I Forgot to Say I Love you

Just another day in LA

"Ricky is broken"

The message reads.

We search for ricky everywhere and our vision is all blurry in tears.

"RICKY?" Kian screams, tears are running down his tan face. Slowly, Andrea walks over and pushes him only to couch, cuddling her face into his neck. Ricky and I have had a strong friendship over the past 12 months, we skyped and texted every single day. Now he left? it just wasn't like him.

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Next day

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We are all cuddled into eachother, in my homemade fort up on the roof, we brought a laptop and we sit watching Ricky's videos.

"Hey..."

A familiar voice whispers behind us, we all turn and ricky stands there, with cuts down his arm and his hair patchy and his face sad and alone.

"Ricki, baby!" I run and hug him,

"I'm so so-"

"No. Don't be, I'm sorry Rick, I love you I'm sorry. Shh.."

We hug for a while before everyone else coughs, I whisper in his ear before I break.

He nods.

The rest of them hug him and I traipse downstairs and cuddle into my duvet. Soon after, Andrea joins me.

"Aims?" She asks, with a weakness to her voice. usually she's happy and energetic but today.. It's out second day here in LA and already enough drama has happened than three weeks back in Indiana.

"Dre.. I'm scared, I don't understand what Ricky's done? and as for Connor.. Do I really like him or am I just so overwhelmed from seeing him again for the first time in years.. I don't want to be with Connor." My eyes are welling up with tears, I don't understand what's going on.

"Aimee, if you don't feel tht way about him, tell him! I can understand what you are going through, sometimes I have doubts about myself too," It's like she can read my mind, "I get that you are feeling down and blue but you should figure out of you truly like Connor before he gets too attached. Try your best to smile, sweetheart, I doubt myself all the time. All of the hate from twitter makes me want to scream! But I ignore the hate, ignore my worries, and enjoy my life. What's worth crying about hun, you can get through anything. I know you, the tension may make you weak but only you can control you. I'm here for you, everyone is. But I suggest you talk to Connor about this first."

I nod. She knows I appreciate it, maybe a nod is our thanks.

I waddle over to where Connor is sitting,

"Hey," I mutter, behind him.

"Immy, hey" he smirks.

"Listen, we need to talk..."

"Okay babe"

"I think when I saw you I got overwhelmed, It was the first time I saw you in 7 years, I was excited and in that split second I was 12 again, all my feelings fell into place and I fell in love all over again. But I can see clearly now the storm has cleared, Ricky's back, everyone's okay. All the stress of moving out here was getting to me and I needed someone to be with. Ot was a mistake, Con, I'm sorry, yeah? I want us to be biffles again, mhm?"

"Immy.. I.. Thank you. I am so relieved, I think I got caught up in the moment seeing you, too! We great?"

I stifle a laugh.

"We're better than great! we're good!™"

Kind of an inside joke.

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