Falling Apart

Chapter Seven

Mary's POV

"I need to talk to ya!" Sophia said sadly, almost as if she didn't want to

"So let's talk!"

"But not here. I fell like the walls have ears in this school" She said in distrust

I nodded my head and responded "Where?"

"Supermarket, I need to buy some groceries and an extra pair of hands wouldn't be a burden." She said in a happy tone

Sophia didn't need much to make her happy. She says that the little things are enough, and with time little things add up and become a big thing. The problem is that the little bad things also add up. In a terrible situation she could always find millions of little bad things to make it worse, so runs away from all of it.

"Genius! There we move a lot so will see if someone if is eavesdropping on us. And you could buy me gum!" I said replicating her tone

We laughed and left the school. While we were in the market, Soup explained to me everything. The talk in the car, the whispers in her ear, the skirt, the conversation with Mr. Ocean. Everything was told to the smallest detail. We also talked about why she didn't come to me earlier.

"I just couldn't handle this subject for any longer. Everyone was talking about it, I felt like I had no privacy." Sophia said clearly bothered

"I understand, truly" I said calmly

I am friends with Sophia for 6 years, Richie introduced us to each other, and we became inseparable since. I know her like I know my own mind and knows me like that too. We are at this point in a friendship that we could tell each other everything that the other one wouldn't judge.

Sophia POV

"What I don't quite understand is why did you go to Sully" Mary said with a little smirk on her face

"I think I went to Sullivan because he's the only one who can make the outside world disappear" I say exactly what I thought

"huumm do you like him??" she said in a sassy tone. While holding my arm, keeping me from grabbing more potatoes. Only for me to turn around and see her suggestive face.

"Mary let's review. One, my boyfriend cheated on me with the younger version of the one I envy the most. Second, he comes drunk in the middle of night when I was alone in the house and demands satisfaction. Third, he tries to abuse me. Fourth he humiliates me in front of my fucking house. Fifth and final, a video." I say with more emphasis in each word. Mary raises an eyebrow. "and you come here and talk about fucking Sully!" I say angry

Mary POV

She's giving me this lecture that I'm not paying attention if I'm honest. I know her enough to know exactly what was going to happen after "let's review". Scully walks in behind her, I raise an eyebrow, he signalizes that he'll scare her, I don't say anything. "and you come here and talk about fucking Sully!" Sully freezes and hesitates in scaring her, his face turns red.

"That doesn't answer my question Soup" I believing she'll say 'No I don't like him'

"C'mon Mary! 'Course I like him! I thought ya knew this by now" She said with her Southern accent popping out. Sully behind her was looking like a ghost and a tomato at the same time. Oh shit! Holy fuck he likes her too!

"err when were you planning to tell him?" I ask hesitantly.

"What do ya mean 'were' I didn't tell him yet, so it should be are." She says after paying attention in the little things in my sentence.

"As much as I love to see you paying attention to everything I say, I'm afraid I'm right" I say as pointing behind Soup