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Ch. 28 - Back Home

Thank you MerpPigs for the idea of this chapter!

Charlotte POV

So we have been back home for about a week now, but we are moving next week to Portland. I'm extremely excited because I finally will be able to see Becky more now! I've pretty much packed up my room besides what I need while I'm still here, so I decide to take a break.

I'm laying in bed when I get a notification that @meghankling had tagged @reeba04 in an instagram post. Meghan isn't playing for the national team, so I haven't met her yet. She plays on Portland with Becky and where moms are going to be playing.

@meghankling: "Shoutout to my queen Becky! Always there for me when I need her. I don't know what I would do without you. Thank you for letting me come over every night this week. I love cuddling with you. You're the best! I love you becks!" 

Becky would never cheat on me would she? I know how much we both care about each other, it's just this post is worded really weird. Meghan said "my queen" and she cuddled with her every night this week.

I feel myself start freaking out, so I toss my phone to the other side of my room and curling under my covers. When I finally calm down some, I start sobbing. I don't want to lose Becky, I've never had a person who loved me like her that wasn't family.

Was I not good enough? Would I ever be good enough for her? I mean who wants to date someone 4 years younger than you. She could be with someone like Meghan who is grown and has a profession. I'm too broken. I get out from under the covers and go into my bathroom. 

'I'm broken. I'm broken. I'm broken.' I say with each punch I land on my cheek. After the 7th punch I curl into a ball on the floor. Dad was right, no one will ever love me. I sob into the bathroom floor before falling asleep.

Olivia POV

I texted Charlie like 20 minutes ago to come help me with my room, but she never responded! I decide to stop being lazy and walk to her room, but when I open the door she's not sitting in there.

I look over to her bathroom door and find that it's closed, so I start heading toward it before stopping to see her phone on the ground. I pick it up and see it's open to an instagram post. It has Becky tagged in it so I read the caption.

After reading it and looking at the picture, I realize there's no way Char took this for the way Meghan most likely meant for it to be. I ran over to the bathroom door and tried to open it only finding it locked.

I started to bang on the door, "CHAR! CHAR OPEN THE DOOR RIGHT NOW!" I'm not getting any response, so I try busting my way through. No luck, the door doesn't even budge. I continue banging on it and yelling for her to answer.

Moms both come busting into the room after I have been yelling for the past 5 minutes or so. Mom looks worried and Mama just looks confused.

"What's going on?" Mom demanded from me.

I'm on the verge of tears, "It's Char! She's not answering the door and I'm worried!"

Mama asks why I would be worried so I just toss her the phone. "She has a history of self-harm..."

Mom turned around, "She has a history of what?!"

Tears have escaped my eyes now, "Self-harm. But not like cutting. When she gets really upset and it doesn't result in a panic attack, she'll punch herself in the head until she's tired and falls asleep. She hasn't done it since we have been with you guys. She never had the need to."

"Hope, you need to get through that door right now!" Mama yelled, she's read the post. She knows why now but Mom asks why anyways. Mama tells her to just do it, so Mom starts kicking down the door.