Felix's POV:
The heir to the Applesoft empire laid beneath his enormous covers that draped over his king sized bed, struck under a spell of deep slumber.
Since his breakup all the boy could do was sleep. Sleep until it was breakfast, sleep until it was midday, and sleep until it was dinner. Oh, and sleep until it was bedtime. The boy physically couldn't get out of bed, he had no motivation nor willpower and definitely not the mental strength to face his father.
Ever since Felix and Carla split, Mr Huxley started neglecting Felix a lot more and favouring Theodore, Felix's twin brother, which dumbfounded Felix; Felix had always been the favourite, Why Teddy now? Just because Felix wasn't doing much paperwork anymore? It seemed impossible his father would even think of such an irrational idea, never mind execute it.
The blonde boy began to shift his consciousness back to reality and rub his eyes in a feeble attempt to wake himself up. He could barely face waking up in the morning but at least he didn't have school, and that meant he didn't have to see his ex-girlfriend.
All Felix wanted was his girlfriend back, the girl of his dreams. Sure, they argued from time to time but they always made up one way or the other, why on earth was it different this time?
He loved her with everything in him, he couldn't bare to be away from her, why did this have to happen now?
His eyes began to sting and he didn't even fight it anymore, he just let the tears fall.
A week ago he would've slapped himself and said "Huxley's show no sign of weakness."
And oh how wrong he was then.
Felix heard a door slam from downstairs, signalling his fathers return from work. He could tell just by his footsteps that he was in a bad mood.
Mr Huxley stormed up the grand marble staircase and his footsteps grew closer and closer. Felix braced himself for the berating he was about to receive for not being up, dressed, and working.
"Why are you not awake?!" Mr Huxley opened Felix's door so hard it nearly flew off the hinges onto Felix's bed.
"You are a disappointment of a son! I did not raise you like this! No son of mine will be a lazy bastard!" He dropped his silver lined briefcase and stormed over to his eldest son and slapped him hard on the cheek, causing Felix to wince in pain.
"What have I always told you?!"
Silence.
"Felix Andrew Huxley what saying have I raised you on?!"
"Huxley's show no sign of weakness." Felix's voice quivered in sadness and fear, not knowing if he could bare another hit.
"Exactly!" His fathers tone shook with anger and his face flushed a deep shade of maroon.
"Get your ass up and do your long overdue paperwork." He slapped his son once more harshly on his knee before exiting the room, taking one last look at Felix, "No wonder your mother killed herself." and slamming the door harder than when he opened it.
Felix laid there sobbing quietly so he didn't get shouted at again; that was the last thing he needed. All he wanted was for things to go back to how they were before.
When he still had a girlfriend. When he could still get out of bed. When he was still his father's favourite-
"Fe?" A voice so quiet it could be mistook for the wind spoke from outside the boys door. "It's only me-"
"I can tell Teddy." Felix rolled his eyes at his brother's stupidity.
"..Can i come inside?"
"I dOn'T kNoW, cAn YoU?" The older twin mocked.
Ted creaked open the door just enough to squeeze through and to not cause any alarm, he sat down on the corner of his brothers bed and looked at his role model.
"I'm worried about you." Theodore looked at his platonic soulmate with genuine fear and worry clouding in his eyes.
"Me too." Felix mumbled under his breath, half sarcastic.
"Seriously Felix, i think you need help-"
"I don't need help Teddy I just want my girlfriend back!" The blonde raised his voice alarmingly and shot up from his bed bound position, causing the other boy to lean back in surprise.
There was a moment of silence between the two twins, not exactly awkward; but more cautious.
"Would you like me to stay here for the rest of the night?" The timid boy spoke.
"I don't care." Felix avoided eye contact with his brother, knowing Theodore could read him like a book.
"..Please." Felix whispered.
Ted smiled, "I'll grab my blanket."
For the next few minutes Felix was left alone with his thoughts again, which was very dangerous. He had to say something to her, but what? He'd already screwed things up with her enough. If only he didn't go to that stupid, pointless party. If only he didn't have one too many drinks. If only.. he didn't hook up with Cindy. Everything would've been okay.
But there's nothing he could do about that now.
He picked up his phone and stared at his lock screen for a second. What once was a photo of him and Carla was now a photo of baby him and Theodore being held by their late mother. Felix sadly smiled at the fond memory before unlocking his phone and going onto messages.
Felix: Can we talk?
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Carla's POV:
Carla stared up at the crumbling paint flaking apart from her extremely old ceiling as she tried to think of something that could force her out of bed, but ended up with nothing.
Her phone pinged and pinged, one notification after another, and each ping followed with a small groan from the latina.
What could people possibly want from her? Cut her some slack, she'd just split with her boyfriend of 3 years.
Sure, the "Are you alright?" and "I'm here for you." messages were nice, but she doubted they all meant them. The only people she could trust at the moment were her close friends but even that was a push at times.
She contemplated checking the notifications but decided against it; What she didn't know couldn't hurt her, right?
Ding!
This time, Carla groaned loudly. She had just woken up and was most definitely not in the mood to speak to anyone, especially not a door-to-door salesman.
Bang!
Jesus Christ, whoever was outside the Dominguez's door was adamant to come in.
Carla tiptoed downstairs, carefully tracing around the parts of the stairwell that she knew would creek because the house was about a thousand centuries old.
The rapid knocking from the other side of the door could be heard from all the way down the street; Whoever this was, they were persistent.
Carla grabbed the keys from the sideboard and turned them in the lock, before carefully pulling the door ajar.
"Carla! I've been trying to call you! Where the hell have you been?!" A small girl shouted from the brunettes doorstep. She was around 4,10 with short, faded cobalt hair with a large pink flower poking out from behind her ear.
"Oh hey Lily, sorry i've- uh, i've been busy." Carla shrugged it off and smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah okay, you might be able to play that card with others but as your best friend i can see right through your lies. I'm worried about you Carla." Lily Monstermon spoke with a deep tone of concern in her voice.
"I'm fine Lily really-"
"Carlotta Dominguez I am your best friend of 10 years and you dare lie to my face?!"
"..."
"Okay fine, come in." Carla rolled her eyes in defeat and widened the door just enough for Lily to squeeze through before shutting it behind her abruptly.
After 3 hot chocolates, 5 mental breakdowns shared between the two of them and numerous cuddling and consoling sessions Carla felt at least a little better.
"Thank you for this Lily, I really needed it." Carla smiled at her best friend.
"I know, that's what i'm here for silly," She looked at the clock on the wall which read 11:13pm, "Oh shit, it's later than I thought."
"You can stay the night. My dads on a business trip and my older brothers looking after my siblings so it's just me." The latina offered.
"Thank you so much!" Lily smiled greatfully and they laid out a bet for the small girl.
Ping!
Carla's phone vibrated at the notification.
"Oh leave it, it's probably nothing." Carla grabbed a pillow from the other room and chucked it over Lily's bedsheets.
"Carla.. you're gonna wanna see this.." Lily read the notification.
Ex-bf💔: Can we talk?
"..Shit! What do I say?" Carla paced around her room, panic flooding her head.
"Shhh, calm down, i'll handle it." Lily reassured her friend and began typing for her.
Carla: I think we need to.
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hello!! i'm sorry this chapter is so late omg i've had Felix's part written for ages but i never got round to finishing Carla's but here it is!! i hope you all enjoy <33