Frances's Breakdown~Nine Perfect Strangers Oneshot

Frances Breakdown

Tears streamed down Frances Weltys face as she cried in her car driving to her friend Erins. She couldn't believe this was actually happening. Paul the man she thought was the one wasn't actually well Paul.

"I told him I loved him"...."Was everything I ever said just meaningless to him??"

So many thoughts raced through her head as she gripped the steering wheel blubbering wondering why this was happening to her as she had been through enough already having been twice divorced and having been vulnerable and opened up a lot to Paul thinking she could trust him when now was completely broken. Frances had her suspicions as there was a few loopholes in the things Paul or whatever his real name was telling her but she was gullible enough to just shrug it off being she wanted this to be better then her last relationships she had when really it ended up being horrible and fake. She parked her car and then ran in the rain up to Erins porch banging on the door quite loudly not caring that it was like 10:30 at night she needed one of her best friends right now.

Erin was in her bed curled up watching tv when she heard the banging on her door which startled her. No one usually came this late at night to her house unless she invited them over. She got up and opened the door to see a sobbing Frances slightly damp from the rain.

"Frances?! Oh my god get inside..honey what happened??" Erin said gasping as she guided her inside with a hand on her back and shut the door Behind him. "Here come sit let me get you a blanket"

Frances just sat down on the couch and continued to just cry as Erin draped one of her quilts over her shoulders and sat beside her wrapping her arms around her one of her hands going to stroke her hair as Frances head just dropped against her shoulder still sobbing unable to get a word out as Erin just rocked her in her arms trying to calm her friend down.

"Okay..Deep breaths sweetie.." Erin cooed to her as Frances attempted to do so and catch her breath as Erin shushed her gently.

"Now whenever you are ready tell me exactly what happened..you know im here for you..just like you were for me when I ran from my abusive ex girlfriend and when my mom died.."

Frances sighed knowing she was gonna have to know being Erin was one of the few who knew about her relationship with Paul. She just pulled herself together as much as she could as Erin held her hand through the emotional pain.

"Paul...or whoever this scumbag is mooched off me..he completely ghosted me and when I tried to search for a way to contact him to find out what the hell was going on..I found this online thread that had his photos and victims of this scammer were talking about a similar situation where the guy had asked for money either claiming his son was sick,he was sick or he needed help financially with rent or whatever and when they did he cut them off and disappeared..I don't know this man anymore Er! Ari never even existed and was real either..he photoshopped pics and lied to me..how could he do this? I am so stupid I should have known" Frances sobbed

"Oooo Franny..I'm so sorry oh god.." Erin said now starting to cry with her seeing her now broken hearted once again turned over to hug her from the front as Frances just wailed into her shoulder collapsing into her arms even more just clinging and shaking wanting this to just be a bad dream hoping she'd wake up soon.

"I can't believe that jerk did this to you..you didn't deserve this.." Erin just rocked Frances back and forth as she just sobbed out in pain her head now falling into Erins lap.

"I..I should have known he had an excuse everytime we planned to meet up..I'm so stupid how could I be such an idiot?!" Frances cried

"Shhh no you're not an idiot Franny don't say that this wasn't your fault..this happens to so many women.." Erin said cradling her wrapping her arms around her shoulders as Frances continued to lay across her lap like a broken hearted middle school girl who was rejected by her crush.

"Really?" Frances said sniffling as Erin nodded

"Yeah look at how many women he managed to pull off this shit with..none of you are at fault hes the nasty human being who decided to take advantage of trusting women.." Erin said rubbing her back.

"I really thought he was gonna be the one Erin..I'm just gonna be this sad cat lady failed writer for the rest of my god damn life!" Frances said severely depressed now about everything

"Nothing wrong with being one if that's what someone wants but no you won't be Frances..you're gonna meet someone wonderful who will love the Frances I see and love the one who took care of me when homophobic family lashed out at me and disowned me for being a lesbian and one of the few who supported me when I came out to you..You have many amazing qualities and someone's gotta be crazy not to be in love with those things." Erin said now tears forming in her eyes

"are you crying?" Frances said now starting to chuckle

"Maybe..I just hate seeing you like this..I will kill this bastard for what he did to my best friend" Erin said sniffling

"Awww honey.." Frances said sitting back up to hug her and reach over to dry Erins eyes "Thank you! God I'm so lucky to have an amazing friend also thanks for tolerating the last minute arrival here late at night"

"Of course I understand like I said I did the same thing when I left my abusive ex the first person I knew I'd be safe with was you..and I'm glad you feel safe enough to come to me first over this..have you called the cops?" Erin asked curious as just continued to relax on the couch practically cuddled up together

"No I didn't know what they would do..some of these women have tried and the cops said there was nothing they could do..it'll probably just be the same result" Frances sighed her chin on Erins shoulder

"It's worth a try tho you never know..but let's wait until the morning I think you just need to get sleep and you can do that with me here I can't imagine sleeping by yourself after all this shit. Now fuck him okay? He's obviously not worth your time anymore" Erin said reaching over and squeezing her hand

"Okay.." Frances said agreeing being all this crying had exhausted her so much yet started to cry again her chest and throat now hurting.

"Cmere.." Erin said as she helped Frances to her feet and leaned over to hug her tightly once more as Frances just squeezed her close sniffling and blubbering.

"I love you so much!" Frances cried burying her face in her neck

"I love you too Franny! I'm always gonna be here no matter what!" Erin whispered to her and then gently kissing her cheek in a very sisterly kind of manner

"I don't know what I would do without you.." Frances said

"Same here now Cmon you need the rest.." Erin said as she took Frances back to her room and tucked her in before crawling under the covers herself lying nice and snug beside her friend stroking her hair and face until she fell asleep.