1-800-ILOVEYOU

part three

OKAY, I JUST WANNA START THIS CHAPTER OFF BY SAYING THAT I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY THERE'S A BLANK CHAPTER, IM SO SORRY, HAVE A NICE DAY LMAO
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       "Pearlll~" Marina called as she rubbed my shoulder. "G-go away Marina, it's like, 7 in the morning, dude." I replied hazily. She kept bugging me until I woke up. I got up and went to the bathroom. "Oh fuck, I forgot to take off my makeup last night.", I thought. I was so distracted by what happened last night that I never took off my makeup. I didn't even brush my teeth, gross dude. My makeup was smuged all over my face, not really sure how, probably from turning around last night? God knows. I brushed my teeth and went back into my room to see marina sitting on my bed.
       "H-hey, pearl, I just had a cool idea-- w-well I guess it's not that cool..but.. like who knows I just thought it was cool---"
"Hey, you don't have to overthink so much when you're around me, if you think it's cool then I probably think it's cool, too man!"
What the fuck am I saying?!? Obviously I'm going to think it's cool, everything she does is fuckin' cool!
"Oh..well, I was thinking, now that we're such good friends, like, uh best friends?? Yeah, we could come up with nicknames for each other, like I thought that Pearlie--"
"WHAT????!?!" I shrieked so loud people downstairs could probably hear me. I felt so unbelievably bad that I interrupted her, but NO ONE, AND I MEAN, NO ONE. NOT A SINGLE SOUL, HAS CALLED ME PEARLIE SINCE MOM WAS AROUND.
"Oh fuck, Marina--"
"N-no, you're fine...I'm sorry.."
"It's not your fault..it's just.." I sighed. "It's just the name. Have I ever told you about my mom?"
"N-no?"
Basically, ever since I was born, she hated me. She thought I was gonna be a boy. She thought she was gonna have another amazing baby boy. But I was a girl. And, uh, she used to scream at me when I got something wrong, or did something wrong by accident. She even..she even poured boiling water on me once." I paused. "She poured boiling hot water on my back. And that's when her and my dad split up. She only liked him for the money." I paused again. This time for a few seconds. "She would call me Pearlie whenever she was gonna do something shitty to me."
Marina sat there, horrified. Her jaw was so low, I was low-key convinced she dislocated it.
"P-pearl, I'm so sorry--"
"No. Don't be sorry it's not your fault. And you know what? That's the past. Lets forget about it, okay? You can even call me that name."
".."
"And I'll call you 'Rina! How's that sound?"
"......"
"Hey, I told you we were all cool now, what's wrong, 'Rina? You not like the name?"
"It's just that.."