POV: Darleen
"We shouldn't have left her alone." I towel-dry my wet hair.
"She needs to think." Kenzie puts on her face mask next to me in the mirror.
"She doesn't think, she shuts down. She self-destructs. We should go check on her." I say in worry.
"Forcing ourselves on her won't make her come to us; it will just push her farther away." She points out.
I sigh and set the towel down.
"She'll call when she's ready to talk," Kenzie assures me.
Just then, my phone rings.
I grab and see Skylar's name.
"That was fast," I show Kenzie.
I quickly answer it.
"Sky?" I say when it's silent.
"Darleen," she sobs.
I stand up straighter, every hair on my body going on edge.
"What's wrong? Where are you?" I demand.
"I need you. Please," she sobs.
"I'm on my way. Are you at home?"
"Yes." She sobs.
"I'm on my way, don't move." I quickly run to my room to get dressed.
"Skylar? What's wrong?" Kenzie takes the phone from me while I get dressed.
"No! Don't come, I don't want you to see me like this." She sobs.
"See you like what?"
"Don't come, Darleen, don't let her come." Skylar sobs.
"Okay," I take the phone again as I pull up my wet hair. "Kenzie, wait here."
"But—"
"I'll be back." I peck her on the lips and run out.
I get to Skylar's apartment and once again let myself in. Ace whimpers by the bedroom, his tail tucked. The cats also linger near the bedroom door, their fur fluffed; they are clearly agitated.
"Skylar?" I quickly walk over there.
She sobs.
I push the door open and see her curled in the corner, a bloody mess. The remnants of her laptop are in a bloody pile in front of her.
"Sky, what did you do?" I sigh.
"Can you take me to the hospital?" she asks, showing me her bloody hands.
"Come on," I walk over and help her up.
She sobs.
I help her get her shoes on and wrap her hands in a towel before taking her to the ER. I call Kenzie when we get there.
"I'm bringing her home once they let her out," I say to her when she answers.
"What happened? Where are you?"
"At the hospital, she hurt herself again."
"Again? How?"
"I told you she self-destructs; she did this before when Jade first left her. She punched things until she broke her knuckles. Now, she smashed her laptop into a million pieces until those pieces got lodged into her hands. She was a bloody mess."
"Skylar," Kenzie says sadly.
"This is my fault. I was too hard on her." I shake my head.
"No, this is something Skylar needs to deal with. She can't keep it bottled up like that. It's destroying her."
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Attention What If
RomanceWhat if your happy ending wasn't as happy as you thought it would be? What if you fell in love but didn't realize you were supposed to end up with someone else? What if life found a way to give you a second chance, would you take it? Skylar Clifton...
