Chapter Sixteen
"I hate Ray!" I screamed to my younger sister Simone as I entered the house. Simone had short blonde hair that rested an inch above her shoulders and aqua eyes. She's a freshman but could be passed off as a junior with me. She's always been very tall for her age, even thought I'm still an inch taller than her, and she's a perfect size six.
"Now why would you say that? Ray's been your best friend since forever. Come here and tell me. What are sisters for?" Urgh, why do I even talk to her? She always takes Rays side and sounds like a dope at the same time.
"Simone Katrina Randall, lay off!!! This is my business, not yours so back off!!!" I sauntered up the stairs to my room and slammed the door shut. I rested against the door and fell to my knees. Tears stung my puffy pink cheeks. I hated that I had snapped at Simone like that but it was hard enough going through it once, I don't want to give my sister a recap.
I stood up and wound up falling onto my bed. My pillow was tear stained within seconds. A few minutes later Simone knocked at the door. She always did this weird tap so I would know it was her. She opened the door and she had a box of tissues in one hand and a bowl of ice cream in the other.
"The one woman cheer up committee is here to lift your spirits." I had to smile at her efforts. She really was trying but...it didn't help. She sat next to me on my bed and offered me a tissue. I gladly snatched it and blew my nose.
"So, tell me what's up? Why do you 'hate' Ray?"
"He's ruining my life. I though he was happy with Audrey but it was all a lie. He broke up with her and wound up kissing me under the Weeping Willow outside. Travis saw and now he hates me and he threw this at me." I fingered the lily in my hands. Tears lay on the petals, and they weren't mine, they were Travis's. I felt the burning tears flow freely down my face like a river flowing down stream.
I jumped as the phone rang. Simone picked up and listened for a few moments before turning to me. She had a worried look on her face and I knew what she was about to say. My pulse rung loudly in my ears as she said the words that shattered my perfect dream. He wanted to break up. Travis had called to say he wanted to break up.
It wasn't until Simone hung up and wiped away my tears that I realized I was crying. This was the ultimate way to know you were numb. Tears with no emotion was something I never thought I would experience but here I was living through it. I thought I would scream but I mistook the feeling, I wasn't going to scream, I was going to faint. The ringing in my ears seemed to explode and the only thing I could see was a vast space of blackness that I couldn't escape. I just rested there and welcomed unconsciousness.
"I hate Ray!" I screamed to my younger sister Simone as I entered the house. Simone had short blonde hair that rested an inch above her shoulders and aqua eyes. She's a freshman but could be passed off as a junior with me. She's always been very tall for her age, even thought I'm still an inch taller than her, and she's a perfect size six.
"Now why would you say that? Ray's been your best friend since forever. Come here and tell me. What are sisters for?" Urgh, why do I even talk to her? She always takes Rays side and sounds like a dope at the same time.
"Simone Katrina Randall, lay off!!! This is my business, not yours so back off!!!" I sauntered up the stairs to my room and slammed the door shut. I rested against the door and fell to my knees. Tears stung my puffy pink cheeks. I hated that I had snapped at Simone like that but it was hard enough going through it once, I don't want to give my sister a recap.
I stood up and wound up falling onto my bed. My pillow was tear stained within seconds. A few minutes later Simone knocked at the door. She always did this weird tap so I would know it was her. She opened the door and she had a box of tissues in one hand and a bowl of ice cream in the other.
"The one woman cheer up committee is here to lift your spirits." I had to smile at her efforts. She really was trying but...it didn't help. She sat next to me on my bed and offered me a tissue. I gladly snatched it and blew my nose.
"So, tell me what's up? Why do you 'hate' Ray?"
"He's ruining my life. I though he was happy with Audrey but it was all a lie. He broke up with her and wound up kissing me under the Weeping Willow outside. Travis saw and now he hates me and he threw this at me." I fingered the lily in my hands. Tears lay on the petals, and they weren't mine, they were Travis's. I felt the burning tears flow freely down my face like a river flowing down stream.
I jumped as the phone rang. Simone picked up and listened for a few moments before turning to me. She had a worried look on her face and I knew what she was about to say. My pulse rung loudly in my ears as she said the words that shattered my perfect dream. He wanted to break up. Travis had called to say he wanted to break up.
It wasn't until Simone hung up and wiped away my tears that I realized I was crying. This was the ultimate way to know you were numb. Tears with no emotion was something I never thought I would experience but here I was living through it. I thought I would scream but I mistook the feeling, I wasn't going to scream, I was going to faint. The ringing in my ears seemed to explode and the only thing I could see was a vast space of blackness that I couldn't escape. I just rested there and welcomed unconsciousness.