Family Styles - Sequel to the Baby Styles series

6

Layla's point of view

After I had read the note myself, I let both Sarah and Erica read it while I was looking at the necklace. How could he have afforded something like this? It must have cost a fortune! 

"I think you should wear the necklace right now." Erica said and I nodded 

"I want to." I said. Sarah offered to help me put it on. 

"You look so pretty in it, Layla." Erica said. I smiled and thanked her. 

"Do you wanna go back downstairs and enjoy the party? We still got all night, you know." Sarah suggested. 

"Yeah, let's do it." I replied. 

We headed downstairs and I was immediately met by Ed. 

"Hey, sorry I let him upstairs. He just said he only had one wish and that was to give you his gift, so I said it was okay. You're alright, right? You're not mad at me, are you? I'm-" 

"Ed, it's fine. It was hard being alone in a room with him, yes, but I'll survive." I said, cutting him off from his rambling. 

"Is that what he gave you?" Ed asked and looked at the necklace. 

"Yeah..." I replied and held the gold heart in my hand. He gave me a sad smile and hugged me. "Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. Just have fun, okay? It's our 18th birthday and we need to have fun!" 

"Okay, but tell me if something's wrong, okay?" 

"I will." I replied and gave him an assuring smile. 

The rest of the night, I just had fun. I wasn't gonna let Ben ruin my night, even though he did make me happy with that gold heart. 

When the party was over, Sarah, Erica, Jack, Jacob and Noah all stayed to help us clean up. It took us about two hours to get it looking good again. 

After we were done, Jack, Jacob and Noah all left while Sarah and Erica came home with us. Sarah, Erica and I were allowed by my parents to have a sleepover, since it was already 4 am already.

My Donny-family had left by now, so we didn't have to worry about waking tons of people in the house. We just had to make sure we didn't wake Chris or Jennie. 

Ed went right to his room and us girls went into mine. I let the girls borrow some of my clothes for sleepwear because they didn't have anything with them. After changing, we took of our makeup and we all put our hair up in buns. We then stayed up all night having a Netflix-marathon. I didn't tell the girls, but I was still wearing the gold necklace under the big hoodie. 

The next morning, we headed downstairs and realized we had the house to ourselves. I remembered mom telling me she, dad, and the youngest two were going to a play park. Ed probably just headed out with some friends. 

"So, you wanna talk about what happened with Ben last night? You didn't tell us a detailed description of it." Sarah asked as we were eating breakfast. 

"It's not much to tell... He just came in, gave me the present, kissed my cheek, and then he left." I answered. They nodded. 

"Nothing more?" Erica asked. 

"Nothing more." I confirmed. 

"Have you had an anger meltdown yet?" Sarah asked and I shook my head no. "Oh... You see, I read online that if your sadness turns into anger, you're on your way to getting over him." 

"Maybe I'm not over him yet, but I will be." I replied. 

The rest of the morning, we watched more Netflix on the TV until the girls both got picked up by Sarah's mom. After they left, it didn't take long before Ed came home. 

"Hey." He said as he entered the living room. 

"Hey. Where have you been?" I asked. 

"Jacob's." He answered and I nodded. "How are you?" He asked and sat down next to me. 

"I've been better." I replied. "How long is it gonna hurt like this, Ed?" 

"I don't know, to be honest with you. But, I know a way if you want to let out your anger." 

"I'm not feeling any anger towards him... I'm just sad and I miss him." I said. I was trying my best to not cry. 

"No anger at all?" 

"No anger." I said. I was lying though. I was holding a little bit of anger inside of me, but not much. I was mostly sad, really sad. 

"Oh. Well tell me if you wanna talk, okay? I'm going to my room." He got up from the couch and headed upstairs. In the same moment, I felt my phone buzz. It was from Ben.

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short... hope you like it anyway tho!!

- m i a h xx