Free Cursed by Tara Brown

obvious that this news
made her uneasy, “Oh good.”
    I snorted shaking my head, “Did you poison us
Alise? You’re being weird.”
    She shook her head violently.
    Our dad looked at her suspiciously, “Alise I
agree you’re acting very oddly, this is the moment to confess if
you know anything about this.”
    She started to cry, “I never did this to you
Aimee I would never hurt you. I can’t believe you two would think
this of me.”
    I was taken aback, she barely cried when our mom
had died and here she was sobbing.
    Our dad grabbed her by the arms not moved by her
display; he looked deeply into her eyes and then nodded. He pulled
her into him and stroked her head. I looked around wondering if
anyone saw this circus I called family.
    “You just don’t take things seriously Alise, you
do things so recklessly.” our dad soothed her as she cried into his
shoulder. Honestly it wasn’t a stretch for me to believe that my
sister had drugged me thinking it would be funny.
    I had never seen my sister this vulnerable
though, being caressed and hugged by our dad. Suddenly our dads
armpit where Alise snuggle whispered, “I kissed Blake.”
    My stomach lurched forward threatening to escape
my mouth. I felt a small crack in my heart as I processed the
words. My sister had tainted the one guy who I had always sort of
thought of as mine. Even if he wasn’t my boyfriend he was mine, my
best friend, my rock in all of the extra crappy things that seemed
to seek me out.
    I screamed, ‘MINE.’
    Still hiding in our dads armpit she cried
harder, “I was drunk and I never thought about what I was doing
until it was too late. I’m so sorry.”
    Suddenly she had let go of our dad and was
kneeling at my bedside.
    Alise’s guilty behavior suddenly made sense and
Blake not being at my bedside also made sense. I felt sick for
myself and Shane who was no doubt heartbroken my sister had hurt
him that way.
    I felt my natural instinct kick in and pushed
the feelings down like swallowing acid until I was fine. I nodded,
“Well you have everything else Alise, every boy in school is in
love with you or her” I pointed at the sleeping Giselle, “So I
guess why not take the one boy I had too.”
    Our dad sighed disappointment as he hung his
head, “Alise I will leave you to apologize to your sister properly.
Aimee I love you kiddo and I’m really glad you’re going to be
coming home tomorrow. We will bring you something tonight to eat.”
He kissed my forehead and left the room.
    My sister’s eyes shimmered with the tears as she
grabbed my hand desperately, “I am sorry Aimee. I have never been
this sorry in my whole life. It just happened and it will never
happen again. I didn’t know he had been in love with me all these
years.” The words came spilling out before she could damn up her
mouth.
    I watched the regret as Alise said the words
that cut me so deeply.
    I pulled my hand away from my sister and nodded,
“It’s not your fault. You can’t even help yourself. You ooze sex
and punishment, which is something boys seem to want. I don’t care
but I’m glad I know.”
    Alise nodded along like a stupid puppet with my
words not even comprehending them but then the weirdest thing
happened, something I never expected.
    Alise snapped and lost it, “I am so jealous of
you little sister. You’re so smart, you’re still a virgin, and you
are funny in a way only smart people get.”
    “Witty.” I interrupted.
    Alise nodded as a few more tears rolled down her
cheek, “When this day is over I will lie and say none of this ever
happened but I need you to understand that one day when you fall in
love it will be the most amazing thing that ever happened to two
people. You have your wall up and one day when someone manages to
get over the top they will love you forever. You are the kind of
girl that every MAN dreams of and I am the kind of girl that every
boy dreams of, this is my time to shine and its going to be nothing
compared to