Florida | Gabriela Gonzalez and Kay Cook

three ★ anxiety

MAY
of twenty-twenty

as the plane landed, gabriela gently grabbed isabella's hand, who only softly smiled at her.

they were more towards the back of the plane, so they patiently waited as everyone else got off first.

once the people in front of them began walking down the aisle, the visone family and gabriela stood up; lavender now in gabriela's arms.

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the family went through security with gabriela and are now waiting in the front of the airport for a taxi, having decided that gabriela would ride with them.

it was pretty warm out, so the seven people stood in the shade, mostly to protect lavender's skin.

once their taxi arrived, edward got into the passenger seat, danielle, raffaella, and nick in the back, and gabriela, bella, and lavender in the far back.

"mom, when we get to the apartment, can i help gabbie unpack?" isabella spoke up.

"of course. be careful, you two."

"we will be." the two said girls spoke.

the taxi pulled up to the apartment complex, and the family all got out slowly.

gabriela and isabella quickly ran into the apartment complex and got a room key for gabriela's room.

the two thanked the lady at the front desk named daisy and ran up the stairs to the room, having way too much energy for a lousy elevator.

gabbie swiped her card over the lock on her room door and the two stepped inside.

gabbie gently set lavender on the floor, and the baby took not even two seconds to drift into a small sleep.

gabriela and isabella unpacked all of gabbie's stuff and sorted it all into drawers and even made the room a little more decretive, seeing as she would be quarantined there for a while.

"should we chill on the balcony and get to know each other better now?" gabriela said, smiling at her new friend.

isabella nodded, opening the doors to the balcony and immediately sitting at the cute little white table. in which gabriela sat across from her.

"so, my full name is isabella visone, i don't have a middle name. lavender and baby blue are my favorite colors. i really love the beach, travel and music. i'm fifteen, born on january 10th - a proud capricorn."

"well, i'm sure you know, but my full name is gabriela lauren gonzalez. lavender may avery is my daughter. i'm obsessed with traveling and the beach. i'm seventeen and my birthday is september 6th. a virgo." gabriela smiled.

"so. uh, if we're going to be friends, you should probably know that i'm really sensitive and have really bad anxiety," she paused, and gabriela put her hand on hers. "in september-october of 2019, i was starting 9th grade aka a new, much, much, bigger school and i naturally have very bad anxiety so the huge school overwhelmed me and i had bad panic attacks to the point where my mom had to keep me home once. that all got better in december-january, and i made a best friend named alyssa who i loved dearly. she did everything with me and she was just.. so funny. one day, she thought it would be fun if we got life360 together, which i really didn't think much of, but it made my mom uncomfortable so i shut my location off. that night, alyssa called me and screamed at me for shutting my location off. i freaked out and ran into my mom's room. that night, my friendship with alyssa ended. the next week or two, i was handling it pretty well, but alyssa and her 18 year old sister began sending me threatening dms on instagram and spamming my phone with calls. one night when they kept calling, my mom answered it and they threatened to beat me up. my mom changed my phone number and filed a police report. the cops dealt with the situation, but i still freak out every time i get a dm or a phone call. you and a few other influencers helped so much with that and my self esteem issues. gabriela, i want you to know that no matter how much hate you get, never let it bring you down because you are wonderful. you saved my life. and i've been trying to take my own advice and i'm not judging myself as much anymore - because of you. some limelight's get on my nerves for hating on you, tate, and kay all the time. i'm so, so glad i met you today, gabs. thank you for helping me. i love you a lot. please never change."

gabriela's eyes were tearing up at this point as the shorter girl finished her story. the gonzalez squeezed isabella's hand in reassurance as she wiped her own tears with her other hand. "isabella visone, i'm so blessed to have met you today. this was god's way of saying that everything will be alright for both of us. from what i've seen, you are perfect and you shouldn't take shit from anyone. this alyssa girl and her sister will get hit by karma."

isabella visone then pulled gabriela gonzalez into a tight hug and they both swore to never leave each other.

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