The Girl Who Had Only One Dress. (herophine)

29. "Did you just google how to have sex?"

When I woke up then next day, I realized I had just gotten my period.

Huh. I knew I wasn't that weak.

Angela called me after a while so I ran down the kitchen and sat to the table without a word to anyone. I could feel eyes on me but I ignored everything.

"So, your mom and I were talking about some things and we decided we are not spending much family time together" George said after a long time of silence.

Mercy, Hero and I stopped chewing and looked at him.

"Since it's summer" Martha continued. "We decided to go to a little family trip on the beach"

"Mom-" Mercy tried to talk her out of it but non of the parents was having it.

"It'll be Josephine's first trip with us. We have to make it special. We are all going"

Mercy grunted but shut up. 

"Well, can we bring any friends?" Hero asked a minute later.

I rolled my eyes. "Do you want to invite your girlfriend?" I narrowed my eyes at him.

He seemed hurt by my accusation. 

"Jo..."

"You got a girlfriend?" his mom asked.

"Yup. And a great one" I answered with a fake smile for him. "In fact she's so great she kissed her best friend's boyfriend and let her best friend with her abusive parents even though she could help"

Everybody seemed speechless by my outburst.

"And guess what? The boyfriend did nothing" I spit out at him and immediately stood up from the table. I usually wasn't the type to start a fight in the table or in front of the parents. But I guess my hormones were all over the place and it wasn't helping.

"What else did you want me to do, Jo?" Hero yelled behind me making me stop on my tracks. "I flew to fucking Australia to get you. I fucking flew 22 fucking hours to save you and bring you home"

I turned my body so I could look at him and crossed my arms. "22 hours? Wow it must have been tough in first class" 

"What else do you want me to do? I'm so fucking tired"

I pressed my lips together. "Maybe not cheat on me the next time? That sounds good to you?"

I knew I promised George we wouldn't talk about that stuff in front of him but I wasn't having it.

Hero groaned. "It was just a kiss"

"A kiss with my best friend. Who didn't let me talk to you while I was having the worst time of my life. Did you ever confront her for that? Did you?"

I suddenly felt emotional, like I wanted to cry. I looked at Hero straight in the eye.

"While you were kissing her I was getting beaten up"

He stayed silent after that.

Then I looked at Martha. "I can't come to the trip. I'm on my period" I said and left and as I was walking out of the room I heard George matter "Well, that explains it"

I ended up going to the trip anyway, deciding I just wasn't going to swim. In the car Mercy sat in the middle of the backseat between me and Hero. I wasn't in the mood to be next to him anyway. It was enough that we were breathing the same air. 

When we reached the beach, Martha and George tried to cheer us up and make us excited about it but none of us seemed to be in the mood. We found a cool spot under an umbrella and put our chairs and stuff there. The beach wasn't too crowded but it still had a lot of people.