Evie & The Troubled Teen

Chapter 8

After crying herself to sleep the previous night, Evie woke up to see that Mal was already up and wasn't in the dorm. She was still upset about the events from yesterday. Mal didn't deserve to be yelled at like that.

She slowly got herself up and dressed for the day. Before grabbing her purse and homework and left the dorm. And as she headed to her locker, she bumped into the last person she wanted to see. Henry.

"Evie. Hey." Henry said realizing it was her standing in front of him.

"I don't really want to talk to you right now, Henry." Evie said walking past him and over to her locker.

"Evie, wait!" Henry yelled following her over there. "Look, I'm sorry about our argument. You didn't deserve that. How about we just forget about this break and get back together."

Evie smiled at him as she grabbed his hand with her free one. "Are you really sure about this?" She asked him.

"Why wouldn't I be?" He asked.

"I don't know. I just thought you would still want to take the break."

"I was wrong, ok? I made a mistake, I was just upset that you wouldn't go out with me and I said some things I didn't mean. And I'm sorry. Could you ever forgive me?" He asked pouting at her playfully.

Evie lightly laughed at him as she gave him a quick little kiss. "Yes, I forgive you. But I do want to talk to you about something." She replied.

"Ok. And what would that be?"

"It's about, Mal. Did you hurt her?"

Henry sighed breaking eye contact for a moment. "I'm not gonna lie to you." He told her. "Yes. But it was only because she struck first. I was just defending myself."

"Wait. She hit you first?" Evie asked in shock.

"Yeah. She came up to me after the game, telling me that I made a mistake by hurting you like I did. I didn't even know who she was, so I told her to leave because I didn't feel like getting yelled at by a stranger. And she just..punched me." He explained.

"So, Mal struck first. I'm sorry about her. She told me she was just going to talk to you." Evie told him.

Henry just shrugged his shoulders. "Well, clearly, she lied to you. Now I gotta get to class. I have that test today." Henry said walking off and to his class.

Evie was still in shock over what Henry had just told her. But she quickly shook it off of her as she got some things out of her locker and went to her own classes.

***

After a long, tiring day of school. Evie just wanted to go back to her dorm and take a nap before doing her homework. And when she opened the door to the dorm she was surprised, to say the least, to see Audrey making Mal's bed.

"Audrey? What are you doing in mine and Mal's dorm?" She asked closing the door behind her.

Audrey turned around to face Evie. "I think you mean our dorm." She corrected her.

Evie narrowed her eyes in confusion. "What do you mean? Where's Mal?"

Audrey closed her eyes letting out a sigh. "Me and Mal switched dorms. She told me that she didn't want to share a dorm with you anymore." Audrey told her.

"So she just...left?"

Audrey nodded sadly. "I'm sorry, Evie."

Evie shook her head. Why would Mal move out? She had to find her and get her to change her mind. She just had to. "I'll be right back." She said before running out of the room and to Audrey's old dorm that she shared with Jane. And she quickly burst into the room to see Mal unpacking her things and putting it around the dorm. "What are you doing?!"

Mal turned around to see Evie had come into the dorm. "What does it look like I'm doing?!" Mal snapped.

"Mal, I'm sorry for last night. I shouldn't have gotten mad at you." Evie apologized. "Mal, you are one of the best friends I've ever had. And I felt like we had a bond, as short as our friendship lasted. But I enjoyed it! Please, just give me another chance."

Mal crossed her arm as she just stared at Evie, listening to what she said. "I was just trying to help you. And you got mad at me for trying." Mal told her. "And every time I've tried to make a friend, we fight, and then never speak again. And that's what happened with you and me, so I thought we just weren't meant to be friends."

Evie stepped into the room and closer to Mal as she grabbed her hands. "I'm so sorry for making you feel like that." She whispered. "You didn't deserve it. And I was an idiot to treat you like that. So would you consider moving back into our dorm, please?"

A small smile appeared on her face as she nodded. "Yeah. I will."

Evie giggled as she pulled Mal in for a hug. Mal was a little surprised at first, as no one had really hugged her before. But she instantly had a warm feeling inside of her as she wrapped her arms around Evie, accepting the hug.

So Mal, once again, gathered her things and she and Evie went back to their dorm together. And Audrey was happy to move back into her own dorm as well.

"So...are we friends again?" Mal asked.

Evie gave her a warm smile. "Of course we are, Mal."

Mal sent her a smile back as she put her things back to the way they were before around the dorm. She, along with Evie, was glad they were friends again.

A/N: So? What'd y'all think of this chapter? Please let me know what you thought. Until the next chapter!!!