Avalance AU: My Reason For Now

14. Head Down, Eyes Up, Cheeks Flushed

Ava's POV

I've never had a friend who's parents went through a divorce on account of me having very little friends. But I assume the best way to comfort them is the way you would with anything else. Just be there in anyway they need and don't force any interactions.

The only people who have ever cried to me is Amaya when she opened up about her dad and my parents when they first adopted me. Other than them no one has confided in me when in such a vulnerable state. But it was different with Sara, it felt more intimate.

I've only ever seen her lighthearted, resilient and slightly guarded. Seeing her with all her walls down and so exposed I see a new light in her; a different kind of Sara. I see someone real, with real problems and real emotions. I can't lie, I used to look at Sara and her life and think of nothing other than serenity and all around perfection. Having her post-crumble in my arms changed the way I perceive her, not in a bad way; in a more humanized way.

I've been looking at Sara's digital clock for a little over an hour. Watching the numbers tick and her breathing have been so rhythmic it's been sanity for me.

I'm not sure exactly when she fell asleep but I know she did because her body is way less tense and her grip on me is weak.

I push myself up a little bit and reach over her unconscious body to get my phone off of her nightstand next to her clock. I quickly turn the brightness all the way down and when I see all of my notifications I see 21 messages from a group chat with Amaya and Zari, which I guess they made today.

I had my phone on do not disturb because I didn't want Sara to hear my notifications and think there was something more important going on that I could be tending to instead of her.

I lay back down and wrap my arms around her once again but I have my phone in my hands behind her back. She lets out a small groan from my movements and begins to turn on her back so I take the opportunity to turn onto my other side as well.

It was now 8:30 and since I wasn't tired I thought I'd go through the conversation quickly and read what they were blowing my phone up about.

Amaya💜: When are you gonna be back?

Zari☄️: And is Sara going with you?

Amaya💜: I doubt it

Zari☄️: You better not cock block Ava

Amaya💜: It'd be more of a pussy block

Zari☄️: Sara has a strap

Amaya💜: Why do you know that?

Zari☄️: It's more of an assumption but I'm sure she does

Amaya💜: She has big strap energy

Zari☄️: Exactly

Amaya💜: I'd never strap block Ava, especially not from Sara. Then I'd lose my ongoing bet

Zari☄️: You don't even win anything if you win cuz the bet that isn't even official

Amaya💜: The satisfaction of being right when Ava Sharpe is wrong is a good enough prize

Zari☄️: That's the dream

Amaya💜: A reality for me

Zari☄️: You are very confident they'll date

Amaya💜: The fact that she isn't responding is giving me even more confidence

Zari☄️: Yea but they're obviously not doing anything because Sara actually likes her and c'mon... it's Ava

Amaya💜: I meant something more along the lines of talking...