🪩 ·˚ ༘ ┊CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT ! ˊˎ
thought he was different
( real life )

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𖤐 — CLOVERS APARTMENT

ASPEN POUNED ON CLOVERS APARTMENT DOOR. for the past week clover had been MIA, and hadn't gotten back to any of her friends. who were all worried about her since the party and the shit that went down with chris

"clover i swear to god! open the door before i call my dad to take it off the hinges!" aspen declared, placing her hands on her hips as she waited for her "that's it! i'm calling-" the redhead was cut off by clover opening her door, in shorts and an oversized hoodie with a joint in her hand

"oh my fucking god.. babe i love you but you look fucking horrible" aspen sighed and walked in, the apartment was clean, as if clover scrubbed every inch trying to erase any memory that she and chris had made in the past two months "shut up" clover sighed out

"baby, please let's get you out of here. get dressed, sober up-" "but i-" clover began, although she was just interrupted by aspen once again "nope! no excuses, get your ass ready! me and larry are worried about you"

"larry's here?" clover asked as she put out the joint, pouring water on the spark to kill it off. "waiting in my car downstairs. it's me, you, him and olivia." aspen said as she walked into clovers room

the redhead froze as she looked around the mess that scattered across the floors "clover.. this is why we're worried. you hate mess in your room. i've been worried sick, you haven't texted me back babe, i get that you're hurt but you can't let this ruin you"

aspen placed her hands on clovers shoulders, staring her in her eyes as she spoke, and as if she had the cure all along clover nodded her head "okay, okay." she reassured herself, sighing "now.. i'll give you an hour. shower, get ready. we are gonna go eat and shop, maybe smoke, okay?"

clover nodded and walked into her bathroom, meanwhile aspen cleaned her room, throwing her sheets in the wash and piling all the clothes in the hamper, sweeping the hardwood floors and vacuuming the carpet

it had been a long time since aspen had seen her best friend like this, and the last time it was even worse, she in fact did have to call her dad to remove the door off the hinges after pierce and her broke up. only to find a rotting clover in bed half conscious

clovers greatest strength and weakness was her ability to love, and when it came to relationships she gave her all. every piece of her went into chris and pierce, yet trust is what she valued most in any relationship, romantic or otherwise. if she couldn't trust them how could she last with them?

pierce broke her trust when he cheated on her, and chris broke her trust by lying to her completely. rowen broke her trust by lying then lying again to everyone around her. it was a cycle she hadn't broke, and now she was in a place where she was unsure of who to trust at all

her greatest fear had come to life. not being able to trust anyone.

after about an hour she stood still in her mirror as olivia, aspen and larry all tried to help her pick her outfits. it stung a little, for once she had to put herself back together again without rowen. now that piece of her was gone too.

"so, we're getting drinks?" clover asked as she sat in the backseat of aspens car, the redhead looked back at her and shook her head "yes and no? we are going to a demolition room" larry laughed

"a what?" clover asked, forcing a laugh as she looked at olivia nervously "is that one of those rooms where you smash shit?" the singer asked "i guess so" clover shrugged

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𖤐 — RANDOM BAR, LA

HOURS LATER AFTER THE DEMOLITION ROOM THE GROUP ENDED UP AT A SMALL BAR. clover sat at the bar with her friends, looking at the array of liquor in front of her

"and what's your name, pretty girl?" the older bartender asked her, going down her line of friends as he wrote their names on the glasses, that was this places specialty, they customized the glasses for each person

"clover" she nodded her head as she told him, the man's eyes lit up as he looked behind him at the younger apprentice "make a clover club, would ya?" he asked

"a clover club? for clover?" she laughed at the idea of it, but she watched as he carefully wrote out her and her friends names on the glasses. it was still weird without rowen however the new found quality time with those she loved was helping heal the wound.

good friends heal the bad things, right?

many shots and many drinks later clover was half asleep in the back of aspens car, slurring her words as she cried.

"i just thought- maybe he was the one? is that stupid?" she confessed through a half sob, leaning against larry in the backseat "no babe, that isn't stupid" he smoothed her hair with his hand, sighing softly "he was so good, i really believed he changed.. but he fucked her and couldn't even give me heads up"

"and people after the party were texting me saying they couldn't be 'involved' with me after this because they want to protect their relationships! like i didn't steal him" her sobs turned into broken laughter, aspen looked back at her, a fire in her eyes "who the fuck told you that?"

clover sniffled, she rarely let her emotional side out anymore, especially in front of people. "charli, fucking— alix earl? irrelevant ass makeup influencers? i'm just like- i didn't take him" she laughed out, before the sleep hit her.

clovers eyes silently closed, aspen and her friends pissed that at the end of it all clover was the one getting the short end of the stick.

but if there was one thing clover accepted today, it was they men never would change. and the little hope she had left in men was gone.

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𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙀 ✧ 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙎!
guys i promise i love clover she's my baby. she will be okay like in ten chapters or smth

this chapter is dedicated to —
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