All Chapters of By your Side: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"Is this Emma? We've heard a lot about you," Leila hollered, gaining the attention of everyone around them. Leila, Julie, and Hannah were at the restaurant, sitting in a booth and they were soon joined by Emma and Mila."My death wish would probably be to see you quiet for an hour." Julie rolled her eyes at Leila."Hey," Emma said, smiling at the three girls in front of her then sat down and so did Mila."You already know Julie, I'm Leila and this is Hannah," Leila introduced herself and Hannah."You really look like princess Merida," Emma told Leila."I know, right? I've been told that a lot! Even Mila told me that the first time she saw me.""You two made up?" Julie whispered to Mila while Emma was engaging with the other two girls."We haven't talked about it yet... I honestly don't want to talk about it. I think I might ignore the whole thing," Mila told Julie quietly.Mila took a glance at Emma and saw her talking to Hannah

"I'm so excited and happy and nervous and overwhelmed! Oh god! I can't believe I agreed!" Mila exclaimed as she paced back and forth. She was at Leila, Hannah and Julie's place. The three girls, who were sitting right in front of her on the couch, looked at each other for a second before bursting out in laughter."Don't laugh at me," she whined as she threw herself on the chair placed beside the couch."Sorry, I just...I have never imagined seeing you like that," Julie laughed, making Mila glare at her."What do I even wear!?" Mila wondered."Just ask him," Hannah shrugged, looking at Mila."Okay," Mila nodded and texted Blake, who replied after five minutes."Something comfortable, yet nice." Mila read the message then looked at the girls."That's not something hard to find in any girl's wardrobe," Leila said and the others agreed with her."When you start getting ready tomorrow send us pictures of your outfits and we will help

Emma was alone in her living room, doing some assignments. It was the weekend and Cole went out of town with his friends, leaving her all alone since Ariana was also away for the weekend. She left the pen and rested her back against the back of the couch. She looked around the apartment and suddenly started to feel that the place was too big for her. Emma kicked Mila out three days ago and ever since that she had been thinking about her decision. Was it the right one? Did Mila really steal the earrings? But they have been friends for a long time and Mila had never taken anything from her; in fact, Mila was the one who would find Emma's missing things. What if Mila was right and that was all a setup? Was she willing to forgive her? But then, she remembered what Mila told her "when they ruin you, I won't be there to pick up your broken pieces." Those words kept ringing in her ears and she could not get them out of her head. Was Mila serious about that? She would not be there t

It's been five days since Cole hit Emma. On Sunday, he tried contacting her, but she had her phone off, she did not leave her apartment and she did not answer him or even Ariana. On Monday, she had to go to college and she saw him there, he gave her chocolates and flowers, he swore that he would never lay a finger on her again and what happened was nothing but a drunken mistake and she believed him although she was reluctant about forgiving him.On Sunday, she was close to calling Mila, she almost hit the call button, but she remembered what Mila said and that was enough to make her drop her phone on the couch. She wanted to drive as fast as she could to Mila's new place and beg her to stay the night with her; she was in great need of the comfort of the girl who understood her the most, but she knew that Mila was serious about not stepping a foot again in her apartment, plus she was certain that Mila would not welcome her in her new place. She realized that she did not

After Mila finished working on Tuesday, she called Emma to see if she could pick up her things or not. Emma told her that she could come anytime she wanted and she did not need to ask. When she called her, Emma saved the number, feeling happy that she finally got her new number. Mila could sense how Emma was trying to fix what happened between them, but she could not find it in her heart to forget what happened and start over. She could not believe how Emma accused her of stealing and kicked her out. She could not forget how she made fun of what she wrote and made her feel bad about her job. She could not ignore how she told her in front of all of them that she thought she was only friends with her just to take advantage of her.Mila arrived twenty minutes after leaving the office. She was a bit dressed up, so she expected Emma to ask her about that; however, she did not want to give her any updates on her personal life. She knocked on the door and Emma opened it for he