Broken (ZonniquexBahja) *Editing*

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Dropped this pic because she's so cute😍.

Zonnique~

"Hey Lo... Where is she? Is she alright?" I approached her and gave her a hug.

"I believe she's fine. They said they were only giving her treatment, but that she'd still have to stay a couple days" she explained.

I nodded and ran a hand through my hair, "What happened?"

"I really don't know... She was crying for awhile. She wouldn't tell me why she was crying. But after a few minutes she calmed down. She said she was going to the bathroom, but before she could even get up she just started crying again. She was holding her chest and everything, so I called 911."

I sat down in a seat and Lo sat next to me, Bahja sitting on the other side. "She was fine before I left though. Was it like a breakup or something?"

"I don't think a breakup would make her cry like that."

"I mean, I don't know... This happened before, a few years ago, and I didn't ever think of it happening again."

"It was like she has a breakdown though. We were fine. Bree has left to go work at least 20 minutes before. So Lauren and I were watching The Boy in The Stripped Pajamas. She started crying halfway through the movie and I thought it was just because of the movie, but she didn't stop crying. And once I started comforting her, she calmed down. She got up and started holding her chest, crying even harder and then she fell down. I just called 911 and then you." Lo explained further.

What could've possibly triggered something like that? An asthma attack?

"Family of Lauren Pullins?"

I looked up at the doctor and stood up, walking over to her. "Hello, are you her parent?"

"I'm her sister, I look after her... Is she okay?"

"Oh yes she's fine. Nothing too bad, we will prescribe her treatment to keep her up on a daily basis, but there are a couple of other things we would like to discuss with you."

"We?"

"Yes, the Child Protective Services--"

"It was that bad that they have to get involved?"

"I could explain further if you would just come into the room with us."

I looked back at Bahja and Lourdes, "I'll be back."

They nodded, "we'll be here." Bahja spoke up.

I followed the doctor down the hall to the room Lauren was in. She opened up the door and we went inside. My eyes landed on Lauren speaking with Ms. Lisa.

"Lauren are you okay?" I went over to her and sat down in the chair by her bed.

"I'm fine."

Her eyes were puffy and red and her voice was a bit raspy. I sighed and nodded, looking over at Ms. Lisa.

"Hey Zonnique, how are you?"

"Hey, I'm fine, you?"

"Couldn't be better... I was talking with Lauren and we were trying to discuss what really caused her breakdown. But while speaking to her, I noticed a few cuts on her arm."

"You told me stopped." I was getting angry because Lauren did promise me she would never cut herself again.

"I did stop... But the other day, the anniversary of mom and dad passing, I couldn't help it. You were occupied with Bahja and I felt alone..."