walk me home // crygi

seventeen

Gigi's POV

March 26th
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The last few days have been absolutely miserable. Trying to avoid Crystal was hard enough us going to school together an all. Add staying at her best friends house and were bound to run into each other at some point. I'd managed to avoid her in school today, besides 7th period and the ten minutes I stayed in lunch. I had plans with Jaida after school so when the final bell rang I went out to wait for her. I was on my phone scrolling through Instagram when I spotted her across the parking lot, she was in the center with Crystal and Jan at her sides. I let out a big sigh and refocused my attention onto my phone praying she didn't invite them to come with us.

"Hey gigi!" Jan shouts skipping ahead of the others to meet me.

"Hi" I smile as Jaida and Crystal reach us. I tuck my phone into my back pocket and hold my binder tighter over my chest waiting for someone else to say something.

"Gigi and I are going to the cafe to hangout you girls wanna come with?" Jaida asks as I mentally scream at her.

"I'd love to." Jan smiles. "Come on Crystal it'll be fun!" Crystal quickly glances at me before kicking a loose piece of the pavement.

"I should probably head home, I think I have plans anyways, thanks for the invite though." She says before walking away towards her car. The tension in my shoulders dissolves and Jaida makes a clicking noise with her tongue while shaking her head.

"Say it." I say getting into the passenger seat of her Jeep.

"Girl say what? I got nothing to say." Jaida responds with a laugh. I roll my eyes playfully smacking her arm as she pulls out of the parking lot. The rest of the day goes by smoothly, I'm happy the three of us finally got to spend some time together again.

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My mood dramatically changes when Jaida pulled up to Daya's and I noticed a new car in the driveway. Daya's mom wasn't supposed to back from her business trip for another two days.

"Tell Daya I said hi!" Jan says as I step out of the car.

"Yeah me too" Jaida adds.

"Will do, bye guys." I say closing the door. I slowly walk to the door mentally preparing myself to meet whoever was here when all I wanted to do is sleep. I reach in my bag to pull out the spare key Daya gave me when the door swings open revealing a beautiful tall woman. She had to be Daya's mom you could tell from her amazing cheekbones but, the way they dressed was completely different. She was smiling widely at me wearing light blue flared jeans and a pale yellow blouse. I hear laughing come from inside and realize I was starring.

"Hi, I'm sorry, its nice to meet you I'm Gigi." I say with the brightest smile I could manage, it wasn't even half as big as her's.

"I've heard a lot about you miss Gigi, I'm very excited that you're staying with us." She says. "Come on in you're just in time for girls night!"

"Girls night?" I ask stepping into the house. My stomach drops when I see Crystal sitting across from Daya, a card game spread out between them.

"Girls night, we have them once a week when I'm home." Daya's mom says patting my shoulder before walking over and sitting down next to her daughter. She looks back at me and motions me over with her hand. I'd rather be doing anything but this but since she was alright with me staying in her home the least I could do was try my best to play along. I could always try to slip away early if I needed to. I set my bag by the door and walked over to them, the only open space was next to Crystal so that's where I sat. I tried my best not to make eye contact with her but I could feel her staring at the side of my head. Daya reshuffled the cards dealing them out to all of us.

"Daya said you were coming home on Saturday, what happened?" Crystal asked picking up her cards. I picked mine up too careful not to let anyone see them even though I'm not quite sure what game we're playing.

"Everything went well so I had extra time and decided I'd rather spend it here with my girls." Daya's mom smiles giving Daya a side hug. Seeing how well they got along reminded me of my mom, I'd give anything to have a relationship like theirs. I could feel myself starting to zone out and if there were ever a time for this to not be happening it was now. I try to snap myself out of it by organizing the cards in my hand.

"Do you need a hug too?" Daya's mom says. I look up startled, I thought she was asking Crystal. Our eyes meet as she opens her arms up wide and scoots on her knees towards me. She wraps her arm's securely around me and for the first time since all of this I finally remembered what it felt like to be loved. She squeezes me tighter as I feel warm tears falling down my face and onto her blouse. I quickly try to pull away knowing my makeup would stain her blouse permanently.

"Shhh, its okay, my shirt is not important right now." She says patting my back and pulling me into the hug again. I'm not sure what got into me but this time I don't hold back instead I just let all my emotions out. I'm sure to Crystal or Daya I looked like a complete idiot. I mean here I was sobbing into the shoulder of a person I just met but I didn't care. It felt so amazing to finally let it all go, it was like a weight was lifted off my chest and I could breathe again. A couple minutes go by before I can finally calm myself down. Daya's mom lets go gently pushing the stray hairs off of my face.

"Thank you." I say my voice barely a squeak. She smiles her bright smile in response and squeezes my hand which makes me smile too.

"She gives the best hugs huh." Crystal smiles at me.

"Yeah, yeah she does." I smile back at her. We lock eyes for a few seconds before turning back to the game.

-

"So did you have fun tonight?" Daya asks while laying on her bed.

"Yeah, your mom is the most amazing person I've ever met." I say walking over to my bed.

"Yeah you're right she is pretty rad" Daya smiles looking off into the distance.

"What did you say her job was?" I ask. I knew it had to do with art but I couldn't remember.

"She's an art dealer and an painter on the side."

"Oh fun, is that why you like painting too?" I ask.

"Yeah, we were a family of artists, I used to like it a lot more when my dad was alive but now I just do it to make my mom happy, she always gets so excited when I show her I'm working on something new." Daya explains.

"Oh, I'm uh, sorry about your dad. Your art is really amazing though." I say feeling relieved that she brought it up herself so I didn't have to ask.

"Its whatever and thanks, we should try to sleep though its getting late."

"You're right, goodnight Daya."

"Night gigi."