Drew,

I can't believe I'm even writing this letter. This is like my hundredth time trying to write it so I hope I don't get any tears on it and I say everything I need to.

I want to start off by saying you are the best thing that has ever happened to me. I want you to know that once you came into my life, I couldn't imagine my life without you in it. Now, I have to.

I'm not going back to LA for just a week, I'm going back for good. I'm no longer working for OBX. I'm no longer living in Charleston with you and some of the best friends I had ever made. And I'm so sorry you have to find out this way, but I'm no longer your girlfriend.

Before you ask yourself what happened or why I'm writing this, ask Chase. He'll tell you everything. Just know that it was nothing you did. It's not your fault and I don't want you to think even for a second that it was. Once he tells you everything, I want you to tell him that I said he was right. He was right and he should be proud because no one else was.

And because he was right, I had to leave. I had to leave because I have no business being here. I had no right to come into everybody's lives like I did, and for that, I am sorry.

I'm sorry it happened this way, I'm sorry you found out this way. I wish I could be there to explain myself but it only makes sense for you to believe one of your best friends than some girl you ran into on the street 2 months ago. That would be silly, wouldn't it?

It's so hard to write this and do this after what you told me last night. I should tell you that you don't love me, that you can't be in love with me. You can't be in love with someone you met only 2 months ago. But I'd be lying because I'm so in love with you too. 

In the 2 months we've known each other, you've shown me a type of love I've never experienced before. You made me feel like the luckiest girl in the world and I am so forever grateful for you and the life we lived together in the past couple months.

Thank you for introducing me to your friends and showing me a part of life I didn't know I was missing. I will never forget you and the memories we made together.

Best of luck to you and everyone else on season 3. I can't wait to see the magic you guys create.

I love you so much, Drew. Thank you for everything.

Love always,
mallory♡

"What the fuck." I gasped as I finished reading the letter that I held in my hands.

"Well?" I heard Mads say. "What does it say?"

I looked up from the letter and looked over at Chase, my jaw clenching as I read that he had something to do with this. I went up to him and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, pulling him close to me.

"What the fuck happened?!" I yelled at him. "What did you do?!"

"Drew," Rudy said as he came up to Chase and I, trying to pull me away from him. "Calm down buddy, what does the letter say?"

"She's gone!" I yelled. "She's gone and she's not coming back." I looked at Chase, tears pricking my eyes as I realized I just lost one of the most important people in my life.

"I can explain," Chase started off. "Look, Drew, I was only looking out for you, man. I know you were into her, but you let her into your life and our lives so easily. You can't just trust people like that. You didn't even know her-"

"I was into her?!" I questioned his choice of words. "Chase, I'm in fucking love with her!"

"Okay," Chase nodded. "But doesn't it seem strange to be in love with someone you just met?" He asked me and I looked at him in utter disbelief.

"Have you ever heard of something called love at first sight? Have you ever heard the saying when you know, you know?" I questioned him. As silly as it seemed, that was exactly how I felt about Mallory. I had never felt this way before. She was different than the rest, she was special.

"Yeah, but Drew, you're famous now. Mallory could've been using you this whole time and here you are falling in love with her. The last thing I would want is for you to get hurt because of some girl." Chase answered.

"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked him, so confused on where all of this was coming from.

Chase sighed as he looked around to see all of our friends gathered around us, wondering what happened as well. We were standing in a lounge at the studio, on a break from rehearsal. Mads and Bailey came up to me with a letter from Mallory that was addressed to me. They found it on their kitchen counter this morning before we all got to the studio. The girls weren't aware that Mallory was leaving in the first place, let alone for good. I had no idea how we got in this position, all of us left in perplexity.

"So uh," Chase started as he looked at me. "A few nights ago, Mal and I had a talk. We haven't really gotten to know each other, just her and I, because everyone else is always around. I had to ask her how she liked being around us and how she liked being with you, Drew." He told me and I furrowed my eyebrows, trying to figure out what he was getting at. "To me, she's this random girl just hanging around my best friends and dating one of them." He said as he looked around at everyone before pointing to me. "So, of course I'm gonna be skeptical of her."

"Dude, we all started out as random people to each other before we met. Did we all not click almost instantly when we first met?" Bailey intervened on the conversation.

"Okay, yes, but-"

"You literally helped me plan our first date." I told him. I was so confused why he was suddenly acting like this. I asked him so many times before how he felt about Mal and every time his answers were the same, as long as you're happy, I'm happy for you.

"Where is all of this coming from?" Rudy now asked Chase. "We've been with her almost everyday for the past two months, I think we've all grown to love her like she was one of us."

"She is one of us," Mads crossed her arms as she sent Chase a dirty look. "She's like the sister I never had."

