Rosalinda by Destiny Broyles (bill gates book recommendations .txt) 📕

were already knocked out. It was the cutest thing ever, and i took a picture on my phone to show my mom when we got back home. I smiled And I got out the car, and walked up to Robbies Window. he grabbed my arm pulling me in to kiss him. Rosalinda got out, shutting the door loudly. Annoyed would descirbe how she did it. I pulled away and smiled. "make sure you feed them, change them, everything. Last time chris was at the park with you, he had sand in in underwear, and hair, and other places."He laughed. "yeah yeah, ill call you when im on my way back, babe. Im gonna stop at walmart and get them a few snacksand then head to the park. Right Kids?" He looked in the backseat and frowed. "Right...Um, be careful, Please"
i grabbed is hand."I will baby, Promise"
He nodded and waved for me to get back. Rosalinda came and stood by me. "Hes very cute"
"And he's very mine" I smile at her. "lets go"
We walk into the mall. It was very dead inside, r maybe becau it was early in themorning and no one was awake yet, or it was because they were closing the mall down in a couple of months. Which, i would like the first option a whole lot better. Its sounds less sad. But it is true, this mall has been doing worse and worse since the day it opened. the store, yeah there great, but the employees are assholes, and the customers are even more assholes then their employees. The last time, we went into bath and body works, the girl, who was like, 20, looked at me very mean and said if im just gonna try on every lotion, that i just had to get out. Rude. As always this mall was.
Rosalinda Looked around, walking slowly next to me. I noticed she curled the ends of her ponytail, they sprung up as she walked Slowly. I Moved my side bangs from my face and smiled. "Lets dye our hair. Ill pay for it"
"No. I shouldn't do that. My hair..Its my favorite thing about me." She protested. I shurgged.
"Well..im gonna dye mines, So, if you want you can look around, Or come with me"
She shurgged again. "why not. Ill just grab a couple magazines there."
I smiled, as we walked into one of the hair salons, and waited for someone to get me.

