it all started in a groupchat - gmw fanfiction

11 icecream

rileys pov

i hear the bell for first period go but there is no sign of zay and izzy. i wonder what's going on i'll text them in the groupchat

rileyplutom: where are you zay and izzy
zayb: emergency
izzys: ^^
hartm: together...?
zayb: come to mine after school and i'll explain
farkleym: yup cya then
bluecowboy: ^

zays pov
we order our coffee and i pay for izzy. while waiting a girl comes up to us and says, "your a really cute couple you know."
"thanks but aren't dating," izzy says with blushing.
"oh okay, well you look cute together," the lady says just before she walks away.
"that was weird," i say.
"that she thought we were dating," izzy asks with a frown.
"yeah, only cause we are just standing together, not touching or anything," i say.
"yeah i guess," izzy says no longer frowning.

a lady at the pick up counter calls my name and i grab our coffees.

we start to walk to my house while sipping on coffee. izzy explains her family life. it's really sad.

once we get to my house i shout, "mom, we are home."
"i'll be one second," my mom shouts back from alison's room.
"your house is so homey," izzy says looking around.
"yeah, i like it here," i say also looking at it.
"hello you must be izzy, i'm penny," my mom says coming from alison's room with alison attached to her side.
"that's me," izzy says sticking out her hand.
"we don't do that here come here," my mom says pulling izzy into a hug.
izzy smiling at this.
"your izzy?" alison says.
"yeah i'm izzy," izzy says pulling away from the hug.
"i'm alison. i'm 4 and a half," alison says proudly.
"you're so cute," izzy gushes.
"so are you but you have a really red eyes and cheeks. have you been crying," alison says.
"yeah, i'm a bit upset," izzy says kneeling down so she is near alison's height.
"did zay do something, i can hit him for you," alison says to izzy.
"i'm right here," i say making mom and izzy laugh.
"no zay is very nice to me," izzy says smiling at alison.
"that's good, you must be nice to him. when you were talking to him yesterday he was all smiley," alison say smiling.
"and this is your cue alison to leave," i say annoyed.
"but she's so cute," izzy says to me.
"no she actually has to go i'm afraid, she has pre-school today," mom says washing a wave of relief through me.
"bye alison," izzy says waving to alison who was now walking out the front door with mom, "she's so cute zay."
"not when she is being annoying. trust me," i say.
"i don't think a little girl like alison could even be annoying," izzy says.
"well she is," i say going to the kitchen.
"but it's good to know you get smiley when you message me," izzy says smirking.
"oh shut up. hungry?" i ask her.
"yeah, all i had was an oat bar this morning," izzy says.
"well we have a bunch of shit, but also ice-cream," i say smiling.
"i'll take some of that ice-cream," izzy says also smiling.
"i hope you like mint chocolate ice cream," i say taking the tub of ice-cream from the freezer.
"yum, my favourite," izzy says.
"we can just eat it from her, i'll just grab some spoons and then we can talk," i say going to the cutlery drawer.
"well i'll wait on the couch," izzy says going to the living room.
"cool," i say grabbing spoons.
i walk to the couch where i see izzy sitting cross legged, gosh she is so cute.
"so you wanna talk about your family or watch netflix," i ask as i sit next to her.
"talk i need it," izzy says.
"well you have free reign from here," i say opening the icecream and passing izzy a spoon.
"well where do i begin. hmmm. ooh i got it. it all started when i was 13. my dad had been having a a lot of 'business trips'. and on one of these trips where he was meant to be in arizona, my mom saw him in brooklyn. she confronted him when he got back. he lost it at her and said she was just going crazy. but over the years he got lazier with hiding on these trips. one day last year my mom was going clothes shopping in brooklyn and she and him bumped into each other but he was meant to be in LA. he also had red lipstick all over his face. my mom confronted him then and there. he just walked away. and when he got back she confronted him again and and," izzy says but she starts crying so much she can't talk.
i pull her into a hug.
"you don't need to talk to me," i whisper in her ear.
"no, no," izzy says pulling away from the hug. "he hit her.  he has been hitting her since. but if my mom can't leave him, she doesn't earn enough money to support the two of us."
izzy is now crying rivers. she put her head on my shoulder and i wrap my arms around her. we sit like this until i hear, "zay, i'm back."
"hey mom," i shout as i turn around to see her.
"what's wrong," my mom says sympathetically when she sees izzys face.
"family issues," i say.
"oh well, i have to leave you two here. i just got a call from work they need me to work a double shift starting at 9am and ending at 9pm and it 8:30 now," mom says as she goes to her room to get in her work clothes.
"what shall we do now," i say to izzy.
"i just want to sit here with you," izzy says putting her head on my shoulder.
"then that's what we shall do today," i say wrapping my arms around her again.