Gableen: The Back Row

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Gabbie's POV:
I wake up and immediately feel myself curled warmly into the body of someone else. It's make me flinch feeling the touch of another figure lying  next to me. As I open my eyes and gather my bearings I see a beautiful girl smiling at my presents. My smile grows as I realise it's Colleen, my initial instinct is to bury myself closer to her, and without hesitation I do. She also flinches at the sudden surprise of me growing closer to her, but soon eases back to me.
Sitting up I feel every muscle in my body pulsate and ache as I recall the real reason I'm in Colleen's bed - not because she loves me, but after what happened last night, I guess she just wanted to literally keep an eye on me as much as possible, Right?
I pick up my phone and see #SaveGabbie all over Twitter as blood quickly rushes to my head. I haven't been on social media since the day Rachel knocked me out, even thinking about it sends shivers cascading down my body. Colleen thinks we should tell them what happened, and I agree too. I can't tell them who did it, even I think Rachel doesn't deserve that much hate thrown at her, even if she did try to.. kill me.
I still don't know why Rachel's been acting up on me, ever since the day at the show, she's seemed to hate me being around Colleen. It's not even like we are dating, but she warns me to stay away from her sister. Was my flirting really that obvious? She tells me it's Christopher birthday next week and I begin to panic as I realise who will be there. I need to do something. My bones begin to shake as I think of the worst possible idea, yet I feel like it's for the best. I need to talk to her, it will be nearly impossible for my body to let me go near her, but I'll drag myself to her if I have to. Separating her and Colleen is one of the worst things I could do, they are sisters and I can't change that, they should love each other not hate one another.
I love the way Colleen is so protective over me, explaining how she must stay with me always. I hope she stays with me forever.. wait what?
I giggle at myself before jumping on top of Colleen and rolling into the floor,  'ow' I say under my breath, fuck that hurt, but I decided to laugh it off anyway as she did before making my way to the bathroom.

I slunked into the bathroom to look shamefully at my broken figure in the mirror. My hair is a mess, my eyes are all puffed up from crying, and the previous accident still, leaving a purple tinge around the socket of my eye. My nose looked pretty much broken, my lips bruised from biting too hard on them when Rachel kicked my stomach, making me scream in pain.
Speaking of, I slowly pulled down the zip of my onesie to reveal the bruised flesh of my stomach. As if someone had used my torso as a canvas splashing greens and reds around my skin, left bruised, and whiplashed marks which will probably last a while. I see Colleen poke her head around the doorframe, giving me a sympathetic look when realising the damage my body soaked last night. My cheeks reddened after realising I was now only wearing a bra on my top half. I don't think she seemed to care however, walking up to me she stood close behind me and wrapped her arms gently around my injured waist. I felt so ugly, ashamed of the mess I was in, yet her touch made everything feel numbed and alive, the best I've felt in weeks. Her face pressed on my shoulder as we both looked at my frail skin. "You still look beautiful" she whispered gracefully into my ear, sending shivers down my spine. With that she pulled me into a hug before quickly leaving, I'm assuming to get something to eat. Leaving me in the best mood I've been in yet.