Gabbi x Evelyn wlw (do revenge)

Chapter 5 - Picture perfect life

TW: MILD BODY DYSMORPHIA AND APPETITE LOSS
You are beautiful no matter how you look and shouldn't compare yourself to how others might appear!!! ❤️❤️❤️

Evelyn's pov:

I lay in my bed, staring up into the black nothingness of my dark room, thinking of everything that happened this afternoon. I talked with Gabbi, she invited me to watch a movie with her. She was, incredibly, teasing at some points. I'm debating if she was just being friendly, or if she maybe was flirty? No, it's just a stupid wish I have, my brain is tricking me into thinking she actually likes me. I'm such an idiot.

I turn over to on my side. Even though I know I shouldn't think about her, I can't get her out of my head. I look over to my phone. I pick it up and sit up leaning against my headrest. I go in on Instagram and search up Gabbi Broussard. Gabbi's Instagram account appears. I click on her profile and start scrolling through her pictures, occasionally stopping to look at some of the pictures showing her face. She is so beautiful.

After a while, I go back to my followings page. The first picture that pops up is a girl taking a mirror selfie wearing a sports bra and a pair of workout shorts. She is holding down the front of them to reveal her stomach, showing off her abs. I continue scrolling, diet plan, workout routine, bikini pic at the beach, gym pictures, and so on. I go in on my page, examining my own pictures and zooming in on my face and body. I feel disgusted by myself. My stomach sticks out, my arms look too wide when they are pushed against my body and my legs look obnoxiously large when I sit down.

How come everyone is so beautiful and I look like a blob fish?
I feel a knot forming in my throat and my eyebrows start to tense up. My cheeks becomes wet as a few tears fall from my eyes. I put my phone back on the charger and lay down again. My head aches and I can't hold my tears at bay. I lay there, in the darkness, sobbing and imagining all the terrible outcomes of me asking Gabbi out. Her either telling me she only wanted to be friends or her laughing at me and making me feel stupid for having those feelings for her. I feel like my lungs are cut of and I can't breathe. I start hyperventilating, trying to make as little sound as possible so I don't wake my family. I try to take deeper breaths, but to no avail. At some point, my eyelids grow heavy and I slowly start falling asleep. My last thought is of me looking into Gabbi's beautiful hazel eyes.

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Gabbi's pov:

I sit down in the corner of the couch, a few feet away from Evelyn to not make her uncomfortable by sitting too close. I turn to her and smile. I see the popcorn bowl in her lap and decide to tease her, I lean in closer to her, hold eye contact with her. I can see the panic in her face, then I grab the popcorn and sit back again. She looks at me with a disappointed and confused face. It's like I can read her thoughts from her face expressions. I eat a piece of popcorn and ask her in my most innocent and unknowing voice:

"What's wrong cutie?" She breaks our eye contact with embarrassment.

"Nothing" she says, but I can't help but see a smile forming in the corner of her mouth that she tries to hide. I smile to myself as I start focusing on watching the movie. She is so pure and innocent, I wish she new how much I admired her. I just want to hug her all night. I'm assuming she's gay, mostly based on the fact that her outfit was covered in rainbows and that she had cherry earrings, but who am I to judge, I could be wrong. The fact that she becomes so flustered when I tease her is also a pretty obvious give away. It's cute though.

About 25 minutes into the movie all the popcorn is finished, I ate the most of it, Evelyn didn't take that much. Maybe she just agreed to popcorn to be polite. I started to feel sleepy after a couple of minutes, so laid my head down on one of the pillows and fell asleep. I don't mind if she notices, I feel safe around her and I'll most likely wake up before the end of the movie.

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I woke up right as the end credits started, perfect timing. I stretch my arms out and then sit up straight in the couch.

"So, what did you think of the movie?" I turn to look at Evelyn, but the couch is empty. I look around, confused. She could be getting water I guess, I figure since the popcorn bowl is gone she must have brought it to the kitchen, but would she really go during the end of the movie? I yawn as I get up to go to the kitchen.

I can't find her anywhere. I go out to look for Max if he has seen her, but there's no one here. That's weird, it's only 6:30 pm. I go upstairs to Max's room to find him on his phone.

"Hey, Maximus. Have you seen Evelyn?"

"Who?"

"Evelyn, she's new. Her older sister is Eleanor."

"Oh, that bitch. They left after completely ruining my party and reputation"

"Hey! Dude, don't call her a bitch! Tell me what happened." I suddenly wondered what happened to his party. What could they have done to ruin his reputation that bad, and was Evelyn involved?

"Well, Eleanor, Drea, Terra, and all the others who I thought were my friends exposed me or whatever on the speakers. Apparently they were recording me when I said something about Drea or whatever and then when everyone heard it they left and Eleanor, Drea and Evelyn drove away."

I know he's my brother, and I love him, but I'm kinda glad he finally got exposed for being a bully. And I'm relieved that Evelyn wasn't a part of whatever they did. Although I still what an explanation of why she left.

"I'm sorry dude, that must suck. But look on the bright side, now that you don't have a reputation to uphold, maybe you could backpack through Europe, with your camera. Isn't that something you've always wanted?"

"I guess, thanks."

I smile. Even though he's an asshole, he's still my older brother. So when he actually thanks me for something, it makes me happy.

"Don't forget to close my door when you leave, like, now." He says while waving his hand in the air sloppily, in a dismissive manner.

Moment? Gone.

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I'm laying in bed, scrolling through TikTok. My "ForYou-page" mostly consists of book recommendations and pottery tips. One of Evelyn's videos pops up on my page, I'm instantly intrigued, so I swipe in on her profile. Her videos are mostly trips with her family, dances with Eleanor and silly trends with her new friends at Rosehill. I can't believe how amazing she is. She looks so confident, so happy, so beautiful, in every single video. Her life seems perfect.

We've only really had a real conversation twice. Am I falling too fast for her? Will I scare her off, or will I get my heart broken? I guess I won't know until it happens, might as well try.

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Hello! I'm really sorry for not posting in such a long time. I've been really caught up with life, but right now I'm on Easter break and I've promised myself to start on chapter 6 as soon as I post this! I will try to have it finished before my break is over but as you might have noticed I'm pretty bad at keeping my promises lol.

Hope this chapter didn't offend anyone or make you uncomfortable. I really hope everyone is well and your life is going smoothly. ❤️❤️❤️