16
Sofia heard a knock at her bedroom door. She had spent the whole of Saturday up in her room watching rom-coms and thinking about what would happen when they finally found out what had happened to Abigail. "Come in!"
Sofia's older sister Nina appeared behind the door. "Are you seriously not going out today?"
"I'm having a lazy day. So what?" Sofia thought that Nina was almost as pretty as her but she just wasn't there yet. Her hair colour was nearly the exact same shade as Sofia's and they had the same soft, full lips but their personalities were completely different. Nina was a much more laid back person.
"Whatever, I'm going to meet up with Spencer Hastings." Nina looked at her nails. "Want anything?"
Sofia thought for a moment. "Actually, I think I'm gonna go see Tiana."
"Are you gonna drive yourself or do you want me to take you?" Nina asked.
"You might as well take me. I'll get ready." Sofia spent the next half hour perfecting her image before jumping into Nina's black Escalade. It only took them about 5 minutes to get to Tiana's house. When they arrived, Sofia got out of the car and Nina honked her horn to get Spencer to come out. Spencer opened the door a few seconds after Sofia rang the bell.
"Oh hey Sofia!" Spencer said as she pulled her boots on.
"Is Tiana home?" Sofia knew that she should've texted before she left.
"Yeah she's upstairs. Go on in!" Spencer grabbed her bag and walked towards Nina's car.
Sofia looked around for Tiana's parents. "Tiana!" No answer. "Tiana!"
Tiana appeared on the staircase. "Oh! You didn't say you were coming."
"I thought I'd surprise you!" Sofia inhaled deeply. "Is someone baking muffins?"
"Yeah my mom is! She's gone to get something at the store." Tiana sat on a step. "So what brings you here?"
"I just thought we'd do some bonding!" Sofia grinned.
Tiana raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"We've been apart for such a long time." Sofia put a sad expression on her face.
"Sofia, please just ask me what you came here to ask me!" Tiana stood up and continued walking down the stairs. "Don't be shy!"
"Okay! Tiana you seem like such a perfect person..." Sofia thought about how she would word what she was about to say. "It just makes me wonder what A could have on you."
Tiana laughed. "It's funny because I've been wondering the exact same thing about you. If you tell me yours I'll tell you mine. And don't worry. Your secret's safe with me!"
Sofia took her phone out of her pocket. "But I don't need you to tell me yours."
"And why's that?" Tiana seemed intrigued.
"Because A already has!" Sofia waved her phone in the air.
Tiana grabbed the phone out of Sofia's hand.
Wanna know something about Tiana? She's deeply in love with Dan. And yes. I mean her cousin Dan. I offered Laura something to out her secret but what would you do if you could keep your secret safe in exchange for Tiana's? ––A
"Look, I just want you to know that I would never tell anyone about this!" Sofia took her phone back.
"Really? That means a lot." Tiana sighed.
Sofia snickered. "Like I'd actually put your secret before mine!" Sofia put her hands on her hips. "I'm always going to look out for myself so if it comes down to it-"
"You'll always protect your own secret." Tiana looked down.
"Exactly!" Sofia smirked. "Don't look so surprised! You didn't expect us to go back to the way we were just like that?"
"No, I just thought you'd be less...heartless." Tiana shook her head.
"Well this is me!" Sofia got her mirror out. "If you don't like it...you should learn to like it!"
"I'll remember this Sofia! If the same opportunity ever comes round to me, I won't think twice about revealing whatever it is that you're hiding." Tiana went red.
"Aww. A's really being hard on you. Boo hoo!" Sofia said in a sarcastic tone.
"What goes around comes around Sofia and Karma's a bitch!" Tiana grabbed Sofia's hair and dragged her towards the front door.
Sofia pushed Tiana off of her and up against the wall. "Who do you think you are? You better hope I don't tell the whole town about your little secret!" Sofia opened the door and stormed out.