Nat was in shock. It was like a blast from the past, seeing his ex-girlfriend appear on his doorstep. Looking around at the others, he could tell that they were thinking the same thing.
"N-Nat?" Alex came over to him. "W-was that Rosa-"
"Yeah, Alex. It was."
"What was she thinking of doing?? Was she gonna ask to be in the band again??" Thomas looked ready to blow up. Everyone else was thinking the same thing. Rosalina had lost her second chances. They certainly weren't going to welcome her with open arms.
"Guys, calm down." Nat closed the door again. "Remember why we're all here?"
"Oh yeah." Cooper looked through the window he was near. "Guys, Juanita should be here any second. Remember her party we're throwing her?" Juanita had won a state skateboarding contest, and they were throwing a surprise party for her. Whether she liked it or not. Quietly sliding back into their positions, they waited for Juanita to come by.
When the door opened again, the look on her face was priceless. Alex hugged her, and they all screamed 'Congratulations' at her. The party went on and on, with pizza and cake and soda. When the band started to clean up the confetti, David noticed a pice of paper on the floor. Picking it up, and reading it, he called everyone over, except for Juanita and Alex, who both had gone to the skate park; obviously Alex was dying to learn some tricks.
"Guys, look at this." David's voice was filled with disbelief, as he reread the paper. Nat took the paper from him, reading it out loud.
Nat, I needed to tell you this, so if you let me explain, I'd really appreciate it. Even though you've probably already gotten over me, and filled the empty spot in the band, I needed to fix things. I'm not coming back to ask for to be the bassist again, but I wanted to tell you I'm sorry. Tell the guys I'm sorry too, and I really hope that you do well. I'd wish you fame, but I guess you already have that. I'm so sorry for everything. Goodbye. He was truly shocked now. Rosalina must've thought she fixed things, but as far as he was concerned she only made it worse. Cooper put his hand on Nat's shoulder, his emotions not quite registering what Rosalina's intentions were in the letter. Thomas and David were speechless, and Nat was just staring at the paper. It explained almost nothing, and the letter only made the pain that he'd been feeling for so long worsen. Everyone looked put out, whether it was because Rosalina decided to make contact, or whether they hadn't been able to yell at her.
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Rosalina tried not to cry. The tears welled up anyways. As they fell, she tried to make sense of what she just did. She couldn't really. Not looking where she was going, she ran into someone.
"Oh my god I'm so sorry!" She helped the girl up, and gasped, almost dropping her.
"Rosalina?" Jesse's familiar voice echoed in Rosalina's ears.
"Jesse?" Rosalina breathed faintly. "I-I"m sorry."
"For running into me, or for leaving the band?"
"Both. I-I got to go." Rosalina couldn't take many more familiar faces. She walked away, leaving a stunned Jesse rooted to the spot.
As Jesse watched the girl walk away, she turned. She was going to to Nat's house. The band, especially Alex, would probably kill her for being late to Juanita's surprise party, but oh well. Picking up the card she had gotten, Jesse now ran to Nat's house.
"GUYS!" She pushed open the door and barged in. Normal manners obviously didn't count at times like this.
"Oops. Sorry." Jesse came into the house with confetti everywhere, and the band huddled together minus their drummer. Nat looked up at her, the same hurt look he wore lately. Only a hundred times worse.
"Jesse, she just looked at us. dropped the paper, and walked out. She didn't even say anything!" They didn't even have to say who. Jesse knew.
"Alex will kill you ya know." Thomas, trying to cheer everyone up, told Jesse the obvious in a relaxed manner. Nat looked void of life, so Jesse went to hug him. He didn't move at all, just stood there, as Jesse delivered her embrace.
"You looked like you had news Jesse." Cooper looked at her, trying to get off the Rosalina subject.
"Um." The boys looked at her now, waiting. "I saw Rosalina walking. I didn't think you knew, so I came to tell you."
"I've got to find her. She apologized f-for what she said. I should go do the same." A chorus of 'NO!'s came up at Nat's statement, but he left anyways. He knew he had to do something. He just didn't know what. Sighing, silent tears fell, the ones that have been waiting to come for over a month.
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