Chloe was tired and worried, Aubrey had been acting strange lightly, more so than usual. She had just finished her last class of the day early and wanted to hurry home, Aubrey had skipped class today which was something unheard of. Last time Aubrey was really sick Chloe practically had to lock her in the apartment so she wouldn't go to class. Finally at her door Chloe got an uneasy feeling as she walked into the living room and then over to Aubrey's ajar door. Peering in she saw Aubrey's iPod on the bed but no sign of her best friend. Looking closer Chloe saw a folded piece of paper underneath the music player. Feeling her stomach drop she opened it slowly, in Aubrey's perfect handwriting was a message.
Chloe,
I'm so sorry but I just can't do this anymore, I love you so much and maybe if I wasn't such a coward I would have been able to admit it.
You will be fine without me, you have Beca to take care of you now, I really hope she makes you happy that's all I ever wanted, it's just a lot harder to watch you be happy with Someone who is not me than I had thought.
There has always been something wrong with me but I can't just keep taking pills and putting on a Smile anymore.
I'm so sorry, love always,
Aubrey.
"No, God no!" Spinning around she searched the room for any sign of her friend. Not finding Anything around the apartment Chloe had to force herself to stop panicking and think. Then she remembered six weeks ago, the last time things had been normal, before she had told Aubrey about her and Beca. They had been watching movies and goofing around when Aubrey had gotten quiet watching a bird outside.
"Sometimes I wish I was a bird, imagine the freedom, to just fly, without a care in the world and the wind rushing around you."
Chloe couldn't figure out what the look in her best friends face was.
"And here I was thinking you we're the one who was keeping me grounded, you can fly all you want Bree as long as you always come back to me."
After that the subject had been changed to lighter topics and it would be the last night she heard her friend let out a genuine laugh for weeks to come, because she told Aubrey about Beca the next day.
Running out the door without even stopping to lock it behind her Chloe ran the fastest she had ever run in her life, down the hall and up the stairs. Reaching the roof Chloe felt like someone had stabbed her a thousand times in the heart as her eyes landed on her best friend standing on the edge of the building with the face of someone who had completely given up.
"Aubrey, no !"