Brittany clicked replay on the video, but nothing changed. Alvin said the same thing over and over each time she played the clip. Tears slid down her face as her heart pounded in her chest.
'This isn't happening' she told herself 'This isn't real'
But it was real. Video didn't lie and the air date was clearly listed below. Her body shook with pain and a pit in her stomach that was beginning to consume her. She heard the door open and she knew that her sisters had come in, but she couldn't shake the feeling. She couldn't put on the mask that she had so easily used in the past whenever something had upset her. Alvin's words cut deeper than anything he had ever said in their youth.
"Brittany?" Jeanette asked, but the chipette couldn't answer. She was sobbing now, the pain too much to bear.
"Oh, Brittany," Elenor said as she wrapped her arms around her oldest sister. "It's alright. It's going to be ok."
"Why?" she managed to cry after a few minutes, "Why do I love that stupid asshole?"
"What did he do now?" Jeanette asked, placing a paw on Brittany's shaking shoulder. Brittany clicked play again. She could bear to tell her sisters all that had transpired over the last four days. She couldn't admit to them that Alvin had stood outside their door declaring his love for her and promising to prove he had changed, only to go back on his word the very next day. But as both of her sisters held her tightly, she knew she didn't need to. Brittany was hurting and, for her sisters, that was enough. They didn't need any more detail in order to be at her side.
***The Next Day***
"Britt! Britt! Open the door!" Alvin hollered through the door. He had been calling and texting her for two days and she hadn't answered. Finally, he had gone over to their apartment and was now banging on the door.
The door opened and Brittany appeared, her face twisted in anger.
"What the hell do you want, Alvin Seville!" she screamed at him.
"Britt! You've been ignoring me for two whole days! I miss you, dammit."
"Oh, NOW you think of me. Why don't you just get one of your fangirls to help you get over it!?"
"What the hell are you talking about?
"Oh, like you don't know!"
"I don't Brittany! What are you talking about?"
"Why don't you go ask Katy Perry!?"
She slammed the door on him and Alvin stood there in shock. Two days ago, he had walked Brittany to this very same door after their date at the movies, their first official one. He had kissed her, held her. They had told each other they loved each other. And now she hated him? And what did Katy Perry have to it?