My head was in my hands, I was broken, a prisoner stuck in my own body. Silent tears no one wanted to hear coming from me, painful memories of suffering resurfaced. There were a few knocks on the door from outside,
¨go away!!¨
¨Jacqueline it's me, Annabelle, someone wants to talk to you.¨ She opened the door, waiting outside was Stephanie, ¨Big brother, what happened, why is mom so angry??¨ I shrugged, ¨I guess some people are too ignorant to understand both sides of the same story.¨

Both Annabelle and Stephanie sat on the other side of me, ¨ Who's she?¨ Stephanie whispered as Annabelle began spacing out. "She's the girl who escorted me back," I answered,
"So is she you're girlfriend?" she smirked mischievously,
"No, she's not!"
" I'm not what?" Annabelle asked
"It's nothing!"
"Alright, I'm cool with it." I sighed, "My sister asked if I like you, and to be honest, I'm beginning to develop some feelings for you..." Annabelle blushed, something that I never saw her do, no one has ever done that before, not for me. "I am too, but I rather wait on it a little bit to see if I'll be able to maintain my feelings for you or give it to someone else."

She was right, realistically something like that would happen, she'll end up finding someone else, and possibly marry them whoever the lucky person might be. "I understand, there's a lot of fish in the sea who knows what the possibilities might come too?!"

She nodded as her phone began to ring, "Oh, that must be my mother, calling me to tell me that her shift is over, I need to go!" I caught up to her before she left, "Hey, wait before you do go, can I at least have your phone number?"

She did, I logged it into my own device, saving her information. "I'll see you around, I guess, after all, I'm mostly here on Mondays and Wednesdays, so feel free to stop by!" She waved goodbye, I finally made a new friend.

There was a bit of silence after she left, I swear I was already giving Googoo eyes like the lovesick puppy I was "So you like her, huh?" Stephanie asked, bringing my attention back.
"I know how you looked at her, you obviously like her, big brother." I didn't say anything, I compressed my body up against a corner, feeling the cold surface touching my bare skin and freezing it. "Do me a favor and don't tell mom about this, I don't want her to think anything less of me." Stephanie gave me this confused look, "I don't tell her about the things that you tell me, regardless, do you not trust me or something?" I hesitated,
"If it ever comes to the point where you're confronted with the situation that you must tell someone, I want you to swear on your life that something like that wouldn't happen." "What if it does, big brother, then what will happen? You can't predict the future, that's not how life works!" I scoffed, life was more of a mystery then I was. But I knew myself more than anyone, more than anyone could ever know.