Chapter 0584

"I just can't stand the idea of her not being here," she said with a sniff. "I don't know what I would do without her."

"Me neither," I said with a sigh. I sank down onto the couch beside her, and we were silent for a moment, each lost in our own thoughts. I kept thinking back to when we first met, back when it was still our freshman year, and I couldn't help but chuckle ever so slightly.

"What?" Lori asked, shooting me a sideways glance.

I shook my head. "Nothing. I was just thinking about that time in freshman year; when Jessica had that awful boyfriend, Steven."

"Oh, the one who told her to stop wearing pink because he said it was embarrassing?"

memory, and I couldn't deny the smile that was spreading across his face. "Remember how

was silent for a few moments before her own smile began to twitch at the corners of her lips. "Yeah... Yeah, I remember. She told him that the scraggly stuff on his face that he called a 'beard' was even more embarrassing." "And then she dumped him

meaning to, both Lori and I burst out into laughter. It lifted the heaviness in my chest, a reprieve from the choking feeling that hadn't gone away all day. Even though we fell back into silence after that, I felt just the tiniest bit better that we had managed

dear friend returned, pressing down on us like a lead weight. The fact of the matter was,

broke me out

"Hm?"

you could use your healing abilities

soften. Truthfully, I had considered it earlier, but with the pregnancy being on the rocks, I wasn't

said quietly. "I... I'm not sure

my stomach. She looked distraught, but nodded understandingly. "Alright," she said, sinking down further on the couch and laying

the bundle of tissues in her pocket to dab at the tears that had begun to

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