Elle

Chapter 7

"Hey." Cassie said looking up at me then down at the floor.

I almost forgot about me asking her to come over here,I'm surprised she actually agreed. "Hi" i said walking to the side of the door gesturing her in.

I took a seat on the edge of my bed while Cassie takes a seat on my stool like she normally does,When we have one of her 'meetings'
"How was your summer" I asked her, not knowing where to start.
"It was okay." She said
"Look," she adds before I could speak.
"I'm sorry, I was never going to publish what you told me. I would never do that to you, it's just.. I don't know, I don't have a excuse for what I did.I'm just really sorry." Oh.

"Plus I quit." She said with a shrug

"Really, why?" I ask confused

"Because, I don't want to risk losing my best friend, over a stupid school newspaper job." She says with a slight smile.

I returned with a warm smile. "You really didn't have to do that for me." I cross my legs. "Yeah I did. It made me feel less angry for what I did to you." She said looking down again.

"It's okay." I said hopping of my bed and
wrapping my arms around her.

"I'm so sorry.." she whispers through my shoulder.

... -The next day-

The rest of the day was spent hanging out with Cassie. We worked out our problems and we talked about our classes. It feels good to have a person in my life that would always be there for me . I know that,not all our issues are solved but we will get there. Even though me and Cassie don't have any classes together we planned on sitting next to each other at lunch. She asks me some questions about what happened over the summer and I give her the answers.

Cassie left 30 minutes ago and I'm currently getting ready for bed. I brushed my teeth and took a warm relaxing shower, After I wore my pajamas. I fell asleep really fast, too fast.

...

The next morning.
I followed the same routine I did yesterday. My head was turning and my stomach hurts like a bitch. I hit the bath room and skipped breakfast. I still had a lot of time left, before my dad could drop me off at school; so I decided to call Cassie. We FaceTime for a while till my dad was ready to drop me off. I'm glad that our friendship is getting back to were it was from the start.

My dad found a parking spot and dropped me off at the entrance, where I saw Cassie standing. Me and my dad exchanged goodbyes and I ran up to Cassie.

🥀Lunch

Me and Cassie, followed by her boyfriend- Dillon Corey.

....
This wasn't our first fight we had.
The rainbow coalition

They make me feel important, she would say. At the beginning, Cassie tried to hide how proud she was that she'd been invited to join the Rainbow Coalition at one of their "hangouts." Not "parties," because that would be "so basic." (And yes, they actually talk like that.) She pretended that she was doing it for research purposes only. It was at the very first Rainbow Coalition "hangout" that Cassie met Dillon. And after that, she seemed to care a whole lot less about pretending anything.

It was exciting for her. I did get that part. But I also thought Cassie would get over it pretty fast, that she'd come to her senses. Instead, she just got more and more drunk at more and more parties. More than once, I played back to her what she had always told me about her dad: that she never wanted to end up like him. I told her again and again that, as her friend, I was worried. But what did she need me for when all I did was make her feel bad about herself? She had the Rainbow Coalition to fill her days and, at night, she was falling in love, hard. I could see it, but I was trying hard to pretend it wasn't happening.