Duct Tape

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: new house

Eli's POV:

Jamie's smile disappeared, and so did mine. "Does that mean I'm moving in here?" I felt my eyes filling up with tears and I tried to keep blinking them back. "Jamie, you can't live alone. Your not old enough. Not by law anyway. You need to live with your dad." I felt the tears start falling down my face. Jamie turned to look at me, and had long streaks of makeup trailing down her face. She rushed into me for another long hug. "Eli, I don't wanna move away!" She sobbed into the crook of my neck. I love being so close to her, being the one she goes to for help. But seeing her so upset makes me feel horrible. "Jamie it's alright. Your gonna be fine." I spoke softly through my own tears. We had sank to the floor. She let out another sob and I pulled her into my lap. "Jamie it's gonna be okay. I promise." "What about you? I'm gonna miss you so much!" She was gonna miss me! "Jamie I'll call you every night. And I'll visit every weekend. We can even spend summer together. I'll be here when you need me, okay?" "Eli?" "Yea?" "I love you." She hugged me even tighter and continued to cry. " I wiped away my own tears and tightened my grip around her. " I love you too, Jamie." She was sobbing into my chest for another 10 or 20 minutes before she calmed down. Now we were just hugging each other tightly on the floor. "Jamie, are you alright?" "Mhm." I pulled back a little to look at her. She had tears falling down her cheeks. I wiped them away with my thumb. Then I pulled her back into the hug and rubbed circles in her back. "What do you say we go for that walk now?" "Okay."

Jamie's POV:

Eli left me to get changed. It was 2:00 now. I threw on a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and a pair of converse. When I walked out, Eli was already in his plain white T, dark ripped jeans and sneakers. "Ready?" He was soft spoken. As if he spoke too cheerily or loud, he might break me. I nodded. "Hey, how did you get changed so fast?" I smiled up at him to try and lighten the mood. "Because I'm supah fast!" He said in a funny voice. Next thing I know, he's running around the room humming to the 60's batman soundtrack. I started laughing and he came right up to me and through me over his shoulder. "Hey!" I just got out between laughs. He ran me down the hall and put me down by the stairs. Both of us still laughing I started down the steps.