You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground

My Friends Are Everything

Remi Anderosn and Lilac James had been my best friends since I could remember. The three of us met when we started school. We agreed to be best friends for life on the very first day of kindergarden as long as we all agreed to take a blood oath. We had to pinky swear on our lives that we would have each others backs until the end of time. If one of us needed the others, we would be there. At our lunch break we carved our names into a tree in the playground as a symbol of our friendship.

For years we did have each others back and whenever we thought one of us might get into trouble we covered for each other. When Vic moved away in grade one and I begged him not to leave Lilac and Remi were there to make me feel better. When Remi's mom remarried, me and Lilac attended the wedding in grade two. When Mike moved away in grade three they talked me into not being so mad at him. Even though I really wanted to be. When Lilac broke her ankle in grade four and couldn't dance in her studio's performance of the Nutcracker, Remi and I stayed up with her all night to distract her from the show. They were there for me when he came around. They were there for me when he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

We also always covered for each other. Like when Lilac borrowed her sister's Ralph Lauren trench coat without permission to impress a guy at work and left it in a taxi. Or when I stayed out until the crack of dawn getting drunk, they would let me spend the night at there house so my mom wouldn't find out. Or even the time when we saw Remi spill a glass of red wine on her mom's snow white carpet. They were my everything, my best friends and my sisters. I think I would have died without them,I would be so lost without them.They just helped me through so much. That's why I felt so betrayed when they noticed I lost almost thirty pounds in a month and called my mom. Which resulted in my mom carting me off to Remuda Ranch, an anorexic treatment center in Arizona.   

I didn't talk to either one of them for months. I felt like they were the reason I couldn't be skinny and beautiful. I know now that's ridiculous, they were just trying to help. I should have let them help me, that way I might not have almost died. 

I picked up my cell phone and dialled Lilac's cell number. She picked up after the second ring. 

"Sophie? Is that you?"

"Yeah it's me. What's up?"

"How are you? Are you okay? Is Vic treating you right? Do I have to beat him up?" she asked frantically. 

I laughed at her motherly ways before answering. "Chill out Lav, everything's fine. And Vic's my brother, of course he's treating me right. Is Remi with you?"

"Yep, but she's asleep. Of course she didn't go to sleep until like six a.m. Are you feeling okay? She asked the last part quietly. I knew what she meant by if I was "feeling okay."

"I'm feeling fine Lavender, I'm sad but I ate a huge breakfast, well I guess brunch. I just got up about an hour ago."

"Oh god, first Remi now you. Soon you guys are going to have to be physically dragged out of bed."

We laughed for a little while and I felt a wave of sadness overcome me. Actually it was more like a tsunami and I suddenly just wanted to cry my eyes out until I couldn't cry anymore. The inintial sadness of my mom's death was still there but now I was filled with longing. Longing for my friends and for San Jose. A gaping, empty hole was forming in my heart. 

A single tear rolled down my cheek. I knew once I saw it a waterfall would continue, and I would not be able to stop myself. 

"Sophie, are you still there?" 

I cleared my voice before answering her, "Yeah I have to go now. Tell Remi to text me when she wakes up."

"Okay bye take care, love you!" She said and I could here the worry in her voice.

"Love you too Lav."                                                                                                                                   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Title Credit: Vegas-All Time Low

Super short chapter just to give some insight on Sophia's friends/past

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