D I E G O
Seeing Hope smile warms my heart.
"I heard about the incident. I'm so sorry." I say.
"How?" Lia gasps.
"It's already trending on Twitter. A fan recorded it. Joey is getting lots of hate, and his account got taken down." I say.
"Serves him right. He called Hope fat in front of thousands of people. He also harassed me and Lizzie." Lia says.
"Joel already took Joey's side and said that it didn't happen, but there's video proof of it." I say.
All of a sudden, Lia's phone starts ringing.
She glances over to see who's calling her.
"It's Cole. I gotta take this." she says and leaves the room.
"Diego?" Hope says.
"What's up?" I ask.
"I need to tell you something. I've been having major body image issues recently, and I even cut myself a few nights ago." she says.
"You're beautiful. Next time you're thinking of cutting, tell yourself that that's not the solution. You can call me anytime." I say.
"I know that people care about me, but I can't help thinking I'm fat." she says.
"You're not. Your body is beautiful." I say.
"But I see myself different than you guys do." she says.
"Tell me what you see, and I can prove that that's not what we see." I say.
"I see myself with a fat bloated stomach. My thighs are huge and touch each other when I put my feet together. My face is big and puffy." she says.
"I see you with a flat stomach, thighs that are perfect for your body, and a normal sized face." I say.
"Really?" she asks.
"Yeah! Really." I say.
"Thanks Diego. That really helped." she says.
"No problem." I smile.
Lia opens the door.
I can tell she's upset about something.
Her eyes are red and puffy.
"What happened?" I ask.
"Cole and I broke up!" she sobs.
Hope immediately gives her a hug.
"Why?" Hope asks.
"He said that I never spend time with him and that I cheated on him with James!" Lia sobs.
"How did he find out that you saw James?" Hope asks.
"He posted a selfie with us that he took the day we hung out with him and put 'miss them!' for the caption." Lia sobs.
"Uh, who's James?" I ask.
"A friend of ours, I guess. He's 20 though! I didn't cheat on Cole!" Lia sobs.
"Cole's your boyfriend, right?" I ask.
"He was!" Lia sobs.
"It's going to be okay." Hope comforts her.
"No offense, but that Cole guy sounds like a douchebag." I say.
Everyone bursts out laughing.
Lizzie opens the door.
"Oh my gosh Lia! What's wrong?" she asks.
"Cole and I broke up!" Lia sniffles.
"It's okay. He wasn't the right guy for you if he did that while you were away." Lizzie says.
"He accused her of cheating on him with James!" Hope says.
Lizzie looks disgusted.
"That's terrible that he would accuse her for that. Lia's a great girlfriend. She would never do that." she says.
"Yeah, she wouldn't ever do that." I say.
"Well, I'll leave you guys alone now. Don't forget that we have a show at 10:00 pm." Lizzie says, and leaves the room.
"What should we do?" I ask.
"I don't know." Lia says.
"Let's ask Lizzie if we could go swimming. It's summer here." I suggest.
"I don't want you guys to see me in a bikini!" Hope says.
"Didn't you pack a one piece swimsuit?" Lia asks.
"Oh yeah. Go ask Lizzie." Hope says, looking relived.
Lia runs into the living room to get Lizzie's permission.
"She said yes!" she says when she returns.
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What do you guys think of Cole and Lia breaking up?
I honestly don't know if I should have Jade and Lia still be best friends and or if they should hate each other.
What do you guys think?
QOTD: favorite ship from this book?(jia,etc)
AOTD: I honestly ship James and Lia even though there's a 5 year age gap.
Bye beautiful💕
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A New Life•Adopted by LDShadowLady(SEQUEL)
Fanfiction13 year old Hope has just joined Lizzie and Lia's family. Lia is thrilled to have a new member of the family. What could go wrong? Everything. Read to find out what happens as Hope goes through some struggles that Lia had, argues with Lia, and feels...
