I exit the dorm, and head straight to mine. I'm still processing what happened. I quietly enter, and head straight to the cabinet. I grab some ingredients and start brewing a potion for sobering up, so I can think clearly. I start mixing then take a drink. To anyone else it would burn, but it just feels like warm soup to me. About 10 minutes later, I'm sober enough to know what happened. I'm so tempted to text Audrey but then I hear a knock on the door. I head over and open it, to see Audrey standing there in shambles. She can barely stand and tears are streaming down from her cheeks.
"Stella, I need help" she says. Her face is different than usual. I've only seen her like this once. At my party. I help her over to the couch and pour her some of my concoction. We sit in silence. She leans her head on my shoulder.
"I believe you" I say under my breath.
"About what?" she says.
"My dad."
"Why do you believe me now?"
"The look on your face. It was the same" I say then I turn to look at her. "I don't wanna see that look again." I say in a caring tone. She starts crying harder. "Hey, Hey don't cry." I say as I lift her head up and wipe away a tear from her cheek.
"I deserve this. I've been such a bitch to everyone. This is my fault" she says as she hugs me.
"NO! No one deserves this. Especially not you. Audrey you were there for me when no one else was. You're my best friend. No matter what happened you will always be." I say, as I start crying even harder. I pull back. "And Brian is totally getting his dick chopped off" I say as I pull her closer. We sit crying for a few minutes. I finally decide we have cried enough.
"Wanna watch a movie?" I say.
"Which one?" she says, wiping her tears.
"Hmm.... How about Pride and Prejudice?"
"Sure." she says, as she grabs a pillow and curls up into a little ball. She's cute when she does that. "You know what I'd love? A humanity switch. Just turn off all feelings. Demons have them, don't they?" she says while staring at the TV.
"No, no you don't." I say as I head over to the couch "They don't work. You think you have no emotions, but really all you have is anger left. You do things you'll regret." I say, as I start the movie. I turn my head to look at her. We stare into each other's eyes. I've never noticed how much of a stunning blue her eyes are. Like the Arctic Ocean. We break contact and stare at the screen as she snuggles closer to me eventually falling asleep. I lightly get up and cover her with a blanket and head to my room. I really hope she's okay in there. Her head must be all sorts of scrambled. If I could have stopped it, I would have...
But I couldn't.....