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Outtake 3: Set after the food fight in Chapter 10 (Clashing Sisters) of LINTS.
A Broken Sisterhood
Kate Denali
Leaning forward in the hard and uncomfortable plastic chair, I placed my head in my hands and let out a quiet sigh. I could not believe that my sister had actually been stupid enough to start a fight at school. It was the first day of school for Edward and Alice – even more so because of Tanya's reaction to Edward. It was plain as day that she thought he was handsome and cute and wanted to go out with him just as much as all those other girls that were staring at Edward and trying to flirt with him.
Leaning back I turned to stare up at the ceiling, wondering how bad my punishment for my part in the fight was going to be. Once we got to the reception area outside of his office, Mr. Greene had told Tanya to wait while he, the assistant principal, and the guidance counselor talked to me and got my side of the story. Now Tanya was inside the principal's office while I waited for them to finish so that we could both hear what the verdict was. I was covered in food and Gatorade – thanks a lot, Bella – and I could still not believe that Tanya and I got into an actual food fight over the fact that Alec asked me out that one time so long ago! I didn't want to go out with him because I knew that Tanya liked him – I explained that to my older sister too! I explained it to her over and over again until I was blue in the face. But it was almost as if the more I talked, the more she just tuned me out.
Shaking my head I was startled out of my thoughts by Principal Greene opening the door to his office. Tanya stood just behind him in the doorway, an equally pinched, disgruntled, and sour look upon her face. A slight smirk quickly appeared across my face when I noticed that there was a huge tomato sauce stain in the center of her white cashmere sweater. It quickly vanished when I also noticed the spaghetti sauce around the collar of Mr. Greene's dress shirt.
"Tanya, wait out here with your sister while Mrs. Westley, Mrs. Smith, and I deliberate over your punishment, whatever we decide for that you'll have to accept it; final decision." Mr. Greene reminded us while looking at Tanya more than me. "Remember that we are just right here behind this door so getting into another altercation at this point would not be in either of your best interests." Mr. Greene warned.
Tanya strode right past him and me with her nose in the air and sat herself down in the chair nearest the door to the outside. She resolutely didn't look at either of us. After standing there for a couple of seconds making sure that we were staying put, Mr. Greene went back into his office.
It was silent for a moment before I snuck a look over at my older sister. She was still looking away with a frown heavily plastered on her face.
Sighing, I tried to talk to her, "Tanya,"
"Don't even start, Kate." Tanya actually turned to glare at me. "I wouldn't want to "get into another altercation" with you because apparently it would not be in either of our best interests."
"Tanya,"
"No Kate. Just stop. I so don't want to talk to you. Not now. If I had my way not ever would be my choice."
I gulped as I looked away. Despite that fact that not even half an hour ago I had told her I didn't count her as my sister, I was still hurt by her words. To be honest, I hadn't meant the words that I said to her in the cafeteria.
Shifting in my seat so that I was facing forwards, I kept my eyes trained in front of me so that while I was not looking straight at her, Tanya was in my peripheral vision.
"We made Irina cry."
Tanya's whole body stiffened before she turned her head back to look at me. Staring for a moment she replied, "I saw that. Maybe if you hadn't started the food fight she would not have been crying."
My head snapped back toward her so fast, I heard a slight crick. I threw an incredulous look at Tanya before exclaiming, "Unbelievable. You're going to try to throw the blame for this on me when you're the one that backhanded me first? Wow. Just… you are unbelievable." I shook my head at her before looking away.
I sighed for, what felt like, the millionth time and said, "I'm done. Tanya, I am so done with this and you. You don't want me to talk to you anymore, that's fine. I won't. You don't want to know the truth about what happened with Alec, that's fine. I'll stop trying to tell you. You don't want to try to fix our relationship, that's fine. I'm done trying to fix it all by myself. You don't want me as your sister; you've made that abundantly clear. Congratulations Tanya, wish granted. You don't care. Now I don't care. I'm done with you."
I still wasn't looking at Tanya straight on but I could see her looking at me through the reflection in the window. She had frozen when I said that I was done with her before snapping her head to look at me as I continued with my speech. She sat there watching me with wide eyes as she took in everything that I said to her. When I finished, an emotion flashed across Tanya's face so fast that I couldn't even begin to identify it.
But I didn't bother trying to over analyze it because right after a tear fell from her face and a shaky hand reached up to hastily wipe it away.
As Mr. Greene opened the door to his office and called both Tanya and I inside I had one resounding thought running through my head.
Maybe I wasn't as done with Tanya and to try being her sister again as I thought I was.
~Acacia Rose Masen