Kennedy woke up the next morning feeling alot better than she has in the past few days. Things were becoming clearer now too. So what if she wasn't one of the best looking people on earth, she still deserved love too. Who cares if Royce is dead, she cares strongly for him and he loves her. She can't find anything wrong with being with him anymore and to tell the truth she doesn't want to. She was pulled out of her thoughts when there was a knock at the door. She opened the door to see Melissa.
"Hey Mel, come on in." Kennedy said, happily.
"I take it you're feeling better."
"Yes actually I am."
"Well I'm glad to hear that."
Kennedy walked over to her duffle bag and pulled out some clean clothes. She pulled out a long black skirt and a black tank top that said "Good Girl" across the front of it.
"So did you come to my room for any specific reason?"
"Well I heard that you were kinda down so I wanted to see how you were doing and I just haven't seen you for like two days so I wanted to see my best friend."
"Well isn't that sweet." Kennedy said with a smile as she walked into the bathroom to change her clothes.
"Kennedy, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure doll." Kennedy's eye's widened cause she just said something that Royce would say.
"Um...okay." Melissa said, wondering where that came from. "Anyway, I was just wondering what had you so down?"
Kennedy closed her eyes and sighed, she knew she was gonna have to tell her sometime. Once she was dressed she walked back into the bedroom and sat down on the bed. She motioned for Melissa to sit down, once she did Kennedy started talking.
"Royce kissed me that night after you left the kitchen, so you can pretty much guess that he wanted a relationship with me."
"Okay I take it that it gets pretty bad from here on."
"Well yeah. The next day I told him that I couldn't be with him and he pleaded with me to be with him,but, I shot him down. Then he said he loved me and I shot him down again, I said I didn't love him."
"I'm sorry sweety,but, I'm sure it's better this way."
"You think so?" Kennedy asked with a frown.
"Why?" Melissa asked, wondering what could be going through her friend's mind.
"I've been so depressed after I did that Mel. I told him to leave me alone! As you can see he respected me request,but, I wasn't thinking clearly then. I am now though and I've come to the conclusion that I love him." Kennedy surprised herself with her own words, she'd never said she loved him before or even actually thought it. "I love him." She repeated with a smile.
"Oh my god girl, I didn't know you loved him."
"I didn't either until now, I just thought I had strong feelings for him."
Melissa quickly pulled Kennedy to her for a hug. "I say go for it."
Kennedy pulled back and said, "Thanks Mel and I plan on going for it."
Meanwhile down in the basement Royce is sitting on his car and listening to "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" By Jerry Lee Lewis. Despite the condition of his car the radio still worked like a dream. He softly whistled along with the tune as Dana walked in, he stopped whistling once he noticed that she was in the room though. He turned down the music as she sat down next to him.
"How are you doing Prince?"
"I'm alright. It still hurts,but, I'm dealing."
"I'm really sorry about all of this Royce, I wish there was some way I could help."
"You are helping Dana. You're being my friend and that's what I need right now."
Dana smiled and then they fell silent for a minute. Dana looked at Royce a noticed the frown upon his face. She put her hand on his shoulder and asked, "Royce what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong darling, I've just been thinking is all."
"Thinking about what?"
"About the situation that Kennedy and I are in." Royce said with a sigh. "I've come to the conclusion that you are right."
"Oh really?" Dana asked.
"Yeah, I know that by me trying to get with Kennedy isn't fair to her. She deserves better, she deserves someone alive and someone who can grow old with her. That's something that I could never do."
"Oh Royce you would be the perfect guy for her." Dana said, feeling sorry for him. She can tell how much he loves her.
"Too bad I'm dead." Royce said, sorrowfully. "I'm always gonna love her,but, I guess it's time to let her go."
"I'm so sorry Royce." Dana said, giving him a hug.
"It's okay darling, I'll be alright."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm sure." He said with a weak smile.
"Okay well I'm gonna be in my cube resting if you need me. I'll be back a little later to see how you are."
"Okay." Royce said, rolling his eyes lovingly. Dana worried too much.
