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“All the time.” I say with a smile.
I lean forward, my elbows on my knees as I watch the next several plays. Maddie sits beside me and quietly watches. She played the ‘I want to get to know Dean’ ploy and kept telling their parents that they needed alone time with Kaley, to get me alone. She hasn’t yet breached the subject that I’ve been anxiously waiting for, so I have just gone on with what I would do if she wasn’t here.
I’m fixing my second sandwich of the day when she clears her throat. I turn and she’s standing by the counter separating the kitchen from the living space.
“So, I wanted to talk to you today,” she begins.
“Yeah, I heard.”
“Kaley told you?”
“Of course she did.” I say with a little more bite than deserving.
“Then I want the truth.” She huffs.
“The truth? We told you the truth last night.” I repeat.
“So, what were you guys talking about? I mean, it sounded to me like you guys have been lying to my parents and me since we first got here.”
“Listen, your sister and I, we started out as friends and now, we’re more than friends. We live together, we’re in a committed relationship, and that’s that.”
“What’s my sister’s favorite color?”
“Maroon, for some really weird reason. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who liked that color, aside from her.”
“What was she afraid of growing up?”
“Bunnies, she saw one that just ate a berry and it looked like it had bit someone and had blood dripping down its fur.”
“What did she want to be when she grew up?”
“Jem from Jem and the holograms.”
“Okay, favorite movie?”
“She has four. Never-ending Story, Grease, Dirty Dancing, and the Labyrinth.”
“So you know my sister.”
“I do.” I nod.
“Those are easily things that a friend would know. What’s her fears?”
“No offense, but to be stuck back at home.”
“Why do you like my sister?”
“She’s one of the most selfless people that I know. She knows what I need before I can vocalize it. She’s nurturing and puts 110% into everything that she attempts. She’s a hard worker, a good person inside and out and that… that’s just some reasons that I love her.”
“You love her?” Maddie gasps, hand over her mouth.
I consider the question, this one taking my time from answering considering Maddie’s rapid question asking.
“I do. She’s one of my favorite people.”
She considers me and then turns to walk away.
“Wait, seriously? That’s it?” I ask after her.
