-------Two Weeks Later------
"Hey sweet pea!?" Oh God what does she want? I walked down the hall into my mothers bedroom, she was dressed in an oversized T, that I'm guessing belonged to the man in her bed. The man was not my farther. They never were.
"Yeah what do you want?"
"Stop with the attitude Liberty Rose! All I want is for you to go to the store and get me some food. Or is that to hard for you?" ugh I hate it when she goes all motherly on me. It's pathetic.
"Sure. What do you want?" I said giving her my best, little princess voice. She gave me a list of things that she wanted me to get for her, so I jumped into my ford fairlane and drove to the nearest store.
"Lets see... I need-shit!" I yelled as I fell to the ground. "What the he-
You." I was staring into the gorgeous but annoyed eyes of Bentleigh James.
"Oh, it's you. Funny I almost apologized." He snarled.
"Look you don't have to be such a douche okay? I said I was sorry," I said as pulled myself up, just as I was about to straiten up I hit my head on an overhanging can. Just as I was about to fall Bentleigh caught me.
I stared at him shocked. Did he just.... Help me GASP!
"What!? I'm not that bad Jesus..."
"I-Yeah thanks, anyway I have to... uhh... go."
"Yeah... cya."
God could that have got ton anymore awkward! What a dick.
Soon I finished my shopping and made it to the register. I went to get my wallet from my pocket only to find it wasn't there. Shit. Where is it? I looked around franticly, until someone tapped my shoulder.
"hey uhh... what's your name?" Bentleigh asked.
"Libby." I said to him stupidly.
"Oh right Libby... uh I think this is yours..."
"Ohmigod! Thank you so much! I was freaking out!" I said and hugged him, then froze, and took a step back.
"Uhh... clears throat.... Yeah thanks again...I... yeah..." IDIOT IDIOT IDIOT!
"Uhm... yeah sure... no problem." And he walked out. Wow....
**********
"Hey Lib?"
"Yeah Lil?" we were sitting on my bed staring at the ceiling. I still hadn't told her about my encounter with Bentleigh. I didn't plan on it either.
"What are you doing this week end?"
"Probs nothing why?"
"Wanna come to the family get together? I really don't want to go by myself. It's torture! Pleeeease?"
"Ugh fine. Only because I love you." She rolled over and smiled at me. Oh gosh what have I got myself into?
Lil and I decided to go clothes shopping for the big family get together. I wonder if Bentleigh will be there? Why are you thinking that he hates you. And you think he's rude.
We spent at least two hours at the mall. I found this really cute white sundress that ties up at the back, with black ballet flats. Lil got a purple sundress with a bow at the front and white ballet flats. We both looked pretty cute.
It's Friday night and I'm so stressed out about tomorrow. What if people remember me from the funeral and kick me out... oh gosh...
I went to sleep with what I'm guessing was a worried look on my face.
"Why is you face all scrunched up?" I opened one eye and found that I was face to face with Lilly.
"What the hell are you doing in my house? No scratch that what are you doing in my bed at..." I turned to my alarm clock and gasped. "Seven in the morning!!!! Are you insane Lillian?!" She knew she was in trouble when I used her full name.
She gave me puppy dog eyes that she knew I wouldn't be able to resist.
"Lilly don't." I groaned. But to late she was pouting like there was no tomorrow.
"Ugh fine, your forgiven." she instantly lost the pout and smiled.
"Now what the hell are you doing in my bed at seven in the morning?"
"Well we need to get ready silly!"
"At seven in the morning?" I asked giving her an 'are you stupid' look.
"Yeah we have to be there by ten, and it's going to take an hour to get there. So come on princess get up take a shower, and we'll get all dolled up for this especially fun event." She said her words very much laced in sarcasm.
"Ugh FINE!" I yelled flinging the covers off me, grabbed some clothes and headed to the bathroom.
**
After taking a well-deserved hot shower I walked out to find Lil sitting in the middle of my room meditating.
"Uhh... Lil?" I asked unsure weather I should just walk away. Lil is going through a new phase where she claims she needs more calm in her life. So she takes ten minutes of every hour and sits down where ever she can, to meditate.
"LIL!"
