"I'm sorry to bother you," Sly said with a weird twinkle in his eye. "We'll be off. See you later!" They both waved. "Jess..." Sly whispered to me as he left. I froze up, my stomach churned and a tear rolled down my cheek.  

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Aphmau's P.O.V

It started with one tear, then another, then another. Within a minute or so I was silently crying with tears pouring out of my eyes.

"A-Aph..." Aaron said in a soft voice. I just sat there, staring in the direction of the show stage with tears streaming down my cheeks. "Aphmau? What's wrong?"

The tears stopped and I smiled like I had never been crying. "I'm fine,"

"Aphmau, you can't be sat there with tears streaming down your face and say you're fine!" Katelyn exclaimed. At that point, my heart twanged. 

I just want her back... Is what I wanted to say... "Why can't I?!" Is what I actually said. "Have you never had a moment where you just break into tears for no reason?!"

"No!" Everyone at our table replied.

I'm sick of lying! Is what I wanted to say...  "Well, I have, ok?!" Is what I actually said.

"Aph," Garroth said calmly. "Just tell us what's wrong."

"I-I can't!" I said loudly, with tears threatening my eyes. 

"Why not?" 

"I just can't, ok?!" A tear spilt. "There's just some things I have to keep to myself!"

"Aphmau," Zane said sternly. "Just tell us what's wrong!"

I wish I could, guys, I thought. I really wish I could...

"No!" I shouted. 

"Hello again!" Sly said as they re-approached our table. "Is there a problem? We heard shouting." I shot him, and José some cold glares but they just smiled innocently.

"Um," Kawaii~Chan started sounding sceptical. "Yes, there is. You see, our friend Aphmau~Senpai burst into tears just after you two left, and now Aphmau~Senpai won't tell Kawaii~Chan or the others what's wrong!"

"Hm," José paused to 'think' for a moment. "Seems like she's hiding something."

"Naw," Aaron mumbled sarcastically.

"Wait, is she Aphmau Jessica Phoenix?" Sly asked with that same twinkle in his eye.

"Mhhm," Aaron nodded

At that point, I broke. I let it all out, all that's been going through my mind since I reached this place. "I just miss him, ok?!" I yelled, tears threatening my eyes once again. "I just miss Andy!" I got up from my seat and stepped away from the table. 

"And, thanks a lot, Sly!" I continued yelling. "I had almost gotten over the death of Claire, even if it was almost a year ago now! And, I was controlling everything, hiding everything, until this place opened up! Until you guys began to show up! Until Adam and the gang began to show up! I had everything under control, and now everything has gone!"

 "Woah, woah," Sly said calmly. "It isn't our fault that yo--"

I cut him off, stopped him from saying anything else. "Yes, I know it wasn't your fault I hid everything! Heck, I even hid most of it from Sylvannah!" 

"J-Jess..." José stumbled. Then, I snapped. 

I can't take this anymore! My mind was screaming, my heart was screaming, and my soul was screaming. My mind had snapped, I had snapped. "Just go away!" I screamed. "If you're wondering why I left, I had too! Dad made me! I was putting you all in danger by staying there!" Tears were flowing out of my eyes by now, but I didn't stop, I couldn't stop. My expression had turned grim. A grim smile was plastered on my face and I stood there with tears falling down my face. Some would say I look psychotic, I would say I look like the purple guy. At this point, I had lost control of my mind, heart and soul. 

I heard a ringing in my ears and I clutched my head, sinking to the ground. I began rocking too and fro, looking all sense of my body, I began to mumble something unintentionally. "He's back..." Is what I was mumbling, I couldn't stop. I then caught a glance of Bonny/Andy and I stopped. 

He wouldn't like this... I thought. He was looking at me from the show stage with his red-pink eyes just staring at me. He was struggling, trying to go against his programming, it seemed. I stood up, a little bit wobbly, and shook my head. I mouthed something in the direction of Andy, and he stopped glitching, luckily.

"A-Aphmau...?" Aaron said, more like questioned, in a voice full of worry. "W-what's going on...?" He seemed scared, worried. I slightly flinched, but I didn't put on a smile or anything. 

"Did you not hear?" I snapped. "I'm lost, broken, and secretive." I hadn't meant to snap at him, I just did. "Everything you think you knew about me is a lie." I whipped out my phone and sent out a tweet.

No video today, sorry guys. Things are going on between me and some people IRL. Will realise two tomorrow.

"What was that...?" Katelyn asked with a cocked eyebrow and Sly looked like he was going to burst out with laughter.

"You guys don't know what twitter is?!" Their expressions were blank. I facepalmed mentally.

I stood up on my tiptoes and whispered into Sly's ear, "Here, we use an app called cheaper. Basically, it's twitter." His mouth formed an O and Jose nodded, obviously hearing.

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Edited: 21-04-17