All Because Of Him

twenty nine.

After talking to Jessica for a few more hours, I went into the extra guest bedroom Jessica said I could use. Even though she's one of my best friends, I'm happy she's letting me stay here. I don't know where I would have gone if she hadn't.

The room was much bigger than mine at my house. I shouldn't be surprised, I know Jessica's family has money. I guess I just never realized how much. Everything in this room was bigger than mine, the king sized bed was placed right in the middle. White bedding spread out upon the mattress along with a bountiful amount of pillows rested on the vanilla colored upholstered headboard. The floors in this room were hardwood, a light shade of brown. The dresser, and nightstands on either side of the bed remained empty since no one has ever slept in here. But, I was happy that was the case.

I know I have to grab some of my things from my house since I'm now staying here, but to be honest I wasn't in much of a hurry.

I laid in bed for the rest of the night, my thoughts rambling on about how everything has turned out for me this past week. I could hear footsteps outside the door and turned over in bed, closing my eyes. I didn't want to talk to anyone, I just wanted to be left alone. I think a part of me is still processing what happened.

It was hard for me to sleep, I kept thinking about Natailie, Aiden and my mom.

I spent some time crying softly alone in the dark. I needed to let it all out of my system. And so that's what I did, until I slowly drifted off into a sleep.

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I woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my door. I brought my hands up to my eyes and slowly started to rub them, it's morning already? I groaned softly and cuddled deeper into the covers of the bed. I didn't want to be bothered.

Another knock came from the door and I let out a sigh. I guess whoever is out there is not getting the memo. Suddenly I faintly start to smell something... is it food? I open my eyes again and see a plate resting on top of the nightstand beside me. I sit up to look at it, it's a plate of two strawberry cinnamon pancakes stacked on one another.

That was nice of Jessica to bring. She must have remembered they're my favorites. I smile at the thought of her sneaking into my room to leave them for me.

"Isabelle?" I hear outside the door followed by another round of knocking. Before I could answer the door slowly opens and a familiar face looks inside and stares at me.

"Natalie?" I ask, sitting up a bit more to face her. I thought she left to go stay with her mother, why is she here?

"Jessica let me in." She said, sitting on the bed right next to me.

"What are you doing here?" I feel my body start to tense up at my question. My eyes trailed down my hands as I waited for her response.

"Even though we're in a bit of a rough patch... I would never forgive myself if I wasn't here for you for this."I lift my head up and connect my eyes with Natalie's. What did she just say?

"I'm so sorry about your mom, Elle." She finished.

I tried to blink away tears, but a few managed to fall through. I couldn't help but smile at the fact that she was here with me. I quickly bring my hands up and wrap them around her neck. I can feel her arms slowly wrap around my waist as she brings me into a tight hug. I bury my head deep into her shoulder and let out a small chuckle.

For once during this whole entire situation I was finally starting to feel like I'm not so alone.

I hear another knock on the door and lift my head up to see Jessica standing in the doorway smiling at us. I start to feel Natalie retract and I do the same. She looks over at me again and quickly does a no teeth smile.

"I better get back, my mom's waiting for me outside." She says, standing up from the bed.

"You're leaving already?" I quickly ask, and she nods her head.

"I just wanted to check on you." She looks back at Jessica and then over to me again. "Well, I'll uh- I'll see you guys." She said, before waving to us and walking out of the room.

I was happy she came to stop by, even though she's still mad at me. It meant a lot to me that she did that.

Jessica walks over to me and sits where Natalie just was.

"So, how do you like your room? Did you sleep okay?" She asks and I nod my head yes.

"Yes, thank you." She smiles at me and gently squeezes my arm. "Also, thank you for what you did this morning."

"What do you mean?"

"The pancakes." I answer, and motion my head towards the plate of food beside me, and she shrugged.

"I didn't leave those." She said.

What? If she didn't leave those then who did?

"Hey, did you want a ride to your house later? I can help you grab your things?" Jessica asked.

"Uh, yeah sure."

"Okay, want to leave in 30?" I nod my head at her question and Jessica stands up, and exits the room.

I look over at the plate of pancakes again and remember the only other person who lives here with Jessica that would be able to bring these here.

I guess I never realized that living with Jessica would mean living with Mason too.