Faith

After school I am swamped with homework. When the bus pulls up to my stop, I get out and look for Bambi, she's not here, and I walk home. It isn't bad weather, it was getting closer to december every day, but the wind had a sharp pinch to it. I pull my arms closer to my body and continue home.

Opening the door with my key, the house was quiet except for faint murmurs. I close the door and quietly make my way to my room, place my bag to the floor and investigate my home. Bambi should be home, I didn't see her at the bus stop so she could've been pulled out early.

Heading towards her room I see the door is cracked. Her school bags and binders are spread out across her floor in an unorganized manner and I can't help but cringe my nose. I continue to walk down the hall until I finally make it to Jeremy's door. The muffled noises were coming from inside here!

Peeking through the keyhole, I see Bambi and Jeremy sitting across from each other on the bed playing cards. She was in her panties and his white button-up shirt while Jeremy is in only pants.

I panic.

I hope they've only been playing cards.

I remember how much I used to hate Jeremy, but now that Bambi's confessed she might have a thing for him I just can't help but feel… neutral. I still don't like him.

I continue to watch them play cards until their hands touch and they gradually lean in towards each other and give a heated kiss. I think they're in love.

My eyes tear up at the thought of Nickel and me. Were we in love? I thought we were for the longest time, yet we never said it because we just knew. There were no words. Everything we had, said "I love you".

I soon realize that I'm still looking into the keyhole and focused my eyesight, blinking the tears away. Bambi is sitting in his lap, arms wrapped around his shoulders in a tight grip, and is making out with him. I saw his hands run up and down her back. I don't know if I like this or if I am disgusted. Bambi pulls away breathlessly, "I don't wanna… Not again, not so soon." Jeremy raises an eyebrow.

"I wasn't. This was as far as I was going to go." He tugs on her hair flirtatiously and presses his lips onto hers once more.

I hear two knocks on my door and I look up to see my sister standing at the entrance. She has jeans and a shirt on and her hair was put up in a ponytail. My chest stung to the thought that she was hiding the fact that she slept with Jeremy.

"Can I come in?" I nod and place my finished homework in my bag. She then closes my door and sits in front of me, her blonde hair slightly falling over her shoulder due to how long it was.

"When did you get home?" She asks me, worry masking her.

"About five minutes ago." I reply and place my bag onto the floor. I instantly regret removing something that I could mess with.

"Oh, nice."

"Where were you after school?" I can feel myself urge her to answer honestly, I can feel myself hold back the desperation of blurting out that I knew.

"Dentist appointment." She lies. My chest stings more and I try to hold my tears back.

"I thought our Dentist appointments were at the same time? Isn't it next month?" She stared at me blankly as if trying to come up with another lie. She sighed.

"I'm leaving."

"What?"

"I needed to get it early because I'll be on a plane by the time next month passes." I finally let the tears come and I can see Bambi look away in guilt. She's lying. She's not leaving me, she would never.

"Why are you leaving? You don't have a job, you don't have money, and you don't want to leave me!" Bambi sighs.

"It's complicated. But it'll only be for a short period of time. It will be like I never left."

"B-S!" I cry, my cheeks soaked.

"What do you want me to say? I'm sorry I'm leaving!"

"I want you to confess that you slept with Jeremy and that you are lying to me!" I snap, my face hot from rage. She was shocked, not just at my words but my tone.

". . ."

"I didn't get here just five minutes ago. I got here when the buss got here, half an hour ago! I saw you with Jeremy in his room, wearing his clothes. You changed!" Bambi stays quiet.

"So, are you making up this stupid lie to cover up the fact that you're an adult and you can sleep with whoever you want? Are you making this lie up to hide me from the truth, you love Jeremy? I know I'm only seventeen but that's no excuse for the way you are treating me!

"You know I don't like Jeremy, but when you told me that you had feelings for him I accepted your opinion. I accepted that you wanted to be with him."

Bambi frowns, "I'm still leaving, that wasn't a lie. The Dentist, wasn't a lie either."

"What time did you leave school?"

"After lunch." She says, her voice cracking.

"And what time did you get home?"

"Two hours ago."

"When did you…" My voice trails off and I look at her expectedly.

"An hour in… We didn't know what to do and since I'm leaving I wanted to come clean. This morning was just being playful. And I nearly stopped you from getting on the bus just to tell you about when he touched my bottom."

"Okay… Why did you change clothes?"

"Because I'm heading out. I have to meet up with someone."

"Who?"

"My boss."

"You have a boss?!" I wipe my eyes, forgetting about our awful argument.

"Yeah. I'm an intern for the news." I dry my face.

"OHMYGOD, OHMYGOD!" I shout. "I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, OHMYGOD!" I scream at her as I wrap my arms around her waist. She brushes me off of her body.

"I'll be late," She rubs my head affectionately. I see her wince as I let go.

"You okay?" I ask in concern.

"Yeah! Just a little sore from… I haven't in a long time… You know!" She nudges my shoulder playfully.

"Get going," I say as she gets up and leaves the house.