Alpas (A Demi Lovato Fan fiction)

Chapter 40-Coincidence

Demi's POV

To be completely honest, holding the blades in between my fingers, had triggered me...alot.

It had transported me back to those terrifying old days when I would sit in the darkness of my room with the sharp blade resting on my hand.

But, right now the most important thing was to not let Aurie know that it had triggered me because even though it had, Aurie was the one who needed help.

I had to be strong for her and so I gathered all the courage I had and picked up the blades, throwing them away.

Something told me that Aurie was lying when she told me that she had no more blades but she was tired and had just had an anxiety attack, I didn't want to push her over the edge.

It was hard to tell whether she kept her eyes latched on to the ground because she was ashamed of the events that had unfolded in front of her or because she was lying.

Eventually, I pushed the thoughts in the back of my mind telling myself that Aurie wouldn't lie to me. I trusted her.

Aurie's ring tone snapped me out of thoughts and it looked like she had been snapped out of her own too.

With a confused expression hanging on her pale face, she walked towards her phone and instantly, her eyes lit up.

I furrowed my brows in curiousness as Aurie's cheeks turned crimson.

"Aww...you're blushing Ree!! Who is it?" I awed, smirking slightly.

Her cheeks turned even more red and she shied away, running out of the room with her phone attached to her ear.

I chuckled and warmth spread around my heart as I remembered the happiness in Aurie's eyes. She was so precious to me, I couldn't watch her hurt anymore. I was going to get back the Aurie that we all knew and loved.

Aurie's POV

Heat rushed to my cheeks once Demi pointed out the slight blush on my cheeks. I ran out and accepted the call, giddy as he spoke.

N-Hey Aurie!

A-Hey Noah!

N-Can we meet up? I have something to tell you.

My heart started pounding as the curiousness in me increased.

I only had 3 hours left for the flight and wasn't sure if I could meet him but I couldn't throw away the happiness I felt when I spoke to him and the butterflies that rose up in my stomach when I was near him.

Eventually I said-

A-Sure! Meet me in 15?

N-Sounds perfect! Meet me at Starbucks, see ya!

With a huge smile spreading across my face, I walked back into the room and saw Demi almost done packing up my bag.

"All done!" she said with a satisfied grin.

"Thank you so much Dems!" I beamed and hugged her tightly.

She chuckled and hugged me back then pulled away.

"I...I'm going out for a while, is that okay? I'll be back in time for the flight, I swear!" I said frantically, hoping for her to agree.

Demi's eyes glinted with amusement and she grinned.

"Ree, calm down! Of course you can go, have fun!" she said, letting out a slight chuckle.

I laughed nervously and nodded my head then quickly got ready, slipping on my jeans, a hoodie and my black converse and soon left.

Once I reached Starbucks, I spotted Noah waiting for me patiently.

"Hey you're here, let's go inside!" Noah said, smiling.

I nodded and followed him inside as we chose a cosy spot in the corner after we ordered our drinks.

"So, what was it you wanted to tell me?" I asked, taking a small sip of the coffee.

"I'm going to LA tonight" he said.

I almost spat out the coffee as he said that, my eyes widening at the weird coincidence.

"Holy shit! I'm leaving for LA too. Tonight!" I beamed.

His eyes sparkled with happiness and I held back a shy smile.

"My grandma is not well, my parents will be coming to LA a week later but until then, I'm taking care of her" he explained as he bit into his chicken burger.

I nodded my head understandingly and soon asked, "I guess I won't be all alone there after all" I smirked.

He laughed a hearty laugh, one that warmed my heart and bought a wide smile to my face.

We spent the time talking and sort of getting to know each other. Soon, I came to know that Noah had never lived in Texas until now. He was a brilliant soccer player judging by the number of competitions he'd played and won but he wanted to become a Psychologist and that's what he was aiming for.

We said our short goodbyes, hoping to meet up once we reached LA. Luckily, Noah's grandparents didn't live far from Demi's place in LA but it was about an hour's drive.

Once I got home, I had less than an hour to spare before leaving for the flight with Demi, and I spent the time tidying up my room and checking if I had packed all that I needed.

I was nervous to go live with Demi because this was hardly the third or fourth time I was going.

I was scared mainly because, I knew she would keep a close eye on my eating habits and my cutting and would make sure that I was progressing and not losing any more weight than I needed to but that was wrong, I still had a lot if fat to lose-I needed to be perfect.

Once it was time to leave, I hugged a tight goodbye to everyone in my family, crying, even though I knew I would be back in not less than a month.

"Take care of each other! I love you!" mum yelled as we walked to the cab.

"We love you too momma!" Demi yelled back as we got into the cab.

I felt a sickening sadness grow inside of me as I watched my house pass me and Maddie and dad look smaller and smaller as we drove away.

I was also sort of happy that I would at least get to spend more time with Demi since although, we fought quite a lot and I hated her when she made me eat, I would always love and appreciate her. She was my sister after all and there was nothing that would make me despise her.
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