I get home and see that Tristen is asleep and Sunny is still up. “Hey Sunny, can I talk to you?” She looks up at me and nods. Okay, the silent treatment? “I don’t know where to begin. I’m just gunna go for it. I’m sorry. At the club when I heard them announce that One Direction was there, I assumed you planned the whole thing out. Now I know you didn’t and it was purely a coincidence. If I were you, I’d be really hurt too. But you have to see that everything I said that night was out of pure fear. I’m scared Sunny. Of so much. And after almost being raped, I just wanted to put the blame on someone else.” I’m crying now. “You’re my best friend. I would do anything for you. I don’t want to lose you. This past week has been the worse week ever and I just want things to work out for the best. I miss you.” I look at her and see that she’s not even looking at me. Oh. I walk over to my bed and go straight to bed. I don’t even remember if I cried myself to sleep or not.
I wake up from my alarm and see that the girls are still asleep. I set my alarm an hour earlier than usual because I want to go for a jog to clear off my head.
I miss home. I miss my family. I miss how things used to be. I’m so tired of crying.
In the middle of my jog I get a phone call from an unknown number.
“Hello?”
“Hey Carter! It’s me Louis!”
“Oh, hey Louis. Wait, I thought I had your number saved?”
“You do. I called you from one of the body guard’s phones because I knew you would probably ignore my call if you knew it was me or one of the boys. Look, I just wanted to call and apologize for what happened. Zayn feels so guilty. Honestly, he’s a mess. But Harry is worse.”
“Wait, what do you mean Harry is worse?” I’m so confused.
“We knocked on his door the next morning asking him what happened. He said that he didn’t even know what we were talking about. We told him what happened and I guess he put the pieces together. He said ** had told him a ‘maid’ stopped by in the middle of their business.”
“Okay. What does this have anything to do with me Louis? I REALLY could care less who Harry sleeps with.”
“Oh, sorry. My point is, Harry has been so miserable. He won’t call you to apologize or anything because he’s too scared to hear your side of the story. We keep calling him a coward but I guess it’s not enough to get him to apologize to you.”
“And you can tell him that he doesn’t need to. He doesn’t owe me anything. I want nothing to do with Harry. Look Louis, I’ve gotta go.”
“Okay, can I say something real quick though?”
“Alright”
“The only reason he was with ** was because he was trying to get over you. He said he gave his number to your friend and that you never called him. Harry has not slept with a girl since he met you that night at our concert.”
“I don’t know why. He doesn’t owe me anything. It’s not like we’re together, we barely know each other. I’m happy for Harry. I’m sorry Louis, but I don’t think we should stay friends. It’d be too weird. You guys are awesome and I wish it didn’t have to be like this. Good luck with your careers.” And with that I hang up the phone.
I start jogging back and realize that I’ve lost track of time and class starts in 5 minutes. I sprint and get to class in time. Everyone stares at me and I notice it’s because I’m drenched in sweat. After class I walk by a bulletin and see a flyer for a study abroad program. I grab the flyer just for the heck of it.

“CAR!” yells Tristan when I enter our dorm. “What?” “Sunny won’t talk or anything! She’s been like this since I got back from class. She just lays there and stares into space. You know her better than I do. Do something!!” I start to get worried. I walk over to Sunny’s bed and sit on the edge of it. “Hey Sunny. You okay?” She sits up and embraces me. At first I’m taken back, but then I wrap my arms around her. I notice she’s crying. “Hey babe, tell me what’s wrong?” “Gran-gran-” she stutters. “Take your time” I tell her. We sit like this for 5 minutes until she calms down. She looks me straight in the eye and says “Grandma lost her battle today.” And starts hysterically crying. My heart drops. She battled with cancer and we all thought she was going to survive. Her grandma was the sweetest women. She was the grandma I never had. “Sunny, listen to me. She is in a much better place. She’s not suffering anymore. Okay, are you listening to me Sunny?” She nods. “She’s looking down on us right now shaking her head at us. She doesn’t want us to mourn her death. She’s healthy and happy now. You’re gunna be okay Sunny. I promise you.” She just nods and listens and cries. We stay like this for 20 minutes until somehow she ends up lying down and falling asleep. I slowly get out of her bed without waking her and notice that Tristen left. She probably wanted to give us our privacy. I walk over to my bed and fall asleep.
I wake up the morning and see Sunny sitting on her bed. I sit up and notice that she’s been crying a bit. “Awh, Sunny. Member what I said yesterday? She wouldn’t want you mourning her death.” She finally looks at me and says, “Thank you.” “What for?” “For being there for me when I’ve been a bad friend to you. I had a dream about granny and she was giving me one of her talks. She made me realize that I’m gunna be okay because of the loving and inspirational people I have in my life. I’ve been crying because I don’t want to lose you.” I walk over to her bed and hug her. “I don’t want to lose you either.”

And in that moment I knew all was forgiven. I had my best friend back.