Robert Irwin & I

Deep depression and Tara's comeback

Before reading, notice that Rosa is talking English with her family, friends etc, because Chief called, and said it's too hard translating back and forth in danish... That's it. Enjoy fellas!

__

"Rosa, come out of your room, and eat some food!" her mom roared, outside the bedroom door. Rosa hadn't eaten in two days since coming home, which was shocking for both herself and her family.

"No way in hell, mom!" Rosa shouted back. She had been sitting in her bed, for the past 48 hours. Screaming, crying, sobbing, throwing things at the wall. Sometimes, she'd checked social media. On Twitter, Robert posted tweets like: "the hardest thing about knowing you don't love me, is that you spent so much time pretending you did," and Rosa couldn't stop but feeling like, his tweets were regarding towards her.

Terri also posted a variety of tweets like: "people don't change. They reveal who they really are." Bindi was totally silent on social media, which was a rare, and very scary, sight.

Rosa felt empty. It was crazy to think that just a little while ago, she had had everything. Surrounded by people and animals who loved and cherished her. She had been happy, content. Totally oblivious to what would happen soon.

Now all that was far gone, and even though she still felt hatred towards her mother, she realized, that fundamentally, this was all her fault. Lies upon lies had build up, and it had worked for a while. But the truth eventually come out, and now she was at rock bottom, and didn't know how to fix it.

A soft knock on her door, snapped Rosa out of her thoughts. "I don't want food for the 36th time, mom!"Rosa shouted. "It's me," a familiar voice said. In the door, came Tara. Her old best friend.

"What are you doing here?" Rosa asked, embarrassed. "I've heard what happened," Tara said, and played with her fingers, obviously nervous. Months prior, they had been so comfortable with each other. The bestest of friends. Another thing, Rosa had ruined.

"Yeah," Rosa answered, not knowing what to say. Why was Tara even here?

Suddenly, Tara tucked a piece of hair behind her right ear, and Rosa gasped. Two dangling earrings came in sight. "Tara, I thought your parents didn't allow you, to get another piercing!?" She half shouted. Tara laughed: "well, anything's possible if you really want it," she said.

"What do you mean?" Rosa didn't understand.

"Listen Rosa, you have wanted to go to Australia for so long, but instead of being honest about it to your parents, you kept it behind your back, thinking you could handle everything yourself," Tara began.

Rosa looked down. Honestly, feeling kind of bullied.

"See, the same thing kind of happened with me and my earrings. I wanted them so badly, and I kept thinking, I could handle everything. I tried piercing them myself, and my parents got so mad!"

"I realized, that if I apologized for my childish behavior, and was really honest about wanting piercings to my parents, explaining them the pros and cons, they would maybe agree to it. And they finally did," she finished.

Rosa scrunched her eyebrows: "I'm not sure I get what you're trying to say," she said.

"Honestly same, but my message is, that growing up means being honest about what you want, need, feel and are. Do you want to live in Australia, work at Australia Zoo, and get to know Robert Irwin?" Tara asked.

"Yes?" Rosa answered. "I mean, I already got all those things, before my lie ruined it all."

"Apologies don't mean anything, if you keep doing what you're sorry for. An apology can transform the clumsiest moments into a gracious gift. Go get it all back, girl!" Tara poetically spoke, and upon that, she walked out the door and left.

Rosa took a deep breath. Crikey, Tara really was a handful, that crazy bitch, but for once she was kind of right. Rosa knew she had to apologize, and own up for her mistake, and she also knew exactly how.

Flash mob.