Drowning ✔

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Lola was drowning. At first, it was subtle. But then, the waves crashed and the pain began and she started to sink faster and faster. The agony was so overwhelming. It was so hard to accept Victoria's death. Their story had only just begun. Their lives were meant to be so much longer. They were supposed to go to university together, get married and be each others maids of honors. They were supposed to have kids and grow old alongside each other. They would have stared into the sunset together as the world around them grew.

It wasn't supposed to end like this. Victoria deserved better. Lola deserved better. Did she? She didn't even know. Her mind was so plagued by images of Victoria that she couldn't relax. It just kept crashing in. She was gone. She was truly gone. Tears swirled in the air as the rain collapsed against the ground. Lola loves–loved her. She really did.

The days flew by slowly. She saw Riley and Samantha again. Riley went down on his knees, bawling and begged for forgiveness. He said he missed her too and that he was wrong. He said he even dumped Samantha, who was standing behind him, crying her own pitiful tears. Although, the bully couldn't make eye contact and hung her head in shame. Samantha was going to court in a week. Lola walked away with an emotionless face. She hasn't shown a single emotion since she broke down at her funeral.

Her burial was depressing. Not a single soul spoke and everyone there were crying. The police came and even let the father attend the funeral. He was cuffed and he shook and fell to the ground in front of her tomb. He let out a pitch-defying scream. He struggled against the handcuffs and the police had to take him away after a couple minutes. The poor man was getting out of control.

Lola spent most of her days just lying down on her bed, watching TV. She used to do this all the time with her boring life before Victoria came. But now, the comfortableness was gone and all that was left was emptiness. She flicked through Netflix as she stared at the fake smiles of the actors and actresses. She bet twenty dollars they haven't gone through what she did nor could they imagine such grief and pain.

There was a knock on the door and in walked Victoria's mother. She had a letter clenched in her hand, she dropped it on the girls bed and stood there. There was no noise except for the clicks of Lola's remote.

Her mother gulps, "I'm sorry for your loss. I know you're hurting. She was your best friend, maybe even your soulmate. I understand how you feel, I still can't believe my baby is gone–" she pauses and pushes back the tears as she hiccups. She was obviously crying before. "–But you can't do this to your mom. She's getting worried. You can't hurt yourself like this."

She pushes the letter towards me, "She wanted you to have this." Victoria's mother gulps once more and leaves the room, lightly closing the door.

Lola stares at it for a long while. Then, she opens it.