Free Love Heals All by Addie McKenna

don’t like it,” he said, glaring at her back while she tramp strutted away, as we say. Well, Carter doesn’t say that, because she’s his girlfriend.
    â€œDon’t worry about her, Pooh Bear, she’s a mess,” I said. I hope he doesn’t find out about what she did.

Bailey
    Something’s up with Autumn, I can tell. It’s a best-friend thing. When she went to the bathroom, the wicked witch Ashley got up and followed her. I didn’t want to follow, so we wouldn’t look suspicious, but I really need to figure out what’s going on.
    When she came out of the bathroom, only a girl could tell, but she had a little bit of makeup on one side of her face. Autumn never wears makeup, ever. Only the occasional lipstick with an outfit or a bit of foundation when supposedly she looks bad or has a lot of acne, but come on, y’all, she is flawless.
    She gave us girls a we-need-to-talk-later look, and all of us nodded ever so slightly, so the guys and Ashley wouldn’t see.
    I wonder what happened in there? If Ashley did anything to my muchacha , I’m gonna cut a bish, specifically Ashley.
    Autumn
    I’m scared to tell the girls. What if Ashley shows up and hits me again? I don’t want her to tell my secret. I want to be the one who decides when to share it. They probably wouldn’t take me seriously again if she told them; they’d think I’m some messed-up freak.
    We finished eating at IHOP and just went back home to watch some movies. The first pick was the girls’ pick, and we all picked Mean Girls . The second pick was the guys’ pick, and they picked The Avengers .
    Well, knowing me, being the tomboy/girly-girly type I am, I was really into both movies, but I really needed to talk to the girls. I saw they weren’t as interested in The Avengers , which I don’t get why, so I gave them a nod to go upstairs so we could talk.
    â€œWe’re gonna go upstairs and do girly things to get to know each other better while y’all watch this boring movie,” Abbie said to Jonah.
    â€œBut baby girl, I thought you liked this movie?” Jonah looked at me with a pout.
    â€œUm, well, I do—it’s just, I want to get to know the girls better!” I told him.
    â€œOkay.”
    Hayes helped me up both set of stairs and over to the game room door, which is where we girls were going to talk.
    â€œSorry you had to help me,” I said, looking into his eyes.
    â€œThere’s nothing to be sorry about, sweetheart. Now go have fun.” He kissed my forehead, and Ella helped me to a beanbag next to her and Bailey.
    â€œOkay, now what did you have to tell us?” Gabby asked.
    â€œWell, um, you know when I went to the bathroom at IHOP, and so did Ashley?” They all nodded. “So I guess she followed me in there, and she was saying how I was just using Hayes and the guys for fame and stuff like that. But she said she knew ,” I said, putting air quotes around knew , “I was using him because she was doing the same thing with Carter.” They all gasped.
    â€œAfter she said that to me, I kinda went off on her, telling her that I hadn’t known who Hayes and Nash were before I met them, and that I’ve known Cameron all my life, and that I fell in love with the real Hayes, not the famous one.” They all awwed. “I also said that she didn’t know anything about me, like I didn’t know anything about her, except that she was a coldhearted tramp that was looking for fame from one of the nicest people I know.”
    â€œYou go, girl!” Abbie yelled, giving me a high five. She’s exactly like Jonah.
    â€œBut then the next thing was unexpected: she slapped me, hard !” I said.
    â€œBut you can’t see anything, so that’s good,” Alyssa said.
    â€œDoes anybody have makeup remover?” I asked tentatively.
    â€œI do!” Aly said. We all looked at her, surprised.