Next chapter! Still in April's POV in the bathroom. More thoughts and a sad little piece of news ya didn't know about Shelby.

DISCLAIMER: If only we owed it. Then there'd be some new funny laughs like Kristin's Sing From Your Hoo Hoo by April Rhodes.

April's POV

Shell and I are still in the bathroom, as she can't stop the tears so I let her cry by me.

"Shell… are you okay?" Shelby was trying to hold back tears.

"No… April, I'm not," she said.

I hugged Shelby who hugged me back. "Sweetie, what is it?"

"I've kept something from you," Shelby replied.

"What?"

"It… about… my… my… parents," Shell sobbed, tears falling faster.

Oh, God, I've got a bad feeling about what she's got to say.

"Yeah?" I stepped closer to her, my curiosity growing all the same.

Shelby she takes a deep breathe but cannot stop the tears. She looks up to me, heartbroken

"My parents are dead."

"Wha?" I gasped.

Did she say her parents are dead? I thought. I felt like something in me froze. I looked at my best friend, shocked.

"I'm sorry, I should have told you." Shelby cries harder.

"No, Shell, it's okay," I said, hugging my best friend again.

"No it's not, I lied to you," Shell said.

"Shell, how often would it be that someone be willing to admit to their parents being dead?"

I know my parents are never there, but if they died I wouldn't tell anyone either.

"I don't know, they… oh gosh, April. I miss them so much!" Shelby sobbed, falling into my arms.

I just hugged her tighter and let her cry onto me. A part of me almost understood how she felt. Almost. But either way I knew I had to be there for my best friend.

"They were killed just a few weeks ago," Shell said.

"What… happened?" I asked.

"They… did travel for their business, but they did spend time with me," Shelby began, "They were on their way back and I was talking to them on the phone when a drunk driver hit them head on. I heard mom scream over the phone and… oh April."

"Oh my God, Shell…"

That sounds awful. She heard her mom scream over the phone?

"That's not all that bothering me. I tried to hide it for as long as I could. Kyle doesn't even know yet. And then Terri and Bryan tried to touch my cheek and it was already hurting and I tried to get away and when they let me go I fell and it hit the ground."

"Oh, sweetie," I said gently.

"I'm so sorry April." She begins to cry more. "I miss them so much; it feels like my heart has been torn"

I was positively speechless. I couldn't believe what Shelby just told me. I was beginning to go numb, kind of like the way I feel whenever I get drunk, and it feels so different than the hurt I've been feeling lately at Sue, Bryan, and Terri. Mostly Sue, but all of them really.

"April?"

"Yeah?" I said.

"Are you okay?" Shell asked.

"Yeah," I replied.

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay, Shell."

"How can you be so calm?" Shelby inquired.

"I don't know, really," I said, "I feel numb, actually."

"Numb?" my friend asked me.

"Yeah."

"I don't understand," she said.

"I don't know why, but I just do," I said.

"I'm sorry you feel that way."

"It's okay, Shelby," I replied.

Shelby shook her head. "No, it's not."

"It is," I said, "I haven't been feeling as much since Sue, Terri, and Bryan except hurt and anger. It feels good not to feel like that for a while, actually."

Something was also telling me that a ways down, I also was feeling betrayal. For Bryan. He's been in glee with me for three years, singing male lead, being co-captain, then he just walks off with some stupid freshman Cheerios.

"No, April, it isn't good to feel like that," Shell said, gripping my shoulders. "You don't need to feel that way. Everything is going to work out; I just got upset because I shouldn't have lied to you."

"Shell, it's okay because I forgive you for lying," I said softly, "Just please don't lie again. I'm being honest with you."

Shelby nods. "I promise, I won't. I just didn't know what to do. I was afraid."

"Don't be," I replied, "You can always tell me the truth."

"Yes, I know I can. But what are we going to do about Kyle?"

Crap. Didn't think about that. Should I break it to him later?

"Uh… I don't know."

"Well, I guess we will just have to figure it out later. April, thank you," Shell said.

"Anytime, sweetheart," I replied with a small grin.

"Well, I guess I have to go back to class."

Right! I just slipped out of class telling them I was going to the bathroom. What are they gonna think when I take this long?

"I guess so. I do too." I giggled, "I think it would seem weird for someone my size to take this long to use the bathroom."

Shelby laughed softly "Yeah, I guess it would."

"Let me know if they get on ya again, okay?" I said with a small smile.

"I will," Shell said with a nod.

I let out a small giggle. "Should I ask Will and Kyle to beat their faces in after school?"

"That would be nice."

"Okay, I will," I said with a smile.

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