The Infamous Truth

5: The truth

Alycia's POV
She was really broken. All this time I've been trying to forget her because she was mean to me but I should've tried harder. I should've tried harder to keep this friendship alive. I hold Eliza tight as she cries on my shoulder, running my hand soothingly up and down her back.

Marie walks past and catches my glare. She stops and looks at me with sad eyes. I nod and motion for her to come join the hug. She comes over and hugs us both behind Eliza, squishing her between us. "It's ok, you're safe now. He's in jail you don't have to worry." I feel a bit better now that I know he's in jail, but I want to know the full truth. "She doesn't.. k-know it all." Eliza says back to Marie. "That's okay... you don't need to tell me if you don't want.. I understand." I say, not breaking the three way hug. She pulls back to look into my eyes sadly before saying "You need to know..." There's a silence while I stare into her sad clouded eyes before Marie speaks up. "I can tell her... if that's what you want, Eliza." She says as she lets go of us both. Eliza doesn't break our gaze but nods to Marie's question. "Alright then, let's go sit on the couch." Marie says walking away. She disappears from the room we're in (the entrance).

I speak quietly to Eliza. "You wanna go?" I ask. She nods but doesn't move from her position. She wears an unreadable face. Her ocean blue eyes glassy but all out of tears. Her mouth slightly opened, a quiet breath escaping every so often. Her eyebrows straight, showing no emotion. She's beautiful.. but I can't read what that head of hers is thinking. I give her a small smile and lift her into my arms seeing she wasn't moving. Eliza screeches a bit from the sudden movement but then settles in my arms. "Alright let's go." I say, cradling her in my arms. She wraps her arms around my neck and buries her head in my chest. "Best friends forever?" I hear her say quietly. "As long as you don't leave me again." I say back. She nods into my chest and says "Never again." I've missed this for years.
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Marie told me it all. I couldn't comprehend it, it was too much. Eliza dealt with this abusive motherfucker for years and didn't tell anyone about it. I was the cause of him hitting her... he didn't want me in her life. And then he saw her comment on my post and freaked because it said "Beauty!! ❤️✨". She had just told Marie right after the "incident" because she had walked in on it. I sit on the couch with my head it my hands, processing all this new information. "I- I don't know what to say..." I say. "...that bitch ass mother fucking bastard." I mumble to myself, thinking Marie couldn't hear me. She was sitting across from me on the recliner but I guess she has good hearing because she said "Wow ok.. Alycia with a dirty mouth? Never thought I'd hear that!" I laugh at her comment but continue to think. How could someone hurt her like that?! You'd have to be a fucking idiot to hurt such a kindhearted, generous, and overall beautiful human being. I get up to go back to Eliza, which I dropped off in her room before heading to talk to Marie. I need to give her a giant hug right this second.

Eliza's POV
I'm laying in bed thinking when I hear a soft knock on the my door. "Come in." I say, not even turning around to see who's coming in. I knew it was either Marie or Alycia so I didn't care if they saw me like this. "Hey..." I hear a voice say. I instantly know it's Alycia and reply with "Hi. Did you hear the full story?" I hear the door shut and footsteps coming closer. "Yeah..." she says. I suddenly feel the covers lifting up and her getting in behind me. She snakes her arms around me and squeezes tightly, her front against my back. "I'm sorry.. I should've known something was wrong..." she says, still hugging me. I turn around in her arms and look into her eyes, which were now glassy and had a look of worry. "You couldn't of know... I didn't show it. I- I.. loved him... Even after everything he did." I said. A tear slid down her temple onto the pillow as she spoke "How?" Her voice cracked a little when the word came out. I opened my mouth to explain but I didn't know how. How could I ever love someone like that? "I- I don't know... I'm sorry.." I said back to her face which was full of more sadness then worry now. "You don't have to be sorry, it wasn't your fault. Everything was his. That bitch hurt you! He deserve-" I cut off Alycia's rant by kissing her on the lips. It was just a soft peck but it caused all the color from Alycia's face to fade. She was staring at me with surprised eyes and a pale face when she asked "What was that for?" I laughed at her scared faced before replying with a grin. "You were ranting and I had to stop you. I knew your gay ass would freak out if I kissed you." I said still laughing. She playfully slapped my arm and gave me what was supposed to be an angry face. She couldn't stop her smile from coming through when she said "What if I'm dating someone? You just made me cheat?!" "You're dating someone?!" I say while I lift my head up in surprise. Alycia looks at me with a smirk and says "...No.. but I could've been! You haven't seen me in years!" "Oh shut uuup. When are you gonna stop using that against me?" I said laying my head back down and pulling Alycia closer. She lifted her head to whisper in my ear "Neverrr..." This sent shivers down my back that I hope she didn't feel. Am I bi? No I can't be, I've never felt this way around any other girl. Just Alycia. I fell asleep in her arms, questioning my sexuality every second. A memory took over my dream and I fell fully into it, letting it drive my mind.

