Life is Strange 2: Falling Into Place

Chapter 13 of my Life is Strange 2 story, enjoy.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Life is Strange 2 or its characters.

Chapter 13

Cassidy smiled lightly as she smoothed down her camouflage pants and dark red T-shirt, a pair of white sneakers finished off her outfit as she made her way to the mall food court where she was due to meet with some people.

'Leave it to Sean to find a way for me to start socializing with his friends...should make it easier for us too, especially with his brother still not quite trusting me.' She reflected.

So she found herself, heading to meet up with two of Sean's friends, in fact the two female members of his group of friends and the girlfriends of his two closest friends at that. She knew who to look for, she's seen pictures of them and even spotted one of them once, during her date with Sean.

She smirked. 'And besides, they're expecting me and I'm pretty hard to miss...'

Her thoughts trailed off as she paused, eyes narrowed and biting her lip, worried. She was looking towards the crowd at the mall, certain once again she had just seen her father.

'Dad's not a big schemer of planner girl, take it easy.' She chided herself. 'If he was gonna try and get to you, he'd just jump you. You're imagining things, jumping at shadows.'

With that she focused again and made her way into the food court.

It wasn't long after she entered that she heard her name being called. She turned and smiled when she saw them, Lyla Park and Jenn Murphy, both waiting for her, smiling. Jenn Murphy was dressed up nice, Cassidy noticed in whitewashed jeans and a dark blue sleeveless top over a white undershirt and was wearing her long red hair in a French braid over her left shoulder. Lyla meanwhile was a little more casual, hair loose and clad in dark blue pants with a white T-shirt and white flats. She approached and sat down, greeting them.

"Hi there, so, you guys must be Lyla and Jenn, Sean's told me a lot about you guys."

Lyla smiled widely. "Glad to hear it. So, you're Cassidy, nice to meet you."

Cassidy grinned. "Thanks, so um..."

"Yeah, I know, it's kinda strange." Jenn remarked. "We've heard about each other, but don't really know each other...Just what we've been told about each other."

Cassidy nodded. "Yeah, well...there must be somewhere we can start?"

Lyla thought for a moment and then shrugged. "Well, basics I guess, where are you from, and all that stuff?"

Cassidy agreed and soon the three of them began talking, Cassidy surprised at how easily she found herself talking with these other two girls, it just felt so casual and normal, almost as if they'd known each other for far longer than they actually had.

Eventually their talks turned to something unexpected however, their troubles.

"So yeah, that's pretty much how I ended up here actually." Cassidy said. "Had to get away from dad before he did anything crazy."

Lyla gasped. "Damn that's...that's horrible..."

Cassidy noted her tone. 'Sounds like she knows a thing or too about asshole dads.'

"Lyla?" Jenn queried worriedly.

She shook her head. "I guess, there's no sense hiding it. I have problems with my dad too."

"He beat you?" Cassidy asked.

"No and he wasn't racist either, he just..." Lyla replied, shuddering. "He was...sexually abusive."

Cassidy froze at that as Jenn gasped.

"Holy shit..." She whispered at last.

"Yeah well..." Lyla took a deep breath. "We got away from him, but now I'm worried, as last I heard, he's escaped prison, but he hasn't found us yet, which is something to be hopeful about."

Cassidy nodded. "I guess..."

She decided not to mention her worries about possibly spotting her father around, she didn't want to make Lyla paranoid. Listening to their stories, Jenn shook her head.

Finally she sighed. "Wow...makes me ashamed of my own issues right now."

"Your own...oh, Jenn, don't, you-" Lyla began, trying to reassure her.

Jenn cut her off. "I got kidnapped but I was saved and now Kyle and I are too afraid to get intimate...but you guys have serious problems, for me, it's just...something petty."

"Not if it's causing you that much hassle." Cassidy remarked. "Listen, the best way to deal with something like that, is just to let go...be spontaneous and don't over think it, okay."

Jenn blinked, surprised at that, but then smiled and nodded, hopeful. Trying to move past the bleak patch that settled on their talk, the three girls continued to hang out and get to know each other better.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.