Chapter 81

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Taylor POV

Hugging Charlie tightly I kissed her forehead and then finally decided to bring up the hair scattered on the floor. "Sweetheart, you cut your hair!" I giggled which made her let out a watery chuckle too. "It was knotty and I just thought this would be easier. It kept falling out anyway...." She mumbled the last part, clearly hoping I wouldn't hear. "Well baby, it looks amazing." I chose to ignore her comment about it falling out because mine had been as well, and I knew it was from malnutrition. "Thank you Taytay, I'll clean up the hair." I giggled "It's okay, I've done plenty of impromptu haircuts in here, my mom is used to sweeping hair. Plus I may or may not have woken her to tell her what was going on and she doesn't mind cleaning the bathroom." I felt Charlie's heart rate pick up a bit and I rubbed gentle circles on her back to calm her. "Is she mad?" My girlfriend asked barely audibly. "No no baby, never. I woke her and she was worried about you. If you don't want to talk to her tonight that's alright, or you can, she wants to make sure your okay. We do have to tape your tube back." I reassured and Charlie nodded, watching as I got a cool wash cloth and wiped her face, drying the cheek where her tube goes before grabbing the bin of her tapes. Instantly she grabbed one that made me smile. The tape was a crème color with my initials in a pattern across it. Helping her put it on I threw the trash away and I heard Charlie quietly ask "Where's Andrea?" Though before I could answer I heard my moms gentle rhythmic knock. "Come in." I called out after receiving a nod from Charlie. My mom walked in and smiled comfortingly at Charlie who despite avoiding her eyes, allowed a side hug from my mom. My mom could tell Charlie wanted to leave the situation so she stepped out of the doorway, letting us both go back to my childhood bedroom and curl up for a few more hours of sleep. Charlie laid her head on my chest and fell asleep quickly. I then grabbed my phone and texted my mom

Not what I normally write but here's a text convo between Andrea and Taylor

Mom🩵

Taylor: hey, thank you so much for cleaning up the bathroom, I'm sorry for waking you.

Mom🩵: it's really not a problem Taylor. Is Charlie comfortable with me knowing what happened? Despite your strange teenage phases you didn't normally get up and cut your hair at 4 AM

Taylor: I think if I don't go into detail. She relapsed and she woke me up. I left her alone for a bit and came back to see her hair cut. She said she cut it because it was falling out.

Mom🩵: oh. I'm sorry dear. Why don't you get some sleep.

Taylor: night Momma❤️

Mom🩵: goodnight Teffy🩵🩵

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Hey! This isn't what I normally write but it felt important to do this. Suggestions? Opinions?

-Brooklyn

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