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Public Enemies:
After an hour of critical thinking, Carolina decided to stay, but she hid herself away from the rest of the group...actually just from Roanoke and Tallahassee. "What's up with Carolina? She's been quiet everytime we see her. Plus she never hangs out with us anymore. She spends most of her time in another room." Little Rock wondered while rolling dice to a game of Monopoly with everyone in but Carolina. Tallahassee shrugged weakly and smiled at Roanoke. A door behind them closed and Carolina came out, turning her face so no one could see the bruise on her right cheek.
"Oh, hey, Carolina! Wanna play some Monopoly?" Little Rock leaned up to ask.
She shook her head. "No thanks. Maybe later though." she mumbled and walked past the group and outside in the back. Little Rock narrowed her eyes and looked at Wichita. "It looks like she's been crying." Tallahassee noticed Roanoke roll her eyes. Guilt rose in his chest and sighed it out. "Poor thing...I'll go talk to her." Wichita grunted as she stood. "Play for me." she smiled at Little Rock and walked into the back porch where Carolina sat.
"Hey South." Witchita sat next to her, causing Carolina to turn her face away from her.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing...been sick." she lied.
"You need to lie better. Look at me."
Carolina's head didn't move.
"You're hiding something. What's happened?"
Inhaling deeply, Carolina turned her head to her. Witchita's smile went down and slowly covered her mouth in shock. "What the hell happened!" she asked. Carolina shrugged and looked down at her feet.
"Carolina, talk to me!" Witchita rasied her voice, startling her a little.
"We had a fight that's all, nothing serious."
"Nothing serious? Anyone who hits you like that is something serious. Who did you have an arguement with?"
The horrible thought of Tallahassee slapping her quickly brought tears to her eyes. Her chin crimpled and slapped her hands over her face and sobbed silently. Somehow by that, Witchita knew.
"That bastard..." she got up and stormed back inside, grabbed Talahassee by the arm, pulling him back from Roanoke and down the hall.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Tallahassee snapped yanking his arm out of her grasp.
"Why did you hurt her?"
"Hurt who?"
"Don't be a smartass Florida! Give me an answer!"
"She was bitching about Roanoke! I wasn't going to stand for it!"
"That doesn't give you a right to slap her!"
Little Rock was baffled from her yelling. She looked at Roanoke. "Wait, what happened between Tal and Carolina?"
Roanoke growled and marched into the hall, she pinned Wichita to the wall suddenly. Roanoke glared daggers deep into Wichita's eyes. "Listen. To me. Do NOT go standing up for her! How long have you known her? Not long, not even a freaking week! I can't believe you have the nerve to stand up for her when she deserved what she got! Stop acting like the mom around here! You're not always right, Wichita!" Roanoke thundered before letting Wichita go, roughly. Roanoke exhaled deeply before backing up a bit. "My bad. Just stop screwing around, get the facts before you go turning against us." Roanoke turned to Tallahassee, who was shocked to see Roanoke yell at Wichita like that. She smiled at him. "Thanks for sticking up for me, Tal."
"No prob, Cabbage patch!" he replied, putting his arm over her shoulders.
"So what did that chick say about me anyway?" Roanoke laughed, walking back into the living room with Tallahassee.
Tallahassee shook his head. "Doesn't matter, it's not true anyways."
Witchita went back outside where Carolina was at. She stopped sobbing now but small tears still flowed down her cheeks.
"I'm guessing this is about Roanoke too?"
Carolina nodded. "She took my journal, I know she did. I know where I left it last, I mean, you have to. It's vital that you have to." she said wiping the rest of her tears away.
"I'll keep an eye out for her then. Little Rock and Columbus will too. So what's the deal between you and Roanoke?"
"She flirts around with Florida. I don't like it. But everytime she does it, my feelings get stronger for him. I don't want to though and I don't know what to do about it."
Wichita nodded in agreement. "I'm with Columbus and we're going ok. My best advice, just be yourself around everyone, but make sure you don't make any sudden movements around Roanoke." Witchita smiled and rubbed her back. "I'm sure Florida didn't mean to hurt you. What did you say that made him do that?"
"I called that girl a bitch...she is anyways."
Witchita smirked at this. "Tell you what, if I can get Tallahassee to apologize to you, would you apologize to him about calling her a bitch? You don't have to mean it." she winked. "Just to clear the air between everyone. How does that sound?" she asked. Carolina looked at her, smiled and nodded. Witchita walked back inside, and all heads quickly turned to her, she put her hands up with a reassuring smile. "Chill, everything's cool. And Tal, she said she'll apologize if you do it first for slapping her." she said sitting next to Little Rock again. Guilt rose in Tallahassee's chest again. "Yeah...I guess. Be right back." he said to Roanoke and walked out the back.
