Troubling Love

Learn to forgive me.

"Okay, I say we go to a party tonight." Said Elle as she scrolled through her phone. Sarahs eyes were fixed on her figure that reflected in the mirror as she sat on the bathroom counter top. "What?" She asked, taking her eyes off of her reflection, giving Elle a look of disbelief. "Uh huh, I mean dad won't be home. It'll be fine." Elle assured. Sarah sighed, "Elle, I don't know, I mean, the last thing I need is for him to lash out on me again." She replied, remembering what happened on Sunday. "Well, we could go to Morgan's." Elle shrugged. "She's traveling for work right now." Sarah informed. "What? She never does that." Elle said in pure disbelief. "Remember she had a business trip planned in Italy." Sarah said, recalling when Morgan had mentioned it to the sisters. Elle sighed, "Oh yeah." She said. "Well, then we drink away our problems." She shrugged her shoulders carelessly. Sarah thought about it for a second, she was hesitant to say yes but wasn't exactly closed off to the idea, "Alright bet." She smirked. Elle laughed, "There's the sister that I know and love." She teased. Sarah stuck her tongue out at her sister, clearly responding to Elle's joke. "I hate you." Sarah joked. "No, you love me so much." Elle humorously said, hugging her sister. "Yeah, yeah." Sarah responded, clearly trying to hold back laughter.

"Hey, you should call your friends and see if they want to come along." Elle suggested. "Which ones?" Sarah asked. "The og's." Elle responded, "You barely see them any more. They probably miss you." Sarah shrugged and nodded, "I guess that'll be alright." Suddenly an idea popped into the teenagers mind, "Wait, would we have to pick them up?" She questioned. "Because if we do, I have an idea." Sarah notified. Elle gave her sister a certain look, "Okay, enlighten me." She said. "What if we went to Joannes to see Mimi and Papa?" Asked Sarah. Elle's eyes widened, "Thats a possibility." She shook her finger. "But what if moms there?" Asked Elle. It's not that she didn't want to see Stefani, obviously she would adore nothing more, but she wasn't exactly sure if her heart could handle seeing the woman without being prepared or warned. "I'm not really sure, we just walk out like nothing happened. If she sees us, we run." Sarah explained, though she wasn't quite sure what she'd do either. "Alright, call the group and let me know if they want to tag along. I'm going to go get dressed." Elle said as she walked out of Sarah's bathroom, wandering into her bedroom.

Sarah grabbed her phone that rested beside her. She picked up the small device, unlocking it and immediately scrolling to find Jacks contact.

The teenager pressed the phone to her ear as it rang, signaling that it was trying to contact Jack.

"Hello?" Asked a familiar voice. Sarah smiled, "Hey Jack." She greeted. "Hi angel, how are you?" Sarah could practically here Jack's smile through the phone, causing her to smile even wider. "Nothing much, but I wanted to ask if you were with the gang right now." Sarah wondered. "Oh, yeah, here give me a second." Jack put himself on speaker, "Here, now they can hear you." He told her. "Hey guys." Sarah greeted. "Sarah!" They all joyfully shouted. "How are you girly?" Asked Mads. "I'm good, I miss you guys though." Sarah replied. "We miss you too." Said Bella. "Is Michael being nice to you?" Asked Josh being the protective brother that he was. Sarah nodded even though she couldn't be seen, "Yes, but Morgan winded up leaving." Sarah said with a sad tone. "What? Why?" The group asked. "He cheated on her." Sarah replied trying not to sound too upset about it. "That's horrible, I'm sorry Sarah." Jack said replied with pity in his voice. "It's okay, I'll be fine." She casually said. "No offense to you of your dad, but how could someone do that? That's such a dick move." Mads expressed anger and irritation in her voice. Sarah dryly laughed, "No offense taken. But yeah, I fully agree. I'm still angry at him, but I try not to show it." Sarah honestly said. "Quick question, have you guys seen my mom recently?" Sarah nervously asked, trying to switch the topic. "Yeah, we actually visited her 3 days. We didn't know if you'd be comfortable if we mentioned it, but we remembered how you asked for us to check up on her every once in a while the day after you left her." Josh replied quite cautiously, uncertain if Sarah still wanted the promise to be fulfilled. "Thanks guys. I don't mind at all. Is she okay?" Sarah asked, still nervous to ask questions about her own mother. "She misses you girls. She regrets ever letting you both go. She said that if she could go back and change her decision, she'd do it in a heartbeat. She wants you girls back. Your mom also said that if she could tell you something it would be that she loves you and misses you very much." Madison replied.