Love or control?

I remember a girl who’s face looked like it was handcrafted by God but she would never
have an idea of how icy her soul was. She was sure that a beautiful shell would disguise
her ugly heart, she sat in front of the mirror for hours covering her heart in band-aids
. However, the acts that she puts on other people will make her more ugly and she 
will continue to layer her face in the paint to earn respect. But she never will. Her name was 
Venus. The goddess of love by coincidence only for she will never have an ounce of love in 
her heart. As Lottie would say “she’s only insecure”. Only insecure. Only. Lottie was Venus’ 
‘best friend’ a kind-heart girl with the most beautiful long blonde hair with one blue eye and 
one brown. Here pale skin made it easy for the light to highlight her amazingly-chiseled 
features. To spite Lottie's extra-ordinary features and her heart so bright that it radiated 
throughout her entire body. Boys that she liked always seemed to like Venus over her and 
she never understood why, i mean Venus had a cold heart and Lottie had a heart that could 
keep you warm even when it was snowing outside. 
 
Prom was coming around and it was the talk of the school. Prom. Prom. Prom. 
Everything was about prom not the normal stuff like “ What did you do last night?” but all 
“Who are you taking to prom?” and “ What is your dress like?”. “I find it all stupid, to be honest 
with you” Ryan said when Lottie asked if he was going “you have to!” Lottie exclaimed, he had
not realized that it was a rhetorical question but he wanted to make her happy he loved her
after all as Bob Marley said “The truth is everyone is going to hurt you.You just got to find 
the one worth suffering for”. Ryan found his. “Who are you going with” Lottie said leaning into 
him. It was so obvious that she liked him to. Suddenly, the locker slammed shut and Venus 
appeared, she had to make a dramatic appearance everywhere she went or she didn’t see 
the point in talking at all, “Hi Ryan, are you going to prom?” she asked with the look in her 
eye that Lottie knew all to well-”Actually we were just talking about it” Ryan said looking right 
at Venus as if Lottie was never there in the first place. She felt invisible.”Why don’t you go 
with me?” Ryan just nodded and walked off with her. Lottie felt the heat of her anger rise 
within her, however, she compressed the feeling and just walked in the opposite direction. 
She was seeing Venus later that night for a sleepover but she didn’t know how she would tell 
her that she was in love with Ryan. 
 
That that night Lottie was at Venus’ house, just talking-mostly about Ryan which 
Lottie hated- she had never seen Venus that happy it was some what alarming, she couldn’t 
tell her that she loved him, not now, not that she had found what she had been missing for so 
many years. Lottie suppressed her feelings for Ryan while listening to Venus’ date with him 
which seemed to tear her gold heart up. Venus’ noticed. “I’ll tell you what, why don’t we go 
dress shopping together, Ryan and I have spoken about matching colors so why doesn’t he 
come with us?”. “Honestly…” Lottie tried to summon up the courage to tell her but she 
couldn’t, “that would help, you always had the best taste.”. It killed Lottie inside. The whole 
situation. She needed to get away. 
  
Prom was not for another 3 weeks but there was so much to do in that time.Shoes. 
Bags. hair. Dresses. In a little shop on the corner, Venus, Lottie, and Ryan were sitting in a 
corner. Ryan in the middle of both girls. “I’m going to try my dress on” Venus said kissing 
Ryan on the cheek as she went, “you’ll look great i’m sure” Lottie shouted behind her. Now it 
was just Lottie and Ryan and she was scared. She didn’t know what of. She just was. “So…” 
he was trying to start a conversation but he didn’t know what to say to her. She looked so 
beautiful.” who are you going with?” he didn’t mean to say that, he felt the words that he had 
just uttered were like daggers to her. “I’m not to sure if i want to go anymore” Ryan reached 
for her hand as he asked ”why?” but she couldn’t tell him that she wanted to go with him, not 
now. Ryan was just staring into her eyes and Lottie was staring back, anyone could see this 
love in their eyes, they were both leaning in when Venus emerged from behind the curtain. 
This caused Ryan to jump out of Lottie’s arms.