Raura's Daughter

thirteen.

Laura's POV

Troy walked quietly beside me towards the gym after I'd voiced my opinion to Ross and Courtney about their so called relationship. I'd been holding in my feelings for such a long time that it felt good to finally tell them how I felt and how their actions had affected me more than they may have realised. "I'm sorry about that." I murmured without looking in Troy's direction. "I went through a lot of problems with those two before Isabella was born, I never got the chance to tell them how I really felt."

"It's okay Laura." Troy said with a warming smile. He stepped closer to me and wrapped my backpack around my shoulder before walking beside me once more. "I wish I had the confidence to do what you just did back there."

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion at him. Even though it felt great to finally tell them both how I truly felt, a small part of me still felt awful for dumping my feelings and opinions on them all at once. "Sometimes it's best not to say anything." I said quietly. I began to wonder how they both felt after I'd yelled at them. I wasn't that type of person. I hated making others sad or anxious. "I hope I didn't upset them."

Troy gently grabbed my arm and pulled me to the side, away from the bustling crowds of kids who were slowly making their way to second period. "Laura, I heard everything that you said to them and all I wanted to do was hug you. I can't even imagine how awful you must have felt. I had no idea that you lost your father or that Ross cheated on you whilst you were pregnant. Those things aren't easy to forget, you have every right to be mad at them, Laura. It's part of the healing process."

I stared at him with glistening eyes that were just about ready to burst into tears. For once, in such a long time, someone was trying to take care of me; someone actually wanted me to feel better. I wrapped my arms tightly around Troy's neck, causing him to jump back a little in shock. "Thank you... so much." I whispered into his ear as a tear fell down my cheek.

"It's okay." He whispered back as he wrapped his arms tightly around my waist. I continued to cry quietly into his chest. "I've got you, don't worry."

*

"Oh my god what happened to your makeup?" Rydel asked me with a startled look on her face. I'd finally made it to gym after five minutes of uncontrollable tears streaming down my face and the sight of me wasn't a pretty one to say the least.

I shrugged my shoulders and wiped away the rest of the excess mascara with the sleeve of my jumper that had dried underneath my lashes. "Oh, you know, just the hormones." I murmured, pointing to my stomach with a pretend scowl.

Rydel's eyes widened and she pulled me to the side. "You're pregnant again? Please say it's with Ross! I mean ew, the thought of that is gross because he's my brother but-"

I laughed awkwardly and pressed the palms of my hands to Rydel's face. "Delly I'm not pregnant and I certainly wouldn't get pregnant with your brother again, no offence obviously."

"None taken!" Rydel interjected with a soft giggle as we began to walk at a steady pace towards the gym. "I have some pain killers if you want to pop some?"

I rolled my eyes. "Illegal much?"

"You know me, Laur, I'm always living on the edge." Rydel cackled before disappearing into the gym. I stood back for a moment and frantically scanned the area for any signs of Ross. I truly did feel bad for everything I'd said to him and Courtney, although it was the truth it still wasn't fair for me to drop such a huge bombshell on him like that.

As I was about to step into the gym, a hand grabbed me by the arm and pulled me backwards. I gasped in shock before realising that it was Trisha. I frowned, my cousin was always with Cece so it was a little odd to see her on her own for once. She looked happy to say the least but I could see that a question was forming in her head; she wanted to ask me something.