Tallahassee sat next to her, making Carolina turn her head away from him. "Let me see." he slowly touched her chin to make her pull her head back to his direction. There was a blue and black mark on her cheek bone, making him stroke it with his thumb.
"I'm sorry, Carolina. I didn't notice how hard I hit you." he sighed and wrapped his arms around her.
"Me too. It's just the way Roanoke acts around you that makes me mad. I didn't mean to accuse her like that. I'm really sorry."
"I forgive you, but you have to say that to her ok? And what do you mean about the way she acts?"
Carolina nodded, "I will. And it just does. No reason." she lied. A new thought came across her mind. Being friends with Roanoke. Maybe, just maybe, she could help her get to Tallahassee. But...she flirts with him too. Why do Twinkie-loving cowboys have to be so hot? But oh well, it was worth a try. Tallahassee patted her back. "Come on. Let's go inside. It's freezing." he took her hand and pulled her up then went back into the living room. Both Carolina and Talla glanced at each other, knowing what she had to do. She squeezed herself between Columbus and Little Rock, across from Roanoke, who was joined with Tallahassee. "Go on." Tal grunted, lying back on his stomach, shoulder to shoulder with Roanoke. Carolina sighed and looked at Roanoke.
"Roanoke, I'm sorry for calling you a bitch and accusing you for stealing my journal." she said in one breath. For some odd reason, she did feel a little better. Besides, she couldn't be mad at her until she had her proof, so until then, it was nice from now on. "I didn't have a right to do that and I'm truly sorry."
Roanoke tilted her head down and glared at Carolina. She snapped her head in Tallahassee's direction and back to Carolina.
"No you're not." said Roanoke.
"What?" asked Carolina.
"I said, 'no you're not'." She looked at Florida.
"You put her up to it. No one apologizes to me for no reason, you talked to her, you made her apologize. I'm not buying it!"
"Ro-"
"Don't start with me, Tal! I am NOT in the mood!" Roanoke glared at Carolina. "You're not sorry, you just want things to go your way." Roanoke stood up and got in Carolina's face.
"You listen and you listen good. You have no idea how much it takes to earn my trust. You do not deserve any of it! I don't want you looking at me! I don't want you talking to me, thinking about me! I don't want you anywhere NEAR me! Do i make myself clear?" Roanoke yelled. Carolina bit back tears. She apologized, but it didn't work, she didn't see how Florida put up with this girl.
"Perfectly." Carolina growled. Roanoke huffed and turned to walk away but Carolina tackled her to the ground.
"Oh no,bitch!" Roanoke yelled cockily before grabbing the back of Carolina's shirt and throwing her over her back.
"You are really stupid you know that?" she yelled before grabbing Carolina and slamming her into the wall. Roanoke pressed Carolina up to the wall hard.
"I'm a brown belt in martial arts! Not to mention I'm one of the top five fastest runners in the state of Virgina! I've won thirty first place trophies in MA tournaments across the U.S! When people hear my name, they know exactly who I am." Roanoke growled before slamming Carolina to the ground. Tallahassee got up and so did the others but Roanoke sent them a warning glare. "My fight! This chick threw the first blow, do not blame me!" Tallahassee nodded, it WAS her fight. Carolina struggled to get up but Roaonoke grabbed her shirt and threw four kicks repeatedly, all with the same leg. Carolina hit the floor and Roanoke loomed over her. "Do. Not. Mess with me and my family. Or I will. See to it that it's your PERMANANT end." she spat before storming off into another part of the mansion.
"Can I kill her now?" Carolina mumbled standing back up. "Guns top martial arts!" she yelled after her. Tallahassee put a hand on her shoulder but Carolina threw her hand around and grasped his wrist tightly, digging her nails into his skin. "Don't. Fucking. Touch. Me." she growled. Tallahassee winced a little. She let go of his wrist, nail marks were engraved in his skin. "You could've taken her out." Tallahassee whipsered to her. "Should have." she growled and held her stomach then glared at Tallahassee. "I know, I know, that was wrong of her to do that. I'm sorry." he said.
"Wanna know what you owe me?"
Tallahassee stared at her nerviously. "What?"
"Special treatment. From you and only you."
"Why only me?"
"You'll see."
Little Rock tugged on Witchita's shirt. "What does she mean?" she whispered. "She's going to make Roanoke jealous. Good luck for her with that." she whispered back.
