Lauren moved out.
The separation tore Lynx apart. She cried every night and wouldn't eat. Her mother noticed, but didn't say anything. Lynx was absolutely destroyed by Lauren's decision.
It burned her to know that she had blown her chance with the only girl that had ever loved her. It killed her to know that she wasn't good enough.
Lauren on the other hand was doing fantastic. She had gotten back in touch with her old friends and had even met a new girl that she had taken a liking to.
Lynx didn't know about the new girl. So when she saw Lauren in town kissing another girl she lost it. She started crying and ran home.
Lynx threw herself into her room. She threw everything that Lauren had left behind from her moving out on the ground and smashed it to bits.
All except for one photo, one of them at the ice cream shop sharing a giant sundae.
It reminded Lynx of the better times. When she could eat things. When she could hold someone's hand. When she didn't cut herself every night.
Lynx cried herself to sleep that night hugging the photo closely. She wished with all her might that her Lauren would come back, even though deep down Lynx knew she wouldn't.
