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45: A view of the past
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Blood and Roses 46: Delusional
×Griffin× Anastasia and I met up the following Monday. She looked like she'd had a nightmare that stuck with her, and I didn't look much better. She threw an arm around me, leaned her cheek against my shoulder and we walked into the school grounds together. I didn't bring my car, she didn't bring hers. We sort of just met along the way and made the curt decision to walk the rest of the school. I wasn't exactly feeling that great about either of our situation. We didn't ask about. Infact, we said no words. Just walking and staying in close contact. Eyes followed us everywhere . They seemed shocked by the sight, and I mean shocked. But no part of me cared. Luciana and Max rushed to greet me. "Griffin." I grunted a response. Not moving from Anastasia. Making it weird for them to offer me hugs, or anything. I could have moved away, but her scent was the only thing keeping me from breaking down. I didn't want to go to school. That was the truth. I wanted to stay away from school, bu
Blood and Roses 47: Not the best idea
×Anastasia× This morning, I woke up with a grimy, cloudy feeling of dread looming over my head. Something was wrong. I could immediately tell. My aunt was still around, and Alexis had been pestering me the day before to hang out with her at the old playground. I finally caved and said yes. Something about that had made her grin ear to ear, and I knew instantly that I'd made a big mistake. But I didn't want her to know that she had gotten to me with her words. Instead, I told myself that it would be fine. I got up, took a shower and left all the make-up ideas and pretty clothes I wanted to wear. Instead, I went for matching joggers and a white Adidas shoes. My body was groggy, I must not have slept as well a so thought I did. Walking was difficult, it was like my entire body didn't want to get out of my bedroom. I'd been so freaked out by Alexis that I forgot to swap rooms.She's really a bad omen if she's making every instinct in my body tingle with a sad desperation to get away fr
Blood and Roses 48: It can't be
×Anastasia× The stench of something burning, perhaps wood, is the only thing that comforts us in this silence. We haven't seen a single person since we were taken. My head had finally cooled off, and I could bring my body to ask questions. To Alexis. "What the fuck ?!" I exclaimed. Griffin had a tight look as he glared at Alexis, and Vanessa looked confused. But Alexis knew, she broke into her crocodile tears and hoped for sympathy as she whimpered with tears pouring like rain down her face. But sympathy was the last thing she would get out of me. She brought me to a park, she told me how she truly felt and now she has the mindset to cry??? Because she was kidnapped too??"I don't care that you're crying, Alexis. So shut it down, and tell me what you did, and why you did it. Because I can't understand how someone can be so cruel and pathetic. To set up their own cousin to abducted.""You did what?!" Now Vanessa mirrored Griffin's expression. We were all angry at her. She rubbed h
Blood and Roses 49: I hate me
×Alexis× When Max stepped in front of th cell, I didn't even know what to think. First of all, this was Griffin's best friend. How did she just waltz in here easily? The guilt of my actions kept eating away at my chest reminding me that doing a bad thing and alot of consequences. Anastasia had felt those consequences when her family died, and I was blinded by my inate jealousy that I couldn't see her suffering. I was too engrossed in myself and my hatred only seemed to grow. What the hell is wrong with me? I worked with a clearly deranged woman, and I agreed to set my cousin up so she would be kidnapped, and killed. I'm so fucking stupid and wicked. This guilt will never go away , because Anastasia will never forgive me. She gave me so many tries to fix our friendship and I crashed every single one of them. I stayed against the wall, feeling more depressed that I'd ever been. Because this meant I was just as bad as my mother. Max gripped the bars and turned her attention to Griffi
Blood and Roses Chapter 50
×Vanessa× I awoke to soft sounds of my mother tapping her knuckles against my door, I wondered why she was up this early. She usually woke up my six am on the dot. Not wanting her to know that I was awake, I stayed still and force my body to go back to being limp. She knocked again, this time her voice followed through. "Vanessa, sweetie, are you awake?" She called. Her voice was louder than her knocking. She twisted the door knob, and I quickly closed my eyes lids. She knocked one more time. "Vanessa, are you awake honey?" Her voice still sounded like it was far away and I took sustenance in that. She hadn't entered my room just yet and that was perfectly fine by me. Her footsteps were loud, like she was trying hard to see if I was awake. Or maybe she wanted me to wake up. Whichever one, I remained quiet and continued to fake sleeping. I learnt this from Anastasia. She and I would pretend whenever we had sleepovers just to mess with her mother. It only lasted a year before her
Blood and Roses 51: I've got the key! Nope, I've got A key!
×Anastasia×I think we've been here for weeks, but I can't be too sure. Everything is weird. They're feeding us, and treating us like we're at a two star motel. No one was actually doing anything. Griffin had secluded himself to the back of his cell, but he wasn't feeling any sadness. He was just curious. And I could feel it. Dell told me as well. Alexis was…. To be honest I haven't given her much thought. While my bunk mate, Vanessa was in a weird state. She was in between happiness that she could walk and sadness that her mother had been the reason for the depression she had felt after she thought her chances of walking were zero to none. Can I just gloat about being right? I called it years ago that her mother was a bitch but everyone who didn't know said it was a classic Gastillo trying to start a fight. NOW WHO'S RIGHT YOU SELF POMPOUS FUCKERS!It's me.Okay, now that I'm done with that little gloating moment, we can try to focus on getting some answers. It seems like they'r
Blood and Roses 52: The half assed truth
×Griffin×This week only gets worse and worse, but not for me. I actually don't feel anything. I stopped feeling things after the first day. My mother was hung up like an animal. The contents of her stomach were removed. Most of her organs were stored in front of her. I hate alot of things, I really hate alot, but nothing had been able to cut close to seeing my mother that way. Not even my father. And he had hurt me bad. I'm supposed to be this badass who doesn't feel anything but isn't that a lie. I couldn't keep my face straight when I saw my mom in that position. To the best of my knowledge she was buried.I doubt my father even knows about the horrific way these people have hung her body to a wall. Right below a shrine. I wonder if they're praying to my dead mother's body, or if she was placed there as a sacrifice to whatever this cult serves. The door opens again, and I kicked the plate they offered me. I don't need food or water. Dell can keep me alive even after I'm dead. He'
Blood and Roses 53- To die with regrets
×Alexis× Griffin never came back, Anastasia was plotting something and Vanessa is actually a tough cookie. I'm all alone here. Those two have each other, I have no one. Because I chose to…. I wish I'd taken a different route. Anastasia forgave me so many times and I tried to get her killed. I wouldn't forgive me either. I've been having these thoughts for days, I'm tired of the self loathing. There isn't a word I haven't called myself. Every bad word I can think of, I've thrown it at myself. I fucking suck. I got up this morning feeling the same way. My shower was done in silence while I listened to Anastasia and Vanessa flash their friendships around. They were talking almost in code. If I closed my eyes, I can pretend like they've included me into the topic. It's said, yes, it's pathetic, I agree. But I'm lonely. I need to converse with someone. Anastasia is not interested in talking to me, again, I don't blame her. Vanessa won't talk to me because she's too busy with Ana.
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