Journey - Episode 6

 

Oh God I feel terrible. Finally awake I see. Hmmm, it's my favorite sister. I'm your only sister. Right. What did you drink last night? Elliot. Hmm... I got you some food, white rice and chicken pepper soup. The pepper soup should be great for you. Sorry, I ruined the party for you and Phil. You getting drunk wasn't the problem. It was the things you said when we got to school, as we were trying to get you in here . You've been acting really weird lately and I should have noticed especially when you made that comment about mom but I didn't. I don't want to talk about it.

Natasha, please talk to me. You're always trying to help so why can't you let me do the same. Neither mom nor you ever say what happened later that night and I get the feeling that it keeps bothering you. Tess watched her sisters eyes fill with tears she was desperately trying to hold back. You passed out. You didn't see him, still trying to hurt mom after you stabbed him.

She kept trying to fight him and he wouldn't win cos he was injured so he came after me and I knew he was going to hit me but I was so scared I just stood there, paralyzed. I can't eat anymore, I'm tired. What happened after that? Mom broke one of his spirit bottles on his head and he passed out too then she crawled to the phone and called Grandma. I just stood there all that time and watched him bleed

All episodes of this story can be found here >> https://www.ebonystory.com/story/journey

. I was too scared to do anything for either of you so I stood there and watched him bleed.

You blame mom don't you. If she hadn't married him, we wouldn't be this damaged. He should have just remained the nice uncle who came to visit dad whenever he was back. If she'd been able to stand on her own without him, we all wouldn't be victims of abuse and I wouldn't feel so useless half the time. Oh Tash, Tess said as she hugged her sister. You're dealing with years of repressed memories and emotions and it's making you impulsive. My problems were obvious so mom got me a specialist. She didn't realize how affected you were. Maybe even more than me. You should go see one too. I don't know I don't want to. Anyway let's get rid of the sad mood okay it's only going to upset us both. Your phone is ringing, you should pick up. No, it's just Phillip. Did you just say just Phillip. You like him, a lot. I can tell and I'm usually too wrapped up in my own world to notice these things so go talk to him. Are you sure I should? You deserve to laugh more and he makes you and not to mention the fact that you both spend hours talking to each other in person and on the phone. You rarely find someone with whom you can have that kind of connection in life. You've found it so don't lose it. For someone who gets drunk with a guy she barely knows you give great advice. I'm the only female best friend you have, I've got to give you great advice. Love you. Love you too. Now shoo, I'll survive through the rest of my hangover alone. Yes ma'am. Hey, where are you? Upstairs, in the computer science library. I'll be there in a few minutes. Okay. I didn't really think you'd show up. Why? I figured you'd be avoiding me after what I said yesterday. Can I ask you a question? Anything. Why? Why what? Why me? Why you? Yes, of all the pretty girls who follow you everywhere and would practically do anything to be your girlfriends, some won't even mind sharing you, why me? Nothing's ever simple with you, is it? I guess not. Okay, I'll tell you. It's you because from the first moment I saw you something just pulled me to you. Maybe it was the way you isolated yourself from everyone else but yet you seemed to just belong there. Or maybe it's the fact that you were so difficult to get to know or understand that I almost gave up at the beginning even if I couldn't help but watch you from a distance. Then maybe I saw the sweet, shy, sensitive girl that was just hiding behind that snobbish and sarcastic veneer. Maybe it's the way you look at me with those huge brown eyes and you seem to be staring into my soul or maybe it's how you pretend not to care even though you do. It might be how you bite your lower lip when you're nervous or anxious or how you annoy me because you're so stubborn and everything has to go your way. Honestly, I have absolutely no specific idea why I've fallen for you but the only thing I do know is that you reached across to me and without even touching me, you wrapped yourself around my heart.