Arranged Topsy Turvy (Chapter 3)

Chapter 3: "I Can't. I Can't."


"Mom! Who the hell is Bill?!" Lia exclaimed.

"Lia! Are you serious?! He's Bill Kaulitz!" her mother shouted.


"Who the fucking hell is Bill Kaulitz, mom?!" She stood up ready to go to her room when her mother stopped her.


"A rock star from the band Tokio Hotel in Germany." Her mother said calmly.
Lia stared at her mother. As if telling her that she's not interested.


"The son of Simone Trumper?! My best friend!." Her mother added.

Lia glared. "So?"


"Lia! He's the one who you'll be marrying!" her mother shouted with impatience when she saw her daughter's glare.

Lia acted like she heard nothing as she decided to hurry upstairs. Just when she was about to step, they heard the phone rang.

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"Answer the phone!" Her mother shouted with excitement.


"Mom! No!" She hurried upstairs but her mom caught her and grabbed her by the arm.


"Answer the phone Lia! Scheisse!"


"Mom! Have you forgotten?!  You actually told me that you'll leave me first to eventually, think things out! And then now, you'll be asking me to answer the fucking phone?! Mom!"


Her mom continued on grabbing her by the arm as they walk downstairs in a flash. She then pushed Lia beside the phone table and then smiled.

"Let's have a deal," she started. Seriousness visible to her eyes. "You will pick that phone up and you get to see your father before we go to Germany. Deal?"


Lia glared to her mother once more and picked up the phone.

"Hello?"


"Hello? Scheisse! You sound so angelic my child." A motherly voice came out from the phone.


"Oh uhmm.. may I know who's this?" Lia sounded nervous as she waited.


"This is Simone Trumper. Bill's mother."


". . . . ." Lia was speechless.


"Is this Lia? Child, are you still there? Can we talk now ?" Simone asked her with worry and excitement mixing through her voice.


"What did he said? What did Bill said?! Come on turn the speakers on." Lia's mother mouthed.


Lia glared to her mother and she eventually did what her mother asked of her.

"Yes uhmmm," she said stoically. "I'm still here."


"Yes yes. Good!" Simone said. With hearing this, Lia's mother became disappointed. She thought it was Bill but it was his mother. Lia stared at her mother just then, she spoke.


"Simone, where's Bill? I thought we'll be able to talk to him." Her mother said with annoyance. Lia, however, was about to go upstairs when her mother mouthed for her to stay.
She was tired about all the drama so she decided to stay and sit down on the couch while listening to the voice on the other end of the phone.


"Yes yes I know Maggie. I'm sorry. Bill was really disappointed when I told him about the arrangement. He was on fire! I was afraid. That was the first time that I saw him like that." Simone said with apprehension.


"Who would not be mad about this kind of thing? It's like trading your children for a piece of sh*t." Lia said through gritted teeth.


"Hey! Lia don't say that! I'm talking to his mom right now! Don't you remember?!" Maggie, her mother, was enraged by what she said considering Simone as she was on a loud speaker.


"Maggie, are we on speaker phone? Well, es ist in Ordnung. It's fine really. I can understand Lia. Maggie, they're not yet ready and for now, I'm afraid of what Bill can do. He's too stubborn and immature, and…" Simone paused. If Lia was not mistaken, she heard Simone sob.


"Hey Simone, stop. We need to understand that our children may not like what we wanted because," Lia's mother widened her eyes as if to state a point, " THEY can't understand that we're doing this for the sake of them."


"And what made it worse was when Bill left the house. I don't even know where he is. Maggie, what should I do?! I don't know if he'll still come back." Now, Lia was sure that Simone was crying. Is she serious?! ,Lia thought as she hear her speak.


"Simone, don't worry. Maybe he's still thinking about this but then, you still have to tell him that you're doing this for him." Maggie said with worry in her face.


Lia rolled her eyes as her mother said those words. For her, this was just their drama. They are just acting so that I will finally give in. She thought.

"Well then, Lia? Are you still there? Can we talk for a second? Please?" Simone pleaded and Lia can't do anything about it. Simone's voice is just so calm. She can't stand someone to plead to her like that.


"Sure." Lia stood up, pushed the button once again so that her mother couldn't hear a word.


"Hey, what did you do that for?" Maggie asked.


"Ok. I'm listening." Lia said to Simone. Maggie then sat on the couch and waited.


"Lia.."


"Wait. Let me guess. Hmm... You're going to convince me to marry your son right?! Oh! What else?! You'll make me understand that this ARRANGED MARRIAGE will actually be the best for us right?!" Lia interrupted Simone with so much anger.


"Lia!" Her mom yelled.


"Mom please." She said then continued to talk with Simone. "I can understand that you want this for our own good but to the point of an arranged marriage?! I don't think that is a good idea Ms. Trumper." Lia stated with so much confidence.


"Lia," Simone started still in a calm voice. "So you're willing to be hurt because of this guy who doesn't think you exist? I'm sorry to say this but don't you think that by marrying my son, eventually you could be happy? And Lia! Wouldn't you be willing to help each other through life?"

"Ms. Trumper, I hate to say this but it sounds like the situation is such a small thing. Don't you think that me and Bill will actually regret this if we did the arrangement? I can't love someone whom I don't know." Lia can't imagine herself saying this. It was all new to her. She was surprised for her own calmness.



"I can't.