❝𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒.❞

Chapter 2: Best Friends Fix Everything

//ONCE AGAIN not edited (980 words)

I tapped the table with my fingers nervously. 'Come on Tori what's taking so long?' I thought. A few more minutes pass by and I see a black corvette speed into the parking lot. Even though I was on the verge of tears, I smiled at my best friend and laughed at her impressive driving skills. It was just like yesterday she passed her drivers test and got that car from my uncle Tony, along with millions and millions of dollars. She's a girl that's got everything...literally. Tori got out of her car, locked it, and ran through the door and saw me sitting at one of the booths in the corner.

"Awww come here." She said walking over and opening her arms, motioning for a hug.

I halfway smiled as tears came pouring out of me. I walked over and hugged her for almost 5 minutes non stop crying. I'm sure everyone looked at us but I don't care at this point.

We finally pull away from the hug.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" Tori said looking upset and angry that Bentley did what he did.

I nodded and shrug slightly. "...ice cream?" I said with a small smile. Tori rolled her eyes knowing that was the only food I obsessed about.

"...yes..ice cream...just this once though." She said. She nodded towards the car.

"Let's go get you that ice cream and head to my place. We can have an all girls night?"

"That would be great." I smiled. "Thanks Tori you're honestly the best."

"I know I am." She said smiling "Anything for my best friend."

We walked back to her car and headed to the local market for some ice cream. I got out of the car once Tori parked, and pulled out my credit card. "Thanks Tony." I whispered as I remembered he filled up my credit card. I walked down each aisle, with Tori following behind me, trying to find the ice cream one. I finally found it and opened the nearest door to the ice cream boxes and grabbed 12 of them, stacking them on top of each other.

"Woah Soph, lets calm down a bit. 12 is a little too much don't you th-"

"There's never too much ice cream, Tori." I said ensuring that I was definitely getting 12 boxes of ice cream. We walked down to the first register and I saw a familiar person working there.

"Joey?" I said looking at him as I set down my ice cream. Not gonna lie, before Bentley and I dated, Joey was my crush since kindergarten. Ever since he shared his blue crayon with me for a class activity, I've always liked him. I can't like him anymore of course, I just got out of a relationship and it takes time to mend a heart....right..?...

"Soph? Hello? You still there?" He said waving his hand up and down while smiling. I turned red and nodded.

"Yes! Hi Joey...I didn't know you were working night shift today." I said as he was putting the ice cream in the bags.

"Yeah." He shrugged. "Not my idea of a fun way to spend a Friday night, but I gotta make money somehow...I like your clothes by the way." He said smiling.

I looked down and turned pink. Gray sweatpants, a sweater from junior year, and my ugg boots...Wtf was this?!

"I- uhhh...well.. I'm not having the best time today." I said laughing awkwardly.

His smile turned into a worried look. "What do you mean? Did something happen?" He asked.

"I don't really wanna go into detail right now, but I promise I'll tell you once I'm not in the crying, depressed, deep-in-tissue stage." I said as I handed him my credit card. He swiped it and nodded, handing me my ice cream.

"I get it Soph...just know that I'm here for you." He said smiling.

"Yeah. Thanks Joey. Have a good night! And tell Terra I said hey." I said with a small smile as I waved goodbye.

"Will do. See you Soph." He said waving back.

I walked back out to Tori's Car and realized she was already in there waiting for me.

"Girl you were talking to Joey for so long, I started walking back to the car." She said rolling her eyes playfully. "Joey Strange hmmm." She said smirking.

"Don't even tell me about guys right now honestly." I said laughing as I playfully shoved her arm.

"Ow that hurt a lot." She said, sarcastically holding her arm. I rolled my eyes jokingly and opened the first ice cream box, pulling out a popsicle for Tori and I. I handed it to her and she held in with one hand and and started the car with the other hand. She slowly pulled out and we made our way back to her house.

——-Time Skip———

I laid in Tori's bed thinking about things while Tori was sound asleep. I'll admit, I have anxiety, depression, and I receive panic attacks every now and then. Nobody knows about it and they think I'm happy all the time. Right now, anxiety is taking over and is keeping me up at night. Telling me things like you're nothing, you're ugly, fat, stupid, you'll never get a guy again, give up and die...these are real things that I can't control unfortunately. What sucks about these things is that they give me emotions. I cry every night before I sleep. I wiped the last of my tears and moved to my side. There honestly is something wrong with me...

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