"Ugh What?!" ooo shit should have just left her...
"Uh don't we need do start getting ready?"
"Oh, yeah. C'mon lets get my stuff from the car!"
She got up from her place on the floor and raced down the stairs. I just stood there, mouth wide open. Wasn't she mad at me before?
"Okay you can get that look off your face now Liberty! Gosh I wasn't actually mad at you." Pfft I knew that...
"Okay where's your dress?" she asked.
"In my closet, I'll go get it." After getting out clothes together we decided to start on hair then move to makeup.
"Lil?" I asked after we had done our hair.
"Yeah?"
"Can we get food now? I'm so fricken hungry!"
** So after we finally got food, we made our way back up to my room, and finished getting ready.
We stood in front of my full-length mirror, just starting at ourselves. My black hair was loosely curled and my make up was light, but I was given a Smokey affect for my eyes. Lil had her blonde hair strait and all she had for make up was bronzer, mascara and lip gloss. I have to say we looked pretty good.
"Eh..." Lil said, scrunching her face up.
"I like it."
"Yeah well you'll just have to do." She said grinning at me.
"Gee thanks Lil, way to boost my self esteem." I said giving her a sarcastic smile.
"Okay well we have to get going so c'mon Cherub!" And she pranced out. I met her down stairs and she gave me an over the top bow and gestured for me to go first out the door.
**
We pulled up in front of a huge white mansion, with a blue gate. From where we were sitting we could here slow playing song coming from the back yard.
"C'mon Libb you can drool later." Lil said shutting my mouth.
"Here goes nothing." I muttered, and caught up to her.
When we walked in, no one really noticed us. Well that's what I thought, until I heard a very angry voice come from behind me.
"So first you crash my sisters funeral, and then you have the guts to show up at a family get together. You do relies that you're not family, nor will you ever be." Bentleigh said glaring at me. I had nothing to say I just stood there like an idiot gaping at him.
"Well she's part of my family Bentleigh James so why don't you just back the hell off?" Thank God for Lil I honestly don't know what I'd do with out her.
""Shut up LILLIAN!" He yelled. Oh hell no, he did not shut say that.
"Why don't you just shut up?!" She yelled. "All you've done is be a complete dick to everyone, including your mum. Not like she doesn't have enough on her plate! Your not the only one that lost her you know?! Stop being so damn self centered and look around! You were bad enough before she died, and now your just unbearable! Do you really think she'd like you being this way?! Pushing everyone that loves you away? Do you think she would be smiling at you right now?!"
He just stop there stunned. Then he turned to glare at me.
"Fine have it your way. Stay, but stay out of my way." He said, his words dripping with venom. He moved his glare off of me and moved it on to Lil.
"You stay away from me too." And he stormed off.
I felt so sick inside. I didn't know what to say, didn't know how to act. I felt numb.
"You okay Lib?" No.
"Yeah I'm fine, " I said giving her a weak smile. "I should be asking you that. How do you feel?"
"Ugh fine. I don't care he's only hurting himself in the long run."
"Okay well I'm just going to go to the bath room, I'll meet you later, okay?"
"Yeah sure." She said smiling.
I found the nearest closet opened the door, closed it and came face to face, with you guessed it... Bentleigh. Not even an inch of space between us. We stood staring for a while. When I looked up into his eyes and saw tears in them. I don't know how or what I was thinking but I wrapped my arms around his waist and hugged him. As soon as I touched him my entire body started tingling. What surprised me more is that he put his arms around me and I felt his body start to shake uncontrollably.
After a while I felt him pull away, so I looked back into his eyes and saw his tears. I brushed them away and as I went to put my hand back he grabbed it.
"This doesn't change a thing," he said "Your still unwelcome. And if you value your life, you'll keep this to yourself." He grumbled, giving me an empty threat, and walked out.
I stood there stunned. What the hell just happened?! I can't believe I did that. God I hate him. I was being nice and again he just shoved it back in my face. But as I walked out of the closet heading towards Lil, I couldn't help but remembering the tingling I felt when he held me.
I shook the feeling off and sat next to where Lil was talking animatedly to her cousin.