—2016–
—Where the picture came from—
Lindsey, Alycia, Marie, Jessica, and I decided to go to a club after hanging at my place for a bit. We hadn't known Jessica for a while so we had to show her how crazy we were. Marie decided to be the designated driver and not drink. We all hoped in her car, Marie and Lindsey in the front and me, Alycia, and Jessica in the back. I sat in the middle with Alycia on the right and Jessica on the left. "Well this is awkward." I said, giggling a bit. "I've kissed both of you." I said looking between Alycia and Jessica. We all burst out laughing. We had a couple drinks before leaving and I guess it was hitting us now. "Wait but who was better?" Jessica asked once she caught her breath. I had to think before saying "I don't remember! I'm too drunk for this right now!" I knew my answer but I didn't want to make Jessica feel bad. "Gurl you're barely even drunk! How about we test it now." Jessica said before grabbing my face and smashing her lips on me. "Hey what the hell!" Alycia says beside me while pulling me away from Jessica. Our lips parts and she says "What you jealous Alycia?" Laughing at her overreaction. "No. I just know the answer already... and I think Eliza does too." Alycia says smirking at Jessica and then me. She grabs my face and brushes her lips on mine, much more gentle than Jessica did. I pushed my lips against hers, not wanting to wait any longer. She was right.. I did know the answer already. We kissed until we heard voices from the front seat. "Hey we're here! Can y'all stop kissing Eliza back there!" Lindsey says. I pull back and blush a little. "Damn I guess I know my answer then." Jessica says sounding a bit hurt.

We got out of the car and walked into the club, the rest of the night blurring from my mind. From rum to tequila to possibly getting high with some strange guy, I hadn't known what happened.

The next morning I woke up in my bed with a pounding headache, not remembering how I got there. I look on the ground below me and see Jessica and Lindsey passed out. I then turn over to find Alycia next to me. Marie must've brought us all here. My mind wandered to where Bob was.. and what he would do if he saw us all here, Alycia in my bed. I shake the thought from my head knowing he's at his house. I look over to my bedside table to grab my phone. The time reads 6:18 am and I yawn just thinking how early it is. I open my camera roll hoping I took pictures of the night to remind myself of what happened. Thank god I did. First there was a video of me with Lindsey and Jessica (at the top) and then there was multiple photos of me and Alycia, our eyes bloodshot. I scrolled through them seeing all our different silly faces and smiling. I stopped on a photo of us kissing and my mouth fell open. I felt movement beside me and looked over to find piercing green eyes staring back at me. "What's that?" She said with a tired voice and squinting her eyes. I tried my best to fumble with the phone and turn it off, but I think I was too late. "Oh it's nothing... Does your head hurt too?" I replied in a rushed tone. She looks at me with suspicious eyes before saying "Yeah... what happened?" I felt relieved when she didn't push to see the photo and said "Alcohol happened." I pointed to the two body's on the ground and continued "I guess Marie dropped us all off here." Alycia nodded before asking what time it was. When I told her she groaned and snuggled into me. "That's way too early.. we deserve more sleep." She said into my neck. I smiled at the cute tired form of Alycia before replying "I agree." and pulling her into me. We fell asleep just like that, in each other's arms...
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Ayyy a longer chapter! I hope you like it, I added another flashback into this one. The photo from Eliza's throwback was from the same party that that video is from. I'm also getting to a point where it's more of a fanfic rather that what I think could've actually happened. Anyways, hope you enjoyed!