In the end, we only regret the chances we dident take.
I thought to myself in the bookshop. We had long arrived at the boardwalk. Now it was 3 and we were still looking in shops. We had agreed to stick together in case of being separated again. He was looking at some books on the shelves. And even then he looked utterly bored. I sighed, "wanna go get lunch then?" I asked. He looked up quickly nodding his head. ___________________________
"Really?" i said rolling my eyes. "hooters?" i said again. he only replied with a smirk and we ordered. after we got out of hooters (thank god- ive seen enough boobs for one day!) i recognized Ashton , from science class. "Hey Elena!" he said jogging over. Thank god Ethan was over there looking at whatever high priced, overrated shoes he wanted this time. "Oh hey!" he smiled and began talking to me about calculus and his homework. Thats thething, Ashton is s sweet and nice but, he talks about the most lifeless subjects. i took a picture of the shorline outside the window of this little rusty shop. i went back next door to the overpriced shoe store. "I have to go." i said pretending to sound bummed. on the inside i was fist pumping in victory of getting him to leave me alone. me and Ethan finally left the boardwalk and decided to go back to my place. "Is Layla home?" he asked. it felt like something had hit me square in the chest. how could he not know?
Flashback
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"The cancer isent just going to go away!" i shouted at my mother. "she wont ever be able to live a normal life!" tears streaming down my face. "calm down!-"
"calm down?" i scoffed. "layla is in the hospital mom! we arent even sure if she is going to come out!" i said hitting her with reality. "My sister is dying. How do you expect me to...calm down?" she sighed rubbing her temples in frustration. "Elena! shes going to be-" i yelled again "Oh stop pretending! everyone knows shes not fine except you! shes six years old, she needs more time! " i said. "Elena! " my mother warned. i rolled my eyes and slammed my door as i looked through photos of me and her.
end of flashback
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"S-shes dead."
