A Flair For The Dramatic
Three
2 weeks later
*Rose*
I've been completely ignoring my post lately, I've just been taking it and reading the ones that I know aren't from Charlie. They are getting angrier and angrier, and I can see it by his handwriting. He knows what's been going on, he knows that I have been throwing them away without reading them. And he knows about Vic.
Needless to say, he has someone following me around. But I still have yet to figure out who that is, as I haven't seen anyone lurking around that shouldn't be. I have learned to ignore it - to an extent. But it still gets to me, that no matter what I'm going to have to face Charlie once he comes out of jail.
He knows where I am all the time, and if I try to leave, he will find a way to stop me. I can guarantee it.
But I have trained myself to push these thoughts to the back of my mind, especially while everything else is going great at the moment. Me and Vic are still seeing each other (to my surprise) and even Elle has met someone new.
Speaking of Elle, we're supposed to be meeting up in half an hour with Vic and his friends and my little sister, Summer. She is on a holiday from university and I said said she can come and stay with me until she is back there.
*Summer*
I wipe the tears from underneath my eyes and check the text I just received from my sister, Rose.
Shit.
I'm supposed to be meeting her in 20 minutes with her friends and I haven't even left the bathroom of the train station yet. I also haven't sorted out my make up, I need to get rid of any trace of the tears that are slowly staining my face. Rose can't know what's going on with me lately, it would kill her and I know that she already has enough on her mind.
She has her own troubles - troubles that I'm supposed to be helping her out with - she doesn't need to know what I've been going through too; she will only try to help me, which will, in turn, only halt her help process.
She thinks that I've been at university all of this time and that I'm living with her for a few months for a holiday, when really I've been living in a one bedroom shitty flat that I have been having to share with someone else because I can't afford the rent on my own, and I'm staying with her because I needed to get away. It wouldn't be too bad, but the guy that I have to share the flat with is the real problem.
Jack, my "boyfriend". Or so he thinks. I never actually agreed to be with him, but seeing as I live with him I never really had a choice. And the way he treats me never really gave me a choice either, I daren't defy him, not when he has so much control over me.
Well, he did have a lot of control over me, not so much anymore. I needed to get away, and I have. I ran away from him, he won't even know that I've gone yet...
I'm planning on telling Rose after a month or two, because maybe then she will let me stay with her permanently. There is no way that I can go back to him after I ran away in secret, he would kill me.
But there is also a problem with telling Rose. She has gone through exactly the same thing that I have been going through, only ten times worse. It would absolutely kill her and she would probably do something to him she would end up regretting.
I check my phone and smile when I see the warm, friendly message from her telling me that she is outside the café with her friends now. I look in the mirror and make sure that I look presentable so no one suspects anything. When I am content with my appearance I head out of the toilets and plaster a huge fake smile on my face ready to meet everyone.
*Mike*
"Hey, I'm Summer." She smiles widely and I lean in and kiss her cheek. She is gorgeous, just like her sister, and my smile widens when she looks up at me and blushes.
"I'm Mike."
"I bet you 10 bucks they're going to hit it off." I hear Vic whisper to Rose and Rose smiles.
"I'm pretty sure they heard that." Rose laughs as me and Summer both look at the two of them. "But it's a deal."
Vic laughs and it makes me smile. I haven't seen him this happy for a long time, I can tell that it's Rose that makes him feel this way. Although I know this, I still can't help feeling really wary about her. She is definitely hiding something about herself or her past but she is keeping it a really good secret. Fair enough, we all have things that we would rather keep to ourselves, but I just don't want whatever it is to end up hurting Vic.
Another thing that bothers me about her is the way her and her friend, Elle, are. They both take drugs and drink pretty heavily when they want to. I know that Elle is worse than Rose but I'm a good judge of character and I can see Rose taking the same route as Elle. They are clearly great friends and the fact that they work together isn't helping the situation either.
They are both adrenaline junkies and don't care about the harm that they are inflicting upon themselves, and I really don't want that to have an impact on Vic's life. It would kill me as well as him, eventually.
He has only just gotten over his most recent break up, where he was treated like shit, and I would hate for that to happen again. I can tell he really likes Rose already and this leaves him vulnerable and an easy target to get hurt...
*Summer*
Seeing how happy Rose is around her new friends makes so happy, and it also makes me warm to her friends immediately.
I can see how much Vic likes her from the way he looks at her, and I know that she likes him by the way she acts around him - she is so carefree, it's almost as if she has forgotten everything she has ever been through and everything she is still going through.
I think Vic will be good for her, she probably hasn't even thought about taking anything since she started dating him and she is actually going out and socializing for once.
It isn't just Vic that is leaving a good impression with me either, it's every single one of them. Jaime is probably one of the funniest guys I have ever met, Tony is one of the sweetest, and Mike... Mike is definitely one of the hottest.
