Its been a week since that wedding fiasco. Eren and I are still molding back together.
Audrey? Well, she stopped the wedding, and good thing she restrained her parents. I'm pretty thankful to her.
A knock came to the front door. I gazed at the time. 10:00 PM. That's quite late, I was on the couch watching some TV.
I stood up from the couch and the knocks continued. "Okay, okay I'm coming" I walked to the entrance and opened the locked door.
"Audrey" I said. She was panting a bit, her jet black hair shine a bit with light and her cheeks slightly red. She smiles.
"Hey" she greets.
"What brings you here?"
"I just um, wanna talk to you. I'm guessing your still confused about" she shrugs "the 'wedding'" she chuckles.
"Oh sure, come in" I opened the door more for her to step in.
She nods a thanks and walks in. She looks around as I close the door behind us.
"lets head to the living room" I gestured for her to follow and she did. I turned off the TV and fixed up my mess. (empty chip bags, soda cans and an empty ice cream container etc.)
I returned after throwing them away and Audrey was now sitting on the couch, staring into space. I sat beside her.
"so.." I started.
"So.." She echoed.
We both shared an awkward eye contact and chuckled. She run her palm over her black hair and she starts.
"So..about what happened...my parents, they were abusive" she started. "Especially when I met Eren"
"They adore Eren. I do too. But they went too far. They want him to be my boyfriend and husband in the future" she chuckled a bit "And then he met you"
"They still forced me. They forced me to break you apart and get Eren from you. I kept on saying no" she sighs "But then, remember the time when you were away because of your grandmother's death?" she asked and I nodded.
"That's when the abusing got worse" she shakes her head "They hurt me physically and told me to get Eren since he was engulfed in sadness, saying that this is my only 'chance'" I can see her eyes get watery a bit. I patted her back "hey its okay, you don't have to tell me" I said. "No, I will tell. I can handle this" she said, showing me a small but strong smile. I nodded for her to continue.
"They threatened me that if I don't get Eren, they will cut me off from the family" she takes a deep breath and exhales, trying to calm down "I was so afraid and hurt that time....and I was so dumb that I said yes.." she choked back a sob. I continued on to pat her back.
"And there...I did it" she said. I felt a small pang of hurt in my chest. I just feel it whenever I remember those events. "but before that, he was so lonely without you. I heard he locks himself in his room and doesn't eat properly. He was so lonely...he succumbed when I kissed him.." she sobbed and I can feel my eyes get misty. I never knew Audrey this way.
"And when you split, his sadness widened.." she takes a deep breath again "I felt so guilty for what I did...so I told him everything. The reason why I did that to him, I told him about what my parents said...So he agreed with us being a couple to save me from my parent's threat" she cried. My tears fell already, I never knew this.
"But all I want to say is..." she sobbed and she looked at me "I'm sorry! I'm very sorry! For everything! the pain, the hurt..." she breaks down and buries her face on her palms "I'm sorry..I'm sorry.." she said continuously. I pulled her into a hug and cried along with her, rubbing her back.
"Its okay Its okay" I hushed. My voice cracking, I said "Even though what you did was wrong...you realized it and took the initiative to make it right and finish it....and I thank you for that" I said, smiling as I start to comfort her. She continued on crying. "And I'm sorry too...for hurting you" I said. She nods and pulls away, wiping her tears "Its okay" she smiled "I deserved it"
I blinked and we laughed despite our tears. "So.." she said.
"Friends?" I asked. She nods and smiles.
"Friends" we both hugged each other.
We pulled away after a while. "Oh and [f/n]?"
"yeah?"
"Go back to Eren. He truly loves you, and I support this ship" Audrey chuckled and so did I.
"Alright" I smiled.
After that, I knew Audrey more. I knew the real Audrey, and not the Audrey who lived under her parent's dark shadow. The real Audrey who made everything right.