Lonley Flower (The Mark Side)

Chapter 7

Night finally set, and Iris was brushing her hair before she headed off to bed. Iris got a call on her phone, and smiled seeing it was Frances. "Hey Frances." Iris said.

"Hey Iris." Frances replied. "How was taking Lilly home?"

"It wasn't too bad." Iris replied. She put her hairbrush down, and went to her bed. "I got to talk to her a little more, and I like her." She explained.

"See!" Frances yelled, lying down in her bedroom too, "I told you, you'll like her." She said.

Iris chuckled, "yeah." The two spent the call talking about what Iris and Lilly were doing before they parted ways. "So are we officially adding her to the group?" Iris asked.

Frances nodded. "Of course we are! She's our friend now, right?" She asked back.

Iris chucked, "Right." The two were about to continue on with their conversation, but Iris's dad, James, came in.

"Okay sweetheart, its 9:30 now, lights out." James said.

Iris rolled her eyes. "Dad, I know, let me finish this conversation with Frances first." She said.

"Hi Mr. Talevera!" Frances said over the phone.

James chuckled. "Hey there Frances." He said. "Now Iris."

Iris sighed. "I got to get going Frances, see you in school tomorrow." Iris said.

"Okay, see you tomorrow. Night!" Frances said over the phone.

"Night." Iris replied hanging up her phone and putting it in the charger and heading to bed to get some sleep.

The next day Frances and Iris were walking to school together. Lilly joined them in a second when she saw them passing by.

"Morning Frances, Morning Iris." Lilly said smiling.

"Morning Lilly." Frances and Iris replied. The three smiled and talked when they got to school. The girls put their stuff away, and when Lilly was ready to go to class she saw Ashley. Lilly was tensed like a dear caught in the headlights and was ready to faint.

"Morning girls." Ashley said smiling.

"Morning Ashley." Frances said going to her friend. Frances looked at Lilly who was still in shock. "Lilly, I told you, Ashley is a nice person." She said.

Lilly started stuttering feeling nervous around Ashley. The rich girl sighed and went up to the shy innocent Lilly. "Frances, Iris. Go to class without me I'll talk to Lilly." Ashley said.

Frances and Iris looked at each other in shock. "Ashley, are you sure?" Iris asked. Ashley nodded. Frances and Iris looked at each other worried for Lilly. However, they had to listen to Ashley and went off to class. Ashley led Lilly to the bench right outside of the school.

"Now Lilly. Let me talk to you." Ashley said. Lilly held her binder and books tight nodding in response. "Look sorry we both got on the wrong foot, I didn't mean to freak you out." She explained.

Lilly held herself more. "Well I'm not scared of you." She whispered. Ashley looked up at her. "I just thought you were mad at me." She said.

"Mad at you?" Ashley asked. "Why does some people think I'll be mad at them?"

Lilly shrugged. "I don't know." She said. Ashley smiled, and Lilly did the same. "So start over, right?" Lilly asked.

"Start over." Ashley nodded. Lilly and Ashley shook hands and walked back inside to school to class. When they got to class Frances smiled seeing the two girls starting to get along.

"Good job Lilly." Frances said smiling. Lilly smiled back, and Frances thought she gave a small blush she was able to see, but it didn't matter she had a new friend.