Reese's POV:

Me, Maddy, Lexi, Cassie and Kat were hanging out at my house in the living room when we heard a knock at the door.

"I'll get it." Lexi said while getting up and we all nod our heads.

"I can't believe we are graduating in a couple of months." I whisper to Maddy as I had my arm wrapped around her shoulder.

"I know right. Like finally high school is over. You gave in your application to UCLA?" She asked me with a raised eyebrow and I nodded my head.

"Yeah, did you?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow and she nods and smiles. Maddy and I want to go to the same college together so we aren't apart.

I don't think we would handle being apart. Not that we would cheat because we would never do that to each other, but because we would miss each other way too much and we love being near each other.

"I can't wait to go to college with you." Maddy tells me as she pecks my lips and I nod.

"Same. It's gonna be awesome." I tell her with a smile and kiss her back.

"Let's go check on Lexi." Cassie said, pulling Maddy and I away from our kiss. We all nod and get up to check on Lexi.

"Can I use your bathroom, please?" We hear Rue asked and we walk out of the living room and into the main hallway. We see Rue talking to Lexi and we smile.

"Hey Rue!" Maddy said with a smile as she walks over to Rue and goes to give her a hug.

"Oh hi!" Rue said with a smile as she turns around and bends down so Maddy can hug her better.

"How are you Rue?" I asked as I go to hug her next and I wrap my arms around her back.

"I'm good. I'm good." She said with a light smile and gives me a thumbs up and I nod. I understand why Rue didn't hug us back. She's in pain, The rest of them greet Rue and my mom comes downstairs.

"Oh my god. Hey Rue." My mom says to Rue while stopping on a middle stair. "Oh jeez. Are you feelin okay?" My mom asked her with concern in her voice.

"Yeah." Rue answered and her voice sounded a little strained.

"You look terrible. I mean really terrible." My mom states and my jaw drops at how blunt she is. Rue was sweating a lot on her face, her hair was messy and her clothes looked a bit dirty. Okay its true but that was a really blunt and nonchalant way of saying it.

"Yeah, I think I just have, like, a cold or something." Rue said while leaning back against a wall.

"Well, don't get me sick. I have a compromised immune system."
My mom said while putting her hands up.

"Yeah you do." I reply with a smirk and I let out a chuckle.

"Shut up." She said while pointing at me and I put my hands up in defense. "But how you doing? How's your mom and your sister?" My mom asked her with a smile.

"Good, good. We are all good." The said while crossing her legs together. "Hey, Suze, can I use your bathroom, please?" Rue asked while pointing to the bathroom and she already started walking towards the stairs.

"Absolutely. Knock yourself out." My mom says as Rue rushes past her and towards the bathroom Lexi, Cassie and I share.

"It's nice to see you. You look great." My mom said while walking down the stairs. "She's not doin good." She said to us as she walked past us and I shake my head with a sigh.
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Maddy's POV:

We were all waiting downstairs for Rue to come down from the bathroom. Her mom came looking for her and we told her Rue was upstairs using the bathroom. We see Rue come to the top of the stairs and sigh.

"Ah fuck. It'll never fuckin end." She said while sitting on the step below the top one.

"This can't make you feel good Rue. Livin like this." Leslie said while gesturing to how Rue looked now.

"No it really can't. I know you wanna make it to see 40 Rue." Reese told her with a small sigh and I lightly slap her shoulder. "Hey, what was that for?" She asked me and I sigh and roll my eyes.

"That last part is foul." I say while shaking my head and she lets out a small sigh.

"I'm sorry Rue." Reese said while looking at her and Rue nods.

"Lying to the people you love, being mean to the people you love." Leslie states and she gestures to Lexi at the end. Rue has been really mean to Lexi.

"This can't make you feel good about yourself. I know your in pain but Rue please stop." Leslie states with a sigh and Rue shakes her head.

"I don't care. Just fuckin leave me alone, please. You have no fucking idea mom." Rue shutters and rubs up and down her arm. God I feel so bad for her.

"Let's get back into the car and let me take you to the hospital." Leslie tells her while putting her foot on the bottom stair.

"I can't get clean. I can't do that shit forever." Rue says with a shutter and shakes her head.

"You don't have to. Just... take it one day at a time." Cassie tells her with a small smile and a nod and she looks back at me. I nod my head at her with a smile.

"Hey Cass? I have a quick question for you." Rue said while looking at Cassie with a suspicious look.

"Yeah? What is it?" Cassie asked with concern in her voice and the next thing I hear out of Rues mouth shocks me.

"How long have you been fucking Nate Jacobs?" Rue asked Cassie with a raised eyebrow and I look at her confused. Um what?

I look back at Kat and Reese and they both look at me with puzzled looks.

"Wh-What are you talking about?" Cassie asked while laughing nervously and why is she laughing nervously if she doesn't know what Rues talking about.

I see Lexi cover her mouth. What the hell is Rue talking about?

"How long have you been fucking Nate?" Rue asked again with a shrug.

