To heal a broken heart

Chapter 26

~Holly's POV~

Four days pass without anything happening. I eventually told their parents why I have bruises all over me and walk with crutches, leaving out the part with my parents, but telling them about Nick and Chelsea. Claudia and Jackson (their dad's name) are shocked to hear that and tell me once again that I can stay as long as I want. I'm thankful for their acceptance. They didn't once pressure me to tell them why I'm away from home!

Juli and I get even closer due to us living together now. We always hang out in each other's rooms and watch series together or just are on our phones. I feel like she truly is my sister by heart.

Her twin on the other hand now seems kinda tense all the time. I don't understand what's wrong, he just acts weird. That one time when I was in the kitchen for example: I just cut some veggies to snack on since I couldn't suppress the urge to eat one afternoon. Then he suddenly appeared out of nowhere, asked if I'm alright and disappeared again. Adding to everything I have the feeling he's kinda avoiding me. I asked Juli about it, but she just shrugged, telling me he probably just has something on his mind.

Dylan is a whole other story. The moment since he arrived he never stopped flirting with me. I feel kinda overwhelmed by his outgoing behavior, it makes me uncomfortable most of the time. He always makes cheesy comments or winks at me and I just don't like it, it makes me shiver in disgust when I only think about it.

I never was in his presence so much, we only saw each other shortly before, just greeting each other and being on our way. Now however I'm surprised when he's not hanging out in the living room, instantly asking me if I want to join him, whenever I pass through the hallway. I always try to ignore him and give him more or less subtle hints, that I don't want anything from him. Yet, he never gave up.

Today's a rainy day. It kinda storms too, but nothing to heavy. You'd just get soaked as soon as you left the safe embrace of your house. I'm all cuddled up under my blanket, scrolling through my phone and basically doing nothing. That is until there's a knock on the door.

"Come in", I exclaim and Juli pops her head into the room, giving me a wide smile.

"Let's do a spa day! I just found a lot of face masks in my makeup stand and it's already way to long since we had one!", she energetically declares. "You're up for it?"

I can't help, but smile and nod at her. Her energy practically radiates off of her, showing her excitement to everyone. She happily squeals and instantly starts to bring things over from her room to mine so I won't have to laboriously use my crutches again to get over into hers.

A few minutes later we start with putting some mask in our hair, then scrubbing our faces and afterwards putting on face masks too. Doing so, we watch Vampire Diaries and eat some veggies I cut for us.

It's the only snack I allow myself to eat. Juli always tries to get me to eat more, but I'm stubborn. I just can't get any fatter, I need to lose weight and since they just won't let me starve myself I try to only eat things with low carbs. It makes me want to drown myself in some cheeseburger with a coke, but I just can't let myself give in.

"Hey, you still there?", Juli's voice suddenly pulls me out of my thinking. I nod and look over to her questioningly.

"I asked, if you want to take a bath too. I have a few bath bombs if you'd like one", she smiles. I instantly nod excitedly. I love taking a bath! A few minutes later I'm lying in the hot tub and feel my muscles relaxing. The bath bomb I choose let the air swirl with the thick smell of sweet roses, one of my favorite fragrances.

An eternity later I finally leave the now cold tub, washing out the masks on my hair and face on the way. I put on a bath robe Claudia gave me the other day and slowly hobble back into my room. It's amazing how calming and relaxing some hot water can get you. My whole body seems to function slower than normal, my mind being in a haze, only working at half the speed it normally does.