I own nothing but my original characters Nicki and Milo.

Nicki (fc: Victoria Justice) is Laura's 24 year old childhood best friend. They've been through everything together. Both girls are very athletic, but have very different personalities. Whereas Laura is vert out-going, Nicki is a bit quieter. She is usually only talkative around her friends, which she considers to consist of: Laura, Kobe, Gustavo, and Milo. Nicki isn't a social butterfly like Laura, but she is kind to most until they have pushed her past her limit. Nicki does have a temper which can sometimes get the better of her. Usually Gustavo tends to be her anger's voice of reason and calms her down rather quickly.

Milo (fc: Gregg Lowe) is Kobe's 26 year old best friend. The boys grew up together, constantly in trouble with local police for hacking into the schools database, the malls security cameras, oh, and old police files (which they were never actually caught for or else both of them would be in jail right now, to be honest). Milo is a very sweet guy, but he has an issue with not thinking before he speaks. Milo is quite notable for putting his foot in his mouth and biting off more than he can chew. When he isn't causing a ruckus, Milo is actually a wonderful student. Straight A's and in the top 10 percentile with Kobe, Nicki, Laura, Gustavo, and Tyler.

She saw her friend's beaming smile and ran across the campus. Long, wavy chocolate locks flowing behind her. She was smiling, as well.

"LAURA!"

Five heads, in addition to the sun-bleached light brown head she was calling after, turned to see the voice.

"NICKI!" Laura shouted and ran past the five with her with arms wide open.

The girls met in a hug in the middle of a sidewalk.

"How have you been!? Ugh, I've missed you so much, Nic!" Laura smiled excitedly as Nicki let her out of their hug.

"I've been great! That semester abroad was amazing, though, Laura. You really should do it, if you can! And, you guys were right about Milo. He was actually quite helpful. Not to mention every time his mouth vomit happened he managed to either piss of Mitch McGuerrin or Oliver Jason and he would run screaming like a little girl, so there was also the entertainment he provided."

Laura playfully pushed her back, "So rude. Poor Milo."

"Hey, Beauts! It's great to have you back, now where is my love child?" a smiling face with wide, dark brown eyes bent to hug her.

"A buzz? Really, Kobe? And did you just say..." Nicki pointed to him, then turned to Laura with a questioning look in her eyes.

"Is it possible that Kobe got more weird?"

"Always, it never stops happening, toots!" an overweight guy with scraggly facial hair and a dopey grin wrapped his arms around her and lifter her into the air from behind.

"GUS GUS! CAN'T BREATHE, BRO!" Nicki let out with a winded cry.

Gustavo set her down.

"Howdy there, Big Guy? Missed ya bunches, where's the future Mrs Big Guy!?" Although, she truly didn't care where Isabel was.

The two never got along because she wasn't like Isabel. She wasn't extroverted, or eccentric. Nicki was who she was, and the people she really cared about knew her. It was honestly sad how short of a list it was, if she was fair about it.

1. Laura, obviously, besties for life!

2. Kobe, he was her nerd friend and he was always down for some mischief, he was always someone she was happy to be around.

3. Gustavo, um, have you met him? He's the most amazing fluffball. Super sweet, always in a playful mood, and down to smash however many Big Mac's you'll let him.

4. Milo, rather recent, in fact, Semester Abroad, recent. They never really got along before, but he was friends with Kobe, so he was always around. He had honestly become one of her closest friends after spending a semester getting to know him.

Four. Four fucking people.

That's fucking pathetic, she thought to herself. She kept a smile on her face, though. Never letting it slip that she was in a bad place.

Laura will figure it out, her inner thoughts piped up again. It was true. Laura always knew when something was up. But, there mom's were the same way. Childhood best friends and all.

"So, who is this?" she pointed at the tall, blond adonis behind Laura as she gave her a look. A look Laura knew very well.

We are so gonna fucking talk about this shit... why this shit again?

That look. Laura knew as soon as Nicki rolled her eyes.

Kobe beamed. She knew what he was thinking. She also assumed that this was the bar tending surfer-chef Tyler that Kobe angrily complained about in some of his emails and DM's.

She grinned as she looked at Kobe and shook her head. So jealous, Brobe, she thought to herself.

"Brobe, no one has answered my question! Who is this?" She knew Kobe would hate her later, but she did it anyway.

"This is Tyler. Tyler is a 6 foot surfer from the San Fernando Valley, Nicki," Kobe was doing his game show impression and everyone but Tyler was loving it. Laura was laughing so hard she had to lean on Kobe's shoulder," He is also a Bartender who enjoys cooking and long walks on the beach."

Gustavo was now holding up both Nicki and Laura as Kobe got a kick out of being a dick.

Tyler didn't seem to happy that Laura found it funny, either. Laura stopped laughing when she realized Tyler was getting upset and Nicki rolled her eyes.

"Hey, so where there any hot guys with you?" Cue Blonde Bimbo Barbie, or Olivia. She and Laura were great friends and Nicki still couldn't figure out why.

"Dude, she doesn't care about hot guys," Gustavo laughed.

Both Olivia and Isabel's eyes grew wide.

"You're into... girls?" Isabel seemed ashamed to even speak the sentence at all.

"No, dumb ass, I'm not. You're boyfriend was fucking with you, but wow, glad to know you're not only a narcissistic bitch, but you're also a homophobe."

Gustavo quickly stepped between the two girls and Laura grabbed Nicki's arm, pulling her along behind her as they hurried towards Nicki's dorm.

As they made it into the dorm and shut the door behind them, Laura fell over onto the futon and began laughing hysterically.

Nicki tossed her messenger bag on the bed and sat down next to her best friend.

"Are you done laughing so we can talk about Surfer-Chef the Bar Ken-der?"

"You did not just call him a Ken doll?" Laura rolled her eyes and groaned, "Can we not do this, Nic?" She stood up and rubbed her forehead.

"Laura, you do this to yourself all the time. I am tired of watching you intentionally break your own heart."

Laura stared at Nicki in disbelief that her friend would say that.

"Laur, I love you so much. You are my family without sharing blood. We literally know everything about each other. Then, out of the blue you stopped returning my messages and now I find out about this surfer guy who follows the same cycle you can't seem to break, babe. You always go for that pretty boy who seems so nice, they have killer bodies and beautiful eyes. Gorgeous guys are a disaster waiting to happen to you, Laura. You always end up hurt. Why can't you try being with someone who you can actually be you around? Someone who isn't a part of that cycle. Break it, babe. Break the cycle."

"Can I vent, now?" Laura said with a crack in her voice.

Nicki sensed her fear and pain, "What?"

"Marina Mills. She was going to school here. Um. She added me on Facebook, and I j- she had no friends, I just wanted to be nice, so, so I accepted her request. She, uh, she started acting really weird after a while so I quit hanging out with her and eventually I unfriended her. She drew a picture of me and videoed herself burning it and then hanging herself. This was all on her Facebook account, and somehow ended up on mine and now I am the worst person on campus."

Nicki had tears in her eyes. She didn't know.

"Laura, you should have talked to me! I would have done something. I could have helped."

Laura sat down next to Nicki and the two leaned there heads together.

"I'm sorry, Laur," Nicki told her friend.

"Me too. You're right. I should have kept in touch, I just... I got wrapped up in-"

"Social Media?" Nicki knew it was Laura's weakness. Facebook, and IG, and Snapchat, oh my!

"I'm sorry that I am a horrible friend. God, I am terrible! When did my life become this? This! Social media is everything I do that isn't school anymore," Laura confessed.

"Or the Bar Ken-der."

Laura laughed at Nicki's comment.

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