holding on to you | j.w.d

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lauren pov
the next day mariyah texted us saying she landed and was at home. she called us later that day and she was crying. well obviously if someone you love dies then you can't expect a lot.

tyler was the same but I knew he missed her. she was only going for three days. today was the first day. I asked him to film with me and he agreed very kindly. so we went to the living room and set the camera up. josh was in the basement drumming but it wasn't to loud. I pressed record and we started.

"hello everyone-" "I think we should say salutations" tyler cut me off. "okay. 1...2...3" "salutations!" we chorus. "welcome back so today I'm with tyler hoeseph and we are going to be doing two truths and one lie" I say. "sick"
"so you all know how it goes, we say two truths about ourself and a lie and then the other person has to guess which is a lie and so on" I say. "I don't know how to play" he says blankly. "I just explained" I say. "oh" he replied. "he's missing mariyah" I whisper.

"I'm from London, I love dolphins and I'm obsessed with holding onto you"
"your not from london" he says.
"correct. well dun" I reply.
"did you mean d-o-n-e or d-u-n" he says. "dun as in josh dun" I say.
"I'm here" josh says walking in. me and tyler laughed.

"I wrote a song about food, I got a piano for Christmas once and my favourite colour is red" he says.
"the first one" I say. "wrong!" he cheered. "crap!" "you should know my favourite colour is yellow" he says
"dammit!"

we continued and then mariyah called. "shall we pause?" I ask tyler. "no let's let everyone hear" so we picked up. "hey!" me and tyler chant. "hi" she was quiet. "you okay?" tyler asks her. "yeah, I'm going out with my brother in a bit. can you do me a favour?" she asks. "yeah" I say. "tell josh that next time he takes my white nail polish I will slap him" and she ended the call.

"josh!" I call. "yeah?" he came from the kitchen. "mariyah said that if you take her white nail polish again she will slap you" I say. "how nice" he says. "indeed. and her slaps hurt" I inform him.

we finished filming and then I got my laptop to start editing. I was about half way through when my phone rang.
"hello?" I ask. "lauren get your ass to london now!" mariyah breathed. "wow why what happened?" I ask. "be-" and the call ended. I called her back. no reply.

I ran to tyler and josh. "guys mariyahs in trouble!" I exclaim. "wow what happened?" josh shot up when he saw my tears. "she told me to come to London and i asked why and she ended the call. I've tried to call but she won't pick up!" I bursts into floods of tears. "tyler..." josh turned around to talk to his best friend but he was gone. oh shit "tyler!?" we ran upstairs and saw him zipping his suitcase up. "I'm ready to go!" he says. "dude you got me worried! don't ever do that again!" josh says. "pack my bags to visit my girlfriend?"

"run off like that!" josh rubbed his eye.
"josh he's 28, not 2!" I exclaim.
"both of you go pack while I book the flight!" tyler says, getting his laptop out.

me and josh finished and then I went to mariyahs room and grabbed some things for her: rubber bands, a stress reliever, a beanie, her favourite snack, a drawing pad and her big sharpie pencil case. I managed to fit it in my suitcase perfectly. we all put our suitcases in the car. "the flights in one hour!" tyler says. "let's go!" I say. I tried calling mariyah over and over but she wouldn't pick up still. I began to cry again. tyler stopped the car and josh got into the back with me.

I hope she's okay.