please ☼ diego v

fifty four: real life

. evelyn's pov .

i walked into the bowling alley next to rose. we were looking for diego and thomas's lane, trying to see if they were near us. we didn't end up finding them, probably because the bowling alley was huge, and continued to follow ellie and emma.

"here is our lane," ellie said, dropping the bowling shoes on the floor.

"where's diego's lane?" emma asked, sitting on the bench to put her shoes on.

"oh, i saw him getting pizza, not where he was. i'm sure it's all the way on the other side of the building, though. convenient," she smiled.

"maybe we'll see them later," rose told me.

ten minutes into bowling and i was in last place. i am only a good bowler on wii sports, i guess.

"i'm going to go to the bathroom. rose come with me," i said.

rose got up and we walked to the bathroom.

"want to know what i just found out," rose said.

"sure."

"i really hate bowling," she rolled her eyes.

"i think i do too," i agreed. "are we getting pizza later? because i need some or else this will be the worst experience."

"hey! there's diego and thomas!" rose slapped my arm. "let's go!"

rose and i walked past the bathrooms and towards their lane. loren turned around, smiled and stood up.

"why did loren's smile look cold," rose asked.

"what do you mean?"

"she looked bitchy."

"she probably didn't mean to-"

"what the fuck? wait what the fuck?!"

rose and i halted. loren's smile was cold because she- she's fucking kissing diego!

"holy- what the- bitch i swear- i'm fucking- diego!" rose shouted.

loren pulled away and diego stood there with his mouth gaping. he turned and saw rose and i staring at him. he cursed to himself before thomas grabbed loren's arm. rose charged towards them. i stayed put, frozen. luna and griffin stood up and started walking towards me. i turned away from them. 

. rose's pov .

"diego, what the fuck just happened, you dumbass mother fucking stupid ass kid!" i started going off. thomas let go of loren and walked over to me to try and calm me down. he grabbed my arm but i pushed him away.

"rose, rose, listen to me," thomas started.

"thomas you need to get away. i won't sit here and listen to you defend your friend when i clearly just saw him kiss loren," i shook my arm free.

diego still started blankly at where evelyn was standing.

"evelyn," diego whispered, finally blinking.

"yeah, evelyn? remember her? your girlfriend? yeah she just saw you kiss someone else," i told him.

"he didn't kiss her!" thomas said.

"okay, but he didn't push her away!" i said again. i turned to see luna trying to get evelyn to walk with her to the bathroom. griffin coaxed her to look away.

i pulled out my phone and called emma.

"come here," i said to her on the phone.

"why, i don't want to," emma whined.

"come. here," i said again.

"oh, i'm on my way then," she said, hearing the tone of my voice.

"thomas," i said, turning to him. "get loren."

"no i-"

"get loren, thomas," i repeated, looking into his eyes. "stay there diego."

ellie and emma were making their way over as luna griffin and evelyn walked over to us.

"rose help me," diego whispered. "she- she's gonna hate me." i turned back around to see diego staring into space. his eyes were watering when he looked at me.

"i don't want to lose her. please, rose. please."

"not my fucking problem," i said to him. "if she trusts you enough, i'll forgive you. if not, prepare yourself because we are protective."

ellie, emma, evelyn, and luna approached the lane just as thomas arrived with loren in his arm. thomas looked petrified of what was going to happen.

. evelyn's pov .

"i hope to god you're happy," ellie said, squeezing my hand. diego stood there, silent.

"i am," loren said.

"shut up, dumb bitch," emma said, more to herself. i heard it.

"who's going to explain," ellie said. "i'm not going to sit here and watch loren soak in her own piss."

"i'm not soaking in my piss?" loren spoke.

"your ego is your piss," emma clarified.

"i don't know what happened," luna said from beside me.

"i don't trust you," ellie eyed luna up and down. "unlock your phone and give it to me."

"no! why?" luna shouted.

"this blonde bitch isn't gonna say shit, so give us your phone," ellie repeated.

"do it," griffin said.

"jesus, okay," she said, scrambling to unlock her phone.

"i'm- i'm-" diego started. he looked right at me. he looked terrified. i turned my eyes to the ground.

"you dared her to kiss him!" ellie read aloud.

"i- uh," luna started.

"what the fuck?" griffin turned to luna. loren rolled her eyes.

"evelyn, i'm-" luna started.

"don't even start," i looked at her in the eyes. "a real friend wouldn't do that."

"i'm sorry," luna said, beginning to cry.

"i'm not," loren shrugged, walking close to me. "i was never your friend," she was right in my face. "you were just too soft to realize."

"oh, i'm soft?" i asked. "if i were soft would i do this?"

i slapped loren. i slapped her right on her pretty little cheek. the sound seemed to effect only the eight of us and no one else in the building. luna flinched and griffin sighed.

"evelyn, listen, i'm so sorry that i-" diego started.

"don't even talk," i said to him. "don't think that just because you didn't kiss her that it didn't hurt me."

"i didn't know what to do, i was-"

"shocked? yeah we all are," rose said to him. thomas walked over to her and held her hand. she flicked him away.

"hope this hurts as much as you hurt me," i said, grabbing griffin's arm to pull him to me.

i kissed him, but made sure i made eye contact with diego while i was doing it.

i pulled away and stormed out of the building. emma and ellie followed. rose was in too much awe to move.

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authors note
haha let's see if i actually keep publishing this story or if i die again