Sue

Track 10

I woke up Monday morning to the smell of burnt waffles. Which was weird because usually mom would already be gone by now. When I walked down the stairs slowly with a baseball bat in hand, I was met with the back of Harlow. "Oh morning rach! I was just trying to make us some breakfast." She smiled sadly. I scoffed and replied, "Keyword trying." She moved back to the sink where a pot that looked like it had seen its better days sat in the sink. She began to scrub it. "Sue I'll get that." I called out to her as I placed the bat on the floor. Then moved to her side taking the S.O.S pad from her. "You know you can't cook for s**t Harlow. So what brought this on?" I said after a few seconds of silence. "I just. I don't know. I wanted to do something different you know. Something to get my mind off of things." she shrugged her shoulders, as she looked out the window. She looked like something was very interesting in the morning clouds. "Hey you want to go somewhere?" I turned around to send her a questioning look. "Come on rach! Its Monday you know they don't do anything that important on Monday." She replied. "That doesn't mean we can just go skipping it though." I stared at her waiting for a response. "I just need to get away it's been a long weekend you know?" she continued to look out the window. She talked as if deep in thought about something that wasn't what she liked. I sighed. 

"You have any suggestions on where we should go?"2

We ended up at the dollar movie watching a marathon of the Back to the futures. The theater only had one other couple on the second row, making out like there was no tomorrow. Harlow and I took a seat in the middle of the theater. "I know you're excited." Harlow smiled at me but it didn't reach her eyes. "Hell yeah I am!" I responded. She knew that back to the future was my favorite movie. Half way through the movie I looked over at her only to see her watching the screen with glossy eyes. "Ok what's going on? You come over looking like you hadn't slept in days. Then you get me to skip class and now you look like you are about to cry. What's. Going. On?" She looked at me for a few minutes before she let loose. All the tears she was holding back come flowing forward. On instinct I wrapped my arms around her shoulders pulling her to me. She rested her head on my shoulder and continued to cry. After a few minutes her tears slowed down and her breathing became shallow. "I think I'm pregnant." 

                                                                    Shot through the heart 

                                                                And you're to blame

"And I'm in love crimson"

                                                        Darling, you give love a bad name

"Mom? Hey hold on I'm in the movie's all step out" The female part of the nonstop making out pair picked up her pink bedazzled iPhone, affectively cutting off the out of place song. "rach?! Did you hear me?" My head snapped to meet Harlow's gaze from where I was watching the young couple. "Uh yeah I heard you." I responded. "well?" she screeched at me. "well?" I questioned back. "Well what do you have to say?" she shot back. "I...well...I feel like...maybe.... uh..." "Dammit rach spit it out!" she was whisper yelling now. "I don't know what you want me to say Harlow." I answered in the same tone. "Well say something don't just ramble like an idiot." Ouch. That hurt. Does she really think that? Is she just mad or does she really feel like I sound like an i***t when I talk? "Oh I'm the i***t? You're the one who couldn't possibly understand the meaning of love!" I whisper yelled a little louder. She looked taken back by my outburst I rarely ever get loud at anyone. Let alone her, but after a few deep breathes from both her and me. She breaks out into a sick smile. 

                                                An angel's smile is what you sell

                                                    You promise me heaven, then put me through hell

"Megan? Hey what's up? I'm just at the movies no big deal." The boy half of the couple's voice rung out as he cut off his ringtone. What couple has the same ringtone? "But you do, don't you? You understand love so well that you can comment on others ability's to process and understand it?" It took me a minute to come back out of my own mind. Trying to remember what she said, after what she said sunk in I pressed my lips together in a line. As much as I would like to make a come back, she was kind of right. I knew what love was supposed to be. But I was in no way an expert. I was still considering what I felt for Harlow to be love. 

                                        Chains of love got a hold on me

                                        When passion's a prison, you can't break free

One of them should get that.

"rach? Well come on please lay on me your wisdom about this topic since you know all." her voice was slowly rising with every word. 

                                    Oh, oh, you're a loaded gun (yeah)

Ok come on how long are you going to let it ring

A few seconds passed and she just stared at me. With a questioning look showing she was not joking and she really wanted an answer. 

                                    Oh, oh, there's nowhere to run

Seriously they are just letting that go on

"Well... I.... was just saying your track record hasn't really been...that...good...."

Silence settled in on us before she rose to her feet eerily slow. "You know what f**k you rach." She started for the exit before turning last minute to look me right in the eyes. "At least I love people who actually are attracted to my gender unlike some people."

                                        The damage is done

Dammit some one just hit the ignore button 

"Hey have you people never been to the movies before? God you are so rude." The couple was now turned around to scowl at me. 

                                Shot through the heart And you're to blame You give love a bad name (bad name)

                                    I play my part And you play your game

                                        You give love a bad name (bad name)

                                            Dammit I'm going to break that phone