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Double mourn (Unedited)

--Maddy's POV--
Mili's late. Hours late. She didn't call, no one called. I was supposed to met her today to... What the... No way! She's at the hospital waiting for... I can't... Why hasn't she...

"Maman!!! Il fait qu'on parte d'ici! (Mom!!! We need to leave!)

My mom and I let my brother and sister alone. They're old enough for that now. God... Please make sure she's OK.

"Elle ne te l'a pas encore dit? (She hasn't told you yet?)

"Non, même pas! Mais sur le 24/7 on voit que Dan le sait et Ève est la conductrice. (No, not even! But it's clear that Dan knows on the 24/7 and Ève's the driver.)

"C'est juste Amélie, Maude. (It's only Amélie, Maddy)"

"Je le sais! Et c'est ça qui me dérange le plus! (I know that! That's what bothers me the most!)"

"Pourquoi? (Why?)"

"Parce... (Beca...)"

"Elle ne t'as pas remplacer! On gage combien qu'elle n'a même pas son téléphone portable avec elle? (She didn't replace you! I bet she doesn't even have her phone with her.)

Maybe she's right and I shouldn't care that much about these details. Or maybe I should care!! I kind of start to understand why she's been so upset for years. Even lately, I texted and called a lot of people but her and she's... moved on... by stopping to ask me for help. She found other friends with whom she shares her life and I'm just the best friend she calls rarely because I've been acting like I stopped caring. How can she take care of everyone else when she's down? I pushed her away twice and she almost left. Her honesty saved us and woke me up a little, but that's the real wake up. I'm such a fool to think that it never changed. Because it did. She became like... She doesn't call and text much because she knows that... it'll be hopeless... How can she still be by my side with all that?! Why did she stay, then?!

What the Hell is happening? Why are they here? In the hall, my best friend is hugging pretty tight a girl I've never seen before with Marylie and Samantha. Did they know without telling me? Did she tried to put me aside?

"Est-ce que l'une de vous aurait son téléphone avec elle? J'ai besoin d'appeler Dan et j'ai laissé le mien dans l'auto d'Ève. (Does any of you has her phone? I need to call Dan and I forgot mine in Ève's car.)"

"Tu peux prendre le mien! (You can take mine!)"

Her face lit up of surprise, then darken. She knows what I'm thinking. As she gets up and walks in my direction, I rush in her arms and she falls in tears. They're all watching. Dead silent. I saw it in her eyes. Sadness. Pain. But no guilt... I know her. More than all of them. And I know that she knows everything already.

"Don't ever think that I wanted you to be aside from that situation. I just... Ève called me, bored, and felt it. She knows me enough to read my signals like you've been doing for ten years. I had to talk about it and she asked Dan to come upstairs and it all happened. She became my lift and they left me here. Dan comes and goes to check on me, but I can't do much more without my phone."

"Why are they here, then?" She really doesn't know and care.

"To me, all that matters is that I'm not getting through this alone." I'm tighten up my grip as a sign of support.

"You're never alone. I just wish..."

"Don't wish that. You know it wouldn't have had happened anyway." What? How? "I accepted the fact that I can't count on you when we're miles apart. Final dot. I learnt and I adapted myself. Nothing has changed. It just has always been like that and I tried too much to avoid the truth."