𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 - 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳

03 {carls return & talking}

TODAY MARKED 7 WEEKS PIPER HASNT DRUNK anything alcohol invested.

she's been working at patsys, carls in jail, presleys pregnant, and it's lips babies. damn have you missed a lot.

fiona and piper have been working their asses off to get money since the alibi wasn't going so good, fiona just needed money cause she needed to get out of the house she calls home right now.

"hey fi, i have to go to pres's baby shower in a little so do you mind if i don't get in work till around 7?" piper asks fiona as she shuts the door behind her.

"yeah, it's alright." fiona says, smiling as she leaves the house in a rush.

"well bye to you too," piper says sarcastically to herself. "hey liam."

liam gives her a look, "hey piper, why are you here again?"

"damn lil buddy, you mad i'm here?" piper asks, receiving a nod from liam. "ouch."

"IAN!" piper shouts as she bangs on his door, still no reply from him. "fuck, LIP?"

no reply, what is going on? "DEBS?"

no reply once again. it's really getting boring without carl here.

sighing, piper walks down the street, headed to the laundry mat to see the old lady she talks to about every day.

"etta!" piper says as she enters the laundry mat, smiling at the old lady with the best advice ever.

"paige!" etta didn't hear her first name when piper introduced herself so she just calls her paige. "how are you sweetie?"

"well, not the best actually." piper says, sighing as she sat on one of the washers. "carls in jail, fiona's been working her ass off, liam doesn't like me much anymore, no idea where ian is, lip and my sister are having twins."

"presleys pregnant?" etta asks, still working at her area. "with lips babies?"

"yeah! that's crazy too because i always thought presley would somehow end up with that zach dude." piper says, sighing.

"do you miss carl?" etta asks, leading piper to sigh even harder.

"of course i do! he was my best friend and he's in jail right now, god only knows if he's alright." piper replies, resting her chin on her hand.

"i bet it was hard," etta said, giving a sympathetic smile to the teenager. "losing someone you loved, jail is a horrible place but he'll be fine."

"thank you etta," piper says, smiling. "also, i'm 7 weeks sober today!"

"i'm proud of you, paige." etta says, smiling at the girl, a genuine smile.

lately pipers been the only one who's been able to make etta smile, or even laugh.

piper recently found out about the laundry mat because of zach, her sisters ex, once she found out about it, she went there and immediately clicked with etta.

now, their best friends and make each other genuinely smile.

"i have nothing to do today besides be upset about carl," piper said, sighing. "can i help with the laundry until presleys baby shower?"

"yeah, i could use the extra help. it's busy today." etta says, making piper smile and start helping with cleaning.

later in the day she got a call from presley, saying she could come over.

"etta, i have to go to presleys baby shower, bye!" piper said before finishing up what she was doing and saying her goodbyes once again.

"bye piper, come fill me in again tomorrow?" etta asks, making piper nod and leave.