Chapter 8

CeCe's POV

Rocky's been for days. It's been a week since her parents announced the divorce and she's always upset. She fakes being happy, of course, so not to worry anyone. But being the good girlfriend and best friend that I am, I can see right through her little façade. So I came up with a plan.

I convinced Ian and Ashley to come over to my house. When they came in my room I told them to shut the door.

As Ian shut the door with his good hand he asked, "Where's Rocky?"

"She's at home. Look I need your help." I said.

"With what?" Ashley asked, her nose was healed up.

I took a breath, then winced. "Well, you know her parents are splitting right?"

Ian nodded, "And she's unhappy but pretending to be happy."

"Yeah. Well I want to have a chat with her parents but I don't want her to know yet. So I was hoping you two could distract her for a few hours." I said.

"How do you expect us to do that?" Ashley asked crossing her arms.

Ian rolled her eyes. "Take her to a movie and then dinner. That'll be a couple of hours."

"Better then my plan. I was just hoping you could drag her around the mall for awhile." I said.

"I like the mall idea." Ashley said.

"Too bad. Go to the mall with you and you'll never come out. They'll find bodies on the floor and you'll say 'they couldn't keep up.'" Ian said.

"You have a very grim sense of humor." I said.

"Yes. Yes I do." He answered smiling.

"Anyway I like his idea better. I'll give you money for it and-"

"No Lia." Ashley said. "You need your money. We don't mind paying."

"Yeah. Don't worry about it." Ian pulled out his cell and hit a few buttons (I swear he texts faster than I do!) then put it to his ear. "Hey Rocky. No CeCe's fine. I was wondering if you wanted to see a movie with me and Ashie and then go have lunch or whatever." Ashley slapped his good arm at the Ashie comment. "CeCe's not coming. She wants to rest today. She'll be fine Rocky. I promise. How about now? Sweet. We'll come up and get you." He hung up.

"How'd you convince her so easy?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"I have a way with words." Ian grinned at me.

"Yeah. A real dorky way. C'mon let's go." Ashley pulled him out by his ear, Ian making ow noises every step.

I giggled then put my shoes on. I gave them ten minutes then went up and knocked on their door.

Her mom opened the door. "CeCe! You shouldn't be up. Rocky just left with your cousins."

"I know." I said. "I asked them to so I could talk to you and Paul." Paul being her dad, and Rocky's mom is named Nancy.

"About what?" Nancy moved aside to let me in. I walked in and sat in a chair across from Paul and Nancy sat sort of beside him, but not very close.

"Look. Rocky's very upset." I said.

"We know. She's saying she's fine but she's not." Paul said.

"Right. And do you know why?"

Nancy said, "We're getting a divorce. I know she told you she tells you everything."

"True but there's more to it then that. She's worried. You told her your moving. She's scared it'll be too far away for her to be with me anymore. She's worried she won't see Ty anymore. She's also terrified she'll lose on of you. Rocky's a worrier, you know that."

Paul frowned, concern and a splash of guilt on his face. "She told you all this?"

I shook my head. "Rocky doesn't have to tell me anything. She's been my closest friend for years. I can tell when she's hurt, sad, happy, guilty, just about anything you can think of. I know her. I know what she's thinking."

Nancy looked at her husband then back to me. "And what do you think we should do?"

"Well…" I bit my tongue for a moment, took a breath then said, "Let Rocky move in with me."

"What?" They said in unison.

"Look hear me out. Rocky's terrified she's losing three of her loved ones. If you let her move in with me my mom can take very good care of her you know she loves her like a daughter. And you both know I love her too, and I care about you two too. I know it sounds like a bad idea and totally out of the blue but…" I sighed. "Honestly I can't live without Rocky. I can survive a day or two but I think if it was longer then that I couldn't do it. So letting her move in with me will show her she's not losing me. And maybe you could both…I don't know…stay in Chicago? Or maybe a town or two over. Think about school. If she and Ty both switch schools and stay like a week with one of you, it'd be harder to get them there and back when they visit the other parent. And-"

"CeCe breath sweetie." Nancy said. I looked at her. "I get what you're saying. But we'll have to talk it out first. And I'm pretty sure you didn't even ask your mother before talking to us or she would have mentioned something this morning."

I felt my cheeks heat up. "I'm sorry. I'm just very sure she'll say yes and…I really don't like seeing Rocky so sad. I'm just trying to help."

Paul smiled. "We know CeCe. Look we'll talk the details out together and let you know."

I nodded. "Alright." I got up and left quickly. When I was back home I sat on my bed and rested my head against the headboard, feeling the stinging in my eyes.

Why was I so upset? Oh yeah, Rocky might leave and I'll never see her again. And her parent's said "they'll think about it" and that's usually always a no. I sighed. Maybe Ian and Ashley can get her mind off things.

A/N Hope you like it. Remember more reviews makes the author get the next chapter out sooner. Also I have a few more ideas for these two but I don't know if I should start now or wait.