17 year old Sara gets to study a broad for a year in England with her twin Will, when Sara and Wills best friend Matt start to get close everyone knows except for the one person who matters...
When I walked into the karaoke bar it was mostly teens or really old dudes that looked like they were in a biker gang. I scanned the room and sat down with Will and only 2 of his friends. Jason, Will and Matt, I brought Samantha and her friend Lilly for some moral support. After a while of random people getting up to sing and Samantha ordering a few too many drinks she decided to take the stage next, she picked a classic karaoke song, Wannabe. "C'monnn, it's a duet!" She said while slurring her words "No way I don't sing" "Yeah c'mon" mocked Will "No, no way" I felt Samanthas hand grab mine and pull me on stage and I couldn't embarrass Samantha in front of the 10 people in here so I deiced to loosen up plus its almost New Years and I have to do at least one crazy thing before the new year. So I had a few drinks and sang a few songs, after a while it was getting boring so we went to get drinks at some nightclub down the street, supposedly it was a known rule of high school to have a fake, but unfortunately I didn't so they all went in and snuck me through the bathroom window and since I was wasted I don't remember any of it. We danced and drank till I couldn't feel my legs anymore, like literally. I fainted. When I had woken up I was in a car driving, at first I couldn't tell who it was but once my vision cleared I could tell it was Matt, when I looked around to see if anyone else was there Matt spoke while gluing his eyes to the road. "They stayed at the bar" "Wwhat" I try to say but cant manage to get the words out of my mouth "You fainted, they wanted you to stay but I said hell no" "You're such a dork" I mumble "What, no I'm not" He chuckled this time looking down at me "Maybe not in front of "the boys~" but with me you so are"' "Am not" "Please, you read books yet the second you see anyone you shove it in your bag, or that time when we were sitting by the bench you hadddd to walk to the street first Because god forbid anyone sees us together" "Shit, when you say it I sound like a jerk" "No, like I said you're a dork in disguise, I don't care about the stuff" "What do you care about" "You" I say, and right after I released what had just come out of my mouth I continue "shit, no I didn't mean- I just meant" I looks up at him and he's smiling "I know what you meant" The rest of the ride was silent until we got back to my dorm "Alright let's get you changed" he said while grabbing a pair of sweatpants and a tank top and handing them to me, I begin to change forgetting he was in the room "woah give me a warning!" He said while turning around. "Mm I'm not tired" I said while Matt is wrestling me to get into my bed "I didn't ask" he said while pushing my feet up and laying me on my side, after a few minutes he started heading for the door "No, stay. Please" as I say that he turned around a sat on the floor laying his head on my wall. And thats the last thing I remember before I drifted off to sleep.
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Before I can even turn around it was New Years and I was heading home for the holidays, I was so excited I missed dad and Ivy so much. Matt drove us to the airport but when we got there he started taking his stuff too "Wait you're coming with us" I asked him in confusion. Me and Matt have only spoken once or twice since that night at the karaoke bar so things haven't fully settled between us. "Yeah didn't Matt tell you, I'm staying for the holidays" "Oh....that's so- great" "Yeah I'm gonna give him the grand New York City tour" Will says while waving an arm in the air "Ok dingus, let's go before we miss our flight" I say while grabbing the neck of Wills t-Shirt. people always say it feels faster leaving somewhere than coming but I disagree, The plane ride home took hours I was practically jumping out of my seat. Don't get me wrong, I love London but I'm happy to be home We finally got our luggage and headed for the car pickup area "Daniel!" I screamed halfway across the airport running at an old man. Daniel has been our driver since I started to walk and plus me and him sort of formed an alliance against the family. "Who is that old dude" I heard Matt say when stepping off the elevator "Daniel our driver, speaking of the devil" Will puts his arms around Daniel and gives him a hug. "I have strict orders to get you both home straight away, Shall we" he says while motioning his hand to the door and opening it. When we got back to the house it felt different even though it's pretty much the same, outside dad and Ivy were waiting on the steps. When I see them I run past Will and Matt and grab both their shoulders to hug them "I missed you both so freaking much" I say as my eyes start to tear, me and Ivy broke away and sat down on the steps while Will introduced Matt to dad "Soo you have to tell me everything!" She said while smiling, I miss people not having accents "It's amazing, and London is beautiful" "Did anything else happen?" She said clutching our hands together like she's about to win the lottery "Hah not really, that's a discussion for a different time" I say while winking at her "Who are you!" She laughed "and what have you done with my sister" we both start laughing until we realized that both my dad, Matt and Will had already gone inside so we quickly chased after them. I decided to head upstairs to my room, it's honestly one of the main things I've missed so far. When I walked in, it