The Sisters

Her sharp stares were cutting the side of my face. As I sit on the couch in the living room with my family, I feel this negative energy. It was our weekly movie night. She sits there over in the corner looking at me with hatred in her eyes. She's ugly. She's lonely, and she's jealous of me. It's not my fault thet my parents love me more than they love her. It's not my fault that I'm pretty, popular, and I'm the girl that all the guys want. " Stop looking at me you geek!"i yelled, My sister Guilda is three years older than me. She hates me. I hate her too. " You are so vain!" She shouted. " You think everything is about you". "Guilda stop yelling at Layla", said mom. I could get away with anything because my parents see me as their baby. They thought I could do no wrong. " Why are you always on her side mom?" asked Guilda. " Guilda that's enough out of you", said mom while rolling her eyes. I began to laugh at Guilda. I thought it was funny how she thinks my mom would side with her. " You are such an ugly thing", I said to Guilda. " Did you hear that mom?" "She just called me an ugly thing", said Guilda. "THAT'S ENOUGH"! yelled mom. I got bored with bothering my sister so i went up to my room. A couple of minutes later, my phone rang. I answered and it was my wonderful boyfriend, James. James and I have been together for a year now. We are in love. Nothing ever went wrong in our relationship. We began to talk on the phone. I noticed that his voice sound different. " What's wrong? I asked. "I just found out some bad news", he replied. " well, what is it?" I asked, curious to find out. " I tested positive for HIV", he replied nervously. I quickly hung up the phone. I was so shocked. I thought we were the perfect couple. He must have cheated on me. If he has it, I might have it too. How could this happen to me? I am only sixteen years old. I quickly ran downstairs to ask my mom to make me a doctors appointment. She asked me why. I thought she would be understanding, so I told her about James. "WHAT!" she yelled. "Mom i'm so scared", I said with tears rolling down my cheeks. "Well i hope you have it, that's what happens when you've been being fresh", she said in a smart voice. I ran upstairs and I noticed Guilda at the top of the steps, listening. I walked by her and went into my room. A couple minutes later, i heard a knock on my door. I opened it and it was Guilda. I told her to go away because I knew she was going to laugh at me. "I know what you're going through right now", she said. " I had the same scare about a year ago, but I never told anyone", said Guilda. I was so surprised. Not only did she go through what im going through, she was talking to me nicely. " You don't have to be alone in this, I'll make the appointment for you", she said. She left the room and I sat there with a look of confusion. She made the appointment and about two days later we went to the doctors office. The whole time we sat there waiting for my results, it was silent. I felt nervous. My legs were trembling in fear for my life. Twenty minutes later, the doctor told me that my results were in. I began to sweat as I walked back into her office. My heart was beating so fast. I thought it was going to come out of my chest. I sat down feeling awkward. " Your results say that you've tested negative for HIV", said the doctor. I got up feeling overjoyed. I ran to my sister, the last person I would expect to be there for me, and gave her a big hug. We left together with a new look on the world.