One Out Of Two

Chapter Seven !

Annabel's POV

I was pissed . So damn pissed . Here is my best friend not only flirting but kissing the boy i like !

"WTF ARE YOU DOING ?!"

"Nothing , you dragged me in here . "

A : "You know that's not what i mean ! Why are you flirting with Liam and kissing him on the cheek !? You know i fancy him !"

G : You better be damn lucky these wallls are soundproof .

Gracie just thinks she's so damn funny .

A : Gracie this isn't a joke ! Why in the bloody hell would you do that to me ?

I felt my voice drop down to a whisper .

G : I ... I don't know . I guess .. I thought .. umm nevermind .

Gracie looked down but I suddenly felt my anger come back .

A : Gracie we promised each other that we would never put each other down after we moved in together ! After ...

Gracie knew exactly what i meant . I felt all my anger and strenth drain away at the memory of our parents and was filled instead with sadness .

G : Anne . don't .. bring that up .. please . Our parents ... they don't .. belong in this conversation . And I wasn't trying to put you down I just -

I cut her off .

A: Then what WERE you trying to do Gracie ? They've only recently moved in and it's all happening so fast and i don't know what to do ...

Gracie took a deep breath and looked me in the eye .

G : Anne - the real reason i did that was because ... iwantedtoseehowjealousyou'dget.

A : WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY .

Another deep breath .

G : I said -

A : I . Know . What . You . Said .

G : I'm sorry Anne , I thought i was a good idea but i guess not .. I thought maybe if you got really jealous then you really did like him .

A : Of course i really like him ! Did you think i made it up ?! Who do you think I am !

G : I know you weren't lying , i just .. i dont know what i was thinking honestly . I'm sorry Annabel . I am really sorry .

A tear streamed down her face .

A : Well definitely not one of your best plans .. but i forgive you . That's what my mum would've wanted .

Suddenly , we both looked up from the ground and looked straight into each others eyes . I felt like crying at the memory of my Mum . It'd already been two years but the pain was still so fresh . I felt the tears brimming at my eyes and i saw them in Gracie too , and we both erupted into sobs and hugged each other . Gracie was the only one who understood . Her parents were in that car too , they were drunk too .. they died too .

"I'm .. I'm sorry Anne . " said Gracie inbetween sobs .

"No I'm sorry ... for not being there for you ." we were both in hysterics .

But we had both held all of these tears in for too long . You can only hide your feelings for so long until you reach your breaking point . And for us that was now .

Gracie pulled away and i could see her try to slow her tears down . I tried to do the same but i bet i didn't look half as composed as she did . She was always better than me at that . Looking like nothing was wrong when in reality we were crumbling .

"Don't be sorry for something you didn't do . Just promise me this won't happen again , us fighting like this ." she wiped at her eye makeup .

"Promise ," I grinned , "Now let's get cleaned up before anyone asks why we look like raccoons ." , i laughed and poked Gracie's cheek .

She giggled , "Okay good idea."

So we walked to the restroom we shared and stood next to each other infront of the mirror , leaning across the sink to study our reflections .

"Hey Anne , could you pass me a makeup wipe ?"

"Yeah sure ."

But as I turned around to get one out of the drawer i was faced with Niall who was leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed .

"Umm Niall , hey . " I stammered .

Shit . Shit shit shit . I was really hoping that he wouldn't mention our red faces and black circles underneath our eyes .

"Hey , so uh ... not to be rude or anything but , why do you have racoon makeup ?" he questioned .

Gracie stiffled a laugh and i rolled my eyes at his directness but that's also what i love about him . He's not gonna sugar coat things but at the same time he is really nice to everyone he meets . Unless they give him a reason to not be nice .

"Umm no reason in particular we just , umm , we were , umm .."

Damn .

Niall came into sudden realization about our 'racoon eyes' .

"Have you two been ... crying ?

"What ?! No !" responded Gracie a little too quickly .

"Yes you were , what happened ? Who did this ? I'll make sure they dont't mess with my best friends anymore ! " Niall straightened up .

"Listen Niall no one did anything . We're fine honestly . But thank you Nialler ."

"Then why are you two crying ?" he softened up , "i'm not gonna let this go until you tell me ."

I knew that he wouldn't but i wasn't gonna give up so easily . He hadn't found out about our parents . It was weird really seeing as he's our best friend . But they died while he was on the x factor and we didn't want to trouble him . Whenever he video called we just told him "They were out" or "They're in bed" and when we moved into this huge flat that Gracie's uncle pays for , well Nialler just assumed that we had grown up and moved out . No reason to tell him then and no reason to tell him now .

I faced back towards the mirror and started taking off my ruined makeup , Gracie did the same . Suddenly i felt a salty tear on my tongue . What ? Why am I crying ?! I'm not sad !

Niall noticed that i was silently crying again and hugged me .

"Anne , i am your BEST friend , remeber ? You can tell me anything , i promise ." he whispered in my ear .

"O- ok . " i looked to Gracie and she just nodded her head in agreement . It was time we tell Niall what happened to our parents .

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Niall's POV

Whoa . That was alot to take in . I mean their parents were great people that shouldn't have happened to them . Honestly their parents were like mine . I practically lived at Anne's place all throughout middle school .

I can't believe they kept this from me . Did they think i wasn't strong enough ? Or i wasn't "ready" ? This hurts me as much as it hurts them . By the time they finished telling me i was in tears too .

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A/N HAAAYY ITS BRENDA . ((: omg sooo i wanted to write more cause i have all these ideas but my mom was like "Get off the internet we're getting up early tomorrow !" sooo i had to cut it short :'c IM SORRY . plusssss my cousin is visiting from new jersey so its hard to upload on time //: btw I LOVE YOU . keep reading and pass the story to yo' friends ?(: yeah ? kay thankssss !

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