Undeniable

Undeniable - Chapter 19

okay I lied THIS is the chapter where you need Kleenex 

I read my comment for 18 then i re read it and I was like wow that wasn't sad at all... haha :)

anywayssssssss #readon #chicklets

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Today was the day.

Today was the day that the King's were going back to Tuscaloosa. 

Today was the day that I was going to loose my first love, my mom's ticket to a social life, my brother's  best friend, my best friend, and a family who I'll never forget.

I didn't think when they moved here that they were going to make such an impact on my life. Honestly, I was skeptical. 

But thinking back on it, I can't imagine being skeptical of these people now. 

The King's had changed my life, or so it seemed. Maybe they just brought out a side of me that I didn't even know was there. I don't know. But Charleston was different with the King family. It was the perfect amount of new and old mixed together to make something great.

Melissa even said that we changed hers, too.  

I watched resentfully from the kitchen window as the King's loaded up their moving truck. The car was packed.  

Thomas, Kasey, and Melissa sat sadly on the front steps.  

Jake and Max and Madison stood at the end of our driveway. Charlotte was hugging Lisa, talking to her about something.  

I didn't want to come out.  

I didn't want to face the fact that I wouldn't live next door to Thomas anymore.  

But mostly, I didn't want to face the fact that I would never meet a boy like him ever again.  

"Josie," Charlotte said, popping her head in the door, "come on. You can at least say goodbye."  

I nodded and followed her outside.  

I would cry right when I saw him, I knew I would.  

When I walked out, he stood up.  

He walked down the steps and held my face in his hands. I put a hand on his arm. He blushed and bit his lip.  

Now, I don't usually cry. I'm tough.  

To a certain extent.  

I felt tears streaming down my cheeks. I didn't say anything.  

He pulled me into a hug.  

"I'll miss you, Josie. I'll call you every single day, okay? And I'll come here every single weekend, no matter what."  

I nodded and put my head in his chest.  

I saw Lisa watching us from the corner of my eye. Her face looked like a combination of mad, sad, and annoyed with the fact that her husband's job was not only affecting her own kids, but also kids of other families.  

"Okay," Mark said quietly, "that's everything."  

That was his way of saying 'time to leave'.  

I hugged Melissa for a long time. Tears were coming down her cheeks, too.  

"You guys are so much cooler than the girls in Tuscaloosa," she said to Madison and I.

"I'll miss you, Mel."  

Kasey jumped into my arms. "Josie, can I live at your house?" she asked.  

I laughed. "I wish you could, Kase."  

Jake hugged Melissa and so did Max. They even hugged Thomas, which normally they made fun of, but I think they realized that guys hugging isn't 'gay' at all.  

Melissa got in the car along with Kasey and her parents.  

Thomas didn't move. He lifted my legs around his torso and kissed me for a long time. I tried not to think this was the last one.  

Everyone watched us; everyone.  

Jake, Max, his mom, dad, and older sister, Madison, her mom, dad, and younger brother, Charlotte, Kasey, Melissa, Lisa, the Gray's, Mark.  

Mark.  

Something sparked inside of him, I think. Maybe he had an epiphany. I don't know.  

Something inside of him told him to call someone on the phone.  

He walked away.  

Thomas put me down. I was really crying now.  

"Don't leave me," I whispered in his ear.  

Suddenly Mark snapped his phone shut.  

"What is it, dad?" Thomas asked.  

He took a breath.   

"Listen... you people here are great. But my job is my top priority. I have to keep this job, simply because I love what I do and I'm good at it. In order to support my family I have to earn money and work hard. Working hard at the firm means moving around to different locations depending on what they tell you. I have to follow what my boss tells me to do, and all of you have to understand that, even me."  

We were quiet for a minute.  

"But," he said, "if staying at the firm means causing my wife to lose her friend, or my daughters to lose people that have changed their lives, and my son to lose the person who makes him happy... I just don't think I can keep that job."  

"What are you saying?" Madison asked.  

Mark smiled. "I quit."  

We freaked out. Everyone. Even the Gray's, who hated noise of any kind.  

I hugged Thomas extra hard and I hugged Melissa and Kasey and Max and Madison and Jake and Charlotte and Lisa and even Mark.  

Lisa gave Mark a gentle kiss on the cheek and smiled at him.   Thomas put his forehead against mine.

"You know I never would have left you, right?"  

I smiled. "I know."  

We shared another kiss, and this time, I knew that it wasn't even close to being the last.  

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Did you cry??????  

i tried to make it sad... i wasnt too good at it though hehe :)  

There's going to be one more chapter but after that I'm done... GAHHHH NOOOO  

well... I'm not ready to say goodbye to this story so KEEP READING theres one more chapp  

~@simply_lovely1234567