#ihyfi

Rachel hurried home, slowing only when she reached the door. "Please, please, please," she prayed to no one in particular as she put her key in the lock. She still had hope that Sam hadn't heard the song yet, but once she saw him - more specifically, the look on his face - she knew he had. "I was going to tell you," she told him, taking a careful step toward him. "I had no idea he was going to release the song so soon."

Avery quickly shooed her animals off the couch, replacing them with blankets and ignoring their looks of annoyance. Chey would be over any minute now, and she didn't want the place to look like the complete mess it did. She checked the fridge for the right kind of food, laid out some movies on the table, biting her lip back as she looked over her living room, hoping that it didn't look like too much of a mess. She gave her kitten, who was now jumping around with Celia's kitten who Avery had picked up earlier, a quick pet on the head as she waited for Chey to come over.

God, poor Chey. Avery knew how much that hurt and it pained her to know Chey was going through the same thing. But at least she wouldn't be alone like Avery had been. Avery'd be there to prevent her from doing anything stupid in grief like she had. Chey meant the entire world to Avery, and she couldn't bear to witness something like that happen to her. She literally shook with anxiousness as she waited for her friend to arrive, her animals were eyeing her with suspicion.

"That's not a chew toy," Avery yelped at her wolf, as she dived and pulled out her small stuffed dog from her wolf's mouth. "Don't hurt him." She pouted and threw him lightly on the couch, giving Lupis a warning glare just as there was a light knock on the door.