𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 - 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳

18 {arguments & obviousness}

IT HAD OFFICIALLY been the worst week of pipers life.

she missed carl, she hasn't been to the gallaghers house in at least 2 weeks, kev and v have completely forgotten about her, ian and mickey hasn't been around her in forever, debbie doesn't even care 2 shits about her, fi and her still talked sometimes, and frank and piper have been getting drunk every night.

damn, her life is completely going to shit.

piper took a deep, reassuring breath before knocking on the gallagher door.

"ian and mickey are in ther-" the brown, curly headed boy said.

"i'm not here for them, carl. i'm here for you." she said, swallowing the lump in her throat. "i'm sorry."

"just go, piper." carl began shutting the door, not being successful. "damn it piper just fucking leave! ian and mickey have shut you out, kev and v don't care about you anymore, debbie gives zero shits about you, you've lost everyone, piper, including me."

quickly wiping away a fallen tear, she turned around and started walking back to her aunts house with tears in her eyes.

"piper?" kev and v were out and called out for the girl. "are you okay?"

v started chasing the girl down, "piper! are you okay? come here!"

"no, v. you guys don't care about me anymore," piper said, numbness in her eyes.

that broke kev and v, also, it broke piper because she started bawling into v's shoulder.

"v? what's going on?" fiona came rushing over to piper and v. "what happened, pipes?"

she couldn't reply though, she was too mentally exhausted to reply at all.

and now, she laid in the floor of the gallaghers, with her legs propped on the couch as she wiped tears.

that was, until carl came down the steps with cassidy swan by his side.

"piper, why'd you go and cry to veronica and kevin about that?" cassidy asked, making pipers blood boil.

"shut the fuck up." piper said, rolling her eyes.

"and if i don't?"

piper scoffed, "carl get your bitch of a girlfriend' before i make her shut up."

"cass, just leave it alone, okay?" carl said, grabbing the girls shoulders.

"no, she cried to that couple about shit you said that she knows was true." cassidy said.

"i don't know who the fuck you think you are, but i was here when you wasn't, and i know from experience, carls a lying, cheating, manipulating, gaslighting, man whore." piper giggled.

"piper shut the fuck up." carl got closer to piper by the second.

"carl how 'bout you get the fuck away from piper and to rail that nasty bitch of yours?" mickey walked down the steps, mad.

"she was literally starting shit!" carl said, only making mickey angrier.

"of course you take up for her, she started shit as soon as she came down here so i ended it," piper said, rolling her eyes.

"yeah, whatever." carl scoffed as he walked off, cassidy next to him.

"thank you mickey," piper smiled at the older, much taller boy. "but i could've just slapped him."

"but that was much funner," mickey smirked before walking back upstairs.

piper walked out of the house and over to her aunts before seeing a message from.. isaac?

who the fuck is that?

isaac james
hey, i just found your number. i'm that gay guy from the wedding, said you had boy problems?

oh! now she remembers!

piper williams
shit sorry i took so long to reply but hey!

isaac james
it's fine but do you wanna go somewhere and tell me what happened that day? i've been wondering since

piper williams
sure! u know patsys pies?

isaac james
yeah! i'll be there in about 20!

piper williams
awesome, see ya later!

she quickly grabbed an outfit, throwing on a white, short dress with ruffles at the end, paired with some white shoes.

arriving at the restaurant 20 minutes later, she spotted isaac.

"hey! how're you?" piper asked as she sat at the booth isaac was sat at.

"i'm good! how are you?" isaac flipped the question as he looked over at the girl.

"honestly, horrible." piper smiled, sighing. "shit, there's the boy i was hav-"

"piper, can we talk? without him?" carl asked as he walked over to the booth.

"no, we can't. and don't just come out and say it like that, that's rude." piper said, rolling her eyes.

"piper just get the fuck up," carl grabbed the girls hand and led her to the bathroom. "i'm fucking sorry, alright?"

"carl-"

"i'm sorry i said that shit today, i'm sorry i fucked cassidy, i'm sorry i cheated on you, i'm sorry i've done everything wrong this past year."

"i shouldn't have done nothing to hurt you! i love you! i love you so damn much it hurts! your so perfect and i've missed you so much!"

"your the best thing that's ever happened to me! the things you said the other night.. they made me rethink everything i've ever done to you.."

"i love you, piper. and i'm sorry i haven't been showing it much."

before carl could speak again, piper pulled him into a kiss, which led to public sex.

piper put her dress back on and straightened her hair a little bit, trying to stop her loud heavy breathing.

she walked out first and sat back down at the booth, "sorry that took so long.."

"it's alright, but i know what you just did, piper. it's so obvious!" isaac said, smiling.

"oh fuck, is it really that obvious?" piper asked right before carl came out and winked before leaving the store.

"the man just winked at you and you have hickeys all over your neck, piper, how is it not obvious?" isaac said, making piper laugh.

"he was the boy problems by the way," piper said, biting the inside of her cheeks. "we're good now, though."

"yeah, i think i know." isaac laughed, eventually making piper laugh.