Stronger

Chapter 10

Alyssa ran to Mallory and hugged her.

" Hi! My name is Alyssa." She said to us.

" Hi! I'm Ali."

" I'm Becca. "

" Annabel. It's nice to meet you."

" And I'm Amber."

" Wow Mal. You have a lot of friends. it's nice to meet you all. " She said. We all sat down on Mallory's bed.

" So I have something to tell you. " Alyssa said.

" Yeah?" Mal asked.

" I'm moving here!" she said excitedly.

" Oh my god. Alyssa you're messing with me. Don't do that. " Mal said.

" I'm not! I really am. "

" Holy shit!" she said and began jumping up and down.

" My dad got a job working as a pastor here." she said.

" That's amazing!"

Becca, Annabel, Amber and I sat there in silence. It's obvious now that Alyssa will be going to school with us and that Mallory and her are best friends.

" So what do you guys want to do?" Becca asked breaking the silence.

" I'm hungry." Annabel said.

" You always are." Becca said laughing.

" Let's go see if dinner is ready!" Mallory said jumping off the couch where her and Alyssa were sitting. We walked out and Mallory's little brother hadn't moved an inch.

" Hey mom is dinner ready yet?" she asked.

" Yeah. We are having pesto pasta. Is that alright with everyone?" she said. We nodded and she handed us our plates.

We got our food and sat down. I sat between Becca and Amber. Mallory had sat next to Alyssa.

" Hey Bec?" I whispered.

" Yeah? What's wrong babe?" She asked concern clearly in her voice.

" Do Alyssa and Mallory always act like this around other people?" I asked, looking over at them talking and laughing ignoring everyone else around them.

" Yeah. They've been best friends since third grade in mrs. McHammonds class. "

" Oh. " I said.

" Feeling replaced?" she asked me.

" Somewhat. Yes. " I said back.

" Don't worry. I got you." she said shoving food into her mouth.

We finished dinner and decided to watch a movie in Mallory's room.

" What movie should we watch?" Mallory asked.

" Finding nemo!" Annabel screamed.

" No. No. No. No. No. " Mallory said.

" She's afraid of it. " Alyssa explained.

" How about the purge?" Annabel made another suggestion as she pulled the movie from her bag.

" Do you just keep horror movies with you at all times?" Amber asked.

" Um. Yes..." Annabel said.

" Let's watch it!" Amber said eagerly taking the movie from Annabel and putting it into the player.

We all sat down. Becca sat with me. Alyssa and Mallory sat next to each other. Amber and Annabel sat together looking pumped for the movie to start.

" I don't really like horror movies." I said as the movie started.

" I'll protect you." she said.

We began to watch the movie. I got scared and hid behind Becca. I peeked and saw something jump out at us. I jumped and popcorn spilled everywhere.

" Oops. "

" It's okay Al. " Becca said. We finished the movie. And I managed to watch a lot of it. I was proud of myself.

" So where are we sleeping?" Amber asked.

" I have a Trendle under my bed and it could probably fit two. The couch can fit one and my bed can fit two. Oh and we can bring in another inflatable mattress." Mallory said.

" Okay. I call sleeping alone on the couch!" Alyssa said.

" She's not the sleep in the same bed type." Mallory said and chuckled.

" I'll sleep with Amber. is that okay? We can take the Trendle." Annabel questioned.

" Fine by me!" Amber said.

" Mal. You take your bed. " Becca said.

" Do you want to come too Ali?" Mallory asked me.

" Um." I said.

" Me and her can take the mattress. " Becca spoke for me.

" Oh. Okay. Will you come help me with it Ali?" Mal asked.

" Sure. " I said following her out to her brother Gavin's room downstairs.

" Gavin!" she screamed.

" What?" he said.

" We need your extra mattress. "

" Here. " He said rolling it off the bed.

" Thanks. " She said as I helped her roll it up the stairs.

We finally got it up and dragged it to her room.

" There you go. " Mallory said.

" Great. Thanks. " Becca said jumping onto the mattress.

We all got into our sleeping areas and turned off the lights. I looked at my phone. 3:00 am.

" Night guys. " Mal said.

" Night. "

A/N this chapter was hard for me to write. Jealousy came back because of the memories this chapter holds for me. It will only get harder from here. I'll try to update soon. I'm going to camp on Saturday and won't be back until next Sunday. If I don't update until then Happy Fourth of July!!! Thank you so much for reading. :)