"Do remember anything at all?" Celia asked. Zylen sighed. "We were drinking and then the next thing I know is that we're in the car singing Justin Bieber songs and after that it was as if it were slow-mo you know?," he paused for a few seconds. "I remember Nicole yelling at me to swerve the car and watch out before my head hit the steering wheel and within seconds it was all just black." He explained, trying to re-jog his memory of what happened the previous night. Meanwhile, Nicole was still asleep in her room. Her eyes slowly fluttered opened as she adjusted to the light. Her head was still aching and it hurt to breathe but she managed to keep herself calm. "Mom?" "Honey, oh honey, you're awake!" Her mom smiled, her eyes tearing up. Nicole gave her mother a weak smile. "How are you?" Her mother chuckles slightly. "Honey, I think that's what I should be asking you," Nicole smiled at her mom, feeling more calm now that she got to see her. "I'm hurting," she told her truthfully.
Seth? What the hell?""What?" He answered in a raspy voice."Where the hell are you?" Logan asked over the phone. "You haven't been answering calls or texts or emails or anything! It has been two weeks and with Zylen and Nicole still recovering, things have been extremely stressful and you disappearing on us isn't much help!""Calm down," Seth slurred, his voice coming out scratchy."Dude," Logan calmed down. "Where are you?" He asked slowly."Doesn't matter & don't worry. I'm fine, just give me time and I'll explain.""Wait, what doe-"Before Logan could finish, Seth had already hung up. Logan groaned, dialling his number again but the call ended up going to voicemail. Logan sighed, running a hand through his hair before he gave up.❀"What do you mean? Scared of.. Of what?" Asher asked her slowly.Nicole wiped the corner of her eye before she grabbed Asher's arm and pulled him over to a desk where the two of them took a seat on stools beside one other.Nicole licked her chapped lips
"Daddy!" Nicole squealed. "Where are we going to go on another horse ride?""Soon pumpkin, soon." He smiled at his little girl."I miss Mocha, I haven't been riding in such a long time." The ten year old girl frowned."Okay pumpkin, how about we go tomorrow after school? I'll pick you up and we'll go. Sound good?"Nicole squealed as she jumped up and down and hugged her fathers legs. "Thank you daddy! I love you!""I love you too, pumpkin." He mumbled, smiling as he kissed her forehead.❀"Nicole! Jason's here!" Drew called her down. Nicole sat up in her recliner and rubbed her eyes. She yawned as she closed the book that was in her lap and made her way downstairs."Hey," he grinned."Hey." Nicole smiled back."Don't have sex please.." Drew groaned before he grabbed his coat and left the house.Nicole's cheeks tinged pink."So, movies?" Jason asked. Nicole nodded her head, grabbing her things before the two walked out to his car."You look tired," Jason said as they were driving.Nico
"Go away Charlie!" Nicole yelled from under her blankets. "I already said I'm not going!""Reasonable guess, but not Charlie."Nicole peaked her head out of her blanket to see that in fact, it wasn't Charlie but it was Logan. She furrowed her eyebrows, "What do you want?" She asked him, confused. "And how did you get in? How did you even know I was home? You know, you really shouldn't be here.""Woah, woah," he exhaled. "One question at a time please.. And Charlie let me in when she was leaving.""Nicole, why is your brother telling me that your sick at home and he can't come check on you because he has classes? What the hell is going on with you now?" Charlie asked in annoyance and fret as she had to drive all the way over to check on Nicole."Charlie, just get out." Nicole muttered bluntly."What? What's wrong with you?" She asked, now more worried."Now is not the time Charlie!" Nicole snapped. "Just leave me alone and tell Drew I'm fine."Charlie sighed. "Listen, I have errands to
"But you're right, there is more to it." She smiled sadly. I guess it was time for history to be revealed.."We were friends, all of us.. Best friends," she started."Hey Nicole! Are you coming to Jason's after school?" Parker asked as they both sat at their desks, working of some math worksheets."I think so," She nodded. "Mum said she'd drop off some cupcakes.. You know her and her baking," she chuckled."Hey, your mom makes good cupcakes!" Parker retorted."I hear you guys talking about cupcakes," Seth mumbled, a grin on his face as he pulled a chair over and joined."We were the best of friends.. You know all that basic and cliche stuff like hanging out everyday, play days to sleepovers to the littlest but most best memories, things like having flour fights and drawing on whoever falls asleep firsts face.. All that until one day.." Nicole sighed."Nicole.. You don't have to tell me if you don't want to.." Logan said slowly and softly.Nicole shook her head, "It's alright.""Anyway
"Where's Logan? I didn't see him in class earlier," Seth asked as he arrived to the usual table at lunch."He said he wasn't feeling the brightest so he went home early." Parker told him."Strange," Harley mumbled."It's probably just something going around," Chase shrugged."I was thinking about going over later to see him but I don't know if he'd be in the mood.." Parker said to Seth."I could come with," Seth offered. "I'll call him at the end of the day in case he's asleep or something.""Jason, would you want to come?" Parker asked.Jason shrugged. "I don't know, I have some... Errands and stuff to do." He excused. Jason just wasn't in the mood to speak to people much himself. After the argument with Nicole, he felt guilty for how he spoke as well as feeling like shit because of the breakup. He didn't want things to go like that but in the end, he knew that she deserved better... Deserved someone like Seth and that he didn't like her as much as he thought.Parker just nodded in r
Nicole had skipped another few days at school and nobody had found out about the breakup except for Logan. Asher had texted her asking if she was coming to school on Tuesday since she hadn't on Monday and she replied telling him to let the others know that she would be with her aunt in Texas for a few days. She did have an aunt in Texas so she didn't think much about it when she used it as an excuse. Logan knew that her aunt was just an excuse so he had called her later that day after Asher let everyone know and Nicole explained that she just needed time to clear her head. She really didn't want to interact with anyone. She had too much to think about and too many things to occupy her mind so she spent her days sleeping in until 4pm, then taking long baths, having movie marathons all night long and going on midnight strolls around town when her brother was asleep so she wouldn't get questioned. She really just needed time to figure herself out. She had a few texts and missed calls
It was how Monday. School had ended and again, Nicole didn't show up.She wasn't ready to face Seth yet.. She hadn't talked to him yet after what he said to her. She also didn't want to tell everyone about her and Jason right now. Though they had sorted it out and were fine with one other, she just wasn't ready to face anyone yet. She wasn't exactly avoiding them, she just needed to calm her nerves first.She decided that though she hadn't been coming to school because she didn't want to talk to anyone, she didn't want to flunk her classes either. She could've texted Jason or Logan to drop off her assignments but she didn't want to be a burden because lately, she felt that way quite a lot.She dropped by the school after school had ended on Monday so she could go grab her things since the school would still be open due to sport practices.Nicole had grabbed most of her work she missed out on and decided she could email her teacher who weren't at the school for the rest of them so she