"Okay,we're here!" I say completely out of breath,collapsing in the hallway of exhaustion.
After hours and hours of travelling I had finally arrived home.There I lay,comfortably on the wooden floorboards of my home sweet home.I loved the trip but nothing feels better than being home.
And it seems like i couldnt have got here at a better time.If i had stayed any longer a fight would have surely broken out between the girls because of the news of Stella's rumoured departure.
Clearly I didn't get here early enough because I hear raised voices,then i hear a slapping sound and Lara comes running past me with tears rolling down her face.
"This is like the Kardashians" Emmy whispersas she runs through the hallway.Stopping to question why I'm laying on the floor.
"Hi Payton,back so soon?" She asks eith a blunt smile
"Yeah,looks like you needed us"
"Oh,no.I'm coping just fine.Life hasn't been this interesting since Abi's scandal" she laughs
"Em go talk to Stella,I'll go check on Lara". I interrupt hauling myself off of the surprisingly comfortable floor.
"Why she has Eli,he's always on her side.I'll be no help I'll just be stood there watching her cry into his arms"
(A/n: Emmy=🕴)
"Fine,just entertain Payton whilst I check on Lara"
"Okay," she shrugs,"Come with me Payton,you can tell me all about your holiday with Abi,but not the gross parts because I'm still a child,I don't need to hear tha-"
Her voice cuts out as I walk out of the apartment in search for Lara.The slight sound of sniffles at the end of the hallway alerts me.
Following the sound I'm taken to the end of our floor where a bench is placed between two elevators.I haven't been down this side before,since our apartment is on the other side.
"Lara are you okay?"
"Do I look okay" she asks looking up with bored eyes
I let out a small,sympathetic sigh sitting down besides her,wrapping my arm over her shoulders to give her a side hug.
"What happened?"
"I got mad.I asked them about it and they lied,then Eli said I was overreacting and that I shouldn't control her like I do with everyone else.I'm not controlling" she breaks down some more,shaking as she cries.
"Was that you that hit her?"
"Yeah" she nods,"I shouldn't have but she was pissing me off.She agreed with him,with Eli.She was my best friend first.She's supposed to agree with what I say"
"Lara it doesn't always work like that-"
"I know,i know" she sighs wiping the stream of tears from her eyes.She takes a deep breath sniffing slightly before carrying on.
"I'm possessive,jealous,clingy.My greatest fear came true.My girls had found guys and they've become more important to them than I am" she tried to hold it in but fails so clinging onto me tightly as the tears continue to fall.
"I knew it would happen,and I'm left trying to cling onto the little pieces of our friendship thats left."
"What happened to friends forever?" I ask her wiping the tears from her cheeks.I hate that I made her feel this way.I guess being with Payton had made me oblivious to everyone else around me.Lara was lonely.
"I don't know,seeing you and Payton again,aswell as Stel and Eli just reminds me of how single I am.I know happiness doesn't come from being in a relationship but you still get comfort, and that love like no other.Sometimes I get scared that I'll never get to experience it.I mean I'm 20 in a couple of years,and I still haven't experienced a teen romance.It makes me think that maybe I'm unlovable."
