Everybody Knows But Nobody Really Knows

Chapter 13

"I swear I didn't mean to make her upset" I tell the girls for the 11th time as we walked up to the cabin."We heard you the first three times"Amy says sounding pissed.I glance at Gayle to see her walking with her hands in her sweater pocket not paying attention to us. Obviously she doesn't mind so why are the Amy and Layla giving me the cold shoulder.
Lost in thought I didn't even realize we were already back at the cabin until Gayle pulled the door. I'm surprised to hear Layla's loud sobs coming from the bathroom. Amy and Gayle hurry over to the bathroom but I can't face her knowing that I was the one who made her cry.
Everything always seems to go wrong in my life the first real friend that I actually made I've lost her already. No...its not going down like this I can't lose her already or the rest of them for that matter. I have to apologize.
I heard soft noises coming towards me and when I look up I see Layla coming towards me with Amy and Gayle behind her wearing worried expressions.
To say I was surprised when Layla came and sat at the foot of my bed would be an understatement. I look at her and it looked as if she was battling to make a decision a very painful one at that I could see it in the way her eyes looked duller than usual.
“When I was 11"she began “I lost my puppy to a tragic fire. At that time I was terribly shy and anti-social so nobody spoke to me and I was too afraid to start a conversation first so my brother Ben got me a little puppy. Blue became my best friend he was always there until one day I came home to see my  neighbor's house burnt to the ground. I ran up to my house only to find out that my neighbors were okay but Blue had ran into the fire to   save their 4 year old daughter,when he dragged her out she was unconscious but his coat had caught on fire and he,he"she sobbed “burned to death".
By this time Amy and Gayle were sitting at the foot of my bed in tears sobbing silently. I pulled Layla in for a hug rubbing her hair,"I'm so so so sorry Layla,I had no idea"She looked at me and smiled sadly"its okay he died a hero".
I forgot that Amy and Gayle were in the room until I heard Amy yell "group hug",before I knew it were were all lying on top of each other in our version of the group hug giggling like crazy.