SAVE ME

Ch#49 Barbie is Pretty

Ch#49 Barbie is pretty

"Oh my goodness! Alana!! Who let you into the kitchen!", Yohan yelled at the top of his lungs while I was coughing out smoke. He rushed to open the kitchen windows and switched on the exhaust fan. He then grabbed the burnt cake from my hand and placed it on the kitchen counter.

"I did exactly as what was written! Don't scold me! Scold that recipe! How could this burn?", I pondered.

"If you keep two hours instead of twenty minutes and forget about it while playing computer games, THEN THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN!", he shrieked.

"Okay, okay, fine. I admit I forgot about it while playing games. But it's not my fault either! I was going to play only one round. Ellis challenged me that I'll never be able to defeat him in Mario Kart. And I couldn't decline the challenge!", I grumbled.

"And just why in the world couldn't you decline?", he asked while I shot him the 'are-you-serious-bro' look with my mouth ajar.

"He would call me a wussy then!", I whined to which he rolled his eyes and face-palmed himself. He turned around to clean the mess while mumbling, "I'm the stupid one asking logical questions to an illogical elementary kid."

I stood there for a minute or so waiting for his nagging to continue. When I noticed that he stopped, I slowly tried to run away from the cleaning duty. I turned around to leave stealthily but my clumsiness got me caught. As I was about to leave the kitchen, I kicked onto the pan lying on the floor.

"Where do you think you're leaving, Daddy's little Princess", he growled. I sighed and bent to pick up the pan.

"Oh, I'm not leaving. Just wondering how did this pan reach the floor", I smiled at him awkwardly trying to prove my innocence.

"If you keep throwing stuffs at Ellis every time he calls you ugly, then not just the pan, even this gas stove would be on the floor", he shook his head. I then stopped grumbling and helped him in cleaning the mess that I created in his mother's kitchen.

We were at Yohan's place, chilling our lives in his parents' absence. Yohan had mend his relationship with his parents and Beth was living happily with her new family. While Ellis, he was still grumpy about how his dad forgot his birthday. And me? I am living each day of my life as if it's my last day. I was finally living my dream, playing and having fun with my friends. We have finally found true happiness.

"Guys, ditch the kitchen. I'm ordering pizza", Beth yelled to let us know. We quickly cleaned up the remaining mess and joined Ellis and Beth.

"So how many times did you kick-ass his butt?", I asked Beth as I grabbed the popcorn from Ellis while he grunted in response.

"Oh, I forgot the count", she replied being all horty.

"Oh, please. I can't watch a grown up crying over losing in Mario Kart. So I let her win", he shrugged.

"Yeah, yeah. You did", three of us replied in unison.

"Believe me! I lost in purpose", he repeated.

"Okay, Elly. We believe you", I replied to him uninterested.

"Do not call me Elly!", he whined while we ignored him waiting for our pizza. Soon enough, the pizza arrived and we devoured onto it.

"This is the love of my life", I purred as I gobbled the pizza.

"Hey, ugly. Stop shoving it down your throat. You're making me lose my appetite", Ellis gave a snort of disgust while I continued to stuff my face with pizza to annoy him more.

"Alana, I want to see your old self, the beautiful you", Yohan blurted while I coughed out the half chewed pizza onto Ellis.

"Yuck! ALANA!", he yelled.

"What did you say?", I asked Yohan to repeat himself. Did he really ask me to show my older self?

"Whatever you heard", he shrugged.

"I didn't hear you", I uttered while he sighed.

"Alana, I want to see you wearing those beautiful clothes, with your hair styled up and with makeup on", he explained as he let down his pizza. About two seconds later, I started laughing like a mad woman. I found it funny how he wanted to see my old self. Why? I don't know.

"Alana, I'm serious", he expressed. I calmed myself down and replied to him plainly, "No, Yohan. You won't get to see that Alana. She's dead."

"She can't be. Even I want to see your old self. I want to see how Alana looked like five years ago. I want to know just why exactly did Riley make you go through all that", Beth added while I sighed. I dropped my pizza and walked away from them. I didn't want to speak about this. My nightmares have stopped and I have forgiven Riley. But am I ready to go back to who I was? I wasn't sure and didn't even want to know about it.

"That is a rude way of ending a conversation, Miss Alana Anderson", Ellis said as he stood before me to stop me. He turned me around and pushed me back towards Yohan and Beth. I sighed and sat down.

"Guys, I'm sorry, but I can't go back to those days. I don't want to. If you want to see my old self, then ask my parents. They'll show my old pictures", I complained.

"Alana, we aren't asking you to do this just to see how you looked back then. We want you to completely overcome your past", Yohan answered. I knew they were just trying to help me, but the thought of going back to my old self was so disturbing.

"Guys, you need not do that. I have forgiven Riley, I have no problem with her anymore and my nightmares too have stopped. I'm totally fine", I insisted.

"You might be fine. But I have seen you admiring my dresses and make-up collection, Alana. I have seen you wanting to grow out your hair again. Haven't you ever had a thought of wanting to see yourself again?", Beth shared.

"They are right. You helped us mend with our family, Al. Let us help you get out of that box within which you have caged yourself", Ellis agreed with them. I couldn't say no to them anymore. They just want to help me out. I could do at least this for them.

"Okay, fine. But don't make me a barbie doll", I mumbled while they smiled brightly and gave me a tight hug.

"Oh, don't worry about that. We can't make you a Barbie doll, even if we try to. Barbie is pretty while you are ugly", Ellis teased while I pinched his arm.

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