Mamrie's Pov
"Mames, what do I do?" Grace asks.
"Grace, you have to talk to her. Give her some space for a few days and then maybe call or text her." I say.
Grace just nods and sighs as she's walking into the bathroom to clean herself up.
I'm really worried about her. I've never seen her cry this much in my life.
She hardly ever cries.
I mean why would she? She's a happy person. Isn't she?
I did just discover that she compares herself to other girls and blames herself for it so I think she has a low self-esteem.
She walks out of the bathroom with a blank stare on her face.
"You ok?" I ask, worried.
"Yeah I'm fine." She says.
"Are you sure? Because I can stay with you for the night if you want." I offer.
"No it's ok. You can leave." She says. "You're probably busy anyways." She mumbles under her breath.
"No. I'm never too busy when my friend is in need. I'm not just gonna leave you here if you're still upset which I know you are! Grace, I love you and I would do anything for you! I'd be at your doorstep in a second" I say.
She smiles. Not just a fake one. She genuinely grins and runs up to me to hug me again.
"Thank you Mamrie. You're the best." Grace beams.
Hannah's Pov
I hear my phone ringing and I see it's Grace.
It's been a few days since she told me how she felt and I want to talk to her.
I decide to answer.
"Hey Grace." I say
"Hannah oh my gosh I-"
I cut her off. "Grace, just come over"
I hang up and 15 minutes later she's at my door.
I open the door and let her in. She's wearing a cute skirt and a jean jacket.
"Um hi...so can we talk?" She finally says
"Yes of course. Here come here. Sit down." I say
I can tell that she's been crying lately.
She comes over and sits kind of distant from me. I walk over and sit right next to her.
"I'm sorry" we both say at the same time. It made us giggle a little.
"Here let me go first." I say
"Grace, I was caught off guard when you told me about ya know.... And I reacted that way because I had a HUGE crush on you for the past 2 years and I think you know that. Anyways I just got over you about 4 months ago. And then I found Angela. Angela is perfect for me and I'm in love with her. I waited so long for you to come around and say you had feelings for me but I gave up because you're straight and would never like me like that. Look I'm sorry Grace, I don't think it would be a good idea because it might ruin our friendship and you know how I am about straight girls. I also don't love you anymore. I'm sorry." I said
That was probably the hardest thing I've had to say in my life.
I see tears fill Grace's eyes and she looks down.
She notices something on her leg and quickly pulls her skirt down to cover it up.
"Grace? What's on your leg?" I ask
She quickly responds with "nothing" and turns to leave.
Before she could leave, I grab her wrist and I say "Grace. That better not be what I think it is."
She starts to cry even harder and lifts up her skirt a little so I can see.
I see horizontal, red marks all up her thigh.
"No. No. No...." I say
"Grace no. Why did you do that? I thought we talked about this last time! Don't ever do that again! Please Grace." I shout.
I'm the only one that knows about Grace self-harming and it tears me to pieces seeing her like this. She told me she was done with that about 3 months ago. And I was stupid enough to believe her.