"What are you thinking about?" Rose asks me and smiles sweetly, her beauty radiating around her. I have always been envious of Rose's looks - her getting the better genes out of the both of us. But I love her too much to let it get the best of me.
"Oh, uh, nothing. I just love seeing you this happy. It's been too long since I have seen you this way." I tell her honestly.
"I know. I think I'm learning to get over everything now." She half-whispers and it's then that I realize that she hasn't told any of her new friends about what has happened to her. She raises her eyebrows at me and I nod briskly.
"We'll talk later." I mouth to her and she nods her head once, her lips tightening into a small smile.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay for a while?" I hear Vic asking Rose sweetly at the door of her apartment as I unpack my things in her lounge.
"Yeah, I've got Summer here to keep me occupied for now. I have to help her unpack and stuff." Rose answers.
"Okay, I'll call you later then." He says and I hear him give her a little kiss. I smile at the two of them and don't stop smiling until Rose comes back into the living room and sees me.
"What are you grinning at?" She asks me.
"I like Vic. You are the perfect couple."
"Except we're not a couple." She says and sighs in slight frustration. I know how touchy she is with the subject of relationships and I feel guilty for bringing it up.
"Will be soon..." I mumble but she hears me and smirks, picking up a pillow and hitting me playfully with it.
"Shut up." She says and I laugh.
"No, I'm serious. You're both very sweet, and he is good for you. He isn't going to hurt you. I can tell."
"I think I really like him." She says and I am shocked at her honesty - she usually keeps things like that to herself - in case she gets caught up with anyone and ends up regretting it. I raise my eyebrows at her and she furrows hers at me. "I know that's strange coming from me, but he is different. The whole situation with him is different. It's good."
"I agree." I tell her and she smiles.
"I'm glad you approve." She chuckles. "Hey, what's happening with you and Mikey, eh? You both hit it off straight away. I think I can see a little romance blossoming over there." She smirks and pokes me in my side gently.
"Hey, we only just met."
"He's a nice guy, Summer. You should get to know him a bit better." Rose says and winks at me playfully.
"He is a nice guy. He is pretty damn hot too." I say and we laugh together and I think to myself that this is how it should be. I am always at my happiest when I am with Rose and every time we are with each other our sister-sister bond grows stronger.
I can only hope that this lasts without Jack finding me first...
*Rose*
I've been completely ignoring my post lately, I've just been taking it and reading the ones that I know aren't from Charlie. They are getting angrier and angrier, and I can see it by his handwriting. He knows what's been going on, he knows that I have been throwing them away without reading them. And he knows about Vic.
Needless to say, he has someone following me around. But I still have yet to figure out who that is, as I haven't seen anyone lurking around that shouldn't be. I have learned to ignore it - to an extent. But it still gets to me, that no matter what I'm going to have to face Charlie once he comes out of jail.
He knows where I am all the time, and if I try to leave, he will find a way to stop me. I can guarantee it.
But I have trained myself to push these thoughts to the back of my mind, especially while everything else is going great at the moment. Me and Vic are still seeing each other (to my surprise) and even Elle has met someone new.
Speaking of Elle, we're supposed to be meeting up in half an hour with Vic and his friends and my little sister, Summer. She is on a holiday from university and I said said she can come and stay with me until she is back there.
*Summer*
I wipe the tears from underneath my eyes and check the text I just received from my sister, Rose.
Shit.
I'm supposed to be meeting her in 20 minutes with her friends and I haven't even left the bathroom of the train station yet. I also haven't sorted out my make up, I need to get rid of any trace of the tears that are slowly staining my face. Rose can't know what's going on with me lately, it would kill her and I know that she already has enough on her mind.
She has her own troubles - troubles that I'm supposed to be helping her out with - she doesn't need to know what I've been going through too; she will only try to help me, which will, in turn, only halt her help process.
She thinks that I've been at university all of this time and that I'm living with her for a few months for a holiday, when really I've been living in a one bedroom shitty flat that I have been having to share with someone else because I can't afford the rent on my own, and I'm staying with her because I needed to get away. It wouldn't be too bad, but the guy that I have to share the flat with is the real problem.
Jack, my "boyfriend". Or so he thinks. I never actually agreed to be with him, but seeing as I live with him I never really had a choice. And the way he treats me never really gave me a choice either, I daren't defy him, not when he has so much control over me.
Well, he did have a lot of control over me, not so much anymore. I needed to get away, and I have. I ran away from him, he won't even know that I've gone yet...
I'm planning on telling Rose after a month or two, because maybe then she will let me stay with her permanently. There is no way that I can go back to him after I ran away in secret, he would kill me.
But there is also a problem with telling Rose. She has gone through exactly the same thing that I have been going through, only ten times worse. It would absolutely kill her and she would probably do something to him she would end up regretting.
