holding on to you | j.w.d

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mariyah pov
I knock on Tyler's door. "come in" I open it and he smiled when he saw me. "hey" he says. "hi" I say shutting the door. "what's up?" he asks, gesturing me to sit. "I'm going back to london" I say quietly. "your what!?" he exclaims. "my aunt died. I-I need to go back" I say shaking.

"don't cry" he says gently as tears roll down my cheeks. "I miss her. she treated me like I was her best friend and never let me be unhappy" I sobbed into his arms. "she's in a better place now okay?" he whispers softly.
"I'll be gone for a few days though"
"I'm here for you okay?" he says kindly. I nod. "when you leaving?" he asks.

"tonight" "what!?" he looked so upset.
"I'm sorry" I whisper. "don't blame yourself okay? I'll take you to the airport. but make sure you call me a lot, text me a million times a day and skype me when you can't sleep" he says. "I will" I say. "and if your feeling really down I will fly out and see you" he says. "no you can't" I say. "why not?" he asks confused. "you just can't" I say, leaving the room.

lauren pov
"why is popcorn called popcorn" josh asks me as the movie finished. "popping corn?" I suggest.
"good enough for me" he says. I heard mariyahs room door slam shut.
"3...2...1" I count down. Tyler walked in. "what did she mean?" he asks.

"by?" I ask, putting the pop corn bowl on the table and sitting up properly.
"I said I'd fly out to London to see her if she felt down and she said I can't"
"you can't" I say.
"why not?" he asks.
"personal issues with mariyah and her home town" I say.
"ugh!" he yelled hitting the wall.

"what did the wall ever do to you tyler?" josh scolds him playfully.
"I wish she trusted me" he says.
"tyler I'd say, wait till she's back" I say.
"okay fine I'll wait. but can we get Taco Bell?" he asks. "I vote chipotle" josh says. "I want peanut butter and apples" I say. "mariyah do you want food?" I call. "no" she said walking in and sitting in the arm chair, curling up into a tiny ball. "she's so small" josh says.
"adorable, right?" tyler smiled.
"awww" I cooed.

"don't be sad" tyler says to her, sitting on the arm rest part of the arm chair.
"how can I not?" she replied quietly.
we all heard it. this is what it's like to have a broken person in the house.
"are you live?" Josh asks her. she nodded. she was doing a live stream. "let's read the comments" she said sitting up. "and tyler sit next to me I don't bite" she says. I giggled and so did tyler and josh. "let's read" he says sitting next to her.

"your eye is red" mariyah read out. "I noticed"

"I like your choker" tyler said. "thanks I like yours to" mariyah says.

"why are you always so depressed? be happy" I read out. oops. bad idea. "you can't just tell someone with depression to be happy! that's wrong!" mariyah exclaims. "exac- what!?" tyler was shocked. I didn't even know this. "I'm ending this live stream" she says , turning her phone off. "this is why your like this?" tyler says to her quietly. she nodded quietly. "don't be upset. at least I know now okay?" he's so sweet.