"I'm gonna go get waters downstairs, you want anything?" Batrisha asked the boy beside her.
"Chips." Hardin replied.
With that she went downstairs and see her best friend, Sara sitting beside Zed.
"Sara?"
Sara look up to Trisha with a sad smile on her face. "Oh hey."
Batrisha went to the kitchen and open the fridge before taking a bottle of water. "Are you okay Sara?" She asked with concerns.
Sara couldn't answer anything. She looked down as she sobbed.
Batrisha immediately went to her and hug her. "Babe, are you okay?" She asked as she pat Sara's back. "You know what, it's okay lets talk tomorrow when you ready okay?" She said.
Sara nodded her head before walking upstairs.
The next morning, they all went to the restaurant to have breakfast. Everything was going perfectly fine before Zed decided to speak up about what happened last night. "Hold on, let's finish our food and we're going to talk about this later in the house okay?" Tessa tell them.
The guys agreed. Except Sara and Zed who are stayed silent.
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Batrisha's pov
I hopped on to Hardin's back as we walk back to the house. Little did we know, this is our last time together.
"So.. what actually happened last night hm?" Trevor broke the silence. We all looked at each other as we wait for the answers.
"Why don't you ask this so called Smart Ass huh?" Zed replied. We all turn our head to Sara as we wait for her answers. "Speak up Sara! You're the cause of this, because of your head! Because you act like you know all of us! You act like we all dying to be separate from each other! I told you we would go to college together!" Zed shouted.
"You don't know about that yet, Zed! We both don't know about their plans yet!" Sara and Zed screaming at eachother which suprise us. We did not expect that.
"Woah, woah, you guys. Why don't you explain to us what is happening?" Tessa calm them down.
Sara look at Zed but he turns away from her as he ran his hand through his hair. Sara sat on the couch as her head fell into her hands. Tessa and I rushed to her, I kneel in front of Sara while Tessa sat beside her rubbing her back softly.
"I'm not sure whether I'm telling you guys about this or not." She mumbled.
"Fuck, how about we forget about this, will you? They must think the same thing as I am—" Sara cuts Zed off.
"What did I said! We don't know about it yet!" Sara shouted and point at him. Zed face back at the glass sliding door at the beach.
"Oh my god. What is the matter with you guys? What is the thing that you guys don't know about it yet?" I look back at Zed then Sara. I never see them fighting like this before. I mean we never see it before.
Sara sobbing. "Sara." I call her. She slowly look at me and her cheeks has soak with tears and her eyes are a bit red. "What is going on?"
She inhale then exhale, rest her back against the couch with her arms crossed. Her eyeslook at each one of us including Hardin and Trevor.
"Last night, I told Zed that after graduate I have decided to move to New York city because I want to get my stories publish. You guys know I like writing stories and stuff so I decided to publish my stories. And Zed is not okay with long distance relationship and being separate. But not only me and him will be separate, even with you guys. He thought it will be better for all of us going to college together. As friends." She sobbed.
"Then we both fight and I told him that we are not sure about that because you guys must already have a plan right? I know we have been friends for so long but we have a plan for ourselves and us going separate ways would be a bad idea because we don't want to be apart from eachother."
We stayed silent. Sara bit her bottom lip to stop herself from crying. "I know we don't want to be separate. We always have been there for eachother no matter what happen. We care for eachother and we love eachother." She whimpered as tears falling from her eyes.
My mouth slightly parted. "I-I don't know what to say. Tessa?" I turn to Tessa, she look at me then Sara.
"I have something to say. I got college acceptance and I got job offer from Vance's Publishing in Washington. And they agree for me working with them." She answered.
My eyes went wide at her. "What?"
"I got the job offer from Vance's Publishing too." We all turn to Trevor who standing beside Hardin. Push his glasses at the bridge of his nose.
"Trevor, you too?" I asked him. He nod. "I'm sorry, guys. I wish we could be together again."
"See, Zed? Now you know!" Sara shouted at Zed.
"Shut the fuck up, Sara!" Zed shout back at her.
"Why don't you two shut the fuck up!" Hardin finally shout. "We can figure this out together."
"What about you, Hardin?" Hardin look at Sara. "What?" He is confused.
"What's your plan? Do you have a plan?" She ask again. This time she sounds serious. Our attention turns to Hardin. His eyes look at every one of us and his eyes lands on mine.
We both— I mean we all didn't talk about our plans. But here we are. At Malibu, talking about our plans with seriousness.
Right now it's a bad time for us to talk about it. Because today should be the happiest and memorable day for us.
"I-I'm not sure." Hardin rub the back of his neck.
Sara raise her eyebrows. "Oh you don't know? I thought you are planning to move in together with Batrisha." My mouth hung open in shocked. She did not just say that.
Hardin's eyes went wide. "Why the fuck you saying that?"
She shrugged. "I don't know. I just guessing because you and Trisha probably don't want to be so far away from eachother."
"You don't know about that!" Sara roll her eyes as he pointed at her.
"Okay then. Let's ask Batrisha. Babe, what about you? What's your plan?" Sara asked.
Sara already look at me by the time I turn my head. Then I look back at Hardin, look concern for hearing about my plan.
"To be honest..." I started with hesitation.
"I'm with Sara this time."
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18: ONCE UPON AN US
Romance"it's always going to be us right?" "Come on, we're the most fucking popular students in Rydell Arts High. Of course, there's always be us." little did they know...