was the exact same way I left it, my bed nice and made, my closet empty and the curtains open so the sun can beam into my room. God I missed this I thought to myself, there's a knock at my door and then Will walks in "Mom and dad are taking us all out for dinner at some fancy restaurant get ready" Before I can reply he's shooting down the hallway. I open my suitcase and looked through a few of my dresses and found an old one, it was my grandmas and my dad had given it to me, he said it would bring out my dark eyes. The dress was baby blue with vines, flowers and birds and sleeves that fell just before the elbow, I thought it was beautiful and I never wore it yet so it's perfect for a fancy dinner. By the time I got to the foyer everyone was sitting down talking and my mother was there, I've only spoken to my mother once since I left and it was to get my measurements for my prom dress in September. "people in England go all out for dances" is all Remember my mom saying after that hour long phone call of me trying to take my own measurements with a tape measure. "Ah look who decided to join us" my mother smiled, And everyone looked my way. Matt and Will were both wearing suit pants and a button down shirt. "You look beautiful princess" my father said while walking up to me and giving me a hug "thank you dad" I smiled "So is everyone ready to go" my mother cut in. Both my parents and Will climbed into the SUV "Looks like there's not enough room, you can take the other car" my mother looks at us and points to an empty driveway "I'm sure it will be here soon" she continues, then the car drove away "Sorry about her" I say taking a seat on the steps and clutching my knees to my chest because of my heels "you're not the one that should apologize" he said while sitting next to me "I should have warned you something like this would happen" "Again it's not your fault" this time when he says this he's looking straight at me and I'm looking at him "I'm sorry" I say after minutes of silence "What?" He says still looking at me "About that night when I was drunk, I never get drunk" "Woah what a shocker" "Shut up" I chuckle while punching him in the arm. A car finally came and drove us to the restaurant and when we got there my parents had already gotten a table "I ordered you some food already" my father said "thank you, but I'm not really hungry" I replied as Matt pulled out my chair and I sat down, I took a drink of my water then spat it out on the table when my mother said "So Sara, you didn't tell me you're dating someone" "W-what?!, I'm not" I say wiping my mouth "You're wearing makeup, and when I was speaking to Matt's mother it seemed you two were getting quite cozy together" "Mom what the hell" I say standing up and leaving the table, I walked outside ti get some fresh air not realizing Will was behind me "what was that all about" he says while rubbing the back of his neck "You know, just Mom being mom" I pause to turn around and look at him "nothings going on between us" "But you guys did hang out?" "I mean yeah, we're friends. But that's it I promise" "Oh yeah- Cool. Sorry if I'm being so god damn annoying but he's a good guy and he's into this other girl, besides if you were to date him it would be wayy to weird and if you guys break up that's a whole other story" "Don't worry, I get it" I smile at him so he knows we have an understanding and he smiles back.
When we got home I decided to change into yoga pants and an oversized sweater and get into bed. At Around 1am I couldn't fall asleep and decided to paint, I'm not Picasso or anything but I paint for fun. And sometimes they come out beyond horrible, and sometimes they come out pretty ok. It's mainly to get my mind off things. After about 20 minutes my painting was not going good at all and I was about to paint white over and start again when I got a text message from Matt.
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After five minutes I heard a knock at my door, I got up covered in paint and opened the door to find Matt standing there barefoot in sweatpants and a T-Shirt with dark circles under his eyes "Hey" "Hi" I say feeling vulnerable "You're room is huge" he says walking deeper into my room and sitting on my bay window by my painting "Haha thanks" I say sitting down on the floor and continuing to paint "So, why are you up" he asks while putting his elbow on his knees "I don't know, just thinking" "You know you can talk to me, about everything" he says while sliding onto the floor "I want to, I really do. But I just- don't know how" I say not looking up from my painting "Hey, it's okay. No pressure" He said sliding closer to me. I looked up at him and saw he was looking back at me "You know its funny" I Say "What is?" "I feel like I've known you my whole life" "Yeah I feel the same way" he said but this time staring directly into my eyes until he looked away, it was silent for a moment then he spoke "I love that smile" he said looking back at me "I love those eyes" I pause "sorry that was stupid-" "No, No it wasn't" he smiled coming closer to my face till he was only centimeters apart from mine "What is going on in here~" Ivy says from behind us I quickly pull back and stand up "N-nothing!" I said way too loud "Yeah we were just uhm-" "Making out..." Ivy laughed while sitting on my bed "No!, not at all!" I reply looking down "Don't worry your secrets safe with me" Ivy winked at us "anyways I'll leave you two love birds" she says while walking to my door and shutting it "Sorry that was stupid" Matt says as I walk closer to him "No, no it wasn't" I smile at him.
