ocean between us

chapt 11

Enjoy mwah

oh also this is taking place in early 2020 (pandemic nonexistent) I'll date the time jumps in future chapters as well
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The last few months have been crazy, I'm starting a student teacher job in a couple weeks and I'm getting super nervous, claire understands that I'm going to have to work less at the coffee shop but I'm really going to miss it.

I'm hoping the kids at the school will like me enough that I'll be able to stay for the next school year. They're in the second semester right now so I'll be there for just a few months before I graduate with my degree and am able to start teaching.

Currently having lunch with my sister and the guy she started seeing a few months ago. He's cool and treats her amazingly, I'm glad my sister found him she seems happy. "So are you seeing anyone?" He asks. I shake my head "nope, focusing on graduating and becoming a teacher" I answer simply.

"You're not even sleeping with anyone?" My sister asks. "Nope haven't slept with anyone since shawn visited and now we're not together, sometimes it takes time to move on and well it taking me awhile" I reply being honest.

She sighs "I'm sorry for assuming, I'm sure you'll find someone, they'll come out of nowhere" she says. "Maybe once my teaching career has started but not right now" i say as I feel my phone buzz.

Just a text from claire asking what I wanna do for dinner, harrison is working close so we can actually have dinner at a regular time together. I'm off all day, I had class all morning before this lunch.

"Is that claire?" She asks. I nod "yeah just asking what I wanna do for dinner" I answer. "Who's claire?" Joseph asks. "My manager and roommate who is also my best friend" I answer. He nods "that's cool" he says.

After we finish eating and talking they drop me off at my car and I drive back home blasting music and singing my favourite song from the lover album.

"My heart, my hips, my body, my love
Trying to find a part of me that you didn't touch
Gave up on me like I was a bad drug
Now I'm searching for signs in a haunted club
Our songs, our films, united we stand
Our country, guess it was a lawless land
Quiet my fears with the touch of your hand
Paper cut stings from our paper thin plans
My time, my wine, my spirit, my trust
Trying to find a part of me you didn't take up
Gave you too much but it wasn't enough
But I'll be all right, it's just a thousand cuts" I sing trying my hardest without dying from having asthma.

Right after that song ends another taylor song comes up and naturally I sing along. My jam session comes to an end when my phone buzzes far too many times.

Sage.

@/sagetheleaf: can we voice chat
                              Please
                              I'm having a panic attack

I pause the music and quickly reply with voice to text and I join the voice chat on discord. "You okay?" I ask. "My mums gotten into a car accident i don't know what's going on the doctors haven't said anything" she says as her voice becomes shakey.

"Shit I'm sorry sage, I'm on my way home right now but I can still talk" I reply. I try my best to distract her with what's going on and it ends up working.

A few hours after I get home claire walks in with more wine and 2 boxes of pizza. "Sweeet I needed this wine" I say as I grab a few glasses.

While we're eating we just talk about our days and I mention comforting sage. "Has she said anything else?" She asks. "I haven't gotten any other messages" I reply looking at my phone.

Sage really did come back into my life at the right time, but we're just friends right now. It buzzes while I'm holding it.

@/sagetheleaf: she made it out of surgery thank you for comforting me means a lot

I smile reading it and my heart does a pitter patter. I type out a reply and send it quickly before I can even back out of it.

For the remainder of the night claire and I get wine drunk and watch grey's anatomy occasionally I message jacob or scroll through my twitter timeline.

Unlike last night I manage to get an amazing night of sleep with zero interruptions.

The couple weeks go by and I start student teaching at an amazing middle school not too far from the apartment and not too far from the coffee shop.

Leia is the teacher I'm working with for the semester and she's really cool and we get along well, she's a great teacher and knows what she's doing with these kids. Makes me excited for the fall.

Sage and I have been talking almost everyday, she's shown more interest in me than she has before which makes me nervous because it would be another long distance situation.

Would I fly out there when I get long weekends or would she just fly out here? This whole thing is causing my mind to freak out a little bit.

Right before I close my eyes to go to sleep since I have to have a normal sleep schedule I get a message from sage saying good morning. I let her know I'm going to sleep but we'll talk tomorrow.

She just replies with a smiley face so I fall asleep dreaming of the future.
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Another short one but I hope you enjoyed :)

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