◣ 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞... ◥

❝ 𝗶 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗶 𝗮𝗺. ❞

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- [✩] ; MILLIE RUBBED CORA'S SHOULDER as she updated her on the disaster that was her life. Mona was supposed to join them, but something came up so it was just Millie and Cora sitting at the steps of Cora's flat building. As before, Cora is an open book and so willing to share everything and anything about herself, except when it came to her emotions. So when it came to telling Millie about it, about her feelings for Louis, her face was blotchy from crying and hugging her knees like the baby she was.

"Millie, I'm galactically fucked!" Cora cried out as she rubbing her face with her hands. "I'm terrible when it comes to my feelings and I really like Louis, he's so sweet and so cute, but ugh!"

"Hey, hey," Millie frowned as she continued to rub Cora's back with a sympathetic tone lacing her words. "You're not terrible, you're a spectacular person, Cora. Louis understands that you're going through some things and just need your time."

Cora frowned, which seemed like a permanent facial expression for her, as she huffed out another sigh. "It's been two months, Halloween is in two weeks! How the hell is he going to forgive me for ghosting him all of a sudden, Millie?"

Millie thought for a moment and removed her hand from Cora's shoulder to her chin. "Well, you're a songwriter, right? You could compose a song for him. Louis has always said he liked your songs." 

She chuckled quietly. "It wouldn't be the first time I wrote a song for him,"

"Exactly! I can help you if you want, though, I've never written a song before." the other girl offered with a small smile.

Cora felt the corner of her lips twitch upwards as she raised a brow at Millie. "You'd do that for me? Because you really don't have to- I mean, if you want, you can sleepover! Or not... uh, Mona can join if she's available later?"

"Of course I wanna help! Mona should be available later, she's out with her parents but I'll let you know that she should swing by tonight." Millie smiled softly and then took her phone out of her pocket. "Oh my god I have no clothes with me- this is so impulsive-"

"You can borrow mine, no worries we're like the same size." Cora grinned before slowly standing up from the steps. "Let's go inside though, it's getting chilly."

"Girls night!" Millie squealed wildly. 

Once they got to Cora's flat door, she stopped once she opened the door, face slack. "Holy shit, I'm technically third-wheeling, aren't I?"

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- [✩] ; WHEN MONA ARRIVED, EVERYONE was in pajamas in her kitchen making hot chocolate and waiting for the pizza to arrive. Cora had to admit, Mona and Millie were awfully cute together, trying to shove whipped cream in each other's faces, and just giggling. In a way, it made the other girl, who was awkwardly third-wheeling the couple, realize that this is what she wanted with Louis. To just sling across one another on the couch, hugging one another from behind, the natural intimacy between two people.

Cora sat on the countertop, legs crossed as she scribbled some words into her notebook as Millie and Mona goofed around in the background. They chipped in every-so-often, checking in on her to see what she came up with before getting lost with one another and flipping the channels in the living room.

"I don't think this song will be as serious as my other ones," Cora said as she reached for King, her beloved uke across the countertop. "I think it will just be a little silly because that's who I am, I like to make jokes out of serious situations."

"It's very you, Cora." Millie nodded with a soft smile.

Mona grinned excitedly and then ran up to her, peering at the words in her notebook. "What do you have so far? That is if you want to share."

Cora strummed a few notes on her uke, making sure that it was tuned properly, and then nodded. "I can share. Will y'all let me know if it's good or not? 'Coz this is just a rough draft, really."

"Of course!"

"Yeah, let's hear it."

"Okay, here it goes..."

"I'm a jerk
I'm so sorry that I'm a big fat jerk
You don't really deserve that shit
But I'm a fucking idiot
YES, I am,
I should've told you sooner
but like I said before
I'm just a motherfucking jerk.

Oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh,

I'm a really annoying fucking jerk.
I'm bad at communication
It's one of my many flaws.
Especially when it comes with something silly like
Good old anxiety
But that's okay, oh, oh, oh
I'm dealing with it,
Don't worry about it
But you didn't know that

'Coz I'm a fucking jerk.
I'm a dumbass
Who the hell allowed that?
Because I sure didn't
NOPE!
Not me, oh, oh, oh, oh
I don't really know how to end this song
It's going on for far too long
But the general premise is that

I'm a fucking jerk.
I'm so sorry,
You don't deserve that
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh,
I'm so sorry,
I'm kind of a jerk

But oh,
Oh, oh, oh,
I may be a jerk
But this jerk
has a really big fat
Crush on you so,
Oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm so sorry
I'm a jerk about it..."

After strumming the final chord, Cora hummed for a moment before slowly raising her head to smile shyly at Millie and Mona. "So... uh, how was that?"

"Cora, I'm crying what the fuck?" Mona gaped as she was in fact crying into Millie's shoulder. "Oh my god, if Louis doesn't talk to you after that then fuck him and his rights."

Though there were tears streaming down her cheeks, she smiled whilst hugging Mona. "I agree with the weeping Mona here. That song... wow, it's absolutely beautiful, Cora."

"Thank you," Cora smiled with blushing cheeks. "I think I'll perform this for him tomorrow? Though, I think I'll need your help with that..." her soft shy smile turned mischievous as she wiggled her eyebrows.

Mona gasped as she wiped her tears with her thumb. "You really think we wouldn't help you win back your man? Who the hell do you think we are?" of course she was playfully angry, but Cora couldn't help but laugh at how Mona was trying so hard to look serious.

The girls finally calmed down and were sat in the living room, Millie and Mona taking the couch while Cora was sat on the floor with blankets spread around. They were still waiting for their pizza to arrive as they watched yet another episode of Criminal Minds, per Cora's request. She wanted to convert all of her friends into Criminal Minds' fans, and so far it was working.

"Kikay? Are you home?" a voice that seemed vaguely foreign called out with the smell of fresh, warm pizza filling the air. "There was a pizza man looking for our apartment but got lost in the lobby, so I paid him already and- Oh, hello."

Serena Valencia, for the first time in what seemed like ages, actually arrived home from work with two pizza boxes in hand. Cora's eyes widened slightly, glancing over at Millie and Mona who quickly spread apart on opposite ends of the couch as they stared at Cora's mom with a shy smile.

"Nanay," Cora stood from the floor as she sent her a small smile. "These are my friends, Millie and Mona. They'll be sleeping over for the night,"

"Hi, Ms. Valencia. Thank you for paying for our dinner." Millie nodded at Serena with a small wave.

"That's okay, and please, Serena will do just fine." she said to Millie. "Liks, maybe a warning would be nice... but that's alright." Serena smiled, looking slightly bewildered, and waved at the two teenage girls in her living room.

"I didn't know you'd be home, sorry," Cora carefully took the pizza boxes from her mom and then placed it on the coffee table. "I thought you'd be at work all night again."

"It's okay, I'm never home so that's understandable," Serena directed this comment towards Millie and Mona who looked calm yet unsure of how to react. "Well, I'll leave you three to it, nice meeting you ladies." she nodded at them before heading down the other hallway.

There was a pause in the air after Serena left, Millie and Mona still very unsure of what to say while Cora slowly sank down to the floor with her lower lip caught between her teeth.

"Well... your mom is... nice." Millie carefully said as she stared at Cora, knowing that her relationship with her mom wasn't as great as others.

"She's pretty," Mona pipped up before getting promptly kicked in the shin by Millie. "Ow! Okay, okay, I get it Mills- Anyway, pizza?"

"Pizza is good," Cora nodded as she opened up the pizza boxes with a timid grin on her lips. "Anyway, let's plan for tomorrow, yeah?" 

Millie nodded as she took a slice of vegetarian pizza. "Oh, yes old wise one, tell us about what you need Mona and I to do."

Cora hummed after she took a bite from her pizza and smiled softly. "Well, that would include..."

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author's note.

this chapter was so all over the place whoopsie

millona/ramillie own me as much as louzon ur honor

also that song cora is singing, i really pulled it out of my ASS sorry if it sucks :)