break my heart | e.c

So cut me, baby, deep enough so that the scar will stay

Daisy wasn't giving up on getting the two best friend's together once more. She saw how good Micaela was to his life, she saw her son being happy again and if Micaela brought that then she wanted her there. With Erick back from tour she was determined to have the two reunite and return to how things were in the old days.

Micaela had already been informed that the boys were back since she still talked to the rest of the boys. Richard begged her to come as did Chris so she obliged. They also bribed her, telling her that they bought some souvenirs for her. That caught her attention but really she wanted to see her friend's again.

"Ela!" A familiar voice exclaimed as she hopped out of her car. She knew it was Joel since he was the only one who called her "Ela," claiming that he was different from everybody else.

"Joey, hey!" Micaela grinned as she walked toward the boy with open arms. "I missed you."

"Aww," Joel cooed, embracing the shorter girl in his arms. "I missed you too. How have you been?"

Micaela pulled away before shrugging, "Ok, I guess. College is stressful."

"Do I see la mujer mas linda del barrio?"

"Richard!"

Micaela had truly missed the boys she couldn't deny that but perhaps she missed Richard a bit more. Even the green-eyed boy who she hadn't talked to, she wanted to see him.

"Y Erick?" Micaela whispered, nudging Richard once they were alone.

"In his room. I think he went up to shower."

"Oh," the girl grumbled. "Whatever then, I'll go see what there is to snack on."

"Have you guys talked lately?" Richard said, stopping her before she could escape.

A light scoff left her lips, "no. I tried Rich but I've given up. He hasn't even reached out to me at all. I don't even know why I'm asking about him or why I want to see him."

"Because you still care," Richard stated seriously. "I know you're feeling things but that is one thing you can't deny."

"Yo se and that's what annoys me."

Richard gave the girl a comforting smile, pulling her in for a side hug. "He's up there alone, sabes? Why don't you go up there and talk it out?"

Micaela looked at the red-haired weirdly, "I don't get you Rich."

"Whatchu mean?" He playfully said with a small smile.

"You were always encouraging me to let him go and now you want me to talk to him? He's hurt me, as a best friend he has hurt me and failed me."

Sighing, Richard nodded, "Yeah but I've also seen how Erick has been acting."

"What do you mean?"

Pushing her to the direction of the stairs, the boy said no more of it. "Go, please."

Micaela sensed that something was wrong by the way Richard mention Erick's attitude so she went but hesitantly. She hadn't been to Erick's room for the longest and it brought her nostalgia. She recalled the times they would go up to his room after school or the times they wanted to watch movies in their with buckets of fries. They were all good memories that she wished would have continued until now but sadly things never stay the same. She was well on her way to knock on his door when a picture hung on the wall halted her every move. It was her and Erick when Daisy took them to Disney World and they were in front of Cinderella's infamous castle. Micaela had her arm around Erick's shoulder, kissing his cheek and with pink cotton candy in her left hand. Erick had his hand wrapped around her waist, smiling widely with blue cotton candy on his right hand. She remembered that day clearly, literally everything they did and said, she remembered. Her body felt warm but she didn't know it if was because of nostalgia or sadness. Before her emotions could venture out more, a voice snapped her back.