All you need is a little Faith #Wattys2017

Chapter 12

The bell rang again. Damon went and opened it again. Lively chatter filled the air as Alex, Cory, and little Theo entered the living room. But the chatter died down once they saw Macy. But Theo hadn't  seen her so he kept talking.

"Best Day Ever !" he exclaimed before jumping into my arms.

I ruffled his hair and kissed his cheek, that's when he saw Macy. A little frown took over his face as he took in her state.

"Who are you?" he asked in his adorable voice.

Macy whimpered and turned her head away. Cory got the message and stood up.

"Hey, buddy want me to tell you a secret ?" She said with fake excitement.

"Yes!" Theo replied with actual excitement.

Cory whispered something and Theo nodded enthusiastically and bolted up to his room. Cory sat back at her seat.

There was tension in the room before Macy began to speak.

"I'm just really tired of this life. You know I never asked for any of this. I just want the life of an average teenage girl. Like hanging out with friends. Real friends. Going out wearing comfortable clothes for once. I don't want guys to look at me and, think that 'Oh she's easy' and she's just a one-night stand."

She took a deep breath before continuing.

"I don't enjoy being a stuck up bitch nor do I like the title of a "mean girl' I don't want to impress anyone. I want people to take me seriously, for god sake, my own parents don't take me seriously. I want to be a doctor. I know that sounds weird but whatever. When I told my parents this they burst out laughing on my face."

She stopped for a minutes before continuing her rant. It was good for her to vent out everything.

"My own mother said that I wasn't doctor material. She told me to pursue a career a modeling. I just want someone to understand what I'm going through. When people look at me they think that my life is perfect, but it's not. I don't have friends, I'll never have a serious relationship, I have no career goals, my life is a teen cliche drama T.V. series !"

She added the end with a sarcastic chuckle. 

"I tried to start over but it didn't work out so well. Do you know how difficult is it to maintain this damn figure ?! So bloody difficult! So the only way I thought to get a fresh start was to end this pathetic excuse of a life.

We all stared at her in awe. You thought that someone like Macy could be a totally different person. A NICE PERSON.

Chris asked a question which was on all of our minds.

"So when did you start becoming so......" but he trailed off not knowing what word to use.

"Bitchy" Damon said with a shrug.

"Damon !" Cory said hitting him in the arm.

Macy chuckled before answering "Chris you should know this" she said while laughing.

Chris frowned in confusion.

"It was during junior year when I started dating your elder brother Caleb. Even though he was almost out of college I thought it was magical. He was the perfect boyfriend ever. He took me on dates and treated me like royalty. I thought I was in love. It's pathetic I know. He was my first everything you know. But once we'd done the deed he broke up with me Later I came to know that he was only in the relationship for sex. Once he'd got that, he scrammed. I was heart broken. That's when I learned that being the Shy sweet girl would bring me nothing but more heart breaks so I transformed.

It seemed like I could relate to Macy. We were so different but yet so similar. Both of us had been to hell and back. I understood her so well now.

"Well, you have us now. So you don't have to worry about a thing. First thing first we'll get you a large extra cheese pizza !" Cory said hugging her. That made Macy laugh.

"You guys aren't so bad" she said with a smile.

"We try not to be" Chris replied with a smile.

"Do you want to stay the night ?" Alex asked.

"I'd love to if you don't mind, " she said shyly. It was odd to see her shy, but it wasn't bad.

"Of course we don't but,  don't you want to inform your parents?" asked her.
"Nah they won't care if I'm home or not, "She said so casually as if it was a normal thing.

Anger surged through me, what sort of parents were they. How could they not care if their only daughter didn't come home at night ?" Before I could say anything Theo came running in the room.

He looked so adorable in an oversized formal jacket which looked like Alex's and a cute bow tie. His hair was ruffled. He was clutching a red rose in one hand and a piece of paper in the other.

He climbed onto Macy's Lap who looked at him in awe. He gave her the rose and the paper. Macy literally 'awwed' at whatever was written on the paper.

"Thank you. I'm Macy" She said kissing Theo's cheek and introducing herself.

Theo turned a deep red before running away. This time it was my time to aww. Looked like someone has a crush.

"What's written on the paper ?!" Damon asked curiously.

Macy Flipped over the sheet for us to see. In blue crayon inside a big red Heart, it was written "YOU ARE PEWTY AND PEWTY GIRLS DONT CRY !" which roughly translated to that you are pretty and pretty girls don't cry.

That kid surprised me every day.