Chapter 14: Just another Roadblock
"Get off of her!" Luke screamed when he saw Charlie straddled on top of Rosalina, forcing his shirtless self on her. Rosalina lay underneath him, tears rolling down her face and her hair a mess. Luke punched Charlie in the face, knocking him off Rosalina. He grabbed Rosalina's hand and helped her out of the car. "Kristina's over there, get in the car and lock the doors."
"I should've listened to you Luke, I'm sorry." Rosalina pleaded to him.
"It's okay; just go get in the car. I'll take care of this." Luke told her. Rosalina got out of the van and saw her best friend standing there, tears in her eyes.
"Rosalina, I'm so sorry I…" Kristina started to say but Rosalina ran into her arms.
"I don't care about any of it; I just need my best friend." Rosalina sobbed onto Kristina's shoulder.
"I'm here R, I never left." Kristina said soothingly, stroking Rosalina's hair. "Come on, let's go to the car."
"You worthless piece of crap, if you ever put your hands on any of other girl in this school, especially my girlfriend and her best friend, I will personally beat the crap out of you." Luke told Charlie, pinning him against the van. "You hear me, Chaplin?"
"Yeah I hear you, just let me go you animal." Charlie said. Luke threw him against the van and started to walk away.
"Oh I forgot one thing," Luke said, turning around and punching Charlie in the face one last time. "Now I feel better."
Meanwhile…
"Can I come in?" Alex asked, peeking in the curtain of Juanita's small hospital cubicle in the ER.
"Yeah, come on in." Juanita said. A nurse was sitting on the edge of her bed, putting the finishing touches on Juanita's cast. Alex entered the small room and sat down in the chair next to the bed, putting the balloons and get well package we brought down by his feet.
"Oh, are you Juanita's boyfriend?" The nurse smiled at Alex.
"Uhm...I'm her….uh…" Alex stuttered.
"Yeah, he's my boyfriend." Juanita said with a slight smile. Alex's mouth dropped a little in shock.
"Well how sweet." The nurse gushed. "I'll come back in a little bit to check up on you."
"Okay thank you!" Juanita said as the nurse left them alone.
"So….did you mean what you just said?" Alex asked her.
"Yeah, yeah I did." Juanita smiled. "I'm sorry about the whole Mitchie thing. I just felt like everything went so fast and then he showed up and was so nice. But tonight, tonight made me realize that I really care about you Alex."
"Well I care about you too Juanita, always have." Alex told her, grabbing her hand. "You're my girl."
"And you're my guy." Juanita smiled. "So, are you going to kiss me or what, dork?"
"Haha if you insist." Alex smiled, leaning over and giving her a quick kiss.
Later that night…
"Hey Kris?" Rosalina said later that night. She was too startled to sleep by herself so she was sleeping over at Kristina's house.
"Yeah?" She replied, turning over to face her best friend.
"I'm sorry for shutting you out these past couple of weeks. I was being so stupid, with you, with Nat, with everyone." Rosalina said.
"It's okay, I'm just glad you're okay and we're okay." Kristina told her.
"You think Nat still loves me?" Rosalina asked quietly.
"Oh come on R, I know he does!" Kristina told her. "I'm sure of it."
"What am I going to do about homecoming? Nat won't talk to me and I'm sure once he finds out about Charlie, he'll want nothing to do with more for good." Rosalina said. "This on top of the music video and UCLA just doesn't make me feel like things are going to get better."
"You and Nat will get through this; you guys have gotten through so much." Kristina told her. "You survived Patrice, Bobby Love, Little Grace, Wade, Michel; hell, I was even in the way. Charlie is just another roadblock in yours and Nat's story. A story that's going to last forever."
"You really think so?" Rosalina asked hopefully.
"I know so. And you're going to look beautiful tomorrow and you're going to go to homecoming with me, Luke, and all of our friends. And your guy is going to be there, waiting for you. And you guys will talk it out and make up, okay?" Kristina told her.
"I love you Kris." Rosalina smiled. "Always making things better for me, even when it feels like the sun will never rise again."
"Hey, your boyfriend said it the best, "the sun will find us all eventually." He's a smart guy, ya know?" Kristina smirked.
"Yeah he's the greatest." Rosalina smiled.