Despite
Miguel's decision to talk to Charity and Kay over a week had
passed
and he hadn't said a word to either of him. When ever he passed
Charity
she would turn her nose up at him. Kay seemed to be a avoiding
him
because he hadn't seen her at all except for one time when she was
standing
next to Charity. Of course Miguel did not go over to say hi.
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"What's
going on Kay?"
"Huh"
Kay looked up into Reese's demanding eyes.
"I
wanted you to talk to Miguel and get him back to normal. But now He's
worse
off than he was last week. I only got half the story but evidently
he
and Charity are through and you two are not talking to him."
"Look
Reese it's complicated. I did talk to him. He decided to break up
with
Charity. It wasn't my idea but he did. She didn't take it too
well."
"Well
I can understand why Charity is not talking to him but what about
you
Kay? I never thought you would turn your back on Miguel."
Kay
sighed. Reese's words hurt. She didn't want Miguel to be upset, but she
couldn't talk to him just yet. Still Reese could talk to Miguel.
"Please
Reese give Miguel a message for me. Tell him I--"
"Hey
Kay." Charity said coming up to stand next to her. "Hey Reese."
Charity
said somewhat coldly. Reese was Miguel's friend and therefore
guilty
by association. Reese sighed at the look Charity gave him. He had
never
seen her do anything but smile or cry. It was disconcerting to see
her
look angry.
Kay
noticed the cold glare Charity gave Reese. It was still weird to see this side
of Charity. Charity had always seemed so one-sided to Kay. It was part of the
reason Kay had disliked her. But this whole Miguel thing had brought out the
full array of Charity's emotion. And even though it was causing Kay a lot of
strife, She found it refreshing.
"Kay
are we still going to the mall?" Charity asked.
The
weather was getting warmer and all the girls had decided to go shopping for
spring clothes together.
"Yeah
I'm ready. Bye Reese."
"Kay!
I really think you--"
Kay
raised a hand to stop Reese.
"I
have to go. I'll talk to you later." The two girls turned and walked away.
"He
was asking you about Miguel wasn't he?" Charity asked.
Kay
considered lying but thought against it.
"Yes
he asked me how I could turn my back on Miguel."
Charity
smiled somewhat happy with the answer. The thought of Miguel suffering brought
a sense of justice to Charity.
"You
didn't just turn your back on him. He was a jerk!"
"I
haven't been an angel myself. Charity!"
"No
but Miguel was the one in the wrong."
"He
made some bad choices Charity. He's human. I've made bad choices in my life and
I will make more in the future but I hope that I'll always have my friends to
stick by me. And my family" Kay said turning to look at Charity.
Charity
looked over at her cousin and gave a small smile.
Kay
realized she had pushed the Miguel issue enough. Charity was still hurting but
in time Kay hopped that Charity would forgive Miguel.