Why is She Broken?

Chapter 4: The Voice

Payton went silent. Who calling her name? She doesn't recognize the voice. It's a girl. Who is it though?
     "Payton I know your in here. I saw you run in here. Please come out." Called the voice.
     "Who are you? How do you you know my name? Nobody notices me." Payton replied in a shaky voice.
"Payton it's JoJo. We were best friends in 6th grade. Do you remember me?"
Payton thought to herself, JoJo? I thought she moved away. What is she doing here?
"JoJo? You moved away in 6th grade. Why are you here?"
"Pay I moved back. I was worried about you and I made my parents move back. Can you come out so I can see you? Please?"
Payton was unsure if it was her but she still came out of the stall. There stood before her, JoJo her best friend. Her shortness made Payton smile. Her medium length blonde, brown hair. Her braces that she hasn't seen before.Her beautiful green eyes which Payton always wanted. It really was her.
JoJo smiled widely and hugged Payton very tight. Payton started crying again and hugged her very tight back. She smelled like vanilla, Payton noticed.
JoJo stopped hugging her and took Payton's hand. Payton noticed she was crying too.
"Pay I really missed you. I needed my best friend. Look how much you've changed. I barely recognized you. I only knew it was you because of your silly run and your face." She laughed as she finished
"Jo I really missed you too. Also be quiet I know my run is weird, it's not my fault! Look at you! You are gorgeous Jo. You've grown up way to much. Braces look great on you." Payton smiles and looks down as she finishes.
JoJo blushes and gets butterflies in her tummy.
"Pay stop it, you are making me blush. You know how much I hate blushing. How are you doing? I'm sorry I haven't texted you ever since I left I broke my phone and lost all my numbers."
"It's okay. And I'm not that well. I went through my first break up this summer. That's why I'm in here. I have to sit by him in my first hour. I hate his guts. I started crying, that's why I ran in here." A tear goes down Payton's
cheek as she finishes talking.
"Really! What's his name? What's his last name? How long did you guys date? Why did you guys break up?" JoJo was curious.
"Austin, Austin Robb Romain. We dated for practically two and a half years. He never liked me at first. His friends dared him to ask me out and yeah."
Payton starts crying.
JoJo hugs Payton tightly, "Pay don't cry. That's so stupid. You deserve so much better. You are amazingly beautiful. We will get you over him surely. We should get to class. Let's go, okay?"
Payton simply nods and starts walking out with JoJo. They head to their next class which they have together. They have Study Hall. They walk into the library and sit down and talk.
Payton thinks to herself while they are catching up, Should I tell her my secret? She is my best friend. I don't know. If I tell her, she will look at me differently...