I check my phone and smile when I see the warm, friendly message from her telling me that she is outside the café with her friends now. I look in the mirror and make sure that I look presentable so no one suspects anything. When I am content with my appearance I head out of the toilets and plaster a huge fake smile on my face ready to meet everyone.
*Mike*
"Hey, I'm Summer." She smiles widely and I lean in and kiss her cheek. She is gorgeous, just like her sister, and my smile widens when she looks up at me and blushes.
"I'm Mike."
"I bet you 10 bucks they're going to hit it off." I hear Vic whisper to Rose and Rose smiles.
"I'm pretty sure they heard that." Rose laughs as me and Summer both look at the two of them. "But it's a deal."
Vic laughs and it makes me smile. I haven't seen him this happy for a long time, I can tell that it's Rose that makes him feel this way. Although I know this, I still can't help feeling really wary about her. She is definitely hiding something about herself or her past but she is keeping it a really good secret. Fair enough, we all have things that we would rather keep to ourselves, but I just don't want whatever it is to end up hurting Vic.
Another thing that bothers me about her is the way her and her friend, Elle, are. They both take drugs and drink pretty heavily when they want to. I know that Elle is worse than Rose but I'm a good judge of character and I can see Rose taking the same route as Elle. They are clearly great friends and the fact that they work together isn't helping the situation either.
They are both adrenaline junkies and don't care about the harm that they are inflicting upon themselves, and I really don't want that to have an impact on Vic's life. It would kill me as well as him, eventually.
He has only just gotten over his most recent break up, where he was treated like shit, and I would hate for that to happen again. I can tell he really likes Rose already and this leaves him vulnerable and an easy target to get hurt...
*Summer*
Seeing how happy Rose is around her new friends makes so happy, and it also makes me warm to her friends immediately.
I can see how much Vic likes her from the way he looks at her, and I know that she likes him by the way she acts around him - she is so carefree, it's almost as if she has forgotten everything she has ever been through and everything she is still going through.
I think Vic will be good for her, she probably hasn't even thought about taking anything since she started dating him and she is actually going out and socializing for once.
It isn't just Vic that is leaving a good impression with me either, it's every single one of them. Jaime is probably one of the funniest guys I have ever met, Tony is one of the sweetest, and Mike... Mike is definitely one of the hottest.
"What are you thinking about?" Rose asks me and smiles sweetly, her beauty radiating around her. I have always been envious of Rose's looks - her getting the better genes out of the both of us. But I love her too much to let it get the best of me.
"Oh, uh, nothing. I just love seeing you this happy. It's been too long since I have seen you this way." I tell her honestly.
"I know. I think I'm learning to get over everything now." She half-whispers and it's then that I realize that she hasn't told any of her new friends about what has happened to her. She raises her eyebrows at me and I nod briskly.
"We'll talk later." I mouth to her and she nods her head once, her lips tightening into a small smile.
"Are you sure you don't want me to stay for a while?" I hear Vic asking Rose sweetly at the door of her apartment as I unpack my things in her lounge.
"Yeah, I've got Summer here to keep me occupied for now. I have to help her unpack and stuff." Rose answers.
"Okay, I'll call you later then." He says and I hear him give her a little kiss. I smile at the two of them and don't stop smiling until Rose comes back into the living room and sees me.
"What are you grinning at?" She asks me.
"I like Vic. You are the perfect couple."
"Except we're not a couple." She says and sighs in slight frustration. I know how touchy she is with the subject of relationships and I feel guilty for bringing it up.
"Will be soon..." I mumble but she hears me and smirks, picking up a pillow and hitting me playfully with it.
"Shut up." She says and I laugh.
"No, I'm serious. You're both very sweet, and he is good for you. He isn't going to hurt you. I can tell."
"I think I really like him." She says and I am shocked at her honesty - she usually keeps things like that to herself - in case she gets caught up with anyone and ends up regretting it. I raise my eyebrows at her and she furrows hers at me. "I know that's strange coming from me, but he is different. The whole situation with him is different. It's good."
"I agree." I tell her and she smiles.
"I'm glad you approve." She chuckles. "Hey, what's happening with you and Mikey, eh? You both hit it off straight away. I think I can see a little romance blossoming over there." She smirks and pokes me in my side gently.
"Hey, we only just met."
"He's a nice guy, Summer. You should get to know him a bit better." Rose says and winks at me playfully.
"He is a nice guy. He is pretty damn hot too." I say and we laugh together and I think to myself that this is how it should be. I am always at my happiest when I am with Rose and every time we are with each other our sister-sister bond grows stronger.
I can only hope that this lasts without Jack finding me first...
Notes
Im so sorry its been like a week since I updated, ive just been so busy with exam week in school, but I promise it won't take me that long to update again now :)
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