Sunshine, Starlight | Aryan Simhadri

Part 23

"Oh shit, Belle" I looked up at Dior who had wide eyes and just stared at her phone, what could possibly happen worse tonight

She gave me her phone with a bitter look on her face, I looked at Walker who just stared at the phone trying to see what's on the screen and then to Aryan who just held my hand and squeezed it reassuringly

It was paparazzi pictures, my head was spinning like crazy

Paparazzi had caught me arguing with Jason and Valeria, me crying, me yelling, me literally breaking down in Walkers arms, they published everything, everyone knew.

I didn't feel good, I felt like I was going to throw up, great premier.

I breathed through and gave Dior her phone back just nodding, my head was sprinting a thousand miles and hour yet I still didn't know how to react and what to do or say

And then I started laughing, I just laughed, out of pure frustration, the tiredness from the past few sleepless nights and the patheticness of this whole situation catching up to me

My friends didn't know what to do, they looked at each other then at me

"This could genuinely only happen to me" I said between a few giggles, I laughed for a while until my laughs turned into cry's, I don't think I'd ever felt pain like this before

"Hey come on let's go upstairs yeah?" Walker helped me stand up and we walked into the elevator Leena following closely behind us, I leaned against the elevator wall, how could I have missed all the signs, how could I have dismissed them so easily "you're going to be okay" Walker held on to me reassuringly and helped me to my room, he laid with me and comforted me while I just cried

"My best friend" I whispered silently after calming down a bit, sure Jason broke my heart and I wouldn't forget him ever, you never forget your first love after all. But he couldn't nearly hurt me as much as Valeria had.

Breaking up is one thing, but getting betrayed by your best friend is a whole different kind of pain that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy

I called mom on Walkers phone since mine was still downstairs, her and dad had left earlier with the other parents to get a drink

"Hey Walker what's up- oh it's FaceTime" mom waved at me happily before realising that I'd been crying "hey sweetie what is wrong, are you okay ?" I just shook my head

"Jason cheated on me with Val" mom looked like she was in almost as much pain as I am when I said those words

"Oh Belle I'm so sorry, I'll be there in 5 minutes alright darling I'm coming" she didn't hang up the phone, she called an uber from dad phone after informing him what happened really shortly and stayed on the phone with me the entire time it took to drive over

Leena held my hand and brushed through my hair comfortingly with her fingers

Mom did arrive no more than 7 minutes after I called and just held me whispering sweet nothings into my ear and just listening

She sent Walker and Leena downstairs so they could still enjoy their night and sat with me the entire night until there were no tears left to cry and all that could be heard were my exhausted sobs

"It's going to be okay my love" she whispered "I know loosing your best friend is a pain worse than anything else but i promise one day it'll feel better and you're going to find a new wonderful person"

"But it hurts so much" I whispered, my voice coming out crooked

"I know darling. I know. I never told you this before but I lost my best friend when I was around your age too" I looked up at her

"You did ?"

"Yeah. You might've just gotten my unlucky faith" she stroke my hair "her name was Eliana and we had been best friends since kindergarten. I didn't have a sister so I treated her like she was mine, we would always be together, at home, at school, even at family gatherings. She was my family. But one day when I was a junior in high school, my boyfriend whom I had been dating for over a year confessed on cheating on me with Eliana" I just listened carefully, she had never told us anything like this "I didn't believe him, I went up to her and it took her word for me to really believe it"

"Does it still hurt ?" She shook her head

"Not even a tiny bit. I found a new best friend and she's your godmother now" it felt comforting knowing that she lived through the same thing "It's gonna hurt a bit Belle, losing a friendship or a boyfriend always does but just remember this isn't the end"

Authors note:
I'm so bad at writing sad scenes help 😭
This also got way too dramatic for some reason but like girly lost her best friend she's going through it

Anyways it's getting better please bare with me

I would also like to mention that I have never gone through a break up so I have no actual clue what the pain feels like