Jake's Pov
I walked into my first class, theater class.
"Hey Jake!"
I turned to my left and saw Tim. He was wearing a Steven Universe shirt with jeans and grey shoes. He was on the taller side with brown hair.
"Hi Tim."
I walked over and sat next to me.
"What role are you trying out for?"
"The main part of course! What about you?"
"I think I'm going for the detective's sidekick/friend."
"Oh! Why him if you don't mind me asking?"
"Well he's not really the star but he is in most of the play and I think the role fits me."
"Then go for it! Chase your dreams before they slip from your grasp and they're gone forever!"
Tim just stared at me.
"What was it too much?"
"A little, but you're right you know."
I smiled, "Thank you but it's showtime Tim let's do this thing!"
The rest of the day flew by fast although I didn't have work today which was nice. Mrs. Kelly said she would email us tonight if we got the part or not. I was walking out of the building trying to decide the fastest way home when I heard someone call my name.
"Jake!"
I turned around to see Tim coming down the sidewalk.
"Need a ride home?"
"Yeah, that would be nice."
"Let's go then I can drop you off."
"You sure?"
"Yep let's go we can get ice cream on the way!"
I laughed and followed him to his car.
Amy's Pov
I walked into Tea and Coffee Cafe and headed to the back.
"Hey, Amy!"
"Hi, Quinn…."
"What's wrong Amy Cake?"
"You know how I just moved."
"Yea that's a good thing though."
"I know but two of my roommates found out about my depression….."
Quinn pulled me into a hug, "Oh sweetheart I'm sorry….how did they find out?"
"I ran out of antidepressants, last night I found the bottle empty so before classes today I stopped by at Emily's because she said she had some. My two roommates came with me because they had classes too but they saw me grab the empty bottle out of my bag. When I came back they confronted me about it and now after work they want to talk about it."
At this point, I was crying as Quinn held me.
"Oh, Amy sweety I'm sorry…..if it helps you can stay at my house tonight."
"Really?"
"Of course you're always welcome there." He replied, pressing a light kiss to my forehead.
My face flushed a light pink, "Thank you, Quinn….."
"Don't mention it hun, now let's clean you up then get to work."
"Yeah…."
Quinn grabbed a makeup wipe out of his bag and wiped at the tears on my cheeks.
"One more thing."
He turned around and grabbed a pallet of face paint. He picked a light blue, picking up a brush he painted something on my cheek.
"There." He held up a mirror and there was a light blue heart on my cheek.
I smiled and a light pink on my face became darker, I took the paint from him. Picking a light brown I painted a star on his face and held up the mirror.
"Perfect Am. Now let's go serve some coffee."
I tied on my apron and went to the front where Quinn was making some drinks. I walked to the cash register and started taking orders. It was around 2:30 when Emily walked in through the front door.
"Emily!" I waved to her and she walked over.
"Hey Amy. Where's Quinn?"
"Here!" Quinn gave Emily a hug causing her to jump in response.
"Quinn! Don't scare me like that!"
"Sorry Em."
"How much longer do you guys have?"
"Just finished, come on Amy I already clocked us out!"
"Quinn we need our stuff."
He sighed, "Right, forgot."
We walked to the back and grabbed our bags taking our aprons off. I took out my phone and texted Sally.
Hey kiddo I'm staying at a friend's place tonight so don't freak out when I don't come home. I hope you're feeling better. ~Love Amy.
That's when it hit me. I ran back to the front and hugged Quinn.
"Whoa. You good there hun?"
���I was so caught up in my own feelings I didn't think to ask how you're feeling."
"What do you mean sweetheart?"
"Quinn I saw the news this morning about your brother….Oliver, I'm so sorry Quinn."
"Why don't we head to my house then we can talk about this ok?"
"Ok come on Emily!"
We walked to my car and drove to Quinn's house. I pulled in his driveway and we headed in the house. Quinn's mom looked to see who was home and greeted us when she saw us.
"Hi Quinn, Amy, Emily how are you two?"
"I'm good Mrs. Davis."
"Hi Mrs. Davis I'm good how are you?"
"I'm….ok thank you for asking Amy."
"We're going to my room mom!"
"Ok!"
As we walked past the kitchen I saw a girl at the counter. She had a yellow hoodie, black ripped jeans, black high tops, and a black beanie sitting on top of her long blonde hair.
"Hi, who are you?" I tilted my head to the side.
She looked up at me, "I'm Jessica Smith. I live next store, I'm-was Oli's best friend…."
I gave her a hug, "It'll be ok kiddo….things will get better trust me, you just need time to heal."
"Thank you I needed a hug…."
"Of course I'm Amy Baker by the way."
"Nice to meet you Amy.
"You to Jessica."
I turned and followed Quinn and Emily upstairs to Quinn's room. I gave Quinn another hug and pulled us to the bed. I laid him down so his head was in my lap and ran my fingers through his hair.
Emily sat with Quinn's feet in her lap, "Talk."
"I heard the news last night when I got home from work. I walked in the door and found my mom crying on the couch. When I asked her what happened she told me to sit down then she said that Jessica's dad, the police, and owner of Drive n' Go, Mr. Johnson came and told her that Oliver had been stabbed and died on the way to the hospital. Mr. Johnson said since it happened at his company he would pay all the hospital and funeral charges. He also said we were free to sue the company but we're not going to. Oli wouldn't have wanted that."
Quinn had tears running down his face, the painted star was smudged. I grabbed a wipe and cleaned his face.
"It will be ok Quinn. I promise."
"How can you promise that I just lost my brother."
"Quinn listen to me. My mom was abusive and I just got kicked out which is why I'm glad I was planning on leaving, after eighteen years of abuse. I have depression, two of my roommates found out about it this morning before I was ready to tell them because I don't want them to worry about me and I'm practically hiding from them because I'm an emotional mess right now and don't want to have a breakdown in front of everyone. I know you're hurting right now Quinn and you just lost your brother but trust me it will get better. Do you think he'd want you to sit here and cry for days on end till you can't? No, he'd want you to get on with your life and remember him in the good ways and have those memories to keep you going, to make him proud of you, to do stuff for him."
Quinn sat up and hugged me. Emily was just staring at me in awe.
"What?"
"You could do my job better than I do it, Am."
"Nah I'll stick to the Cafe."
Quinn pulled away and stood, "Movies or games?"
Emily and I looked at each other sharing a smile.
"I'll get Monopoly!" I jumped off the bed.
"I'll get the movie!" Emily jumped off the bed with Quinn behind us.