Hunter's POV:
Watching the show along with Lauren, I was curled into a ball and snuggled under the huge throw blanket we now shared.
I tilted my head up to glance at her,
"Hey when did your dad say he'd be back again?"
Her eyes never left the tv, "Uhhhh he should
be back by now honestly....why?" Lauren asked, glancing back at me. I shrugged,
"Just wondering, I didn't know if we'd be here alone for long or not-"
"Oh..wel-" her phone started ringing, cutting the sentence short. As she held it up, I saw Lauren was getting an incoming FaceTime call from Aria.
"This bitch-" Lauren grinned, shaking her head, "I bet she calling cause she bored and wanna come over. Watch," she said before answering.
"Boo bearrr!" Aria's voice sang through the speakers of the phone. A quiet chuckle stemmed from me because I could tell she's definitely about to ask to come over.
"Mhm." Lauren squinted her eyes, "you want sum, I already know."
"Wha- n- can't I just call my beloved friend to see how she's doing?" Aria faked a hurt expression as she placed a hand over her chest. Lauren shrugged,
"Yeah, you could. But you're not, so out with it." Aria cackled as a manly voice came through,
"I told you she'd see through your bullshit," she laughed. Sitting up once recognizing it, my face barged in the camera,
"Dylan is that you? The hell you doing over there?" I noisily questioned with an eyebrow arched in suspicion. Aria's eyes widened and Lauren hung her head with a snicker. Apparently they knew something I didn't. "Ah hell, what y'all not telling me?" My body drew back into the chair. Lauren picked her head back up to look at me,
"They-" she quickly turned back to Aria, "wait it's okay if I tell her right A?" Aria nodded with a sigh,
"Yeah go ahead-"
"They're dating," Lauren explained. My eyes grew large as my mouth hung open,
"For real?" I gasped, shifting my focus between Lauren and her phone. Blushing, Aria nodded,
"For real girl." My body slumped further down into the chair, not sure what to say. I then faked a soft smile, looking at the screen,
"That's adorable, I'm happy for y'all-"
"Thanks Hunter!"
"Hey I'm gonna go get something to drink real quick," I told Lauren, swinging my feet to the floor and standing. "I'll be right back."
She nodded, and with that I'd left Lauren's bedroom. My feet felt as if they were growing heavier with every step I took down the stairs.
Suddenly I couldn't quite get a grasp of any air, feeling my throat swell like someone was choking the life out of me. Gripping my chest with one hand and my nails screeching the wall with the other, I tried my hardest to regulate my breathing. It seemed like the harder I tried, the harder it got, and the closer I felt to passing out. Frantically looking around me, I couldn't seem to make out a single object due to my vision spinning. My behind aggressively found a step as I began to hyperventilate. Tears welled in my eyes and I genuinely thought I was dying until feeling firm hands gently rub my shoulders. With now blurred vision, my ears couldn't quite hear the voice that spoke calmly to me.
The figure that stood before me became apparent while I remembered how to breathe. Lauren's dad moved his mouth and nodded his head as if he was talking to me, but I still couldn't quite make out anything he said. The heaving in my chest slowed down as I frantically shook my head,
Chapter 18
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