Project: Sunshine

19- Anything To Feel Nothing

Warning: Drug abuse, Relapse, Self-Harm, and mentions of rape.
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Nova ran her hands against her clothes, she wasn't very classy with her tour clothes. She called the only person she knew who liked designing and making clothes.

    It took me way too long to find her.

    The three of them, Jaleigha, Madeline, and her were all in dresses. Nova wanted to make the first thing she said was addressing everything. Lana had stayed quiet and Nova listened to Azul.

    Things had calmed down, even with people thinking giving refunds meant they admitted to it. Azul made a post saying they'd discuss it after the tour, but Nova wasn't waiting.

    She wasn't listening to him anymore.

    "Nova... We need to talk." Madeline's voice came through, and Nova's door creaked open.

    "What's up?" Nova sat up in her bed, turning off her music.

   "It's about Azul." Madeline held her arms and she didn't look up to meet Nova's gaze.

    "What's wrong? Did he do something?" Nova asked as Madeline walked forward, her eyes filled with worry as Madeline sniffed.
 
    "While you were away... You said Azul isn't the type to do... Stuff. He wouldn't hurt people that way..." Nova slowly raised to her feet, she noticed Madeline flinch away when Nova stepped forward. "You're wrong."

    "Madeline... What did he do?" Nova's eyebrows furrowed, but not at Madeline. But because she was so scared.

    "You left... Jaleigha was working all the time. It was just me and him." Madeline paused, sniffing again as she wiped her eyes.

    Nova didn't ask her to continue, she didn't need to. Nova hesitated before she wrapped her arms around Madeline, "H-he..."

    "I know." Nova put a hand on the back of Madeline's head, letting Madeline sob into her shoulder. "It's okay, it won't happen again. I won't let him touch you."

    Azul was there, but not with them.

    "You look great, Madeline. Stop worrying." Nova heard Jaleigha say, she was comforting Madeline.

    "I look so flat compared to you two," Madeline said with a frown.

   "And I look so fat."

    "Jaleigha, you are not fat." Nova chuckled, "Are you two ready?"

    "So ready!" Jaleigha grinned, "Do I look creepy like this!" Jaleigha asked, she was talking about how her white teeth and eyes stuck out compared to the dark lighting in the room.

    "Don't do that when the lights go off out there." Nova shook her head, "One..."

    "Two..." Madeline picked up the counting.

     "Three." The three pushed through the curtain almost in sync. Madeline was the last to do it.

   The crowd cheered the moment they walked out, Nova inhaled deeply. She waved her hand to them, she smiled softly at all their unrecognizable faces.