**
"Are you okay Lib?" It was two days after the family get together. It was pretty fun after the encounter with Bentleigh. I danced with one of Lil's cousins, and she danced with one of her cousin's best friends. If I had to say I'd say that it was love at first sight for them.
"Yeah I'm fine why?"
"You just seem so out of it and... quiet."
"No. I'm fine but what I want to know is how you and Kyle are?" Kyle was her cousins best friend, the one she danced with. Now all they did was text.
"Oh, you know... good." She said giving me a dazzling smile.
"So has he asked you out yet?"
"NO! of course not, we just met. Though it would be amazing if he did." Oh god here she goes. Now she'll talk about him for the next hour or so, until she finds something equally interesting to talk about. Unfortunately it was Bentleigh that she turned her attention to.
"SO what's up with you to anyway? I don't get how you hate each other so much. I mean he is cute, and I don't mean in a way that I would want him eh yuck! But anyway he's cute your cute. You'd make one cute couple. OH and ohmigod if you to got together we'd be cousins!"
She seemed to get so excited about this. I wasn't. He was arrogant, self-centered, and from what I hear a complete player.
"NO Lilly! Never going to happen," choosing to voice my thoughts. "He's arrogant, self centered and a player! No way is that happening! Oh and not to mention we completely hate each other!"
"Alright, alright, don't get your knickers in a twist it was just a thought."
I knew full well that wasn't just a thought. Knowing Lil she had already planned our wedding.
"I'm watching you Lillian." I said with a scowl. She just brushed it off.
"Alright well I must choof I have things to do. People to get together." She mumbled the last part, knowing that I could hear her.
"Fine but don't expect me to help you with anything. I'm fully against anything and everything you planned!" I yelled as she mad her way down stairs.
That night after I had showered and got comfy I thought carefully about what had happened in the closet that day. The tingles. The touching.
The last thing that went through my mind before I slipped into unconsciousness, was Bentleigh's tear stained face.
** Bentleigh P.O.V**
The last thing that went through my head as I slipped into unconsciousness was Libby's sad compassionate face.
I woke in the morning with a start. I had dreamt that she was still here. I had hoped that when I woke, and went down stairs I would see her smiling face at the table stuffing her face with pancakes, just like she used to. But no. Just emptiness.
I sighed and swung my body out of bed and into the shower. I shut the water off and put a towel around my hips and stared at myself in the mirror. I had dark bags under my eyes. I wasn't sleeping well anymore. I didn't look eighteen, I looked so much older. My usually healthy Blonde hair was dead looking. My emerald green eyes held no usual light in them like they used to. I was dead. I died with her.
After getting dressed I headed down stairs to eat. Half way through eating my toast there was a knock on the door. I grudgingly got up and answered.
I was her.
**Flash Back**
"C'mon Babe lets just do it. I want you so bad." She said giving me a cute pout.
How could I resist. I gave her an encouraging kiss and she took to it strait away. We already had our shirts off. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't wan more. I was just scared Aliana would walk in. Oh well she's fine.
I unclasped her bra, and she moaned. She took my pants off and things went from there. We were really getting into it when we heard the scream.
**End**
"Lana." I said my voice full of scorn.
"Hey," She said her voice weak. "I just came over to tell you that, I... um... I'm moving in about a week. And I just felt that you should know."
"Why would I care where you go, or what you do?" I said my voice hatful.
"Well I just thought-"
"You just thought, well why don't you just think yourself off my property. " I said and slammed the door in her face.
This was her fault.
After finishing my breakfast. I had no idea what to do with myself. The house was empty, like it always is now. Her face kept popping up into my thoughts, and I was surprised the see Libby's face pop up. She just reminded me so much of Aliana. She was shy but then when insulted she fought back. She had an attitude. Just like Aliana. She seemed to make people smile. I realized that when she was sitting with my cousins. I couldn't help but think about the closet. I can't believe I was so weak. But she said nothing just comforted me. Just like Aliana would have.
I thought about my parents. What Lilly said really got to me. Was I really being that bad? And when she said that Aliana would be so disappointed I just broke. Lilly was right, Aliana would have slapped me and told me to man up. But I don't want to. This is my fault and this is me taking responsibility.