12:41 am
Betty's journey on Last Friend has been a failure. The first person was someone who wasn't a Decker. It was some idiot who was asking way too many personal questions. Once they got aggressive, Betty blocked them.
The second one was a decker. Betty assumed that they had signed up for the wrong app because they were looking for something more than friends. Betty was quick to block him. She decided if the next person was a failure, she would delete the app.
Betty knocks on Toni Topaz's front door. In her pocket, she had five hundred dollars that she had extracted from her bank account. Even though Toni tried to hide it, Betty and Veronica knew she had money problems. Five hundred dollars was enough for a month's rent on Toni's trailer. It was pouring down rain by now.
Betty expected Toni to open the door, but she didn't get the door. Instead, Veronica opens it. She was wearing an oversized Pink Floyd shirt that stopped at the edge of her thighs. She was also wearing dark purple socks. "B?" Veronica asks. "What are you doing here?"
"I can ask you the same thing," Betty says. "I needed to talk to you and Toni, and this actually makes it easier. May I come in?"
"Sure," Veronica says. They entered the trailer and walked to Toni's room. Toni was sitting on the bed, her head was resting in her hands. On the TV, an episode of Grey's Anatomy was playing. "Look who's here."
Toni looks up to face her friends. "Hey Betty," Toni says.
"Hey Tones," Betty says. "What's wrong?"
Had they discovered that she's a decker before she told them? Betty thought. "I just got off the phone with Cheryl," Toni mumbles. "She's a decker, and she dumped me. She thought it would be easier for me than making me watch her die."
"I'm so sorry, Toni," Betty says.
"I don't think I can stand to lose her," Toni said. She then hugs her knees to her chest. Veronica pauses the TV, making the room almost completely silent. "I already lost my family."
"You still have me and Betty," Veronica promises. "Right, B?"
Before Betty could respond, Toni then spoke up. "Why are you here at this hour?" Toni asks. "Don't you have work in the morning?"
"I don't work on Friday's," Betty says. She then pulls the money out of her pocket. She pressed the money into Toni's chest. "I got paid yesterday. I'm not allowing you to give this back. This will cover this month's rent."
"You know I can't accept this," Toni says.
"But you have to," Betty says. Betty could no longer find it in herself to tell them why she was over. "I have to go. Goodbye."
She then left the room, not waiting for them to respond. She left the trailer and began to walk home.
A/N: Thanks for reading! I hope you guys have a great day, and I'll see you guys tomorrow.