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Mickie was in her best friend's room taking a nice long shower. She was reluctant to turn the shower off and even whined to herself when she knew she couldn't stay in there much longer but finally she stepped out and wrapped herself in a towel.

"hey" mickie said softly coming out the room to find Beth Phoenix sat reading a book on the sofa

the women looked up "feel better?"

Mickie sighed "suppose"

"must be bad for you to run away" Beth said softly

"im not running, I just, I needed time away" she said

"ok" Beth said softly with a small smile, Beth new her friend was running from the problem than confronting it, she always back's down to John, she'll never stand up to him for fear of loosing him, because when she did say things back, he would always leave and she was scared he would leave her permanently and not just for the night.


Mickie finished drying her hair, straightening and teasing it to give it some volume.

"your hair looks nice" Beth said softly

"thank you" mickie said sweetly sitting politely on the sofa.

Beth watched her friend, she was so conserved it was like she was a naughty school girl in trouble not wanting to sit incorrectly for fear of being told off.

"why am I doing this?"

"doing what?" Beth asked

"staying away, we both know ill go back again" she said softly

"why do you go back?" Beth asked

"i cant see my life without him init" mickie spoke and Beth could here in her voice she was fighting tears from running down her face

"come here" Beth said putting her book down and pulling the girl in for a hug.

Mickie got close to Beth, it had been a long time since someone had held her, she needed a hug but no one was ever there when she needed one.

"i love you micks" Beth spoke, she thought the women could use a hug and be told she meant something to someone, and she meant a lot to a lot of people, she just never realised that before.

"i love you to" mickie said as they pulled away and looked at each other mickie smiled slightly "think I should come to you more often when we fight" she said

"or you could just not fight" Beth said softly

"it's not that simple" mickie sighed "i married him, I cant just give up, for better or worse"

"what if there's no better and your clearly unhappy" Beth spoke "tell me it's not my business mickie but you don't have to take what he puts you through because your married"

Mickie sighed and looked at her friends "ive known him 7 years ive been with him 6 years I've been married to him for 3, im not giving up just yet" she said

Beth nodded "that's understandable" she said "just as long as you know at some point if this situation doesn't get any better you need to know when to say, enoughs a enough"

Mickie nodded "i know and look, im not stupid I know the girls including you are scared to talk to me about it because your scared ill turn around and tell you to shut up, but, I do realise mine and john's relationship has gone down hill a lot over the past year, and, im making a mental note of everything he's doing, and that's all im saying"

Beth had an idea why mickie would be making a note of the things John was doing but Beth would have to see it to believe it was happening.