Becoming Mary Jane

Chapter 7

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 "Do I get a kiss now?" Peter asks me every time we finish watching our favorite movie, 'Enchanted'.

 "Hmm, I don't know bugboy!" I smirk.

 Peter pouts with his adorable big brown doe eyes. You can't resist!

 "Alright fine, but first, let me take a selfie!" I say laughing slightly.

 We take a whole bunch of selfies. Some are nice ones but the majority of them are goofy. We take a few kissing ones too.

 After we finish, we look through all of the selfies we've taken, laughing at most of them. I love it when we do this! It's always fun having alone time with him.

 "So, you still want that kiss?" I ask.

 "Don't I ever?" He asks back leaning in and pressing his lips on mine. Then he pulls away and says, "You're my princess, Gwen, and you'll always be my true love."

 "I guess we're 'The Princess and The Bugboy'," I say smiling.

 With that, Peter smiles and kisses me again. We keep kissing which feels like forever until....

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 I wake up to the sound of knocking ony my door. I sit up groaning. The last thing I want right now is to socialize with anyone here.

 "What do you want?!" I yell.

 "I just wanted to bring your breakfast," the voice at the door says.

 "Well I'm not hungry. Go away!"

 "Miss Stacy, you need to eat," the voice persists.

 "I need to sleep!" I say back.

 "It's almost 11am."

 I look over at the clock on my nightstand. Wow, it really is almost 11. It's 10:45am to be exact. I still don't want to do anything right now but sleep, even though it's late. Obviously she's not going to leave until I answer the door, so to be polite, I get out of my bed and walk over to the door; unlocking it and then opening it.

 "Hi," she says. It's the same girl who brought me dinner yesterday. She has blue eyes and brown hair that's cliped in a bun, and dressed in a simple black T-Shirt and jeans with combat boots. I glance down for a second seeing that she brought me an omelet with bacon on the side and orange juice to drink.

 "Hey," I say taking the tray and putting it on a table. "Thanks for the breakfast."

 "Of course!" she smiles. "So is everything okay? I stopped by earlier to give you the food, but you didn't answer. I assumed you were just sleeping so I decided to come back later. Do you need anything?"

 "No, thank you!"

 "You sure?"

 "Yes, I'm positive."

 "Are you okay?" she asks me again.

 "I'm perfect!" I say sarcastically. "I'm being kept away from my boyfriend, my family, and friends, and they all think I'm dead. But yes, I'm okay!" Before I know it, I'm weeping again. I don't want her to watch me cry, so I say, "Please just go!"

 To my suprise, she hugs me. I don't know why, but I hug her back and just continue crying on her shoulder. Why is she acting like this?

 "I know it's not okay," she eventually says. "I don't agree with this at all! But you can't just sleep all day. You have to eat. You need to live your life."

 "I have no life here!"

 "Well I'll give you one. Look, how about after you eat your breakfast, we can go shopping and buy you some new clothes."

 "I can't. Nick said I can't leave the building for two weeks since I tried to sneak out and for talking back constantly." 

 "Okay then I'll just go on my own. What store do you shop at?"

 "Different stores."

 "Well which stores do you want me to check?"

 "I don't care. Suprise me!"

 "Fine. But do me a favor, and please eat this time."

 Wow, does she really care about me that much? I mean if she's going to buy me clothes I guess it's the least I could do.

 I sigh. "Okay then."

 "Good," she smiles again. "By the way, my name is Lily Waters, but please, call me Lily."

 I look at her, trying not to laugh. Is that really her name?

 "Yes, it's really my name," she answers my mental question. "Go ahead. Laugh."

 "No, it's actually pretty," I assure her. 

 "Thank you!"

 "You're welcome."

 "Well I'll see you later!" Lily tells me.

 "See ya!" I say.

 Just as she turns to walk away, I add, "Oh and by the way, please call me Gwen. Being called Miss Stacy reminds me of..."

 "Yeah, I know," she interrupts. "I don't blame you!" And with that, she leaves me by myself at the doorway. 

 I smile slightly and shut the door. Perhaps I can have a friend here!