A/N- Hi! I think this story is going to be wrapping up within the next few chapters. It'll be sad to see it done but it definitely opens me up to updating other stories. (YAY! More updates!) And to starting to write a little Klaine or Dramione. (Maybe…) So, enjoy the last few chapters!
Melissa walked into the living room where Julia sat on the couch with Jaime, "Are they gone?"
"Yeah." Answered Jaime, "Darren got rid of him. Thank god! Is Lauren okay?"
"She locked herself in the bathroom."
"Did you talk to her?"
"No. Darren was insisting that Julia do it." Both girls looked at Julia.
"Me?" She asked, "Are you serious? Lauren hates me right now!"
"He's right." Jaime said, "You need to do it."
"O-okay." Julia stood up and made her way to the bedroom and stood outside the bathroom. Lauren clearly hadn't heard her come in and Julia could hear her crying inside. She almost knocked on the door but changed her mind. Instead she sunk to the ground outside and sat on the floor leaning against the door. She must have sat there for about five minutes before she realized that she was crying too, lost in her thoughts.
She noticed that the crying sounds had stopped inside the bathroom and all that could be heard was her own sniffling. She looked at the door and a small hand, belonging to Lauren, appeared under it. Julia reached out and grabbed her fingers holding them tight, the first contact with her best friend in months. She could hear that Lauren had started to cry again and they sat like that, holding hands under the door, crying, for a while. Neither knew how long they had been there when finally Lauren spoke.
"J-Julia?" There was a pause, "I'm sorry."
"So am I." With those words, Julia knew she was forgiven. The handle turned and the door slowly opened. Julia stood up and walked in, sitting on the floor next to Lauren. Without saying anything she aggressively pulled Lauren into a hug. Lauren reciprocated and the two girls tightly held each other, trying to erase any memories of the last few horrible months. Both knew that they would have to talk about things eventually, but that could wait.
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Darren returned to the apartment after his talk with Joe to see Jaime and Melissa eating cookie dough ice cream and crying over The Notebook. He walked over and switched the TV off.
"Hey!" The girls yelled with tearstained cheeks.
"Relax, you can turn it back on again in a few minutes. Now, where the heck are Julia and Lauren?"
"I don't know. We sent Julia to talk to Lauren and she never came back. We haven't heard any voices or noises though." Jaime said irritated.
"Are you sure she went to talk to Lauren?"
"Yes."
"I'm gonna go see how she's doing and find Julia." Darren took the same path Julia had taken earlier and walked into the bedroom to see the bathroom door open and the lights on. He moved closer and peered inside. He smiled slightly at the scene before him. Both girls appeared to be fast asleep. Julia's head rested against the rim of the bathtub and Lauren lay on top of her with her arms tightly wrapped around her best friend.
He briefly contemplated waking them up as Julia's head was in an uncomfortable position and the bathroom was cold. But after seeing the tear tracks on their faces he decided he didn't want to deal with it now. Instead he went into the bedroom and grabbed a pillow and a blanket. He gently lifted Julia's head and put the pillow under it then covered them with the blanket. He moved to close the lights but Darren couldn't resist snapping a picture with his phone. He shut the lights and walked back to the kitchen.
"Well? Did you find them?" Jaime asked impatiently when he came back in.
"Yeah. They're sleeping." Darren responded holding out his phone to the girls.
"That's adorable!" Melissa exclaimed.
"No. Not adorable. Well, yes adorable. But, no. This is bad. We were supposed to meet everyone at the theatre to open presents fifteen minutes ago!" Jaime answered. Her phone rang, "That's probably Joey now." She answered, "Jaime Lyn Beatty."
"Where are you guys? We're waiting." Joey responded.
"We have a situation." Jaime answered tentatively.
"What kind of situation?"
"A Julia and Lauren situation." She revealed.
"What happened?" Despite the exasperated tone in his voice it was clear that he was worried.
"Nothing. But, they're both sleeping."
Joey sighed with relief that there was no serious problem, "Wake them up then! I don't see the issue."
"Who is it?" Darren's voice interrupted.
"Its Joey. He wants to know where we are." Jaime answered.
"Can I have the phone?" Darren asked.
"Joey. I'm giving the phone to Dare." Jaime told him.
"Okay." Jaime handed the phone over to the boy and Darren walked out of the room.
"Merry Christmas Joey!"
"You to man. What's going on over there?"
"I'm not sure. They're both sleeping and I don't want to wake them up. I think I'm going to send Jaime and Melissa over and I'm gonna stay here until they wake up."
"Why do you need to stay?"
"Damage control. They were both crying."
"Okay. But, you all have to come over right when they wake up."
"We'll try."
"Alright then. See you later."
"Bye." Darren hung up and walked back over to the girls, "Why don't you two get going?"
"Huh?" Jaime looked at him confused.
"I'm gonna stay here until they wake up but you two should go."
"What? No. I'm going to stay here with them until they get up. We don't know what the situation is going to be. You might need our help!" Jaime responded.
"Jaim. It's Christmas! You should enjoy yourselves! You shouldn't be worrying about this today! It'll be totally fine. They're gonna wake up. Talk it out. And then we'll be right over. Just a few hours."
"Okay but you better call us if things get out of hand."
"I will. Have fun girls!" Jaime and Melissa grabbed their coats and walked outside.
"Do you think they'll be okay?" Jaime asked worriedly glancing back up at the lit up apartment window. Melissa grabbed her and linked arms with her dragging into the snow towards her car.
"They'll be okay. It always works out."
A/N- Hope you all enjoyed this chapter! Next chapter we'll see them talking! And I might put a smidge of Breredith in a few chapters from now! So, review!