"What?" Cassie lets out another nervous chuckle and I look back at Rue with a slightly annoyed and still confused face.

"What are you talking about?" I asked Rue with suspicion in my face now.

"Oh, I just- I saw her get in his truck, and then kiss him and drive off. That was like, what, like, uh... like a month ago?" Rue confessed and I briefly look at my friends and back to Cassie.

"Are you kidding me?" I asked her as I begin to get angry because what the fuck.

"Cass what the fuck?" I hear Reese say as she looks at Cassie with disappointment.

"Cass, that's like... really bad." Kat said and Cassie lets out a nervous laugh as she looks like she's about to cry.

"Your fucking Nate? Are you kidding me??" I say as I clench my jaw and look at her with pure anger.

"I- I'm sorry Maddy." Cassie said while crying and I scoff and roll my eyes. "Your fucking that bastard!" I yelled out as I feel so much anger building up in me.

"Yeah can we just table this conversation?" Suze asked and as much as I love her and Leslie, no fucking way.

"No, no. You expect me to stand here next to my best friend who's been fucking the person whos done nothing but harm me!! I literally feel like throwing soemthing at her!" I asked Suze and then I yelled as Cassie as Reese grabs my hands.

"Okay let's go!" Kat said to me and I shake my head.

"Look, I understand your anger but I don't want you to Throw anything around and break something or hurt someone innocent." Reese tells me as she cups my face because she knows how I get when I'm angry.

"There's no need to throw things okay, because we are having an intervention! Stop it!" Suze said to both Cassie and me through gritted teeth while gesturing to Rue. This bitch has the audacity to sit here and cry?

"Oh your crying? Your fucking crying?" I asked as I raised my voice and I begin to walk up to her while pointing my finger.

"Maddy come on!" Kat said as she and Reese follow me.

"You fuck the bastard who has done nothing to hurt me, who's made me feel like shit and your crying? Your the most self-centered, idiotic person I have ever fucking met!" I yelled in her face once I got up to her and she continues to cry and hyperventilate.

"Let's do this later." Kat says while trying to grab me and I move her hands away from me.

"Cassie come fucking on. You know the shit Nate has you to her and you have the fucking audacity to fuck him?" Reese yelled to Cassie and she shakes her head at Cassie. I put my hands up to try and calm myself down before I do something I will regret.

"I'm sorry, but I don't give a shit who's fucking who okay? If your gonna keep talking about it, get out of the room." Leslie yelled out while sitting next to Rue and Suze hummed in agreement. I begin to yell at Cassie how fucked up she is while Kat is trying to stop me and Reese is trying to calm me down.

"Cass, do you wanna go for a walk?" Lexi asked Cassie while opening the door and I continue to yell at Cassie.

"Rue? When was this?" I asked Rue while pointing at Cassie. Everyone looks up at Rue.

"Right after New Years." Rue tells me and I let it a sigh as I realize why Nate took so long in the bathroom on new year's.

"So that's why you took so fucking long to come to the damn party!" I yelled to her and she whimpered and ran up the stairs, me following after her and Reese and Kat following me.

"Don't fucking run away from me!" I yelled to her as I run up the stairs after her.

"Maddy no!!" Kat yelled as we got to the top of the stairs and I see Cassie run into her room. I go to run in after her but Cassie shuts the door and locks it. Someone lifts me up and carries me away from Cassie's door.

I look down and see Reese.

"Reese, I love you but put me down! I need to talk to her!" I tell Reese as I try to get out of her hold but she's so strong. She walks me down the stairs and carries me into the living room.

She sets me down and when I try to run back, she stops me and sits me on the couch. She straddles my lap and holds my hands down.

"You gonna calm down?" She asked me with a raised eyebrow and I let out a soft sigh and nod my head.

She gets off of my lap and lets go of my hands.

"Now," Reese started while lightly panting and I let out a small sigh. "I know you wanna beat her ass and you have every fucking right too. But you will regret it if you do! I'm telling you. I know you Maddy." Reese tells me as she sits down next to me and I shake my head.

"She fucked the bastard who's done nothing but hurt me! I'm gonna fucking kill her Reese!" I shout as I jump up to fucking kill Cassie and Reese stops me again.

"I wanna know why. I wanna know why she, why she fucking did that to me. He put me through hell." I say as I stop trying to get past Reese and I begin to get emotional. I hate getting emotional. Some tears leave my eyes and I wipe them away. Reese wraps her arms around me and comforts me.

"I'm so fucking sorry baby. You don't deserve this." Reese tells me with a sigh and that just makes me sob into her arms.

She began to stroke my hair and continues to comfort me as I just cry into her chest.

It's not the fact that Cassie was fucking Nate that upset me. Its the fact that she's supposed to be my best friend and she fucked the bastard who put me through hell. It's the fact that she knew what he did to me and she still did it anyways.

It's the fact that she cares about him more than our own damn friendship.

Intense chapter but I hope y'all liked it. I have like two more chapters to write and this book is over. I know it's really short but I hope y'all still enjoyed it. Comment your thoughts below.❤️