in another life - dnf

3.0 ; let's make our time count

no tw's in this chapter. :]

georges' pov

"i'm moving to america next week."

as soon as those words left my mouth, wilburs' cup of coffee slipped out of his hand, smashing onto the table spilling its contents everywhere.

"you're what?" they questioned me in unison.

i let the tears flow. "you heard me," i said with a quiver in his voice. "i'm moving."

the others faces dropped, staring at me in disbelief. "i'm so sorry, i don't want to go, my mum finally got a full time job, i have no choice." i continued, my voice cracking as i spoke. 

tears welled in my friends eyes, their jaws hanging to the ground. quiet sobs could be heard, coming from my friends.

they looked at me sadly. tommy being the first to speak, he said "we'll miss you big man. don't forget us." the others nodded slowly. 

"is your dad going too?" niki asked cautiously.

"i would assume so. i never had a chance to talk to him nor mom after i got told we were moving." i replied back to her, choking back my tears.

"well, america better treat you well. we all gotta stay in touch, let us know how it is over there. where in america are you going?" tubbo questioned.

"i don't actually know, i stormed out on my mom before she told me. i'll text you all as soon as i find out."

wilbur didn't say anything for a while. he was too lost for words. i was wilburs' first friend - in middle school he was the new kid. he didn't know anyone at all. i was the first to speak with him. i was his first friend at a new school.

i looked at wilbur sombrely, hoping for something  to come out of his mouth.

after some silence, it seems as though finally wilbur had thought of the words he wanted to say. he forced a smile on his face and said, "let's make our time count."

"definitely." i replied. "we still have a whole week before i leave london. we should for sure do something tomorrow. school gets in the way of everything," i said, rolling my tear filled eyes.

"i was planning on watching the football on saturday, though this is way more important," tubbo said laughing softly.

myself, and the others joined in with a chuckle, wiping our glassy eyes.

i genuinely cannot believe that i'm leaving them. they've been here for me as long as i can remember, but now, i cannot be there for them.

"i was thinking that maybe we could all just go to the lake in the forest by the school and have a picnic and a swim," niki said quietly. "i don't know how many people know about this place. it's quite a nice place," she continued with a friendly expression. 

everyone said it sounded like a very nice plan, which pleased niki.

"oh, awesome! meet at mine at 11:30am," niki exclaimed

"you guys could probably all come over to mine to stay the night, if you want," tubbo commented.

sunday was the day i was leaving. "i can't." i said, "i'm going to america on sunday."

"shit! sorry, i thought you were going on monday," tubbo replied, with a heavy expression on his face.

the others remained silence until tommy broke the silence asking what everyone would be bringing to the picnic.

we all discussed as to who will bring what. i, of course, requested to bring my specialty - peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. 

we finished up lunch, with smiles and laughs, though, i still feel guilty about leaving. i repeated wilburs' words in my head, "let's make our time count," and i could feel the corners of my lips rise into a smile.

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a/n ;

sorry for the short chapter!! i will definitely try my best to make future chapters longer. i'm so excited to see where this story is going to go, as i have some pretty big ideas for it! :D