A Day in the Life of Valenna

Sisterhood

VAL's POV
By the time we all checked out of our hotel rooms and got onto the buses, I could tell the Shar was still pissed at me. 'How', you ask? Because Artem was now on our bus and Sharna wasn't. "Hey Val!" Laurie smiles that infectious smile of hers as she jogs up the stairs onto the bus. "Hey Lil'Nugget" I say flashing her a smile back, but she must've been able to tell it was a forced one. An expression of concern immediately fell over her face as she came over and sat down next to me on the couch. "You okay Val?" She asks, her big bright eyes looking into mine. "Yeah I'm fine" I lie. "You're lying" she frowns. "Where's Shar?" I ask her, trying to avoid ye contact. "Ohh, is that what this is about?" She says trying to clue herself in. "Did she tell you she was switching to the other bus?" I asked her, still avoiding her eyes. "All I know is that she asked Artem this morning if they could trade buses for a little bit. I'm sorry Val, but I'm not sure why though." She explains. "I do, it's cuz of me." I sigh bringing one of my hands up and  running my fingers back through my hair. "Did you wanna talk about it?" My pint sized dance partner  asked me. "Nah, I'm okay right now." I say trying to give her a convincing smile. "Well, I'm always here for you if you need someone to listen." She beams. "I know Lil'Nugget, thanks." I smile wrapping my arms around her and pulling her into a hug.
I know it'd be good to talk about all this. I know Laurie would listen. I know that I can't keep this all bottled up forever. But I also know, if I did talk about it, I don't even know where I'd start. I know that I can't put all this on a young, 16 year old girl. Most of all, I know that I can't have Jenna finding out and risk hurting her yet again. Maybe, somethings are just better off being kept to yourself.
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SHARNA's POV
I'm settling my stuff into Artem's bunk when my phone starts going off. 'Incoming Call: Val'. I roll my eyes and press 'ignore' and get back to what I was doing. About a minute later I hear my phone buzz a few times. '(2) New Messages: Val'. I turn my phone off and stuff it in my bag. I was in absolutely no mood to talk to him. I was so mad at him, hell, I was more than mad, I was pissed, no I was furious.
Val is my best guy friend. He's the one I go to went I can't go to Peta. I have had my deepest life conversations with him. Val is more than my friend, he's my family. But family or not, he screwed up big time with Jenna and I won't be dragged in the middle again. I needed some space away from him, I needed some time, I needed to think.
VAL's POV
"Thanks Lil'Nugget" I say as she smiles up at me. "I think I'm gonna go lay down in my bunk for a little bit." I tell her. "Okay, I'll be at the front of the bus watching the boys play video games if you need me." She says. "Okay, sounds good." I say kissing her forehead and heading back towards my bunk.
I settle myself in my bunk and stare down at my phone, 'No New Missed Calls'. I check for messages, 'No New Text Messages'. I decided to try calling Sharna, one ring, two ring, thr-, voicemail? When Sharna sends you to voicemail, that's never a good sign, she's furious. I try sending her a couple of texts, 'Shar, you okay?'-VC, 'Please talk to me Shar.'-VC, but I got nothing. I decide to try calling her one more time, but this time, I'm sent straight to voicemail. Dammit, she turned her phone off. I let out a big sigh and just stare up at the bunk above me. Maybe I'll try one more phone call. I pull up another number on my phone, taking a deep breathe, I press 'call', one ring, two ring, three ring, fo-, "Val?" I hear a surprised voice say when the other line picked up. Trust me, I was just as surprised that I somehow managed to call this number.
SHARNA's POV
"Hey, Shar! Everything okay?" I turn around to see Jenna walking towards me. "Yeah, I'm good, the guys were just driving me nuts, I needed to be with the girls for a little bit" I laughed as I hugged her, but I didn't get the laugh response I expected for her. I pull away from the hug and looked at Jenna, it's almost as though I could see the hurt in her eyes. "Everything okay Jen?" I asks her. "Yeah, I just-" "No, no, no, I've known you for wayy too long Jenna Michelle, you can't lie to me." I said in my thick Aussie accent. Jenna simply looks down and holds up her phone and when I see who the picture is of, I start to understand, but then, I realized that it's not about who is in the picture, it's about who is tagged in the picture.