The Silhouette of a Girl

Chapter 21

     After I get her a small glass of water, I help sit her up and get her comfortable. "Rose, I am so, so sorry. I... I have no excuse for what I did, I treated you like crap and you still tried to help me, stuck by my side, even though I didn't deserve any of it." Cinderella said. I sit and listen to her until she feels slightly relieved and I start to respond. "Cinderella, I felt partially responsible for all of this, had I not caused the events giving you grief, you and I might've not been in this situation in the first place." I felt that I couldn't look at Cindy's face while I said all of this, since I felt so bad, but I looked at her when I finished my confession. What surprised me was the look of shock on her already-pale face. "Rose, that is so not the case... I was in the wrong crowd and I became extremely jealous. I was also getting anxiety to keeping up my reputation as getting with every popular guy in the school. I ... After some thought I found that I really didn't want to do this... Especially with Liam... We were so close back in middle school, he treated me right... I couldn't do that with him. The outcome of all of this was my fault, I acted irrationally and became stupid with jealousy. I am so, so sorry." Cindy told me with tears in her eyes.

     I heard the sincerity and raw emotion in her voice and decided to comfort her. Although I felt that all of this was probably my fault, I also understood that she had a major part to play in this. I felt her start to sob and cry a little bit, I continued to comfort her until she calmed down. By that point, Cindy felt too weak to stay awake, so I left for her to rest.

     As I walked down the white hospital halls, I let out a breathe that I hadn't known I was holding. I'm so glad that I got to make sure that she was okay, that she was healing well, and that she finally came out of her coma. It felt like the elephant that was sitting on my chest finally got up and walked away... Now I'm just holding the world up from school, testing, getting ready for college in another year, figuring out what I want to do with my life and finishing up my final childhood years strong. This was going to be so stressful. I have to keep my head held high and my friends by my side, then I can get through this so much easier. Who knows, maybe I'll find out what career I want to spend the rest of my life doing.

     After I finally got home by calling Killian to come back and get me, everyone asked me how Cindy was doing. I told them that she finally woke up, was still weak, and we were going to try to turn over a new leaf. Liam, who was worried after finding out that she woke up and hearing she wanted to talk to me, was borderline pale and had a lost look in his eyes. Even though he is completely mine and dedicated to me, she was his first everything and would always be somewhere in his heart. He looked relieved to hear the news, he felt almost as I had taken a ton of weight off of him. Everyone was glad that the only other person in that accident is also going to be okay, picturing that her eyesight was blurred from the stress of her senior year, something with her family, or she was simply blinded by the light for a moment too long and never blamed her for anything.

     It was then that Tootsie pulled me to the side and said, "Okay, what's the catch with her? I mean, I'm glad she's okay and all, but I still feel that she had malicious intent." I told her, "we both kind of felt it was our fault, and she heard everything that I told her while she was comatose. She really wants to be my friend, starting slow and get to know each other. I'm willing to give her a chance, I understand if you don't want to be around her and I won't force you to be around her. But on the other hand, I would really appreciate it if you gave her a chance with me..." Tootsie looked me in the eyes for a solid minute. It felt like five before she finally said, "alright. BUT I'm keeping my distance until I completely trust her, deal?" I agreed, happy that she would accept.

     I walked away and sat on the couch next to Liam comfortably. He grabbed me and held me close to him asking me if I was okay. I told him that I was, but a little bit tired from today's dramatic turn of events. He understood and picked me up bridal style. He told my family that he was going to put me to bed and then head out. I giggled at his antics, but I appreciated them. Once he finally put me under my covers, he reached for my laptop. He knows that I need music to help me fall asleep and put on a soft playlist of mine. It was then that Nicki Minaj's Come See About Me came on. He leaned over and kissed my temple, wishing me to have good dreams, turning off the light, and leaving my room for the night. I drifted off to a peaceful and dreamless sleep.