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?"

recalled the memory, and I couldn't deny the smile that was spreading across his

the scraggly stuff on his face that he called

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 to laugh; and I knew that Jessica would be happy,

us like a lead weight. The fact of the matter was, our best friend

voice broke me out of

"Hm?"

you think you could use

desperation in her gaze that made me soften. Truthfully, I had considered it earlier, but

don't know, Lori," I said quietly. "I... I'm not

"Alright," she said, sinking down further on the couch and

the bundle of tissues in her pocket to dab at the tears that had begun to return. Seeing her like this, seeing my usually strong friend looking so deflated, made my

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