*****Hello again!!!! I'm extremely sorry for the ultra slow update!!!!! My internet account was cut off cause I forgot to pay the internet company. Another reason was that I was grounded cause I got a low grade in my General Science test………Bummer…….Anyway, hope you guys enjoy this chapter!******
Days had gone by since the day Rainne had talked to Barbie. Still, she could not shake off the thoughts that her friends visit brought about. Her only consolation was watching the sun set from her bedroom window. Somehow, it kept her calm. It kept her from breaking down or worse, committing suicide.
Regrets come afterwards. She kept on thinking about that particular statement while she waited for her sister's plane to arrive.
"Hi Dee," Barbie said, hugging her sister Dee Hsu. She had fetched Dee at the airport.
"Hi sis," Dee replied. She looked a lot like Barbie only her face was more bony and her hair was shorter with blond streaks. "I missed ya!"
"Me too!"
They grabbed Dee's luggage and went to Barbie's car.
"How've you been? I heard about the reunion thingy from Vic. You going?"
"Uhmmm….maybe. It depends. It's Mark….well…..he doesn't want to go."
"So? It's your life. That guy doesn't own you, you know." Dee slammed the trunk of Barbie's car. it was no secret that Dee disliked her sister's boyfriend. The rest of the Hsu family didn't think highly of him either.
"Dee, this is no the time to get into that argument again," Barbie said as she drove towards the Hsu family townhouse.
"We wouldn't be arguing about this stuff if you'd listened to my advice."
FLASHBACK
"Sis, I'm telling you! That guy's no good. I saw him with another girl at the bar last night! He just wants your popularity! Believe me…..Please," Dee told her older sister.
"Dee, you could have been wrong. It was a bar….Besides, you ere drinking," Barbie insisted. "He was in his parent's house last night.
"How do you know?"
"He told me….'
"You actually believe every damn thing that bastard tells you?!"
"I trust him!"
"But you don't trust me?!"
END OF FLASHBACK
Barbie felt tears in her eyes as she thought back to the time when the two had argued not more than a year ago. She was wearing a long sleeved top to hide her bruises. They had turned from violet to a sort of greenish color. Her black eye was already light enough to the point that it could be hidden with a little make up.
"I promised Mark I'd spend New Year's with him."
"So? He's a member of the cast too."
"Well, anyway, now's not the time to talk about it."
"Whatever."
The two spent the rest of the drive home in silence. After arriving at their house, Dee greeted her parents and went to her room. Barbie did the same.
She sat next to her window. The sun was about to set and the sky looked simply lovely.
Hmm….it's weird, the way sunsets have kept me going. I mean, if it weren't for these sunsets, I wouldn't be doing much reflecting and I wouldn't have been able to stop myself from committing suicide.
The effect of the sunset's beginning to fade though…..I don't think I can keep myself from breaking down in front of others anymore. Pretty soon, someone's gonna know…..
But I can't let anybody find out. I have to be strong…..If I must, I shall build a wall around myself….A wall which will divide me from my family, my friends……
She started to change into another shirt and more comfortable jeans when she heard the door open.
"Barbie," Dee said the word in a whisper.
"Huh," Barbie said, surprised.
"What-what happened to your arms?" Barbie's ivory skin was now full of greenish splotches.
"It-it-it's nothing." Barbie avoided looking at her sister.
"Nothing?! You call those bruises nothing?!" Dee grabbed her sister's wrist.
"I-I-I fell down the stairs."
"Stairs?! You look like someone beat you up!"
"Of-of course not. Who would beat me up?" She forced a little laugh.
"That bastard you call your boyfriend, maybe!"
Just then, their mother called Barbie to come down.
"I'm coming mom!"
"This conversation isn't over," Dee said, letting go of Barbie's wrist.
As Barbie came down the stairs, she was surprised to see a tall figure of a man standing nar the front door. His back was to her but she knew his figure.
"J-jerry," she said. Her voice was barely a whisper.
"Barbie! I was in the neighborhood and I thought I'd drop by. I wanted to talk to you about some thing anyway."
"Let's take a walk in the garden, then."
Barbie led the way.
"What did you want to say," Barbie asked.
"Nothing, actually. I just wanted to see you,'' Jerry said and gave her one of his megawatt smiles which made just about every girl melt.
God….Jerry….please….don't make me break down now….
Barbie felt the wall she'd built around herself crumble.
God help me…..don't make those feelings resurface…..please…..
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