I gritted my teeth at the clench of my heart. Another tear fell free.

I wished I knew how to stop…

I wiped my eyes, sensing a movement behind me on the rooftop. Her sandalwood perfume reached me before she sat beside me.

We stayed silent for some moments before she finally spoke. “You’re still mad at me for that night, aren’t you?” Her gaze remained high in the sky, as the clouds slowly freed the moon.

“I can’t be mad at anyone when I was the foolish one,” I said, still not turning to her.

I saw her looking at me from the corner of my eye. “You weren’t foolish, Em. You were just a young girl in love with someone at a wrong place and time.”

I let out a dry laugh, my nails dug into my palms. “Funny, you were the one who made me realize my foolishness.”

I still remember that day when I confronted her about it, and how she laughed it off in my face, making me remember how naïve I was to even think a boy like Ace would want me instead of someone like her.

A soft sigh left her. “I’m sorry, Em. I know I behaved like a bitch that night, instead of like a sister. But, trust me, I never wished anything bad for you.”

After a moment of silence, she spoke again.

“Because of misunderstandings and childishness, we’ve lost a lot of years, Em. I-I missed my sister in these years. Even if you visited sometimes, you were so distant that I couldn’t reach out to you. And honestly, I never found that much courage.” The tremble of her voice made me glance at her. Blue orbs glistened under the moon. “I want the relationship we’d had before, Em. I want my sister back. Especially when the most important day of my life is approaching. Can’t we just forget the past and start over? A new beginning?”

“Why did you do it?” I knew it wasn’t the right time to ask her this when she was talking about a fresh start. But I had to know. It might be just a teenage girl’s heartbreak over her crush for her, but it was much, much more than that for me.

Looking away, she heaved another sigh. “I know you hate me for that. But trust me, Em, I never wanted anything bad for you. I’d always wished for your well-being.”

“Can you answer my one question?” I wanted to know why she did it. Why did she break my heart after knowing everything?

She seemed hesitant, but then nodded.

“Did you love him?”

SIX: JEALOUSY