This Tiny Town

Chapter 3: Ozzy's POV

I watch as Micah run away from me and I can't even get myself to move from where I stand. It hurts to know that my only friend just ran away from me. I guess I am really all by myself now.

I wish he would tell me that he doesn't want to hang out with me anymore because he keeps giving me a sliver of hope when he doesn't. I don't want to think that we may still have a chance and then get my heart broken again.

I should leave him alone for now until he tells me what he is thinking about. Does he really not want to hang out with me or am I just assuming things? I think that if I do try to talk to him he might feel like I am overbearing and then he might start to dislike me.

I feel something wet trickle down my face. I'm crying again. I push my sleeve up to my face and rush out of the store so no one sees me crying. Now there are just two carts sitting in the middle of the aisle.

I really wish that I didn't get this emotional everytime I think about this situation. I don't want to cry when I think about someone who makes me so happy. I just wish he was still talking to me right now. This situation really sucks.

When I get home I go to the kitchen and splash my face with water. I also get myself a glass of water so that I don't get dehydrated. After I have calmed down a bit I try to think of a way to get my mind off of everything.

I decided to go clean up my room that has been a mess for months. I turn on my playlist with all of my songs that make me happy. I lose myself in the music as I pick up all of my stuff. Classic starts to play and I fully lose myself in the song.

I finish cleaning my room and start to get hungry. I walk downstairs to get something to eat then remember my mission to get groceries has failed. I either have to go to the grocery store or the convenience store. I think I will try to go to the grocery store again because Micah will probably go to the convenience store.

I go to the grocery store and get all of the groceries and head back home. I put up my food then use the things I left out to make food. I wanted to actually try to cook to also get my mind off of everything. I wanted to try making english muffin pizzas. When I finish them they don't taste all that bad. Maybe I will try my hand in cooking.

I look at the time and it says that it is 8:00. I clean up and go up to my room. I put on my pajamas and set my alarms for school tomorrow. I crawl into my bed and put on my headphones. I try to go to sleep, but inevitably my mind drifts to Micah.

I think about all of the time we spent together. All of the summers and winters we spent together. My mind drifts to one winter when it snowed and we went and played in the snow till all of it was gone. We made snow angels and snowmen. It is probably the best winter I have ever had.

I finally decided to get up because I am not going to fall asleep anytime soon. I get onto my phone and go into my gallery to look at pictures of us. I scroll and stop on a picture of Micah in a grocery cart and me pushing him. I continue to scroll and then stop on a picture of Micah on a ton of chairs piled up.

I stop at a picture from one of the best nights of my life. It was a picture of us dancing in the rain. It was the first time I spent the night at his house. This night was when he was still living with his parents. I was a little nervous because I knew that he fought a lot with his parents. I was scared that I would say or do something wrong that might set his parents off and then he would fight with them because he wanted to defend me. We decided to try and sneak out that night. We ran around this tiny town together at 12:00 a.m. It suddenly started to rain and there was no place open that late at night. We decided to just run around in the rain instead. He started to play Classic and danced around to the song in the rain. I just stared at him for a while. I think that was the exact moment that I fell for him and I fell hard. I think something that really drew me in at that moment is that he didn't have a care in the world. He danced around in the rain and his bright smile was so carefree that it made me forget my worries. I had the urge to kiss him at that very moment, but resisted it. I started to dance along as well, hoping he didn't see me staring at him. When we got back to his house his parents scolded both of us, but he didn't care. His smile never left his face. We had to take a shower and change clothes. I also got to wear a change of his clothes. We both stayed up until the sun rose and talked about a bunch of nonsense. I really enjoyed that night.

Right now I really wish I could go back to that day and relive it over and over. Maybe one day we will be able to make better memories than that. Even if we are still just friends, I don't want to lose him. He is the most important person in my life. I really hope I don't lose him.

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