All Chapters of By your Side: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

"Is that the one you told me not to be too harsh on? The one I should eventually forgive?" Mila hissed at her friends. She could not decide if she was more angry or hurt after the phone call with Emma. "I fucking called her to tell her about an internship and she told me to block her, forget about her, and never call her again! Wow! I'm so done with her!""There must be something wrong, this can't be something she has done by her own will." Julie tried to defend Emma. She was not siding with Emma, but she saw how Emma looked at Mila, how she talked to her. You could never talk or look at someone the way Emma did and be rude and mean to them at the same time."You're giving me more reasons to hate her," Hannah muttered. "Julie, quit defending her. The girl is bad news, period.""You can never be sure of that. They were friends for eleven years and now she suddenly became bad news?" Leila sided with Julie."People change," Hannah replied, shrugging.

Halloween came rather quickly, it was as if the semester was flying by. Too many things happened in the span of a month and a half. Mila, Blake, Julie, Leila, and Hannah were all going to the same party. It was a party thrown at one of Blake's friends’ house. Ashton, Blake's friend, had a thing for Leila and he wanted to get to know her more, so he asked Blake to suggest going to his party in front of the girls, and luckily, they agreed. However, only Mila knew about Ashton's crush over Leila and knew about the reason behind the suggestion."Are you going to match with Blake?" Hannah asked Mila, who was putting on make-up. Mila was extremely excited about her first Halloween party with Blake."Yes! I am, as you can see, Daisy and he is going to be Mr. Gatsby." Mila sounded ecstatic as she spoke. This was all new to her. She was not used to having a boyfriend, going on dates, having somebody to pamper her, and all of those beautiful things."He makes you ha

I was at the college library trying to finish the assignment that was due next week, but I could not write anything down, I could not think straight. My mind was drifting to different places and by different places, I meant horrendous thoughts and scenarios. I kept thinking about Emma. I was worried about her, she did not look good at all. There was something bad going on in her life and she refused to talk about it with anyone, especially with me. Why did she feel the need to keep me out of her life? She was being abused, I was sure of that. I had a feeling she wasn’t attacked, but I had no proof. I knew I told her that I would not be there for her again after what she had done to me, but that was all some angry talk. I would never forgive myself if she got hurt and I knew that she needed me at that time, yet I was not there to help her. Nobody knew her like I did and during our whole friendship, I have not seen her that broken before, I have never seen her looking that dull

When Emma heard Hannah's voice, she got more nervous than she already was. It took her a lot of time to build up her courage to visit Mila after the phone call with Julie. Emma looked down for a moment then looked back up at the two girls. If looks could kill, Hannah's glare could have killed Emma. "I... I want to s-see her," Emma mumbled, her heart beating fast. She did not dare to look at Julie, how could she possibly face her after what Cole forced her to do? "Never in a million years," Hannah said with a stern voice. "You don't h-have the right t-to do that!" Emma exclaimed in a quiet voice. "Actually I do, do I need to remind you of what you said on the phone?" Hannah raised her eyebrows at Emma and folded her arms. Emma went silent and did not know what to say. She wished her life could have been easier in any way. "Please, let m-me see her," Emma pleaded. "Are you here to show off your money or something? What? Do you think you

The next morning, Mila woke up and found Blake already in the room and Emma was nowhere to be seen. She kept looking around, making sure that Emma was not in the room. To be honest, she was disappointed when she found her gone, but she tried to conceal that feeling."Good morning," she mumbled in a croaked voice. He looked at her when he heard her voice and instantly smiled."Good morning, baby girl," he said and pecked her lips.Mila scrunched her nose when he kissed her lips. "My morning breath is horrible." She giggled. "Can you help me get to the bathroom?"He nodded and carefully removed the hospital blanket then helped her stand up. It took her a couple of seconds to get adjusted to the pain then slowly walked to the bathroom with Blake's help."You can go home today," Blake informed Mila."Good, I hate hospitals," she said as she stood by the sink to wash her face and brush her teeth. "I think you need to get out now." she laughed a l