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Ch30: Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, I Wanna Punch You In The Face. Oops!
"Are you okay?" Alex asks and I can see in Cameron's face that he too recognizes me.
"Elliana, what's wrong?" Josh asks, but I can't speak.
I can't move and I feel as though I can't even breathe.
"Cameron is the drunk driver that killed Lilo," I hear Vincent say.
What?
I snap out of my trance and take a few steps back exiting out the kitchen and running up the stairs.
I can't face him.
"Ellie," I hear a voice call, but I kick all the cups out of the way and close my bedroom door.
"Elliana," someone knocks on the door, but I continue kicking all the cups out of the way until I reach my window. I steadily climb out the window and close it behind me.
"Crap," I say as soon as I realize what I did.
The window only opens from the inside and now I'm stuck outside.
That's great.
I can't believe he's here.
"Elliana," a voice calls and I look down to see a dark figure. "Why are you on your roof?"
"Mick?" I ask and I can see him nodding. "I like the view from up here."
"You okay?" He asks and I nod.
"I'm fine," I lie. "Are you okay?"
"I left my party and went to Beeps," he says. "I sat at the bar for like fifteen minute wondering what drink I wanted. Then I stood up and walked out."
"And you came here?" I ask.
"You're my friend," he says.
"The guy that crashed into my dead sister is inside the house," I tell him. "So I'm hidding out here."
"You want to go get some ice cream?" He moves closer stepping into the light and I can see him smile.
"Sure," I stand up and steadily jump down the roof the way Josh taught me to.
"Do you want me to go in there and kick some ass?" He asks and I shake my head.
"I can kick their ass," I tell him. "I just can't bare to look at them without feeling like I'm somehow betraying Lilo."
"Can you bare to look at a cookies and cream ice cream?"
"I'd be extremely happy to see a cookies and cream ice cream," I smile.
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"I use to run around in underwear," Mick laughs as we walk towards my front steps. "My mom would chase me around trying to put pants on me."
"I'd pinch my sister," I laugh. "She wouldn't do what I wanted so I would pinch her or pull her hair. It would drive my mom crazy."
"Funny how we remember our parents," he laughs. "I don't talk to mine anymore, yet I always seem to think about them when I'm having a hard time."
"Mine stopped talking to me a few weeks ago," I sigh. "My mom called me, but I told her to leave me alone."
"What you do that for?" He asks.
"I'm hurt," I tell him. "My sister passed away and they decide to put me on a plane. At the time I thought it was what I needed, but its not. I needed my parents to help me grieve and to hug me. They decided to send me away because it was probably easier to get rid of me than to deal with me."
"I don't think they wanted to get rid of you," he shakes his head.
"I look just like her," I tell him, tears forming at the corner of my eyes. "I'm a walking portrait of my dead sister and they can't stand it. They sent me away because I remind them of her and they couldn't deal with it."
"Bair I do-" Mick starts, but the door opens interrupting him.
"Elliana?" Josh asks. "We thought you were upstairs."
"Well I'm not," I glare at him.
"I'll see you around," Mick smiles at me before walking off.
"Are you coming in?" He asks.
"Is he there?" I ask. "Is he in the living room?"
I don't want to see him because if I do I might just kill him.
Literally.
"No," he says. "He's in the kitchen talking with Vincent."
"Right," I answer going towards the door, but Josh doesn't move.
"You sure you don't want to spend the night somewhere else?" He asks.
"And where would that be?" I ask sarcastically. "At Pipper's house or at Taylor's house? Wait, they're not talking to me."
"I just meant-" he starts, but I cut him off.
"Just let me in," I glare at him and he nods before moving out the way. I quickly walk into the house and run up the stairs before anyone else can see me.
As soon as I'm upstairs I notice someone sitting outside my door.
"Alex?" I ask as I go towards my room.
"Elliana?" He looks at me confused. "I've been talking to you for like an hour now."
"I went out the window," I tell him. "I've been gone for like an hour."
"Great," he stands up. "I gave out my best cheesy pick up lines and an inspiring speech for nothing."
"I'd like an inspiring speech," I chuckle.
"Four scores and seven years ago," he begins and I shove him playfully. "I'm glad I can still make you smile."
"Yeah me too," I smile.
"Are you okay?" He asks and I shake my head.
"No I'm not," I say truthfully and I can feel tears trying to push their way out of my eyes "and I'm about to cry so I'd walk away now or face the consequences of an ugly faced Elliana."
"Come here," he wraps his arms around me pulling me towards him. "I'mâ not walking away."
"Thank you," I say as tears fall freely down my face.
"No problem shorty," he lets me go and I take a step back.
I then look down at his hands and notice one of his hands is bleeding.
"Alex what happened?" I take a hold of his hand and see his bloody knuckles. "Are you okay?"
"Vincent's face happened," he jokes and I glare at him trying my best to not laugh. "I punched Vincent in the face and then I punched Cameron in the face."
"You punched both of them?" I chuckle "Why?"
"Because you're my best friend," he smiles sheepishly. "I was mad and I told them to step back or else lefty would step in and they didn't listen to me."
"Thank you Alex," I hug him. "You're my best friend too"
"Elliana," I hear the dreaded voice. "Can we talk?"
"Vincent go away," Alex says with a bitter angry tone of voice that I've never heard him use before.
"I let you punch me already Alex," Vincent says. "Don't you think I got what I deserve?"
What he deserves?
"No," I turn to face him. "I don't know how it is that you knew about Cameron, but I do want to know how long you've being knowing."
"Elliana," he says. "That doesn't matter just hear me out."
"How long?" I ask raising my voice.
"I has my suspicions when you told me your name was Bair," he says. "Then I confirmed it when you told me about Lilo for the first time."
What?
He's being knowing the whole time.
I angrily close my fist and swing it directly towards his face hitting his left cheek.
"You had every opportunity to tell me," I cry as he stumbles back holding the left side of his face. "I trusted you first with my secret and you didn't have the balls to tell me what you knew. Not only that, but you allowed for him to come into this house and for me to have to look at him."
"I wanted to tell you," he starts, but I cut him off.
"You could've have told me," I scream. "I cried to you about Lilo and all you were thinking about was your murderous friend. . .I tried my best to help you out and all you were doing was continuously stabbing me in the back. You're a disgusting person Vincent."
"Come on Elliana," Alex guides me towards his room.
"I wasn't protecting him," Vincent says. "I was trying to protect you."
"I didn'tâ need your pathetic useless protection," I tell him. "I needed you to be my friend and have my back. . .I guess you truly ruin everything that's good. I mean, look at how you screwed Janet."
"Your best is full of water," Alex says. "I'll sleep on the couch and you can sleep on my bed."
I simply nod and go with him into his room. I take a look around and notice he's extremely clean with organized to perfection.
"Foster parents don't like messy rooms," he says noticing my surprise.
"Thanks for being here Alex," I sit on the edge of his bed.
"Anytime," he says and then I feel every muscle in my body urging me to scream or cry.
"I just can't believe this is happening," I start crying.
"Come here," he climbs on the bed and pulls me towards him. I laid down next to him and put my head against his chest. "Everything will be fine shorty. You just have to get through today."
"I know," I sob and he begins running his hand through my hair. I don't know how long I lay there crying before falling asleep.
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April 23, 2017