SCENARIO TITLE : tears are for grown-ups too, emerald

SUMMARY : emerald is struggling after a break up and doesn't know exactly how to express her feelings, but cecelia steps in to help

SETTING : november 2019 , 2am , paranoia dorm

GENRE : some angst some fluff, overall just slice of life :)

WARNINGS : none !

REQUESTED BY : n/a

LAST NOTES : THIS ONES FOR ALL MY CRY BABIES OUT THERE (no not you melanie stans but ily all too !!) NEVER LET STUPID PEOPLE PREVENT YOU FROM CRYING JUST BECAUSE OF YOUR AGE crying is the best and it's a healthy process that allows room to feel better and grow, and if you don't believe me just remember that twice said it too in their popular 2020 song cry for me, and you wouldn't want to let down twice now would you ?? /lh

alright alright, all jokes aside, lets begin !!

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Cecelia woke up gradually under a weird circumstance. It was 2 o'clock in the morning and there was a single light casting a glow down in the hallway that she could see in the slightly cracked door

It was dim and Cecelia wasn't entirely all that awake yet, so she trudged like a zombie down the hallway, finding the only source of light to be the television in the living room, with Emerald sitting on the couch watching a movie Cecelia didn't recognize. She yawned the sleepiness away and approached her best friend with a gentle "hey" as to not scare her.

Regardless, Emerald jumped and a startled look formed on her face for a second, but vanished into a soft smile. "Hey yourself, what are you doing up?"

Cecelia shrugged and answered, "Not sure to be honest. I guess I felt something was off and I was right. What are you doing up this late?"

Emerald gave a slightly empty look. "Oh, not much. Just watching a movie I really like that I haven't seen in ages."

Cecelia wasn't buying it. "So...you decided to wake up at 2 in the morning to watch it?" she asked, searching for a more accurate answer.

"Well...no. I just couldn't sleep and I saw that it was on, so I wanted to stay up a bit and watch it."

Emerald gave her a look that said all so clearly, You believe me, right?

Cecelia still wasn't satisfied with that answer. When something was wrong with Emerald, she knew.

"Are you sure that's the only reason you're still up, Em?" Emerald didn't respond, but turned her head away from her friend and began to cry silently. Cecelia noticed and sat down on the couch by her friend's side, and wrapped her arm around her. "I'm sorry Em, I should've just let you be."

"No, no...it's my fault," Emerald said in between sniffles. "I'm already an adult, I should be able to handle my emotions better instead of bursting into tears like this."

"Don't say that, Emerald. You know it's perfectly fine to let out feelings even when you're an adult. It's a part of being human after all."

"Yeah, I know. I just feel like an emotional wreck, especially after...well, y'know."

"After the two of you broke up?" Cecelia finished her sentence, and she nodded in response

"Yeah. It's hard. I finally felt like I had another good thing going for me and I sabotaged it with my own hands." Saying this out loud after it being in the back of her mind for a while made Emerald begin to cry harder. Cecelia wrapped both arms around her friend for a few heartbeats while Emerald let out her true emotions that have been stuck inside of her for so long. When she stopped crying, Cecelia spoke again. "First of all, I just want you to know that what you did was the right decision. Even if it hurt , it still was the best decision in the long term. The things you had to face for just being with him got worse and worse, and you had every right and reason to say you had enough. You were looking out for yourself Emerald, and that takes some serious strength."

Cecelia took in a breath. "Second, I want you to know that you never need to feel weak with your emotions around me. If something's bothering you, please come to me. I'm nowhere near as intelligent as you are when it comes to the...sciencey stuff about emotions, but I've had my fair share of experiences with feelings and trust me, I can be a helping hand for you when you need it. I don't care if it seems immature or weak, I'm older than you and please trust me, it's my job to lend you some help when you need it. Didn't you say I'm your older sis, anyways?" Cecelia added, which made Emerald smile. "Anyways, after all the times you've helped me in the past, I'd be more than happy to help you in your times of need, so never feel afraid to talk to me, okay?"

Emerald wiped her tears from her face, and said "Okay. Emotions are just very foreign to me and I have a hard time understanding them on my own, but I'd be willing to try to understand if you are willing to help me."

Cecelia smiled softly. "Whenever you need me, I'm here. I love you a lot Emerald and I want to to help you as much as I possibly can."

"I love you too Cece."

The two finished the movie, then headed off to slumberland.

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ପ(๑•ᴗ•๑)ଓ ♡ INCOMING BLURB FROM CHELS! <33

yayy you've made it to the end of this chapter !! i'm sorry if this sucked btw i wrote this at one in the morning when i couldn't sleep so blame sleepy chels for the poor quality 😭

but anyways before i go i am in a bit of a dilemma, so some chapters of this book are a little outdated and need to be updated but like i'm really sentimental and i hate deleting old chapters i worked so hard on, so the question is this: do i totally replace them or do i just add to them and edit them? idk i'm thinking of doing either one but i'm leaning for the first option sadly TvT

anyways that's all, i hope you all have a good rest of your day/night and remember to stream antifragile by le sserafim !! 🤭

okok lol byeeee !

xoxo, chelsea/jane 💗