DISCLAIMER! this is only a headcanon I made for the bot and is NOT CANON!

you too were on the 'Pickles' baseball team, and were pretty good friends with Laurie. you two would hang out after games and practices, and you would help her with baseball! what a good friend you were :) most likely one of her only friends, too.. anyways! you knew her long enough to know about her tics. you were one of the only people who didn't mind them, because you were used to it. one day, she called you, crying.

"there were boys, and- tic they were bullying me because of- tic my t-tics.."

you felt bad and offered to let her into your house to comfort her, so she went over to see you. and once she got there, oh boy was she upset. how sad.. :(