Hailee's POV I wake up and y/n's snuggled into my side. I kiss her forehead and get up. This girl will be the death of me. Ella used to be that girl but I just don't feel the sparks or butterflies she once gave me and she was never there. I see my phone buzzing and I see Ella's name flash across the screen. "Ella good morning." I say yawning. "Someone's tired." She says. "Yea I stayed up writing a song with my friend." I say. "Well can I come over to talk now?" She asks. "Yea just come in quietly, y/n's asleep and I think this is the best night of sleep she's had in a while." I say. "Who's y/n?" Ella asks a little annoyed. "My new friend, she quite literally ran into me the other day." I say smiling. "Yea ok, bye Hailee." She says hanging up. I go downstairs and make myself a cup of coffee. I hear a knock on the door and I walk over and open it and it's Ella. She grabs my hips and kisses my lips but I pull away. "Let's talk in the kitchen." I say. She follows me and we both sit down. "Ella this isn't working." I say looking into her eyes. "You never loved me the way I loved you and it hurt knowing you never wanted to be seen with me in public. I loved you but now I don't I'm sorry. You'll always be my friend but nothing more Ella." I say. I look up at her and all she does is nods. "Hailee I am sorry I never said it back, I do love you, give us a chance please." Ella pleads. "You don't love me Ella you love the idea of being with me. But clearly not enough since after months of dating we never went public, we can be friends Ella but nothing more. I'm finding happiness somewhere else and for once I know where i exactly should be." I say. "Hailee I will always love you even if we can only be friends." Ella says and hugs me. I watch her as she leaves. I continue to drink my coffee and I scroll through instagram. I stumble upon y/n's instagram and see her posts are all about soccer or surfing or martial arts except one. It's of her and Andy.
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It's captioned "the love of my life💍❤️" I close Instagram and just stare at my lock screen of Ella and I.
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I decide to change it to a picture of the sun setting over the UCLA soccer field. I decide to start cooking breakfast and let y/n sleep in.
y/n's POV I wake up to an empty and cold bed I wander in Hailee's closet and grab one of her oversized hoodies which smells just like her. I throw my UCLA one on her bed and I check my phone. I see a random number.
Unknown - y/n you need to come home... Me - Who is this? Unknown - It's your father Me - Why text me after all this time, you and Ava were the ones who disowned me and kicked me out... you beat me on multiple occasions so why would I want to go back to that god awful place Carl - Your mother wants to see you Me - What do you guys want Carl - We want to rebuild our relationship with our daughter Me - You lost those privileges when you hit me
I block him and I break down and begin to sob. I remeber all the hurtful words he screamed at me and his punches hitting my body and face. Tears are streaming down my face as I walk downstairs when I reach the bottom of the steps I see Hailee singing the lyrics of the song we wrote last night. She turns and looks at me. She turns off the stove and drops the spatula and walks over to me. She engulfs me in a hug and she picks me up and walks me over to her couch. We sit down and she hold me as I cry even more. I let out every ounce of pain in my sobs. She runs her fingers through my hair and pulls me closer so my front is on hers and I'm sitting in her lap with my face buried in the crook of her neck. "I know we just met but you already my world and you mean a lot to me so when you're ready to talk I am here, I will hold you for as long as you need no rush babe." Hailee says and I see her blush when she called me babe. I am wrapped around her like a koala hugging a tree. She rests her hands on my lower back and I melt into her embrace. I kiss her ear and look up at her face. She's bright red it's absolutely adorable. I probably look like shit. "Carl my father wants me to go home" I say quietly. "He's going to hit me again." "Hold on... hit you?" Hailee asked concerned. "Yes I was his personal faggot punching bag all throughout highschool when I came out to my parents." I say. "How can they hit you, how dare they hit you!" Hailee says angrily. "Calm down baby that was in the past." I say. "That doesn't mean that they are forgiven they abused you." She says. "I will be okay, I'm not going." I say frowning. The rest of the day we binged Stranger Things and cuddles on her couch.
