a/n : this chapter is dedicated to my Kweeny, mah best friend here who has a beautiful soul. Appreciate and love you very much ! Meh_queen
"Babe."
Steph groans, but that doesn't make her open her eyes. Abby, who is softly kissing her back, rolls her eyes, before smirking : the brunette has been the only bright side of her life those last few weeks, as everything around them is falling apart. She has discovered an hidden side of Steph, the protective girl she truly is. Even thought the forward has been conflicted, she has sticked to Abby's side the whole time, reassuring her girlfriend, acting as a real foundation and pillar for her girl.
And that makes Abby love her even more.
"Baby, it's time to wake up."
Once the brunette has finally decided to get up, the two girls take their breakfast together, before Abby drives them to a cafe downtown, right in between the two campus (a/n : I know Stanford and UCLA are far from each other, but let's pretend there's only a two-hour car ride in between them okay?). As the miles are passing by, Steph grows more and more nervous, because she knows what they are about to do is a big step. Abby, while driving, has her hand on her girlfriend's leg, and sometimes takes a peek at her to make sure she's okay and not backing up or something.
Once they made it to the coffee shop, and that Abby found a place to park her car, they both enter the cafe, hand in hand. Turning her back on them is Samantha Mewis, and as soon as Steph and Abby sit down in front of her, she tenses up, but has a smile on her lips, growing pretty slowly.
Sam is the one saying :
"Hi. Thanks for coming."
"Of course" Abby says.
But Steph remains silent for now.
"I know you're upset, Stephanie" Sam says in a beyond serious tone. As Steph is nodding, she continues : "I know you guys don't trust me anymore, think I am 'the enemy'. But I am not, and to prove it I came here."
"You only presence isn't enough to prove anything, Sam, and you know it."
Abby stares at her girlfriend, meaning 'let her explain before acting like a freaking snake, thank you very much my love'. But Sam is not annoyed the slightest. In order to confirm this, she lets out :
"Exactly. That's why I came her with some informations that may interest you."
"Which is ?" Abby asks, confused.
"Hope revealed what happened three years ago."
As she speaks, Sam remembers that exact moment...
Flashback
"First year in UCLA, first day, very first hour spent on campus, I met Kelley and Ash. We were immediately friends, since they were very funny but also serious. Then, Christie and Becky were added to the mix, and we became the Fantastic Five, ruling campus and the Bruins. We were unstoppable, winning games after games, seducing boys all around and laughing about everything. Things changed during the second semester, by the end. At the time - and I am not proud to say this in front of you guys - I kinda was a junkie, drunk girl, lost in the world, and Ash and I started messing with our health. One day, as we were coming back from a party, the five of us were walking together on campus."
