Aria
lavender left a little while ago and i've just been sitting on her bed texting my ONE friend
as i'm sitting her door opens and some guy comes in the room
"hi" he says to me smiling
the way he's smiling scares me it seems nice but it also looks like how my step dad looked the first time i met him and well he's a monster
he comes over to me and i jump a little. i don't know why he's walking towards me and it's scary.. is he going to hurt me
"h-hi" i say shaking
"hi again. i'm daniel Lavenders uncle"
daniel... that's my step dads name i'm scared now
"hi"
"i think we've said that enough" he laughs "sorry i came in i didn't know you were in here. i normally come into Lavenders room to play guitar and get an escape from my job"
"oh sorry y-you can come in well obviously it is your house" i quickly get up and move to the furthest corner of the room
"its fine you didn't have to move i can just go in some other room"
"no no you can stay here.. i-i'll just be somewhere else"
"you don't have to leave... or even go over to some tiny corner" he laughs
"i just don't want to get in your way"
"oh well you weren't. plus her bed is huge. definitely fits two"
"yeah it does" i say looking down
i don't know why we're still talking or why he's still in here... what is he trying to do
"so come sit"
"umm no thank you i'm fine"
"am i making you uncomfortable or something? sorry i just realized you've been stuttering and not looking at me"
"no no you don't make me uncomfortable. i just- i'm awkward"
"well don't worry about it i'm very nice"
"yeah"
"so you sure you don't want to sit over here? i won't hurt you if you come close" he laughs
"that's what he always says" i whisper thinking about my step dad
"what was that?"
"nothing. i was just talking to myself"
"are you okay? who's he"
"no one! i-i don't know what i was saying i'm just being weird"
"are you sure. you know you can talk to me"
"we just met"
"i know but i like you you seem cool and just like me. we've both been very awkward today"
"it's nothing serious really you just were acting like someone i know"
"i see i see. well i also came up here to tell you that lavenders mom and her aunts want to talk to you"
"but i thought you came here to be by yourself"
"well yeah i was first going to find wherever you were and well i did"
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i'm now at the table with her mom and aunts and they're all staring at me making me look down
"so aria i've heard you bullied my daughter" her mom starts saying making me look up
"wh-what"
"yeah she told all of us how rude and mean you were to her on her first day. you know that's not very good" one of her aunts says
"it was only for a day or two... that's just how i am sorry"
"being mean to people isn't a good thing you know"
"i-i know. i'm sorry again. are you guys m-mad?"
"we're very protective over Lavender i mean she is the only child here and we just want her to be around nice people" her other aunt says
"i understand. but i'm not mean to her anymore i actually try to be nice to her. but i get what you guys are saying and i'm sorry i've been mean to her. i totally get it if this was your way of saying you want me to leave. i-i'll go right now and pack my stuff to leave" i say starting to stand up
"hey sit down you don't need to leave we just wanted to talk to you. plus i know what's going on at home"
"y-you do! oh no lavender told you that! this isn't good! please don't tell the police! please don't let him get in trouble! please please it won't be good for me please don't!"
"woah aria what are you talking about. lavender has just said how the kids aren't nice to you"
"oh... right um sorry"
"is everything okay at that house... i mean besides the kids. does someone hurt you"
"NO! no one hurts me no one hurts me at all! my life is perfect there! they're all super nice to me and my step dad doesn't do a thing wrong to me. it's just the kids! yeah just the kids they're young so it's normal it's nothing bad! you know what now that i think of it i can stay in that house while my mom is gone it's just the kids of course!" i say quickly and everyone looks at each other
"no! you can stay here we like you here trust me"
"but i was mean to your daughter i mean you have to hate me"
"i don't hate anyone. clearly if Lavender offered you to stay she doesn't mind you. you seem like a very nice girl so don't worry about it"
"are you sure?"
"mhm very sure"
