now so I'm not going to tell you to forgive Jeff but I'm going to ask you to at least consider it.....he's your brother and best friend and practically the only one that can give you the comfort you desire right now...... .......I beg you Mira don't loose him at least hear him out ...he was probably trying to protect you and as for you not believing in life and love i want you to know that we should never judge life based on the problems or situations we face despite everything that's happening trust me.....I know it's hard but I want you to know that I'll always be here for you because I care about you and even if you don't believe it Jeff does too" she pulls away from the hug and wipes away a stray tear

"Rhea .......I really can't thank you enough right now you're amazing........and uhh can I use your phone"

"sure. ....and there's no need to thank me"