"Feli, is there something wrong with me?" Maribella asked me.
"Of course not, what gave you that idea bella?" I reply.
"The girls at school, the told me that I am not worthy to be friends with you guys. They told me to back off. They told me that you guys were just pitying me." She said. I could hear the hurt in her voice and the tears threatening to fall from her eyes.
"Bella, I think you saved my brother." I say. She looked at me questioningly. I just continued to rake through her curls.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, I think he was going to kill himself. Before he met you he was really depressed. There is so much pressure on him. A lot of people compare him to me because we are twins. He and I are two different people. Nothing seemed to make him happy. Then you came along. I think you are his reason for living. He loves you. He knows that because you are new you wouldn't compare him to me. You met him first. I didn't stay long that first day we met because I wanted him to have a chance to get to know you before I came into the picture. You have seen him and not judged him. You haven't judged anyone. In my eyes you are the definition of what every human should be like." I said.
"Hey feli, can I go talk to Roma real quick?"
"Of course. I will be here when you need me." I say.
-Roma's POV-
Antonio and I ended up just taking off everything except our boxers. It is hot in her dad's room. Antonio grabbed a toothbrush and began brushing his teeth. I walk to the mirror and examine my bruises from soccer practice yesterday.
Knock knock
"You can come in." I say paying no mind to the fact that it could be Maribella. I just keep examining myself.
"Roma?" I heard a familiar feminine voice and turned to see the beautiful girl who's house my friends and I were currently occupying.
"Yeah?" "Can I talk to you in private about something?" She asked me with a serious no! She probably wants to tell me that she has fallen for my brother. She is going to tell me that I am a really good friend. I should have known that she didn't like me. I mean who would. I am just some big mean jerk compared to my perfect brother. I lowered my head and nodded. She grabbed my hand and pulled me into the laundry room.
"Roma, were you really going to commit suicide before you met me?" She asked question really shocked me. She loomed at me with worry in her eyes and I slowly lowered my head again. I nodded.
"I had the bottle in my hand the day before I met you. I almost took that pill. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. Something was telling me to wait one more day. Something was telling me to put the bottle back in the medicine cabinet. Whatever kept me from taking that pill, whatever voice told me that, I am glad I listened to it. I got to meet you. I am really glad I didn't pop those pills." I said as I looked at were streaming down my cheeks. Maribella just pulled me into a hug. I started silently sobbing into her hair as she raked her fingers through my hair and on my back. She was sshing me and telling me that she was glad too. But then she stopped and I looked up at her.
"Why did you want to do that?" She asked.I lowered my gaze but she tilted my chin so I was looking at her.
"Well, Everyone already loved my brother much more then me. I was usually forgotten about. I felt alone and I couldn't handle it. Plenty of girls used me just to get close to my brother. Many of them stillndo not know that Feli is gay and already has a boyfriend. Still I felt like I was just my brothers shadow and I had no real purpose on this earth. Well that is until I met you and realized I am here to protect you." I say. She kissed me on the forehead and grabs my hand and walks me back to the bedroom where Antonio is.
"Goodnight boys, oh and by the way I love the tomato boxers you two." She said with a giggle as Antonio and I blushed and she ran back to her room.
-Feli's POV-
Maribella came running back into the room with a grin on her face and a blush on her cheeks."Your brother has some cute underwear." She said with a giggle.
"Oh I know, I picked out the tomato boxers that the both of them have." We spent the rest of the night gossiping about cute boys and funny stories amongst other various Gorky topics before finally nodding off to the sleep that was much needed for everyone in this house after the stressful little Petey was passed out and stretched all across her little dog bed.I am glad today had a happy end to it.