"Black would just make you look paler" Rosa says, looking at the bottles of hair dye. I shurgged. i kept looking at different shade. "blonde maybe?" I ask her.
"Hmm..Maybe. If  you want a more..Nicer look, do a lighter brown with blonde highlights." She ran her hand through my thick hair. It gave me the chills, she was so cold. "yeah. that would look really pretty. I bet you Robbie would love it"
when she says that i smile. she was right. he would Love it. I call out the the woman behind the desk and she comes over to me.
"know what you wanna do?" she smiles nicely and tugs at her apron.
"uh, yeah, Lighter brown, blonde highlights" I bite my bottom lip. She noddded in agreement and pulled my hand along with her. Rosalind followed me, and saw in a chair. pulling a magazine off of the table, and reading the cover. the woman sat me down in the big, blakc hair chair. And pulls a cover over me.
"did you want it cut to?" She asks looking at me in the mirror. I shake my head. "My mom would kill me. and i would cry, i love having long hair."She laughed. "i know what you mean, i cut all my off when i was a teenage, and since then it hasnt grown back. and im only twenty two. can you believe that?"
I shook my head. "i cant, theres always wigs"
she just laughed and she started brishing my hair, and getting to work on it.
for the next couple of hours, she talked to me, i found her name was lisa and she was apart time college student. She was telling me how her family didnt like that she was going into the hair buisness, they wanted her to be a doctor. Rosalinda even added that they did her dad the same way. he became a chef though, instead. It was actually fun, rosa wasnt being a complete dick of herself, and lisa seem to be entertained by our random jokes. I felt like i was having fun with the both of them. I love making friends. even if they are a couple years older than me.
"Lilah,  whats your dad like?" Rosa asked me, crossing her legs. I shurgged and look down.
"hes..there. I mean, he lives in california, with his wife, Claire."
"New wife? that must be rough" Rosa added as Lisa nodded.
"I guess, I miss him a lot. and he calls every once an while and talks to me and my mom. the sad thing is that..she has feelings for him, and seeing there littling kissing and hugging pictures on facebook, its just to much for her to handle. sometimes she goes into her room and just cries. I feel bad for her. and chris doesnt even know him, he left when he was born. he wanted nothing to do with chris. He didnt even want me. he just stayed because he was getting money from my mom"
"asshole" Rosa Murmured. I glanced at her and she gave me a wary smile. "Dont worry, when my mom died, my dad cried for weeks. i couldnt even get him to eat. he was slowly killing himself because of her"
I sighed and Lisa was finsihing my hair. It was now a pretty light brown with highlights. Rosa was right. Again. It did  look pretty and i felt like one of those girls who can put a funny looking picture up and still look pretty at the same time.
"How much?" I asked Lisa. She waved her hand off. "nothing. It was on the house. You two have been the best customers all day. the others have been ignorant twats"
i laughed a bit to loud, but rosa soon joined with me. her laughed sounded like bells ringing. It was pretty. Just like she was. We both hugged lisa and left, leaving her alone with all the other bitchy customers. We decided to get a couple soft pretzels and call robbie to come get us. Rosaliba was telling me how life in sweden was, being with her farther and all.
"..It was fun. My grandma dying..not so fun. we had to see all of her stuff to pay off medical bills for her. it was a shame. i loved her so much" She looked down at her half eaten pretzel. "I dont know. losing her, was like losing my mother all over again."
I rubbed her back and she started to cry a biut. I fet bad for her, and al this time i was starting to not like her. really, she just needs someone to talk to about this. i wanted to be hat person, and i was gonna be that person.
robbie finally called, while rosa was crying into my shoulders softly. He said he already dropped kaie and chris at my house for my mom to watch and wanted to take us out to get something to eat.
"uh, hold on" I put the phone agaist my chest "do you wanna go get something else to eat. ribbie offered" I asked her.
"No" She stood up. "I gotta go to my dad, and he's how he's doing.but thank you for the offer, i would just like to leave"
i  put the phone back to my ear. "nah, me and you can go back out later, im really tired. but you can stay over the night if you want. mom is working tonight"
"Sure. i can do that. ill be there in a couple of minutes"
As we waited outside, rosa kept tp herself. letting her hair down, the curls fell softly down her shoulders.
I leaned agaisnt the wall and twirled my newly fyed hair around my finger. It felt like he was never gonna get here, and we had to wait another4 hours for him. But that soonly changed when black suv parked u next to us. I jogged to the front seat and strapped myself in. Rosa didnt object to being in the back this time, she just crawled in, and kept to herself once again., not saying "hi" when robbie sayd "hey" to her. She was probably still sad over her grandma and mom. I understood how she feels.So, i didnt snap at her when she ignored some of our request for her to do. Robbie just talked about katie and chris, and how they played with each other as if it was the end of the world. I would smile occasionally, but look in the review mirror to see how Rosa was doing. She still have that emotionless expression on her face, and i soon began to worry.
"Hey..Rosa? you okay? I ask.
She nodded her head and sighed deeply. I looked at Robbie who just shrugged and kept driving. Man, i just wanted to get home and cuddle with him in bed. thats all i wanna do.

I flopped on my bed, and Robbie Sat in the chair at my desk. I moan loudy and he chuckled.
"hey blondie..enough of that."
"Shut up" I say through my bed comforter. Realizing that not to long ago, my hair was being dyed. I sat up and looked at him through my bangs and smiled. "come here" He gets up from the chair, and sis down next to me, bringing his face to my face. "Hey"
"Hi" I say, rubbing his cheek with my hand. "I missed you,"
"I missed you to." he started leaning in to kiss me softly on my lips. I smiled and pulled away. "Not tonight. Chris is still in his room awake. and remeber what happened last time"
He chuckled as he layed to me, putting his head on my shoulder.
Last time robbie was here, we were half naked, and chirs had woken up from his nap. I think he heard me giggling, and wanted to know why i was laughing so much, so he just walked in my room when ribbie was on top of me with his shirt off and me just in a bra. I say, traumatizing my little brother with that was probably the meanest thing i could ever do to him. till then, me and Robbie haven't had sex in a couple of weeks cause we're afraid to get caught by anyone. it sucks. A lot. for the both of us.
"So..Rosalinda..what was her problem" he asked me, running a hand through my hair. I shrug. "i dont know, she has a lot of problems. Just cut her some slack, okay babe?"
"Okay, now, can we sleep. Im pretty Tired, after chasing those two all day, i just wanna cuddle."
I smiled and we moved ourselves underneath my covers and held eachother for the reast of the night.

Look Alive, Sunshine

-3 weeks later-
"Mom, Chris is gonna be okay. he just has the flu" I reassure her, as we both sit at the sides of the bed next to him. Chrs