Socially Awkward

Chapter 26:

Rosie has a bathroom in her room. She stays in there for hours and hours. Sometimes, longer than I stay in my own room which says a lot.

And today, when I push the door open instead of walking away, I understand why.

"Rosie?"

She faces me, tears running down her face, and drops to the floor.

I crouch down next to her and wrap my arms around her.

She sobs into my chest.

"Rosie, talk to me. What's going on?" I force her to look at me. "Tell me."

"It's stupid. I'm stupid." She continues to cry.

"C'mon, I'm in no place to judge. Now tell me what's wrong."

She wipes her tears and takes a deep breath. "It's Dylan. I liked him. Everyone knew I liked him. They played truth or dare and Megan dared him to kiss Katie. She actually kissed him right in front of me!"

"There was kissing?! What the hell? I really should've been supervising." I scold myself.

Rosie just stares at me as if she's waiting for me to finish.

"Sorry." I apologize with a sheepish smile.

"There's more to it though." Rosie complains.

"Well, tell me."

She sighs, "When it was his turn, he chose truth and of course Katie asked him who he liked."

I shake my head, I think I know where this is going, "And he said-"

"You." She cuts me off.

Well I wasn't expecting that. I thought he was going to say Katie.

"Well, on the bright side, I'll never return his feelings." I try to cheer her up, but she doesn't so much as crack a smile.

"Why do I feel like this?"

"If I knew a single thing about feelings and relationships, I'd have a boyfriend." I remind her.

"At least James likes you." She mumbles.

I reminisce on whatever James and I ever were and honestly, I kind of miss it. Maybe I should've given him a chance. Maybe he was right that time when he told me I have to let my walls down.

"And one day you'll meet a great guy who's even cuter and smarter and just overall better than Dylan." I assure her. "He was cute but eh there's better."

She laughs and I smile at the fact that I've broken through her sadness.

"So here's what we're going to do." I begin. "We're going to get off the bathroom floor. We're going to rid of our frowns and replace them with smiles and we're going to move on."

"I don't know Luna. I'm still pretty upset and I think I'll be that way for a while." She admits.

I crack a smile at her.

It's like I'm hearing my thoughts being said aloud. "Yeah, but the amazing thing about being human is that-as corny as it sounds-it's okay to not be okay."

"You're right." She agrees.

I proudly smile at my words of wisdom.

"That was really corny." She says before bursting into laughter.

I narrow my eyes at her, "Gee thanks."

Before I know it, Rosie stands to her feet, wipes her eyes, and forces a smile onto her face.

I stand up as well and we exit the bathroom.

Just before I leave her room, Rosie stops me.

"Thanks Luna...for everything." She hugs me one last time before I leave.

It's funny how close I've grown to be with her in just one day. In my head, Rosie was always that little girl without a care in the world or a single thought in her head. Now I'm realizing that she has actual problems and feelings and thoughts just like me. The more that I realize that, the more of myself I see in her.

I originally saw today as a joke, but I know for sure that I'll remember this day forever.