The Roads To Paris

15

Warning: This is a bit of a filler chapter
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Heaven walks through the door, not paying any attention to either of us.

" Where have you been!!?" I yell at her relieved that she's back but pissed at her for scaring the crap out of me.

" Out." she says sounding very exhausted

" Can the both of you explain why the hell you were fighting? You're supposed to be sisters for God's sake."
Maeve says mothering us.

" You can ask her." Heaven says putting me on the spot

" How bad was it? Is it something a little talking wouldn't fix?" London asks

" That's not what's important right now." I say trying to delay telling Maeve and London what happened

" What's important is.......where have you been since Heaven?? You had me completely worried!! I thought something bad had happened to you."

" Why were you worried?"
Heaven's question catches me off guard

" Of course I'd be worried..... I care about you."

Why wouldn't I be worried about her? She's my sister and at the end of the day I'll still always care about her, no matter how much we fight.

" Wait, wait, wait, holdup just one second...... So you can actually stand here and say with all this confidence that you care about me?? Listen to yourself, just listen to yourself and then compare it to everything you've done so far........You're really doing a good job of proving how much you care about me, sis."
She says sis like it's meant to be an insult. And it kind of feels like one.
She does have a point.
I may not know the full story behind her anger but I do know that if I really care about her as I said, I wouldn't have gone and kissed her best friend.

" I'm not ready for any arguments right now. If you say you care about me, thanks for the care. I just don't need you bothering me anymore."

She stomps up the stairs to the room and shuts the door.

" I'm so confused." London says rubbing her forehead in exhaustion

" I'm as confused as you are." I admit
" Ok, well maybe not that confused, but I'm still confused..... Not about this, it's about something completely unrelated........ I mean it's related but.......... I'll stop talking now."

I am confused though.
I know Heaven's not really saying the full reason she's pissed at me.

" So that's where you're seriously going to leave it at? You guys won't even fight it out until you make up again?" Maeve asks me

I walk up the stairs with London and Maeve at my heels.

" You said we were going to talk." I remind her

" We did. What else is there to talk about?"

" Are you serious?? We haven't even said anything!"

She laughs a little.
" What's there to talk about??? You kissed my best friend and I told you I'm ok. Why bother anymore?"

I now realize that both London and Maeve now know the reason behind the fight. I turn away from them and stand in front of Heaven's bed.

" Because I know it's not ok. Please, just talk to me..."

I'm trying to penetrate her walls. I didn't know what having a sibling felt like before so these parts are new to me.

" Heaven you didn't tell her." Maeve asks

" Tell her what?? Tell me what??" I ask frantically

This shit sounds more serious than I thought

" She's been our friend for months now. I think we all have something to tell her. We can't keep secrets from her if she's going to be our friend." London imputes

" What do we have to do with any of this?? Why can't it just be between Heaven, Jesse and her??" Maeve asks suddenly defensive

" Would you like it if we had things hidden from you?? Wouldn't you feel like we didn't trust you enough to tell you?? Aren't friends supposed to tell each other stuff??" London questions her

" Guys........... I don't think this is the right time." Heaven says from her place on the bed

" When will it ever be the right time??"

I look between the three friends and realize I'm a stranger here. I'm sort of the outsider.

" What are you guys keeping from me?? I want to know what's going on. I feel like such a stranger here." I pipe up, agreeing with London's idea

" Besides if she understood why you were so devastated by the idea of her kissing Jesse then maybe she'll know how to start on her apology. It's not fair to her that you won't even tell her exactly why you're angry." London adds

" Everybody has to be here though. It can't be just the three of us. Everybody has to share a piece of themself with her." Maeve bargains

" Of course." she responds to Maeve and turns to me
" Consider this you initiation."

" Wait, you guys are a cult??"
There's no way I've been fraternizing with a cult. Those guys are dangerous

" No silly." Heaven says rolling her eyes at me

I'm glad it has a playful undertone to it. At least her anger has been subdued.

" Ok. I'll call the guys to come over. This is going to be a longggg night." Maeve says getting out her phone

" I thought you travelled for the weekend London? I forgot to ask yesterday." Heaven says breaking the silence

" I travelled on Friday and came back Sunday in the morning. Then Maeve called to say they were coming to your place and I had nothing better to do, so I came."

I was too preoccupied with myself to even bother to ask. I guess I'm just as self-centered as Heaven said.
I don't voice out my thoughts to anyone cause I don't want to start something, so I butcher myself in my mind.

" They're on their way. I had to lie that it was an emergency though. Most of them were unwilling to come." Maeve says getting back from her phone call

" It is an emergency right?" I ask aloud " Cause there's a lot involved here. So it's sort of like an emergency."

They all nod in agreement and we head downstairs to wait for the party.

I'm nervous as to what I'm about to hear, and I'm sure no amount of preparation would get me ready for the next few hours.
I say a silent prayer in my head, for strength and for understanding.
Because I was going to need a lot of that.