After Dana left Royce turned the music back up and just sat there listening to it. He had made up his mind that he was gonna let Kennedy go,but, how was he gonna go that when she was in the same house?
"Hey Mel, come on in." Kennedy said, happily.
"I take it you're feeling better."
"Yes actually I am."
"Well I'm glad to hear that."
Kennedy walked over to her duffle bag and pulled out some clean clothes. She pulled out a long black skirt and a black tank top that said "Good Girl" across the front of it.
"So did you come to my room for any specific reason?"
"Well I heard that you were kinda down so I wanted to see how you were doing and I just haven't seen you for like two days so I wanted to see my best friend."
"Well isn't that sweet." Kennedy said with a smile as she walked into the bathroom to change her clothes.
"Kennedy, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure doll." Kennedy's eye's widened cause she just said something that Royce would say.
"Um...okay." Melissa said, wondering where that came from. "Anyway, I was just wondering what had you so down?"
Kennedy closed her eyes and sighed, she knew she was gonna have to tell her sometime. Once she was dressed she walked back into the bedroom and sat down on the bed. She motioned for Melissa to sit down, once she did Kennedy started talking.
"Royce kissed me that night after you left the kitchen, so you can pretty much guess that he wanted a relationship with me."
"Okay I take it that it gets pretty bad from here on."
"Well yeah. The next day I told him that I couldn't be with him and he pleaded with me to be with him,but, I shot him down. Then he said he loved me and I shot him down again, I said I didn't love him."
"I'm sorry sweety,but, I'm sure it's better this way."
"You think so?" Kennedy asked with a frown.
"Why?" Melissa asked, wondering what could be going through her friend's mind.
"I've been so depressed after I did that Mel. I told him to leave me alone! As you can see he respected me request,but, I wasn't thinking clearly then. I am now though and I've come to the conclusion that I love him." Kennedy surprised herself with her own words, she'd never said she loved him before or even actually thought it. "I love him." She repeated with a smile.
"Oh my god girl, I didn't know you loved him."
"I didn't either until now, I just thought I had strong feelings for him."
Melissa quickly pulled Kennedy to her for a hug. "I say go for it."
Kennedy pulled back and said, "Thanks Mel and I plan on going for it."
Meanwhile down in the basement Royce is sitting on his car and listening to "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" By Jerry Lee Lewis. Despite the condition of his car the radio still worked like a dream. He softly whistled along with the tune as Dana walked in, he stopped whistling once he noticed that she was in the room though. He turned down the music as she sat down next to him.
"How are you doing Prince?"
"I'm alright. It still hurts,but, I'm dealing."
"I'm really sorry about all of this Royce, I wish there was some way I could help."
"You are helping Dana. You're being my friend and that's what I need right now."
Dana smiled and then they fell silent for a minute. Dana looked at Royce a noticed the frown upon his face. She put her hand on his shoulder and asked, "Royce what's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong darling, I've just been thinking is all."
"Thinking about what?"
"About the situation that Kennedy and I are in." Royce said with a sigh. "I've come to the conclusion that you are right."
"Oh really?" Dana asked.
"Yeah, I know that by me trying to get with Kennedy isn't fair to her. She deserves better, she deserves someone alive and someone who can grow old with her. That's something that I could never do."
"Oh Royce you would be the perfect guy for her." Dana said, feeling sorry for him. She can tell how much he loves her.
"Too bad I'm dead." Royce said, sorrowfully. "I'm always gonna love her,but, I guess it's time to let her go."
"I'm so sorry Royce." Dana said, giving him a hug.
"It's okay darling, I'll be alright."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm sure." He said with a weak smile.
"Okay well I'm gonna be in my cube resting if you need me. I'll be back a little later to see how you are."
"Okay." Royce said, rolling his eyes lovingly. Dana worried too much.
After Dana left Royce turned the music back up and just sat there listening to it. He had made up his mind that he was gonna let Kennedy go,but, how was he gonna go that when she was in the same house?