Ronnie was upset with both Robert and Lacy. “How long had this been going on? Recently? Is that why the both of them been acting weird?” Ronnie thought to himself. He felt very hurt. “Lacy didn’t even tell me! Robert didn’t! Why?! The nerve of those assholes!” Ronnie tried to hold his tears in. He went to a park. There were children playing there, but he ignored them. He sat down on a bench. He felt like a fool. A big fool to not realize this. No, he felt like he did noticed this deep inside but didn’t want to admit it.
“Why am I so sad? I knew… I knew all along that Lacy loved Robert more. I knew she did. The way she treated him better than me. She slept with him more. She hung together with him more. Lacy hurt me so bad. Now I feel like I hate love.” Ronnie felt like he couldn’t control the tears. He felt heartbroken. He was mainly hurt with Lacy. He was hurt with Robert too but mainly it was Lacy that hurt him more. “That bitch! Didn’t even tell me and just played me along! Then Robert that asshole didn’t say a word to me either!”
“Maybe I can ask for help from a friend.” Ronnie tried his best to dry his tears and went to find one of his friends.
Lacy and Robert went downstairs. They realized it was Ronnie who left. Lacy seen the broken CD and case on the floor in the living room. “Robert, I hope he didn’t hear us.” Lacy felt upset.
“If he did, he’s fucking pissed. And it’s gonna be your fault because you didn’t tell him sooner. The moment we started dating.” Robert said. Lacy picked up the broken CD and it’s broken case.
“It’s… silly… but…I…” Lacy had tears in her eyes.” I feel so hurt…” She sat it on the coffee table and hugs Robert. “I wanted to continue…continue being friends with Ronnie! I feel stupid! He probably doesn’t want to speak to me ever again!” Lacy cries on Robert.
“If he knows, then you don’t have to worry about telling him no more.”
“But!” Lacy felt upset. She didn’t want Ronnie told find out this way. She wanted things to remain the same until she was ready to tell him the truth. She wanted to tell it to him without tears, but that wasn’t possible.
Ronnie had gone to Tj’s home. He went to his bedroom. Tj had gotten out of the hospital not too long ago. He mainly was staying home and relaxing a lot instead of going places. “So what you’re telling me is that you found out your brother and Lacy began a relationship behind your back? Without telling you when originally she was with the both of you?” Tj asked Ronnie. He nods.
“I don’t know what to do. I feel like I am mad.”
“Well, I would be too. You love that girl right?” Tj asked.
“I did. I feel fucking hurt from that bitch. I don’t understand why she just didn’t tell me? What should I do around them? How the hell am I supposed to react?”
“Being furious is a normal reaction from this shit. Look, I know you told me before how much Lacy meant to you but you had this feeling deep down inside you. That she loves Robert more than you.”
“What should I do? Just leave them be and remain close to them or should I just not speak to them ever again?” Ronnie felt like he was unsure how he should handle this problem.
“Why don’t you just try to flirt with her? Who cares if she’s in a relationship with Robert. Win her back. Make her fall head over heels for you. Be sweet, lie about Robert.” Tj laughed a little. “That’s what I would do.”
“But wouldn’t that be wrong?” Ronnie asked.
“Does it fucking matter? What they did to you was wrong. When you go and see them again pretend like you don’t know a thing. Pretend you don’t know about their relationship.”
“Yeah but, how can I do that? I just broke the CD I bought Lacy out of frustration.”
“Buy her another one. Deny breaking it. Blame it on Robert. Hell, that’s what I would do. “If you really love this girl as you say you do and don’t want her with anyone else, then try to win her over. But if that doesn’t work… Well, if it doesn’t then you’ll have to give up and find some other bitch.”
“Just try to win her over?” Ronnie thought to himself. “I can’t even do that. I am more nicer to her than Robert and he still won her heart.” Ronnie left Tj’s home and was just walking around in town. He wasn’t sure how he was going to face the both of them again. He wasn’t even sure if he wanted to follow Tj’s advice. He wasn’t sure if it would even work.
Robert made Lacy look at him. She still had tears in her eyes. “No matter what happens, you have me.”
“I know that… I love that but… I feel hurt because Ronnie…”
“Who the hell cares about him.” Robert pushes her against the wall. “I care about you more.” Robert kisses her.
