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Sasha led Becky to the theater room so they could have some quiet as Seth kept Max entertained.

"Do you need help I-

"I'm fine Becky," Sasha sighed, "but thank you,"

She sat in one of the large red chairs as Becky sat beside her. There was a bit of awkward silence because of the long history that'd been shared.

"I'll start. I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. For sleeping with your dad. For having his son. For running away. For slapping you. For worrying you. I know a sorry won't fix any of that but I'm truly sorry," she apologized. They both wiped some awaited tears as Sasha sniffled.

"I lost my best friend. Do you know how hard it was for me to function when for all I knew you could've been dead. I want to forgive you, I really do but it's hard after everything that's happened," Sasha cried thinking about the restless and sleepless nights Becky had put her through. The tears she had cried and the arguments which had broken out between her and her father. All because of a stupid mistake.

Becky nodded her head, "Sasha I know this is all my fault. I should've never had slept with your dad, I don't even know why I did that," she said in embarrassment.

Sasha shook her head while sighing, "It's my fault too. I'm the reason you drank that night. It's also my dads fault for taking advantage of you. We're all to blame,"

Becky never particularly enjoyed drinking. She'd gotten drunk before and things didn't end well so she tried to stay away from drinking. But after her and Sasha got in a fight over some stupid guy, she just wanted to forget everything. She went to the bar, drank till she couldn't stand and somehow ended up in bed with Sasha's dad.

"Can I hug you?" Sasha asked with a tear dripping down her cheek. Becky nodded as they stood up and embraced each other. They hugged like it was the first time they've seen each other in years because, it was. "I missed you so much Becks," Sasha cried.

Becky squeezed Sasha even tighter, "I've missed you too,"

Eventually Sasha pulled away. She stared at Becky for a bit before giving her a slap across the face. Not a harsh one though, she wasn't trying to hurt the girl.

"I'm sorry but you deserve that for running away and leaving me lonely. Not a day went by where I didn't think about you. I would stay up all night watching our old homemade videos just so I could see you smile and laugh again. I felt so guilty and so terribly sorry for you but I also felt broke. I was broke! I put so much work into finding you but I just couldn't. I looked everywhere! There were so many nights when I needed you. I needed you to tell me that everything was fine. I needed you to tell me that I could do it. But you weren't there! When my first book became a best seller, I wanted you to be there. Even after all of these years I never forgot you because it was you who made me, me. I would've given up if it weren't for you. And then you left and I was a disaster. Yeah I had Ashley and I love her with every bone in my body but you were also practically my sister. I loved you. I still love you,"

Hearing those words, shattered Rebecca's heart. She broke out into sobs as she sank to the floor while constantly apologizing. She knew running away was wrong and she still did it because she was selfish. She was embarrassed, angry, most of all confused. She was only a teenager.
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"What'd you guys talk about?" Seth asked Sasha while grabbing a different shirt from his dresser and changing into it. Sasha shrugged while sighing.

"I want to forgive her. But somethings telling me that I shouldn't," she said while tearing up again.

Seth turned around and sat next to her on the bed. He wrapped his arm around her as she snuggled her head into the crook of his neck.

He kissed her head before speaking, "Is it your heart telling you that or your head?"