Chapter {25}

                                    

                                          
[Dinah Jane]
                          
~What hurts worse? Physical abuse or betrayal?
                          
When I woke up I saw stars. When my vision cleared from its blury foggy state I saw Lauren Jaureguis green emeralds staring down at me. She gave me a soft gentle kiss. Her eyes were tears stained and she looked so worried.
                          
Then I remembered what happened. How she had walked in one Siope beating me up. I vaguely remember her helping me before passing out in a whirlwind of pain. I looked over at a mirror to see a black eye, not bad enough that I cant open it but still ugly, bruises covering my cheecks and chin, and a long burn mark running over the left black eye as a beautiful scar, stopping at mid cheek.
                          
"Yikes." I moan.
                          
Lauren smiles. "Its not that bad. Your still beautiful in my eyes."
                          
"Aww." I pull her down and give her a sweet kiss. "And thats all that matters."
                          
She snorts. "Please, you could be covered in mud with random objects sticking to you and youd still be beautiful. And you know why?"
                          
"Why?"
                          
"Because your beautiful in your own eyes. Because you love yourself and thats one thing ive always loved about you. Is that it doesnt matter to you what people think. I fell in love with your heart, not your looks but they are a big plus." She says with one of her signature breathtaking winks.
                          
"Lauren Michelle Jauregui." I say sternly. "I forbid you from winking."
                          
She rolls her eyes a smirks. I have always nevied her amazing eyes. And her body. And her everything. I mean thats normal right? To fall in love with an angel? Because of all things she can NOT be human. No human has that amazing of eyes and can be that sweet. It just isnt possible.
                          
Camila comes running in and smiles. "DIIIINNNAAAHHH!" She screams and runs over but she cant tackle me so instead settles for a small hug.
                          
"Hey Mila." I say smiling.
                          
"How ya doing?"
                          
"Umm... pretty bad. Id say 3/5s of Fifth Harmony is broken." 
                          
"Wait, Normani, you and...."
                          
"Ally." I clarify. "Shes nowhere to be found. Run off o' corse."
                          
"The elf will turn up around Christmas time with toys." Lauren says lightly and we all laugh.
                          
"Tell santa to send her with Normani." 
                          
Camila is looking down at the floor. I feel a pange of guilt in remembering the girl I love is here but she ruined her chance. Or at least feels like it. Normani is after all running around somewhere here and no one knows where she is. Jennifer has assasins and Siope is out there. And you cant forget Ally is gone as well. Our ray of positivity got lost in the clouds.
                          
"Dinah?" Lauren says snapping me back to reality.
                          
"Hmm?"
                          
She moves forward and hands me a letter. On it is my name in perfect cursive. My hands shake a little as I open it up. With a neat trifold is a small piece of paper with the Council stamp in the upper right corner.
                          
Shit.
                          
Dear Dinah,
                          
I regret to inform you that the Council has been watching Fifth Harmony very recently. We see that the matches have gona amiss throughout the drama. If this continues we may have to step in and make our own changes. I realize Normani Kordei is gone and we inform you that she has not been found since the concert night. Fans are worried and we ask that you ease them a bit.