Time To Let Go [ l.n. ]

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Chapter 4
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TILLY

"Hey," Lando joined me at the kitchen table. Normally we don't cross paths in the morning because normally I don't come over to their house. The truth is, I have a judge test and am not feeling like I have the mental capacity to learn this shit. I mean, I only need to learn what will be useful later in life, not the structure of a ducking leaf.

I mean unless I wanted to become a leaf surgeon, it was pointless. So long story short, I came over early because after ranting about it on the phone last night with Charles, he -being the amazing human he is- offered to help get in one last study session before today's test. Which was honestly mostly spent with me drinking coffee to stay up this early.

"Hey, I'm sure you are confused why I'm at your house right now but I am explain, I was just with Charles who was helping me study because-"

"-because knowing the structure of a leaf is 'absolutely fucking pointless' yeah I heard you last night on the phone with Charles, I have the room next to him." He pursed his lips as he cut me off. I wonder how much of my rant he heard. "To be fair, you do have a point. One of the main reasons I dropped out when I had the chance," I nudged his shoulder as he put a smile on both of our faces, which I thought was impossible at this time of the day.

"Well, I'm sorry if I kept you up." I apologised, realising I was lacking sleep, so not sure if he did too. Most of the call was Charles attempting to help me study after my long rant, however the other parts were us just fooling around. It turns out, Charles is great company, even over the phone.

"So how did your cousin react to you skipping? Was he mad?" Lando asked, referring to the night he had ditched his meeting in order to help me fix my flat tire which ended up taking a while, so I decided to skip my college lectures too. Which then further led to hanging out for the rest of the day.

"He grounded me, no England tour or going out of the house this weekend. He says you're a bad influence on me, he's debating sending me back to Canada." Actually, when I told Hayden about my plans for the weekend he asked if he could tag along too. I'm pretty sure he was kidding, but with Hayden you're never too sure.

"Tilly, I'm so sorry- I shouldn't have forced you to skip with me." Lando began to panic.

"Lando, I'm just kidding, he didn't care." I was collecting all my books and notes Charles forced me to take from the table, in return for his helpfulness I always promise I'll return the favour, so now I owe Charles a few favours. But today I brought over some banana and blueberry muffins I cooked last night while waiting for my foster family to Skype us. They always Skype us around ten o'clock in England which is around five or six o'clock in Canada timings since they're early risers and early sleepers, it's really the most convenient time for us all. "I'm not in trouble."

Landon put his hand over his heart breathing heavily. "That's not funny, Tilly, I thought I had single handedly got you sent back to Canada. I was about to cry!" A few weeks ago getting sent back to Canada would have been my dream, but now I don't know if I want to leave. I'm really starting to like England and the company I have around here.

"I'm not going anywhere, Lando. He really doesn't care that I skipped the last bit of the day. He would have told me anyway if I would've called." But he was in meetings and I didn't want to bother him. "As long as I stay caught up I'm fine."

"That's good." He reached for the leftover muffins that I planned to give again to Charles tomorrow, but I slapped his hand away.

"No, this is for Charles. He's the one who has given up precious wooing girls time to help me catch up for our ditch day." Charles promised me that he didn't mind helping me catch up. He told me I wouldn't have kissed much anyways and he would have me caught up in no time as long as I brought him a muffin each day.