𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 | 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫

sixteen

BRIE'S P.O.V

"hey, are you sure you'll be okay?" victoria asks me, as i'm sat leaning up against my bed.  "i'll be fine." i give her a small smile. "okay, i'll call you later alright?" she reminds and i nod.

as i watch her walk out the door, i softly sigh throwing my head back and staring up at the ceiling. i spend a couple minutes frozen in that position until i finally decided to get up and look for elle. i had gotten home so tired last night that all i was planning to do was lay down and sleep;

"hey," my sister greets me as i walk into the kitchen. "good morning" i reply. "elle hasn't woken up?" i ask, and she nods her head no. "she went to sleep a little later than she was
supposed to last night so she's probably tired." she replies, looking through the cabinets for, i'm guessing food. "i'll go wake her up." i reply and hear her respond with a small 'okay'.

as i walk into her room, i instantly see her tiny self laying peacefully asleep in her bed. i smile at the sight, and walk over bending down next to her. i softly kiss her check and begin to rub her head; seeing her eyes start to flutter open after a while.

"good morning, baby girl." i whisper to her, as she digs her face into her pillow. "mamá." she cheers, and tries to sit up. "hi my love." i grab her tiny body, helping her sit up. "want, eat." she pouts wrapping her arms around my neck, and hugging me. i softly laugh at her before taking her in my arms and carrying her out the room. "okay baby, we'll eat." i smile down at her, walking into the kitchen. "hey, she woke up!" my sister smiles at us. "yeah," i reply turning my back towards her so she could see elle's face on my shoulder.

"hey pretty girl!" my sister smiles at her. "hi lulu!" elle waves adorably. "she's hungry." i chuckle, telling my sister and sitting elle down at the table. "awe, well i'm making breakfast." she replies pointing to the eggs and sausage that she had laid out. i nod my head and offer my help. "hey what time did you get here last night?" she asks while cracking the eggs into a pan. "not too late, why?" i ask slouching in my seat. "just asking,"

THIRD PERSON POV

"honestly, last night all i could do was wonder what happened with brie. i mean she looked so heartbroken, i can't even imagine..." nicole trailed off as the 4 girls sat in the family room. "honestly me too." suzanna sighed, looking down. mariana & victoria were both busy on their phones. mariana on instagram & victoria texting cole — but as they heard nicole and suzanna they both looked up and accidentally met each other's gaze, staying quiet. they both furrowed their eyebrows at each other, clearly talking but not really.

"did she tell you guys?" suzanna asks the two other girls staring at each other. "huh?...oh—" they snap out of the trance. "all she told me was that it was something very personal. i think she'll open up eventually. it's just a hard topic." victoria explains and they nod their head. before anyone could bring up another topic, victoria stands up.

"hey girls, i need to go look for my dad. so i'll be back in a bit." she informs them grabbing her bag, and they all nod before saying goodbye.

victoria walks out of the room immediately letting out a deep breath. she was so spooked that she had even forgot about cole. she quickly texted him back, before continuing to walk through the hallways greeting staff or players that she knew."victoria!" someone shouts from behind her, and she turns around to see cody. she waits for him to catch up to her and when he does, she shuffles awkwardly. she was glad to see that he was okay, but she didn't know what to say because of the whole incident that had happened the night before.

"hey- i need your help." he sighs, running a hand through his hair. his eyes were droopier than usual, sort of red, his hair was a total mess but he tried to cover it up with a hat. overall, he looked a mess. "with what?" victoria asks furrowing her eyebrows, and shifting her weight onto one leg. her eyes couldn't help but trail down towards his hands that looked to be securely wrapped with gauze rolls and tape.

she continued to stare at his palms, totally spacing out. "hey! victoria, are you listening to me?" he asks, and she looks back up at him.

"what happened to your hands?"

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dave roberts...how the hell can one manage to blow a 4-0 lead that quick. it's fucking unbelievable, and I'm so tired of him ruining games for us like this. you can't just do the same things over and over and expect a different result every time.
but oh well, i really tried my best to believe and hope that maybe this year we could totally win it all but things aren't looking the best :,)

xoxo - deileen