Those Three Chapter 12

Ronnie was over Stephanie's apartment once again. Watching TV. Stephanie came into the apartment and saw him there.

"You let yourself in again?" She asked.

"Uh...huh." Was all Ronnie responded. Stephanie sat down by him.

"Are you still trying to think of plans of how to break up Lacy and Robert?" Stephanie asks Ronnie. He looked at her.

"No."

"Really?" Stephanie was surprsied with Ronnie's words. "Are you for real? You gave up?"

"I can't do anything. They must really love each other." Ronnie responds. Stephanie blushes at Ronnie.

"C-Can we-"

"We're still dating." Ronnie interrupted her.

"Are you sure?" Stephanie asks. She was really surprised. Her heart was beating fast and she was blushing red.

"Yes..." Ronnie pushes her down on the sofa. Stephanie felt like her heart was going to rip out of her chest as she stared at Ronnie. She was looking into his eyes.

"Are you telling me the truth?" Stephanie asked.

"I thought you could sense things or something like that?" Ronnie asked. Stephanie didn't answer. Ronnie chuckled a little. "Of course I am telling you the truth. You really have been growing on me for the past days."

"Ronnie...I am...I am surprised." Stephanie said feeling happy. Ronnie touches Stephanie's face. She began to blush more.

"You know... I think you and Lacy would make great friends." Ronnie said to Stephanie.

"I don't know about that..."

"You two are similar but different in a way. I don't mean anything mean about it. Stephanie, you're pretty. You're beautiful." Ronnie moved his hand down from her face and touched her breast. Stephanie wasn't sure what to do. Ronnie was flattering her but touching on her. She wasn't sure if she was ready for him to do that.

"Ronnie, I am surprised that you claim that you don't want to try to seperate your brother and Lacy. I am surprised that you say you like me but..." Stephanie turned her head.

"What?"

"I don't think I am ready to have that kind of relationship with you yet. I want to be together yes, but I am not... I am just not ready to have a sexual relationship." Stephanie admits. Ronnie lets go of her breast.

"Fine." Ronnie got off of her and got up to get a drink out of the fridge. Stephanie sat up.

"You aren't angry with me, are you?" She asks him because of his attitude. He came back with a soda. Opened it up and took a sip of it.

"I am not angry." He responds. His tone of voice seemed that he was indeed angry with her.

"I am sorry." Stephanie apologized. "I just... Well... I don't feel that I am ready for that."

"It doesn't matter." Ronnie went back to the kitchen. Stephanie looked down.

"He seems like he is mad at me... But... I shouldn't be forced into doing that when I don't want to." Stephanie thought to herself and got up off the sofa. She went to her bedroom and sat down on her bed.

"It's funny, I don't think he could change his mind so quickly. He still has feelings for Lacy. I don't think he actually feels love towards me at all... In fact... I get this feeling. Deep down a bad feeling. A feeling that he was just trying to sleep with me." Stephanie thought to herself. She just couldn't believe the fact that Ronnie would instantly fall in love with her that quick. No, she believed that all he wanted was to sleep with her. Not caring about her feelings at all. She had a gut feeling that he just wanted to take advantage of her and she wasn't just about to let him do that.

"Maybe I thought wrong to come out here and try to talk to him, but I had a dream and a feeling to... But Ronnie just... He just only wants Lacy. He thinks he hates love because she chose Robert. Why doesn't he give it up? I don't understand. Maybe I should talk to Lacy about this."

The next day had came and Stephanie was trying to find the courage to talk to Lacy. She had watched Ronnie left as he was going to school. She noticed that Lacy didn't leave Robert's apartment but she saw Robert leave. Possibly going to work. She assumed Lacy was skipping school that day. She waited for a few minutes to go by before she walked over to the apartment across.

"I can do this." Stephanie thought to herself. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. At first she got no answer, and Stephanie knocked again. This time Lacy answered the door.

"What do you want?" Lacy asked rudely. She looked tired.

"I just wanted to talk."

"Talk about what?" Lacy asks and touches her face with one hand.

"It's about Ronnie. I want to talk." Stephanie tells Lacy.

"Fine." Lacy let's Stephanie inside the apartment. "You can sit down."

Stephanie sat down on the sofa and Lacy sat down by her. "Even though I am dating Ronnie or trying to, actually I don't even know if we are dating or not. But I know he likes you. He still does and I don't even know why he bothers trying to seperate you and Robert. The both of you make a great couple."

"I know..." Lacy looks down. "I know that Ronnie still likes me. I am not sure why he won't give it up? I feel bad."

"Why do you feel bad?" Stephanie asks.

