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"Y/n!" Mei screamed.
I looked over to see Mei charging towards me.
"Oh shit! Come on!" I grabbed Tyler's hand and pulled him away from the bench. We ran behind a tree, laughing.
"Y/n!" Mei whined.
"Oh, HEY TYLER I HAVE YOUR BAG!" She yelled grinning.
"Oh no! No no no nonononooonoonnnooo!" Tyler ran out from behind the tree, looking for Mei. I ran out behind him and saw Tyler chasing Mei who was running off with his bag.
"Shit." I muttered.
Mei jumped onto the school roof out of our reach.
"Oh whats this?" Mei asked taking out a notebook.
"Mei no!" Tyler yelled.
"Woah..." Mei flipped through a few pages before she brought the book away from her face in shock. Mei closed the book and put it back in the bag. She jumped off the roof and turned back. She passed Tyler the bag which he took slowly.
"Tyler-" she started.
"Don't... not now." He muttered.
"Okay." Mei awkwardly walked away.
"Are you okay?" I asked, he looked kinda embarrassed.
"Ye-Yeah...Let's go." He stuttered, taking my hand.

Me and Tyler we're walking to the mall, but he's been acting strange since the whole notebook thing.
"So what was in the notebook?" I asked, as we walked hand in hand.
"Oh Uhm... nothing." He replied nervously.
"Tyler~" I whined.
"Please tell me?" I asked as we paused on the sidewalk.
"No, it's... embarrassing." He winced.
"I'm not going to judge you. I love you." I put my hand on his cheek. The boy sighed and took the book out of his backpack, passing it to me. Slowly opening the book I see drawings of me and him. I felt a blush fall over my face as I flipped through the pages. I looked up to see him avoiding eye contact, staring the opposite direction. I closed the book and took his hand.
"I didn't know you were such a good artist." I smiled, pulling him along beside me. I felt his gaze on me and I turned to see him smiling unbearably. I awed and pulled him into a hug. I mean yeah we were literally on the side of the road, but I didn't give a shit. So like we walked to the mall y'know? We were sitting on the bench outside the mall, watching the sky fade into orange.
"Imma go grab some ice cream want some?" I asked standing up.
"I'm coming with you." He replied, grabbing my wrist as we ran into the mall.

I sat in my room on my desk chair staring at my book.
"How the heck, am I meant to write a whole fucking advertisement on essential oils before Monday? I don't even know what they are!" I whined leaning back in my chair. I had a habit of talking to myself... and I didn't whisper I kinda just spoke as if I was speaking to someone else.
"What's a fucking neroli?!" I groaned.
"Mom!" I called out, as she walked in and hummed as a response.
"What's this?" I asked pointing to the description.
"What do you mean what's this? It says what to do, do what it says." She replied. My mom has like no patience, so she always gets angry when I ask for help.
"But I don't understand it." I explained.
"It says ________________" she read out the exact wording of the sheet.
"Yeah I know, but what does that mean?" I asked.
"Oh my god y/n! Stop being so lazy, I can't just give you the answer!" She yelled. 'What the fuck man?! I was just asking for help!' I thought.
"I'm not being lazy, I'm just asking for an explanation!" I yelled back.
"Don't back chat!" She yelled.
"How else am I meant to have a conversation?!" I yelled.
"Don't be a smart ass!" She screamed, smacking me on the shoulder. She stormed out of the room and didn't even close the motherfucking door! I stood up and barged towards the door closing it, quietly. I choked back tears, my back slid down the door. Tears started rolling down my face as I let out small sobs. I gripped my hair tightly, pulling on it. I walked over to my bed sitting down and picking up a photo of me and my Dad. He really was the best dad. Every time that he got angry at me, it was because of my ungrateful ass, and even though it wasn't his fault he would always apologise when I'm the one who should be apologising. Even though he was always asking me to do things, 24/7, he was trying to teach me how to take care of myself. Everything he did was just him trying to help me live a good life. He did so much for me and I always took it for granted. But by the time I figured that out he was gone. I didn't realise how hard life was going to be without him. I missed him. Tears continued to roll down my face as I hugged the photo and collapsed onto my bed.
"Stop. Stop feeling sorry for yourself! You don't matter right now. Just hide it for a bit longer, Keep the pain inside. Everyone else needs you to be strong for them." I whispered to myself wiping the tears off of my face. I sat up and placed the photo beside my bed. I heard sobbing from outside my door. I opened my door stepping out and all the lights were off. I walked over to my brothers room which was across from mine and entered to see him crying on the ground. I ran up to him and hugged him as he cried into my shoulder. He was going through a similar situation to me so I had to be there for him since I knew how it felt.
"It's okay." I whispered
"It's gonna be okay."

My brother and I were walking through the grocery store, we had to buy some shit for mom.
"So like, do we need white bread or whole meal? It just says bread and mom always buys different fucking bread." I asked staring blankly at the piece of paper in my hands.
"Shshshhh." My brother shushes me and stares at a girl who walks into the isle.
"Uh is that your girlfriend?" I whisper.
"What no. I wish." He muttered.
The girl turned her attention to him and waved joyfully.
"Hi Tony." She walked up to us, smiling.
"Hey." He said in a low voice which made me want to burst out laughing but I held it in.
"And you must be Tony's sister. Nice to meet you." She held out her hand which I shook... I mean what the fuck else am I meant to do? Not gon lie but this situation was just awkward. They kinda just kept talking so I pulled out my phone and called Abby.
"Hey Abby, so Mei has a crush on Carter imma set them up. You in?" I asked her, shoving the shopping list in my brothers hand and walking away.
"OF COURSE I AM!" She screamed causing me to trip over.
"Shit!" I yelled, but before I could hit the ground someone caught me. It was a boy around my age with pale skin, black hair and green eyes.
"You okay, love?" He asked helping me stand up straight.
"Oh thanks, yeah I'm okay." I said slightly smiling and walking away. I felt him watching me as I exited the store. I turned around, peering through the shop windows and saw him smirking. I just ignored it and put the phone back to my ear.
"Who was that?" Abby asked.
"I don't know. Some random guy." I replied.
"Was he hot?" Abby yelled.
"Ew and no, not in my opinion. I'm only attracted to one guy and you know who that is." I replied.
"Yeah..." I felt her tone of voice die down.
"ANYWAYS SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO SET MEI AND CARTER UP?!" Abby yelled.
I only laughed in response and smirked.

A/N

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