Heart felt connection

I was in quite the bind now. Not only did I have a falling out with my roommate, but now I'm suppose to stay here alone with her and make sure she's ok? Great, just great. I sat on the end of the couch by her feet and turned on the tv. Not much was on yet, as it was only 3:45pm, but I just needed the distraction. Every now and again I would catch myself looking at her wondering if she would be upset to see me. Maybe she would yell at me? She would probably ask where Rachel went, even though I don't know. As far as I know Rachel isn't even a student at this school.

After a good 20 minutes of these intrusive thoughts, I felt the wiggling of toes on my thigh. "Huh? Claire are…are you awake?" I ask hoping maybe she was just moving in her sleep, but then I saw an eye look at me. "What? I'm…huh? Wait, when did I get to the dorm? Rachel? Where is she?" She asked me looking a bit worried. I looked at her and did my best to explain it. I told her that Rachel brought her here and explained what we talked about before she suddenly left without a word. Claire gripped the couch cushions before looking back at me. "You gonna laugh its something now? If so just get it over with alright? I'm not in a mood to be teased." She said this to me with an attitude. Honestly it really got under my skin. "Ha? Make fun of you? What exactly do you take me for, Clair? I wouldn't do that to you!you really think that low of me? Is this cause of what I said last night? Cause that wasn't anything then a slip of my words. Is wear I didn't mean to say something so insulting I just got scared cause that's not how I wanted it to come off as to Kat." I began explaining myself for the misunderstanding of last night. I also explained how offended I was by her statement just now.

Claire was so strange. One minute she's quiet and sweet, then he next she's bratty and rude. The way she acted was childish to some extent, no, that's not right. Not childish, but immature for her age. "Ok…well…look, I'm sorry about what I said to you. Also, I'm sorry for pushing you last night, too. Admittedly I knew Rachel was gonna break up with me, but I couldn't stand it. Things weren't going well lately. We'd miss calls, mix up times to meet, have sudden changes of our schedules and have to cancel plans last minute. It was getting harder and harder to be together. Heh…we weren't even suppose to meet yesterday. I just happened to see her and I took the chance when I had it. I thought maybe…maybe if I hadn't rushed over to her, we would still be together today."

Claire began giving me her side of the story and honestly it felt heartbreaking to hear. Her story was similar to books I've read. The love of a young girl and the one she falls for at first sight. They try and push through all the bed things and hold their cracking love together by strings and fragile promises, but finally it breaks apart and both end up never able to face the other again. "I…I can't imagine how stressful it's been till now. Honestly I've never had a crush or romance ever, so I truly don't get how you feel right now…but, I know you don't feel good so I wanna help!" I say taking Claire's hands and looking at her with fire in my eyes. "I want to help you get over this heart break!" I say determined to not only mend our friendship, but help us grow even closer as friends! Claire looked at me with a confused smile. "What? Why are you so…intense about this? Look you don't have to do this to make up for anything, honestly I'm fine I just-" I cut her off. "Nope! I made my decision and I'm gonna stick with it! You and me are gonna kick this heart break to the curb!!" I say getting up from the couch and heading to the kitchen. "What are you doing now? And seriously I think this is a bit much…" Claire says watching me as she turns to face me from the couch. "Well we can't beat heartbreak on empty bellies! Besides, Kat should be home in a minute or two so I need to make dinner anyway." I answer fully determined to do this. As Claire watches me she gives a soft smile and gets up to come help me.'She's kinda growing on me…' Claire held this thought in her mind as we awaited the arrival of Katlyn and prepared dinner.

Together we were working on some beef and steamed veggie soup. I was handling the meat while Claire diced and chopped the veggies. As strange as it was, I felt like doing this together was making us grow closer. Like last nights issues didn't even happen. Claire seemed to be in her own little world as well. She was actually humming happily as we worked on dinner. The door opened and Katlyn walked in with sweat dripping and her face looking exhausted. "I'm home….ugh my legs are gonna fall off…I swear…" she said all dramatic as she grabbed the counter. "Hey welcome home. Why don't you take a shower real quick, dinner is almost ready." I tell her as Claire smiles and adds the veggies into the pot. I add the meat and mix them together in the pot before adding in all the liquid ingredients. Katlyn heads back to go shower, turning in the water and shutting the bathroom door. "I guess those two are friends again? Ugh girls are always so dramatic about everything…" she exclaims failing to catch on that she is included in that statement.

"So…can I ask you something Sophie?" Claire said suddenly as I was stirring up the soup. "Sure, what's on your mind?" I say looking at her. "How long have you and Kaitlyn been together? Or like…when did you become friends?" Claire asked changing her question a little because she didn't want it to sound like she was implying anything else. I laughed a little to myself before I gave a smile. "Well, we were classmates in elementary school. She was so energetic and active where I was timid and alone. One day she seemed to find me in a secret spot I had outside the school that I enjoyed reading at. You'll never believe how she introduced herself." I couldn't help but laugh remembering these memories I cherished. "She yelled at me to look, and she did two cartwheels over to me and then gave a big and loud introduction like you would in a classroom. Honestly I was a bit intimidated by the yelling, but seeing her stagger and struggle to stand straight up as she introduced herself made me laugh really hard. It was at that point I knew I had to be friends with her." Sharing my story with Claire felt nostalgic and comforting. Like I was able to offer a piece of myself for her to get use to. After the story, Katlyn came back from showering and the three of us enjoyed a nice dinner together.