This will be much longer than last chapter sorry about that! :)
Everyone was happy again. Erin and Rick were back together so they were fine. That made everybody happy. Except Carmen. "Come on Carmen, you can just move on from Rick boys are a waste of time." Electra said, desperately trying to cheer her friend up. She was fed up of fighting. Obviously, she'd still argue with Tyler or play fight with Johnny but Electra was fed up of the continuous fighting going on. It made everyone so unhappy.
Carmen sat up and looked Electra straight in the eyes. "You really think so?" She said. Electra nodded, "Yeah boys are a waste of space." She replied. Then Carmen said something that left even herself shocked, "Yeah well you only say that cause no boy has ever wanted you!" Electra froze. She raised her arm to hit Carmen. But she couldn't. Running out Carmen swear she saw a tear run down her cheek. "I'm a monster!" She screamed, crying into her pillow.
Erin and Rick were walking through the hall when Electra ran past them, angrily. "What's up with her?" Rick said, curiously, "She looked like she was crying?" Erin nodded, "I'll go see, be back in a bit," She said, kissing him quickly.
She ran up the stairs to Electra's bedroom and tapped on the door. "Piss off," She heard Electra say from behind the door. "Electra it's me Erin please can I come in?" She asked. "Why would you bother with me, I'm not worth anything?" Electra said. Erin heard crying behind the door.
Slowly, she pushed open the door. She was shocked at the face that met her gaze. A crying, mascara streaked Electra. "What's the matter?" Erin said, sitting down next to her. "It's just that, Carmen's right!" She said, more tears flowing. This was the first time Erin or most likely anyone at the Dumping Ground had seen Electra cry so Erin was apprehensive.
To Electra's surprise Erin hugged her. It was a friendly warm hug and Electra did the one thing Erin never expected her to do. She hugged back. "What did Carmen say?" Erin asked, curiously. "She said that no boy has ever wanted me and she's right!" Electra said. "How would you know that?" Erin said, calmly. "Because I don't open up, I scare most boys and the only one I ever liked that lived here left and we were practically enemies!" Electra said, sadly.
Erin sighed, "His name didn't happen to be Liam O'Donovan by any chance did it?" Electra looked slightly scared, "Yeah how did you know?" "I've only just put the pieces of the puzzle together," Erin said, laughing. "What?" Electra asked, confused.
"Back when I lived with my mum and dad I attended St Georges," Erin said. "That was the school Liam got moved to after he got kicked out of the local one," She explained, " Liam was in my class in year 8 and we were really good friends, he always told me about his care home but never mentioned anyone's names," Erin said. Electra looked slightly disappointed. "Except yours Electra, Erin said, smiling, "He spoke all the time about a beautiful but scary girl called Electra, he told me how he was so afraid of rejection if he actually asked you out."
Electra nearly cried at hearing this. She knew people were scared of her but she didn't think that they got that scared. "The day he left my school, he told me if I ever found a girl called Electra I'd find out if she knew him and to tell her that, well he loved you Electra," Erin finished her story. By that time tears were running down her face as well as Electra's. "He cried to me," Erin said wiping away her tears, "About how he thought you would never love him the way he loved you but he was wrong." Electra pulled Erin into a long, warm hug. "Thank you," She whispered into Erin's ear.