And Peggy

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I walked to the bathroom door. I stood there hesitantly not knowing what the fuck I was about to witness. I opened the door. "Hey, Eliza?" Of course; more mirror selfies.

"What the fuck do you want? Can't you seem I'm busy?" She snapped at me.

"Mhm. Busy."

"Yeah, so can you maybe, I don't know, get the fuck out?"

"Well we are kind of leaving for the party like soon."

"Okay well I'll be down when I'm ready. Just give me like five minutes."

"Damn, Eliza; you're broken."

"And guess what? I don't give a fucking shit!"

"Well okay then." I walked out and shut the door. I walked downstairs and sat down in between Maria and Sally.

"You look beautiful, babes." Maria said kissing my cheek.

"Thank you." I smiled.

"Where's Eliza?" Angelica asked.

"Bathroom."

"Still?"

"Can you catch or do I have to get up?"

"I can catch. Why?"

I threw my phone to her. "Just read today's conversation. No snooping!"

"Okay?" She read the texts. "Oh my god."

"I know. Now throw it back." She threw it to me, and I handed it to Sally. "Can you and Theo read together?"

"Sure." Sally said. They scrolled down through the messages. "That's terrible!" She gasped.

"I don't really know Eliza, but this seems bad." Theo said handing me my phone.

"Trust me; it is." I said. "Do you wanna read?" I turned to Maria.

"What do you think?" She laughed.

I smiled and handed her the phone. "Here."

"Should she even be going to party then? Won't that make her upset?" Maria said handing me my phone.

"No. She wants to win Alex's attention back from John which isn't like her." I said tapping my foot.

"She was just talking about how she loves Elams. I mean her relationship." Cornelia said from behind the couch.

"How long were you back there?" Angie asked.

"I went back here when all of you were up stairs together. How long was that?"

"Jesus Christ, Lia." I shouted.

"Sorry. I just love tea." She smiled.

"One, you're six, so what tea do you possibly need? And two, how the fuck would you know if there was going to be any?"