"Come on Elsie, let's go," I whisper as I get up. She has been starring at Medda's stage as we both have been thinking. Elsie just sits there, no expressions come to her.
"I know you're upset that Dad won't see Les, but I can't see Davey anymore either," I say, sitting back down. No emotions from Elsie, nothing can break her empty stare. I remember the fight last night I had with my dad, even though we didn't get along, he has never made me cry by being mean. I just think he misses mom, but I know this isn't why he doesn't like me.
"You know I fought with dad about this last night." I say, "I promise, you will see him again, trust me." I gently touch her face as she still makes no emotions. She curls up in a little ball in her seat, tucks her head in her skirt and weeps silently. I can't help but cry too.
"It's not fair," Elsie cries. "Dad never lets us do anything."
"That isn't true," I say gently, "He used too, but he has been a workaholic and he is hurting, because of mom died." I don't think this helped, we are already sad, all we need is to list the things wrong with our lives. I wipe her face with my hand as I lift up her chin with my other. She is pale and overcome with sadness; I know nothing can change that. I just sit in silence as I hear her soft weeping its almost eerie.
"What's it like?" she finally whispers. I wipe my face as I shrug my shoulders. "I mean, what it like is to love a person that you can't have."
"Oh," I sigh, I guess this is one of those times we have these heart to heart talks. "Well, it hurts, a lot." I say slowly. "Breaking up is hard to do, but loving someone you can't have hurts even more." I pause. "It's like trying to find that empty part of your heart is missing, so you try to find it. The when you find it and it's in pieces…" I trail off.
"Anyways, Davey and Les invited us to a picnic in Central Park, so you will get to see him today. Also, today I will fight round two with dad and you will see Les again." I say in a happy tone, this only makes it worse. This makes her perk up a little, she grabs my hand and with tear stained faces we walk out of the theater.
I see Davey and Elsie perks up when she sees Les as we approach the park fountain. . I don't know I'm blushing until I see Davey and woman that must be Sketch; and a girl holding a piece of fried chicken. I also see a few more couples surrounded by blankets. Les walks up to us and shows us where Davey and their friends are. Elsie is blushing all the way, no longer crying. Davey introduces me to Sketch and I remember to play nice. I squeal as I meet her, telling her she is prettier than I thought. She has a noticeable bump that I know she is going to have another baby soon. I don't realize I am starring at her sandwich until she offers me one. After a few good laughs, we all drain out of the park. Elsie and I are the last to leave. We sit back down on the grass and look around. We finally get up after a while and walk home. Get ready for round two; I think as I open the door. I hear my dad yelling and tell Elise to go to our room.
"Ella," he yells and with a scowl on my face, I walk into the room.