"Because. I was confused about my feelings. All along I was falling in love with Robert, but I didn't want to hurt Ronnie. So I held it deep inside and hid it. Confused about my own feelings in the past. And I involved Ronnie into it. He had a crush on me same like Robert. And I toyed with both their emotions from a period of time. But I... I"

"You feel bad and regret it?" Stephanie asks.

"Yes. I was going through a stressful time. My dad wasn't in the picture at the time and I hated my mom's boyfriend she was dating. God, I hated him so bad and still do." Lacy looked like she was about to cry.

"You don't have to talk anymore about your mom's ex boyfriend." Stephanie said knowing that it hurt Lacy still.

"That asshole... What he did... I was so confused with myself and I hated myself for it. Robert and Ronnie were there for me and helped me feel better. But I... I shouldn't of slept with the both of them!" Lacy started to cry. "I was so stupid and then fooling myself into thinking I was in love with them both when I wasn't! I was falling in love with Robert but I... I couldn't hurt Ronnie and I ended up hurting him more for letting it go on for so long! And the times that I slept with the both of them in different times too... I felt like such a slut. And then the pregnancy happened. I know it was Ronnie's baby that was inside of me. I ruined his life more for getting pregnant. And I tried to fix it by dating him but it wasn't right. I missed Robert. Then the miscarriage happened and I didn't know what to do."

"You went through a lot." Stephanie says feeling bad for Lacy who was crying.

"I was an idiot! I hurt Ronnie! I like Ronnie, I do! But I... I don't feel actual love for him! I feel that I care about him more than others but when it comes to Robert and Ronnie... I love Robert! I put him first before Ronnie! And... Ronnie knew all along before. I would spend more time with Robert, hell I slept with him more! But I never got pregnant by Robert! It was just Ronnie I had to accidentily get pregnant by before." Lacy explains to Stephanie as she still had tears running down her face.

"And it was thought that Robert couldn't have kids? I remember I used to do tarot readings and stuff before and had strong feelings he couldn't even though he was young. Did you wanted to have a baby with Robert now?" Stephanie asks.

"I don't know. I am not a mothering type to be honest." Lacy wipes her tears from her eyes and off her face. "When I began my relationship with Robert, I automatically got right on the pill because I was afraid that I would accidentily get pregnant again and go through all that. I know Robert thinks he can't have kids, which I am unsure about but I didn't want to take the risk."

"When I was trying to date Robert in the past before I had a small crush on him but the whole time I was with him I felt like it wasn't going to last. I knew it because I knew he loved you. That he was in love with you. And... the whole time I kept thinking about Ronnie to be honest. I kept thinking that I wish I could be the one to help him but... I ended up moving away. And in those past few years I was waiting for a chance to come back."

"You like Ronnie?" Lacy asked Stephanie. She nods.

"I do. I began to realize that I liked him a lot. I had a dream and a feeling telling me to come back to this town. To come back for Ronnie but... I am starting to wonder if I don't actually sense or see things anymore. I feel like I am way off or something because Ronnie just doesn't care about me. All he thinks about it wanting to destroy your relationship with Robert. And all he cares about doing to me is using me." Stephanie said now with tears in her eyes.

"Using you?" Lacy was confused on what Stephanie meant.

"First he wanted to use me to get you jealous. It didn't work and now he just hangs around my place, my guess is because you're near. And all he wants from me is sex."

"What happened to him? Ronnie was usually nice." Lacy was confused.

"Lacy, after you choose Robert he started to get depressed and started doing stupid stuff. Slept with random girls and broke their hearts." Stephanie tells Lacy.

"Man, I didn't think he would do such a thing. I am confused why he wants me and trying to break Robert and I up... Because back then... He told me to go with Robert. That he wasn't upset anymore. Days went on and we sometimes all hung out but then... Suddenly no."

"I guess it hurt him more than you imagined." Stephanie looked down. She wasn't crying no more.

"Stephanie, if you love Ronnie then I am okay with you being with him. I want Ronnie to be happy so do your best. Please try to win Ronnie over. Try to get him not to be in love with me. I miss Ronnie yes, as a close friend or maybe even a brother but I don't want him as a lover." Lacy tells Stephanie.

"I am going to try." Stephanie said and then giggled a little. "Ronnie really is cute though."

"Robert does cute things too." Lacy laughed a little with Stephanie. "You know, you really should hang out with Alana sometime, Katie and Madison too. I know at first I didn't really care for Madison and Katie but the two seem actually okay to me. Alana is a good friend."

"If you all wouldn't mind me hanging out with you all." Stephanie responds. It seemed that Lacy and Stephanie didn't feel no hate or resentment towards each other. In fact, the two seemed to actually get along and actually were becoming friends.