The Worst Confession

I heard footsteps enter the room I was in and I turned around with the two glasses of water in my hand.

Madi was still in her prom dress and the happy look on her face was replaced with pure anger.

My eyebrows furrowed and I was about to ask her what was wrong when my eyes connected with the paper she was holding.

She found it.

My eyes widened and I looked back at Madi.

Tears brimmed her eyes as she stared at me.

"What is this?" Her voice cracked.

"Uh...Madi, I can explain." I took a step towards her but she stepped back so I stopped moving. I put the glasses of water on the counter beside me.

"I drew this and gave it to my best friend. All this time...all this time it was you!" Her voice raised as she yelled at me. "You've been lying to me!"

"Madi, I was gonna tell you." I began.

"But you didn't! You've known since..." She thought for a moment. "Since Halloween! Since you saw that picture of us in my room!" She threw the picture on the ground and shoved my shoulders.

"I wanted to tell you-" I tried to speak again.

"Oh my God!" Madi ran her hands over her face. "Lexi Williams is standing in front of me. How did I not know? The names are so similar...you kind of look the same but I was so thrown off. How could you!" She shoved me again.

"I wanted to tell you, Madi, believe me I wanted to tell you." I grabbed her arms so she wouldn't shove me again.

"But you didn't. You had months to tell me! No wonder you were staring at that picture of us in my room. Because you pieced it together and didn't say anything!" She took her hands out of my grip and shoved me once again.

"That's not when I found out." I whispered. There was no point in lying to her anymore.

"What?" Madi gasped. "How long have you known!?"

"The first night we met. When you knocked on my door because you were lost." I admitted. "You said you were from Maryland. You spelt your nickname the same way. The sunflowers, the pictures...I never thought I'd see you again."

"Because you ran away!? You left without saying goodbye! Do you know how many nights I cried myself to sleep!? Every! Single! Night!" Every sentence Madi spoke was another shove to my chest. "I thought you were hurt! I-how could you do that to me!?" Madi was crying now.

I hated seeing her cry.

"I wanted to tell you. Every time I started to, I got scared. I got so scared that I would lose you. I just needed the right time." The answers I gave weren't good enough. I knew it and she did too.

"You're a coward! Jack was right. You're just a liar." She shook her head, more tears rolled down her cheeks. Her mascara was running but she wiped her eyes. "Why? Why did you leave? You were the only person I had in that home and you left me!"

"You had the chance to find a family. I didn't. I couldn't hold you back anymore." I told her.

"Does it look like I found a family!?" Madi yelled. "I was alone for six years! I knew I wasn't gonna get adopted when I turned ten. I didn't care because I knew I had you! But then you leave and don't even have the guts to say goodbye!"

"I couldn't take you with me." I argued.

"Why not!?" Madi cried.

"Because I fell in love with you!" I revealed.

Madi stared at me. For a very long moment.

She took steps so we were face to face. "You should've told me. Friends don't keep secrets from each other."

"Oh, so I could ruin our friendship?" I rolled my eyes.

"You should've told me because I fell in love with you too. I was gonna tell you at the fair. On that stupid Ferris Wheel. I was gonna tell you and you left before you even gave me the chance." Madi continued to cry.

"I'm sorry." I apologized, tears brimmed my own eyes.

"No. I don't accept your apology!" Mady shook her head. She turned and grabbed her heels off the ground.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"I'm leaving. I never want to see you again!" Madi strapped her other heel on.

"Don't leave, we can talk about this." I told her.

"You had so many chances to talk about it and never did." Madi stood and put her hands behind her neck. She took off the necklace I gave her for Christmas and threw it at me. I caught it before it could hit the ground.

"Come on, Madi, don't do this." I huffed as she removed her bracelet next and threw that at me too.

"I hate you, Lexi!" Madi grabbed her phone and walked to my door, slamming it shut behind her.

I stared at it.

Please come back in.

Please don't leave.

But she didn't come back.

I don't think she ever will.

I placed the necklace and bracelet on the table before picking up the picture off the ground. I stared at it as a drop of water landed on the bottom.

It was my tears.

I kicked the chair to the table as it flew across the room.

Fuck!