Neighbors in love

After All

*Zoey's P.O.V*

"By the way things turned out, I'm guessing she hasn't been stood up too." I added which made Tyler laugh and nod in agreement.

He finished cleaning my lip but continued to look at it, he then started leaning in and I mirrored his actions. Before I knew it I was connecting my lips to Tyler's. He tilted his head to the side to deepen the kiss but to only end up hurting my lip so I pulled back from the kiss.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." Tyler said softly, cupping my cheek.

"It's not your fault, it's Arlya's fault for splitting my lip." I responded causing Tyler to chuckle.

"I better get home." I added after a few seconds. i jumped of the counter and started walking out of the bathroom.

"Let me walk you to your place." Tyler offered, opening the door to find Arlya outside.

"I came to see if you were okay, but your with her." Arlya spat the last bit at me even though she was talking to Tyler.

"Her has a name and it's Zoey." I interrupted before Tyler culd say anything.

"I'm fine with calling you her, or would you prefer something else like trash or an attention seeker. Oh what about this, an embarrassment." She insulted and that was it.

I ran to my house not listening to Tyler calling out my name.

I ran straight to my room and cried.

I must have cried myself to sleep because I woke up to the sun shining on my face.

I decided that today would be a shopping day considering that I need new clothes.

I got up,showered and applied enough make up to cover up the swollen, purple mark on my jawline.

I went to a shopping center that I had been looking forward to seeing. I just wondered in and out of shops looking for nothing in particular, just buying random things, a few shirts, some shorts. I even brought a packet of tissues.

I went into the Apple store and brought and Iphone considering I needed a phone badly.

I had just paid for my phone and left the store when I heard my name get called out. I turned andsaw a girl I thought I would never see again.

"Niomi." I said in complete shock.

Niomi had been one of my best friends in primary school but one day she moved away without telling any one. She left with her parents of course but no one knew where she left too.

"Long time, no see." Niomi said approaching me and giving me a big hug.

"Where have you been? In primary school you just vanished." I replied back after giving Niomi a hug.

"Let's grab a coffee and then I'll explain it." Niomi then linked her arm with mine and led the way.

We ordered our coffees and sat at a table before I started interrogating her about what happened to her and why she left.

"Okay I'm just gonna go from the start but it might be a long story." She said but I didn't care so I just shrugged my shoulders.

"I left to go to New York because one of my Aunties got diagnosed with cancer so we had to go and see her, but we were going to come back but then my mum and dad got a divorce because my father was cheating." Niomi spoke with eyes full of hatred for her father.

"I'm so sorry, but what happened? Why didn't you come back?" I asked wanting to get the rest of the story.

"I couldn't, my dad came back but there was no way in hell that I would live with him, so I stayed with my mother. A few years later when I was about 17-18 I met a guy. His name was Jacob, he looked nice and was handsome but looks can be deceiving because after a few months of dating he started coming home drunk. He always yelled and treated me like his personal slave. One day I stood up to him and he hit me. I fell to the ground and he continued to abuse me. So when he fell asleep I packed my things and then caught the earliest flight and got out of there and came back to here." You could tell that Niomi was trying to hold it together, trying to stay strong and not burst into tears in front of me.

"I'm so sorry. I didn't know what had been happening in your life." I said even though I couldn't think of anything to say.

"Oh please, you need to know. I'll go get the coffees." Niomi changed the subject which made me glad.

Niomi soon came back with two hot coffees. When she placed them down I took a sip and it was amazing. I haven't had coffee since I was young and I sure missed the taste.

"I see you got a new phone, do you want my number?" Niomi asked which was good, I wasn't good in awkward situations and Niomi knew how to prevent them.

"Yes please, I don't really have any friends except for my neighbor who is a guy." I said and saw Niomi's eyes light up.

"What? Why didn't you tell me this?" Niomi started smiling at me.

"Well your relationship life was pretty bad so I didn't want it to seem like I was rubbing it in." I answered honestly.

"Oh please, tell me more." She said persistent to find out every detail about Tyler.

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A/N

Sorry for not posting recently.

Poor Niomi her life was pretty bad.

Please correct me if i make some errors.

enjoy reading my story :) xx