“I feel like I did wrong for letting Ronnie find out about us this way. I don’t even know. Does he know? He has to know if he slammed the door and broke the CD. He knows… But… Is it wrong that I want to be with Robert? Alana told me it wasn’t wrong. My mom told me it wasn’t wrong to be with the one I love the most. It’s not.” Lacy kissed Robert’s lips back. She was no longer crying. They both continued kissing each other. “Robert… I love you so much. I love Ronnie too but… Robert… Damn, nothing can compare to you. I love everything about you.” Lacy thought to herself. They part lips.
“I got you to stop crying.” Robert noticed that Lacy was no longer crying. “If you really loved me the most Lacy, you wouldn’t put Ronnie’s feelings before mine. My feelings are that I wanted you to tell him. Regardless of the outcome.”
“Robert, I am sorry.” Lacy hugs him again. “You’re right. I should’ve told Ronnie. I was being selfish. Change is a lot to me and I feel like I went through so many changes and it’s only been almost a year.”
After an hour, Ronnie returns home. Lacy went to the front door. She wanted to see if Ronnie was alright. Robert was sitting on the sofa watching TV. In reality, him and Lacy started watching TV earlier before Ronnie got home.
“Are you alright?” Lacy asked. “You aren’t angry with me are you? I am…sorry…” Ronnie hugs Lacy. She was confused.
“I am sorry I ran out earlier like that. I had a headache and I wanted to clear my thoughts.” Ronnie lets go of Lacy.
“Umm… about that music CD…Did you um…” Lacy wasn’t sure if she should even ask about it.
“What about a music CD?” Ronnie asked.
“The music CD you gave me. Did you um… did you get angry with me and broke it?” Lacy asks nervously. She stared at Ronnie. He didn’t seem like he was upset or angry. It was confusing her.
“Broke it? What? It’s broken?” Ronnie pretended to be surprised.
“You didn’t get angry and broke it?”
“No. Why would I?” Ronnie asks her. She felt nervous and awkward.
“Does he know about Robert and me?” Lacy wondered to herself. She was afraid to even ask him.
“I had a headache earlier for other problems that I been dealing with and I wanted to clear my mind so I took a walk. When you went to check on Robert earlier, was he alright? I know he’s been getting sick somewhat of the heat lately.”
“Oh… um… yes! He was fine!” Lacy replied.
“That’s good.” Ronnie brought Lacy close to him. She felt like it was wrong for him to do this. “I think you smell nice today and you look really pretty.” Ronnie kisses Lacy’s cheek. She just blushes. Ronnie let’s her go and left to upstairs.
“W-What just happened?” Lacy wasn’t even sure if she dreamed him storming out of the house earlier. She went into the living room and walks over to Robert who was on the sofa. “This is really strange! Robert! Ronnie is acting like he doesn’t know anything about us!”
“What? Are you sure?” Robert thought for sure that Ronnie knew about him and Lacy.
“He’s acting like he left out of here earlier because he had a headache from other problems. Didn’t mention once about us dating and he doesn’t seem mad or sad. It’s so weird. Do you think he even really knows?”
“Who can tell. Ask him or tell him the truth.” Robert said and pulled a cigarette out of a pack and lights it. He then starts smoking.
Lacy left the living room and went upstairs to find Ronnie in his bedroom. He was lying on his bed. He didn’t realize that Lacy had came into the bedroom.
“I don’t know what to do. I pretended and I feel weird. I still feel weird being here with them. I feel like I knew this was going to happen that’s why I tried to do that bad stuff. But is it wrong to be so depressed and want to do that just because I was heartbroken from Lacy? I can’t force her to love me the most.” Ronnie thought to himself. He felt like he wasn’t sure how to respond to this still. He still felt very hurt and upset. He was beginning to think that Tj’s advice wasn’t really that good. Tj wasn’t someone that actually had good advice. He wasn’t even sure why he went to him for help. He was wondering now if he should’ve went to Craig or Max instead.
“Umm… Are you alright?” Lacy asked Ronnie.
“Yeah.” Ronnie sat up. He was surprised a little to see that Lacy came into the bedroom. “I am not feeling that good, I mean I feel tired you know? Why don’t you spend a little time with Robert before you go home?” Ronnie wasn’t even sure why he suggested this to Lacy.
“A-Are you sure?” She asks.
“Yes, go on.” Ronnie just didn’t feel like staring at her. Lacy left the bedroom and Ronnie got up to shut the door. Tears started coming down his face. “I don’t understand it. Lacy and Robert… How could she do this to me? How could he?” Ronnie mumbles to himself.