I was so glad to hear my friends were just as angry about this as I was. Mallory had become such an important part in all of our lives. Her and Mads became so close, they were like sisters. She built such a great relationship with all of my friends, or so I thought. I fell completely in love with her. I couldn't believe Chase turned her away like this.

"You guys are missing the point!" Chase yelled abruptly, catching our attention as we all drifted into conversations about how much we loved Mallory. "We're famous now, don't you guys get that? Have any of you ever, for even a second, thought about the fact that maybe Mallory was using us?" Chase questioned as he looked at all of us.

"Have you ever thought," I said as I walked up to Chase, our chests inches apart from how close we were. "That maybe, just maybe, Mallory was one of the good ones?" I now questioned him. "Has she ever given any of us a reason not to trust her? Has she ever done anything sketchy around us? It's not like she couldn't wait to post online that we were dating. You wanna know why? Because she respects my privacy. She respects our privacy. Don't you think if she were using us she would do something sketchy by now?" I nearly interrogated him. To say I was pissed would be an understatement. He drove away my girlfriend for no reason, he had no right to do that.

"Drew has a very valid point." Rudy agreed with me.

"You're unbelievable, Chase." Mads scoffed as she crossed her arms.

"I'm unbelievable?" He repeated. "Sorry that I was just looking out for my friends. God forbid I don't want anyone to get hurt."

"Oh yeah?" I raised an eyebrow at his intention for turning Mallory away. "And how did that work out? Quite honestly, I don't think I've ever been more hurt. I don't know what to feel more hurt from, the fact that my best friend betrayed me or the fact that this has been bothering my girlfriend for days and she wouldn't tell me what was wrong because she was planning how to break up with me and leave." I expressed once I put the pieces together.

I knew something still wasn't right with Mallory, and this was it. Chase had this talk with her, and the whole time she's been planning how to leave and break up with me.

"Okay, look, Drew, I'm sorry." Chase finally apologized and I shook my head as I walked away from him. "I didn't realize you felt this strongly about her."

"Sorry isn't gonna bring her back." I spat at him.

I walked away from the group, hearing them chatter amongst themselves about what happened. I couldn't fucking believe this.

"You fucked up, dude." I heard Austin say to Chase.

I shook my head in utter disbelief, not knowing what to do. Mallory was gone. Mallory was no longer my girlfriend. How did I let this happen?

"Hey," I heard Mads' soft voice as she came up from behind me, her hand softly on my back. "You okay?"

"What do you think?" I asked her as I stressfully rubbed my forehead, trying to think of what to do.

"I know, I'm sorry." She apologized. "I had no idea he did that. I'm just as upset as you are." She told me and I looked down at her. "Maybe not as upset," She corrected herself. "Because you lost your girlfriend, but I love her like a sister and I wasn't expecting any of this."

"Why would he do this?" I softly asked Maddie, a lump forming in my throat. "Shouldn't he have been happy for me that I was finally happy? I finally found someone I was so comfortable with. I finally found someone who liked me for me. Why did he have to ruin that?"

Mads pulled me into a hug, our height difference causing me to bend down to her.

"I don't know." She whispered. "I don't know why he did that." She lightly rubbed my back, trying to soothe me. I closed my eyes as I felt a tear escape. I felt so hurt and betrayed. "You know what you have to do, right?" Mads asked me after a minute.

I broke from the hug and stood in front of her, wiping my eyes to stop myself from crying. "Yeah," I nodded. "I do."

I pulled out my phone and went on it for a second, knowing exactly what I had to do. I was going to fix this, but Chase was going to pay for what he did. After a minute of being on my phone, I heard Chase's voice in the distance.

"Drew, why'd you just venmo request me $500?" He asked and I turned to face him, both of us on opposite sides of the room from each other.

"Oh, because you're buying me the first plane ticket outta here to LA." I told him.

"Plane tickets are only like $200 to LA." He looked at me confused.

"You forgot about the being a shitty friend fee. Oh, and you'll be buying Mallory and I a nice dinner." I sent him a sarcastic smile.

Chase sucked in his lips and nodded, knowing I was right. I saw him go on his phone before he accepted the request, instantly sending me $500.

"I'll be back." I told Mads before I exited the lounge, knowing what I had to do now.

I went down the long hallway, making my way to Jonas' office and after about a minute, I found myself in front of the door. I softly knocked three times before I heard a voice telling me to come in.

I opened the door to see Jonas at his desk, glasses sitting on the bridge of his nose as he was going through paperwork.

"Drew," Jonas smiled. "What's up? Everything okay?"

Nothing was okay right now, but I couldn't tell him that. I was so angry, but I was going to do everything I could to fix this. I was praying my plan would go according to schedule.

"Jonas, I'm gonna need the next few days off."

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