Second Chance // Chapter 27 "What is love? Something that

Chapter 27

"What is love? Something that lasts for a few weeks until you get tired of it and then you find something new to love?" I blurted.
"Love isn't food." Brett responded.
"Huh?"
"When you eat too much of the same kind of food, you get tired of it and move on to a different kind of food. Love isn't like food."
"That isn't how it is for my life. Long story short, my dad suddenly started going home everyday drunk, and then cheats on my mom. Dad suddenly leaves us until mom is gone forever." I said, wanting to cry again, but held onto my tears.
"Your dad was probably feeling overwelmed. Everything happens for a reason. He's here for you and Rose now. He made a mistake, that doesn't mean that he doesn't regret it. Right now, he probably just wants things to be normal again with you and Rose." 
"I want things to be normal too, but I don't know. My dad was such a good man. And I thought that he and my mom was the perfect for each other." 
There was a long silence. "Love is a good feeling." Brett finally said.
"I love Rose. Rose will be the closest thing I will ever get to love. Rose, and the girls." I said, referring to my friends.
"Yeah, but can you kiss them?" Brett asked.
"Of course I can kiss Rose."
"What I have with them, is the family kind of love." Brett said.
"How was your first love?" I asked Brett.
"I went on a couple of dates, but I never felt any sparks with any of the girls I went out with. So I don't think I ever had a first love." Brett replied.
"Did you kiss any of them?" I asked, pretending that I didn't care. But I did.
"Well, they would usually kiss me first. So how about you?" Brett asked.
"I never went on a date before, or kissed anybody." I looked down, feeling embarrassed.
"Seriously Melissa? I never met any girl like you before." Brett chuckled.

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It was 8 AM on Sunday. Meaning that we have to go back home before school starts tomorrow. Brett and Lily was already at Brett's car, ready to go home.
"I'm going to miss you girls. But at least I'll see you girls soon." my dad said as he gave Rose and I a hug.
"Bye dad!" Rose and I said before going back to Brett's car.
"Wait, Melissa!" my dad called.
"Yeah dad?"
"Are you mad at me?" my dad asked.
"No, I'm not mad at you dad. I was just a little surprised yesterday." I assured him.
"Okay, good to know. See you soon Melissa!" my dad said before I got in Brett's car. Brett drove back to the highway.

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We're finally back at home. I'm at my room, reading a book. I texted the girls that we were back, and they texted me loads of questions about Brett. Brett has been so nice and sweet. This trip made me realize how much I really like Brett. But I know he'll never like me. I mean, why would he like me? I'm so insecure. And like he said, I'm not like the other girls. In other words, he probably thinks I'm a freak.
I glanced at my alarm clock. It was almost midnight. I am getting kind of tired... I think I'll sleep now. I was just about to turn off the lights until Rose appeared at my room.
"What are you doing up sweetie? You should be asleep by now." I told her.
"I had a nightmare. Can I sleep with you?" Rose asked.
"Of course." Rose slipped onto the other side of my bed. I then turned off my lights, laying down on my bed next to Rose, wrapping her in my arms.
"Rose." I started."Yeah?"
"I want to let you know that no matter that, we'll always be together forever, and nothing will break us apart." I promised.
"Okay..." Rose mumbled before drifting off to sleep.
What happened to my parents will not happen to Rose and I.  At the end of the day, it only comes down to us. I am more than Rose's sister, I'm like her mother. And mothers don't abandon their children.


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