sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ sᴘᴀʀᴋs.

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚎𝚗

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴇɴ
'ʜᴀᴛᴇ'

ᴀsᴘᴇɴ ᴅʀᴜᴍᴍᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ᴀʟᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sɪᴅᴇ ᴏғ ʜᴇʀ ʟᴇɢ, ǫᴜɪᴇᴛʟʏ sᴄʀᴏʟʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʜᴇʀ ᴘʜᴏɴᴇ. She was sat on her bed, leaning against the wall on the far side.

An airpod rested in the actress' left ear, as she heard a knock from her hotel room. She groaned, sitting in her spot for a minute, debating on just pretending she's not in, before eventually forcing herself up.

She slowly walked to the door, feet dragging across the carpet, as she looked through the peephole, hoping that it was her Uber Eats (that she hadn't even ordered..).

There stood Alia behind the door, with a small smile and a white bag in her hands, almost as if she had known Aspen was looking at her.

The girl sighed, a small smile forming on her lips, as she pulled her eye away from the peephole, "I'm not in right now, come back later."

Aspen heard a light laugh from the other side, before deciding to unlock the door, swinging it open to let Alia inside, as she walked back to her bed.

The brunette smiled, walking in and shutting Aspen's door, "We went and got kebab and came back and just decided to eat here instead."

Aspen smiled at the thoughtful gesture, remembering when the group asked if she had wanted to come along to choose what to have, to which she told them she was too tired, which wasn't that much of a lie.

"And we know how much you love kebabs," The friend joked, making the two remember the drunken times, where that was the only thing the two of them craved for the rest of the night.

Apsen let out a chuckle, as Alia sat at her bed with her, crossing her legs and unbagging the food, "Thanks."

"No problem," Alia whispered back after a while, with a giddy grin, before she was stopped by the girl.

"Wait," Aspen held out her hands, taking her airpod out of her ear and popping it back into the case, "We're eating on the floor."

The other girl sighed at her words, before agreeing, knowing how messy fast food was, combined with the messy eaters of her and Aspen, they would have been doomed.

They sat for around an hour, none of them being bothered to actually stand up, just giggling as they watched a random series and how stupid the characters were, as they ate their food.

Once the episode ended, Alia stretched her hands out above her head, before getting up to wash her hands, after Aspen.

Childishly, they both splashed eachother with water, giggling as they ran around the small hotel room's bathroom, before finally settling down to get comfy on the bed, sitting at the pillows.

"So, what's up with you?" Alia asked the girl softly, as the next episode of their show started, causing Aspen's hand to fly to her opposite wrist where her bracelet had once been.

Aspen feigned a laugh, as she paused the show, turning to her, "What makes you think anything's up?"

"Babes," The girl beside her let out a small laugh, as if it were obvious, "You haven't sent me a single tiktok today," The actress rolled her eyes at her friend, before she continued, "And Noah said you looked really down yesterday."

"Noah's such a snitch," She laughed, making Alia do so too, before it died down, the brunnette looking at the actress with a reassuring smile, making her sigh.

Seeing her hesistation, Al turned away not wanting to pressure one of her best friends, "You don't have to tell me. I just wanna know you're okay."

Asp shut her eyes, sighing slightly, afraid that her friend would think she was just overexaggerating, "Uh Ortega- she snapped my bracelet."

"What? That bitch," Alia turned to look at the girl, her eyes only now noticing the empty spot on her friend's wrist, making Aspen chuckle sadly.

Her eyes dulled slightly, seeing her friend's facial expression, knowing the backstory of the peice of jewellery.

Shuffling closer to the girl, since she knew that the actress barely ever liked to receive hugs, Alia sighed, "I'm sorry, are you alright?"

"Yeah, it's just- That was one of the last things I had of him, you know?"

Alia nodded in understanding, resting her head on Aspen's shoulder and fiddling with her own fingers, before joking, "I hate Ortega girl now too."

The girl laughed at her friend, as she sighed, before smiling, turning to her friend, clearing her throat and deciding to change the topic, "Now whats going on with you and Ren?"

Al was almost stunned by the question, her hands forcing themselves to stop fiddling as she looked up at Aspen, "I, uh- I dont know what you're talking about."

"C'mon," Now it was Aspen's turn to laugh, looking at the other girl, "Yous haven't been the same since the cast party."

Al's breath hitched in her throat at the girl's words as she took her bottom lip into her mouth, looking away as she recalled the night, "We slept together."

The black girl's mouth dropped open in shock, letting a small laugh tumble out. That was not what she expected, "What?"

"Yeah. And then at the club the other day, she uh- she kissed this other girl and I dont know. I'm confused," Alia confessed, her eyes falling to the floor.

Aspen was stunned for words, trying to process and fill in he blanks on everything she must have missed.

"I- I think I like her," Al whispered as she looked away from her friend before her mouth dropped open too, stunned that she had actually spoken those words out loud, "You can't tell anyone I said that!"

"Jeez, okay," She laughed, before seeing Alia's scared expression, turning to the girl and sticking out her pinky finger with a smile, "I pinky promise I wont tell anyone."

The girl sighed in relief, joining their pinkies with a small smile, before leaning back, head returning to Aspen's shoulder.

Asp giggled, hand beginning to reach for the remote before Al stopped her, "Speaking of the party, what happened to that blonde?"

Asp rolled her eyes in response, leaning backwards and resting her head onto her headboard, "Shut up."

"I mean, she was pretty, like I could totally see you guys together!" She chirped happily, giggling to herself, "Though I feel like, you're most likely to end up with a brunnette."

The girl rolled her eyes again, giving Alia a playful shove, warning her to be quiet, as she decided to just play the next episode of the show they had been watching.

"Jeez, alright," The two friends laughed loudly, before it slowly died down throughout the night, both of them staying up binging the show until around midnight.