Chapter 20: The Friend I Always Tell You About"I don't know, would you like to see her again?" Liz drank a little bit of water and curiously stared at Tom sitting next to her. At that point, feeling confused and clueless was part of Gigi's routine when she was around Liz or around anyone that knew Liz. She had so many unresolved doubts but couldn't ask Liz that she felt like she was about to drown. When did those kids meet Delilah? Why did they like her? Did they like Delilah more than her? What was the Delilah incident Nicky talked about? Was Liz feeling some type of way for holding her hand? What were Liz's intentions in regards to her?"Not really. I wanna meet your other friend" Camille answered instead of her brother. "My other friend? And what's wrong with Delilah?""The friend you always tell us about. The one you had all those fun times with" Camille ate her food again while Liz had a confused look on her face. "There's nothing wrong with Delilah, she just did not like us th
Chapter 21: Challenge After the kids went to bed, and a long uncomfortable silence, Mrs. Velice finally appeared. She seemed tired, and Gigi couldn't recall if she had seen Mrs. Velice without bags under her eyes that entire week she had been babysitting her kids. But also she couldn't imagine how hard it must be to take care of two infants completely on your own. Mrs. Velice or Kayla was a woman in her thirties but looked like she was at least in her fifties. Not because she wasn't pretty enough, she was a beautiful woman with sparkling brown eyes and an amazing physical appearance, it was because of how stressed she seemed. Mrs. Velice couldn't believe her eyes when she saw Liz sitting at her kitchen counter "Liz? You look so amazing, God I feel like I haven't seen you in ages" Liz immediately hugged her. They did not have a close relationship they had just seen each other a few times (when Liz helped her with the kids), but Liz knew how much her mom meant to Kayla. Liz's mom had h
Chapter 22: Shut Up And DriveGigi pretended to stretch her legs as if she was preparing to run a marathon and Liz found it funny, she almost could say she was having a good time with her ex, which was terrifying. "Here I go. You love chocolate and mint ice cream but you don't tell anyone that because you're pretty embarrassed and you say you love chocolate. You hate hippie music even though you call yourself a hippie and you dare to pretend you enjoy going to indie bars but you hate them almost as much as you hate slow-walkers. You discovered your sexuality when you were eleven and a boy tried to kiss you, you punched him on the face. You love rain but you're also really scared of it, so when it's raining you lay down in your bed, cover yourself with blankets and you listen to loud music, probably One Direction. And I have to mention, You and I is your favorite song by them." Gigi felt like she was talking without breathing. She should've felt embarrassed for showing that much vulnera
Chapter 23: Cheater Liz was always labeled as the 'supportive friend' in every friend group she was in. It was not like the rest of the members weren't supportive enough or that being supportive was her only role, but she was known for making the other girls feel better every time they were feeling down or that they needed a little push. So, when Jayla called her crying her heart out that same morning, Liz did not even think it too much and just headed straight to her house. She knew exactly what Jayla needed and how to make her feel better. She had no time to have breakfast or to even dress properly, not that she cared that much, and she ran out of her house to go to her friend's emotional rescue. She knew her mom wasn't home, she was probably working at the hospital, and her dad was also nowhere to be found so no one was going to ask her where she was going. And it did not matter anyway. When she hopped into her yellow car, she decided to check on her phone for the first time that
Chapter 24: I Have An Idea"I'm going to kill him!" Jayla yelled and Gigi got scared. Gigi, Alma, Wanda, and Nicky were at Jayla's house because her boyfriend had just broken up with her, literally that same morning. When Gigi got the call, she was having breakfast with her mother and immediately headed to Jayda's place. She had a free day from work that day and thought spending it with Jayla was a great choice. She also had nothing better to do. They were all trying to make the brunette feel better but nothing was working. Jayla and her boyfriend had been dating for years and thought were unbreakable. He moved away from Illinois two years ago so they decided to open their relationship a little bit to deal with the distance between them a little bit better and because they were not possessive at all. That new openture in their relationship meant that they could kiss and go on dates with other people, just for fun. Jayla and he agreed that there was no harm if they, for example, were a
Chapter 25: You Still Can't Keep Your Hands Off MeLiz sat down closer to Gigi; they were both sitting down in the grass at Jayla's front yard and the slow wind coming through was creating a calm atmosphere. Gigi was patiently waiting to hear Liz's idea and Liz was quickly trying to decide if her idea was good or was going to hurt her at the end of the day. She wanted to be friends again with Gigi too but at the same time, she felt like they had too much history between them and a lot of unresolved business that they needed to get rid of. At the same time, Liz wanted to discover what the future held for Gigi and her. On the other hand, she was non-stop thinking about Gigi's dad's incident at that coffee store. She wanted to tell Gigi so bad but did not know how the blonde was going to take that information. Also, maybe she had seen something wrong, maybe they were not holding hands and she was confused. Maybe she was suddenly blind, who knows. "I feel like we always fight because we
Chapter 26: 'Me' TimeLiz Monrae thought she was the coolest human being on Earth. And no, she was not known for being cocky but she still believed no one was at her level. She was twenty-two, had a job (selling her paintings, which did not give her as much money as she'd like but she was saving every cent to finally move away from her family) an amazing girlfriend, and a lot of love around her. But her life was not the most exciting part about Liz, it was her unique mind. A full-time lover of art and new creations, Liz's life was all about her art. She started drawing and painting when she was four or even younger than that and did not stop ever since. Being known as the 'artsy kid' or 'the stoner', Liz always had her head in the clouds and never stopped dreaming big. She did not have a simple life. She was constantly bullied in school for being a Latina descendant and then for her sexual orientation. Even though Gigi was always cheering her up, it was still hard waking up every day
Chapter 27: Take Me Home"I'm sorry. Be careful, I just missed you so much" Delilah could be overwhelming sometimes. She wanted to spend 24/7 with Liz and Liz? Well, Liz only enjoyed doing that with Gigi. If Liz had, to be honest, she was avoiding her for a reason, and that reason was sitting right next to her. Gigi seemed annoyed and Liz couldn't understand why she was acting so childish rolling her eyes and throwing shady looks at her. "I miss you too, we can sleep at your place tonight if you'd like to" Liz did not feel like spending time with Delilah, or at least not that night. She felt like she was living two completely different lives. One in which she was trying to recover some kind of relationship with her ex-girlfriend and the other where she was just like before Gigi arrived back home. And she did not know which one was worse. "Why tonight? What are you doing right now?" Liz knew Delilah wasn't trying to control her, but it still felt like she was a consuming person. Gigi