Ethereal - Lauren/You / Not edited

Chapter 5

Pain. That's all that Y/N fell. She stares at herself in the mirror and sighs. The bruises on her body wouldn't be a problem hiding, but the ones on her face were another story. She gets a closer look at her bruised right eye, bringing a hand up to touch it and winces at the touch. Her eyes then followed down to the cut on her lip. She sighs for the second time.

If Mr. Griffin would've just listened to her, this would've not happened. But again, it was her fault for skipping class and not being slick about it. Y/N's minds also wonders about Lauren. Smiling softly at the though of Lauren wanting to make amends. Her only and true friend was finally back in her life.

Looking around her room Y/N decides to go take a shower and head to bed early. Hoping that no one would question the cuts and bruises on her face. Maybe a cap would do Y/N thinks before heading to bed.

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Y/N found herself cursing under her breath when Mrs. Lovato stopped her earlier in the hallway to ask about what had happened to her face. She has... no she NEEDS to be better at hiding this. Y/N wouldn't want another beating for not being careful. Thinking that this has to be the first time her father actually hurt her physically so she doesn't know how to hide her face. Make up was out off the table, Y/N didn't use much makeup. She hasn't bought some in like a few months. Now rethinking her previous decision of not buying herself some foundation.

Y/N sighs and runs a hand through her hair. A habit that she now realizes she picked up from Lauren growing up. Y/N smiles at the thought of Lauren. She hasn't seen her today, but maybe it was because she was busy.

Speaking of the king of Rome, Y/N heard Laurens laugh close by. Y/N smiles at the sound of Laurens laughter. And boy did she really missed hearing it. Y/N glances down at her bag making sure she has everything for her next class before deciding to go talk to Lauren.

As she got closer she noticed someone else with her. Deciding to not interrupt the conversation she was having with the mysterious person Y/N leaned against the corner of the hallway where she could hear a bit clearly what Lauren and the person were saying.

"I'm telling you Camz, she fell for it."

Y/N attention goes to what Lauren is saying. Curious about who they where talking about. But also having in mind that the mysterious person was Camila, it didn't surprise Y/N that they were talking bad or mostly good things about someone.

"Seriously?! She fell for that? What a loser. I don't understand how you were friends with her before Lolo. She clearly was lying to you yesterday about the things I supposedly said to her" Camila says in a disgusted tone while wrapping her arms around Laurens neck and pecking her lips.

Y/N's heart fell to the ground. Who would've known you could get your whole body beat up in one day and the next day your heart would be ripped apart.

Y/N shakes her head. She knew it was too good to be true. Good things never happen to her, she was used to the disappointment but from Lauren; It felt different.

Running past them, not caring if they noticed she was there and listening to their conversation. Y/N ran over the secluded area she was yesterday but this time going to the other side where she couldn't be obviously seen by someone close by.

Throwing her bag at the floor, Y/N brings her fist up and punches the tree repeatedly while crying. Wishing she never met Lauren. But who is she kidding, Lauren is perfect. The perfect grades, the perfect parents, the perfect girlfriend. Lauren has everything that a kid in high school would wish to have.

Turning her back against the tree and sliding down to the floor, Y/N notices the blood that was running down her hands. Feeling numb, she didn't care about the pain. She closes her eyes and drifts to sleep.

Some time later Y/N feels someone shaking her awake. But doesn't bother to see who it is hoping they would just leave her alone to continue sleeping.

"Y/N, wake up!"

Y/N recognizing Laurens voice decides to open her eyes and meet Laurens gaze on her. Y/N noticed Lauren was crouched down next to her with a water bottle and some bandages.

"Y/N! What happened to your face?!" Lauren gasps as she realizes Y/N had more wounds on her.

Lauren brings her hand to the cut Y/N has on her lip and traces her thump over the cut.

"Please don't touch me" Y/N says looking directly at Laurens eyes.

Retracting her hand away, Lauren picks up the water bottle and grabs Y/N's hand towards her so she could clean up the wounds.

Y/N just focuses on what Lauren is doing. Not saying anything at all. Afraid that this was just a stupid dream that was deceiving her. Lauren didn't care about her.

As Lauren finishes wrapping Y/N hands with the bandages she runs a hand through her hair and stares at Y/N.

"Are you going to tell me what happened back there? And what happened to your face?" Lauren asks

Y/N huffs

"I don't know Jauregui, you tell me what happened back there" Clearly annoyed with Laurens act

Lauren hesitates realizing that Y/N probably heard what she said to Camz.

"Look, I just said that to make Camz relax about you and me talking yesterday. She went ballistic when I told her that we talked. Then started saying how you were lying while denying everything."

Lauren continues

"I do believe you Y/N, and I'm sorry I didn't fight for our friendship harder. But you got to understand that I love Camz. And I don't want to lose her but that doesn't mean I won't try to make us work again. You were always my first best friend and I discarded that and lost myself at the process. So please, let's just start again. By clearing things out first of course" Lauren finishes nervously

Hoping Y/N would believe her because God knows she screwed up. Not even two days have passed since they made amends and she already fucked it up.

Y/N sighs and looks at Lauren green eyes. She hates that Lauren can make her feel so many emotions at the same time. Groaning at the pain in her hands Y/N grabs Lauren hand softly. Like it was the most precious piece of art ever made and it was extremely delicate. Feeling butterflies for some reason, but Y/N dismisses the feeling.

"Let me think about it, okay?" Squeezing Lauren hand delicately

"Okay" Lauren stared at their hands and for the first time in forever she blushed.