Little Sanchez // USWNT

Chapter 36

But because it's almost impossible to avoid someone you live with, she finally cornered me after about 15 minutes of running away. 

I found myself in the kitchen, pinned to the ground my by sister. 

"I know you're avoiding me." She said. "So talk." 

"What?" 

"Don't play dumb." 

"Ash." 

"Speak now." 

"That's my favorite Taylor Swift album." 

"Say one more stupid thing and I'll slap you." 

"Who do you think you are, me? God damn." 

She slapped me clear across the face and it hurt like an absolute bitch. 

"That fucking HURT." I complained. 

"TALK!" 

"I might have kinda found someone. Is that good for you?" I said. 

"Name?" 

"Nope. Not ready to share that yet." 

"Fine. I respect that." 

"All that for that?" I asked. 

"I should be saying that to you." She said, standing up. "Why'd you avoid me over that?" 

"I didn't want you to make a big deal of it, which you fucking did." 

She just looked at me and narrowed her eyes, and opened her mouth as if to say something, but she turned around and walked away instead. 

I picked myself up off the floor and sat down on the couch to resume watching TV. 

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I went to bed early that night, still trying to avoid Ashley at all costs, but after 4 sleepless hours and vomiting three times, I went downstairs to grab some water, only to find her awake, watching TV. 

"Hey Ash." I said, walking past her into the kitchen. 

"Hey Ains. I thought you went to sleep hours ago." 

"I couldn't sleep." 

"Ah." 

I grabbed a cup from the cabinet and filled it up. When I walked back into the living room and saw her there, I sat down next to her for a little while. 

Then, suddenly, I burst into tears. She just stared at me confused. 

"What's wrong? What happened? What?" She tried to put her arm around me but I moved away. 

"I did a bad thing." 

"What's that?" 

"I can't say." I sobbed into a pillow. 

"Yes you can. It's me, Ainsley. We tell each other everything." 

"Yeah, except for this." 

"What could it possibly be? Did you do something illegal? I'm not gonna call the police on you. I would never do that." 

"It's worse."

"Fuck. Who did you kill?" She joked. 

"Not the time for jokes." 

"Sorry." 

"If I tell you, promise me you won't make a big deal." 

"I won't." 

"I can't believe I even did this. I'm shocked at myself." 

"Tell me." 

"I never ever ever saw myself doing this, not in a million years."