You and me | Pacey Witter

twenty-one

AFTER THE argument she had with her dad the other night, Aurora didn't really feel like talking to anyone at the moment. But her silence didn't last very long when Jack rushed down the hallway to find the girl. "Aurora! Aurora!" he called out, and the girl turned around to the sound of her name.

Aurora noticed the upset expression on his face. "Jack?" she asked, and the look in his eyes, had pain written all in them. "Jack, what's going on?" she questioned him, worriedly. "Is everything okay?"

Jack shook his head, "my dad is back in town," he informed, "and- and he wants to take me and Andie home. He wants to take us back to Providence," he told the brunette. "My dad said he wanted us to be a family again, and there was an incident last night, and he wants Andie to get help."

Aurora frowned as she glanced down at the ground for a moment, before she looked back up, and sighed. "You have to think of the positive side of the situation, Jack. Andie's going to get better, and, uh, you'll finally get your family back in one piece," she told him with a sad smile on her face. "Maybe, you'll even reconcile with your dad."

Jack scoffed a laugh, "yeah, right," he stated. "God, if I move, what am I going to do without you. I'll no longer have anyone to give me advice, and I'll have to find someone new."

"Uh, you're not replacing me, Jack," Aurora scoffed, crossing her arms. "And phones exist, you know that, right. If you need advice, I'm only one call away."

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LUCAS DIDN'T go home straight after school, instead he went to stop by the Mcphee residence. He wasn't ready to let Andie go. He wanted her to get help, but he wanted to be by her side throughout it. It sounds selfish, but he needs the girl, without her, he just feels lost, and he was doing so much better in everything because of her.

The plan didn't seem to work. Lucas knew he wasn't going to win this fight, no matter how hard he tried, it just wasn't possible. He stayed over at the Mcphee house, and decided to hang out with his girlfriend, before she was taken away from him.

Now, the twins sat in Lucas's room. Aurora smiled as she picked out an outfit for her brother to wear on his and Andie's date. She tried her best to make him laugh, but it didn't seem to work, a small frown was on her face. "Luke, I'm really sorry that Andie's leaving, but you just have to think of the positive, she's going to be back and better than ever."

"How do you know she's going to get better?" Lucas asked.

"Andie is one of the toughest people I know," Aurora admitted. "She's so eager to get better now, and you know when she sets her mind to something, she's going to get it finished. That's just how Andie is."

Lucas nodded, "your right."

Aurora smiled, "I know."

"And don't think about it tonight," Aurora continued. "This is yours and Andie night, you two deserve it. You just need to be there for her and make her happy on her last night here, okay?" she told him.

"Okay," Lucas nodded. "Your right. This is mine and Andie's night."

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HALEY INVITED over Aurora to hang out at her place. Aurora needed a small distraction from the things that were happening in her life right now. Over the past few weeks, the two girls have grown a lot closer with each other.

Currently the two girls were taking a trip down memory lane. The game of twister laid down on the ground, while Aurora and Haley had been tangled up around the mat. Haley raised her hand and spun the wheel, "okay, right foot, green."

Aurora's eyes widened, "I don't think I can bend that way," she commented.

The two slowly moved but as they did, they came crashing down to the ground. Aurora leaned back and laughed. Haley laughed along with the girl and leaned her back up against the bed. "Oh, my God. I've always stunk at that game," Haley said, in between laughs.

Aurora nodded, "you're not alone, I'm terrible at that game," she admitted. "Let's see, what's a game I'm good at that I could easily beat you in?"

Haley scoffed and took one of her pillows off the bed and whacked her arm. Aurora laughed and shrugged, innocently. The two girls stared at one another. The smile slowly faded from their face as they stared into each other's eyes. 

Eventually, Aurora broke the eye contact, "um, hey, let's watch a movie," she suggested.

Haley shrugged, "sounds good to me."

The two girls now laid on their stomachs as their eyes were glued to the screen. The Outsider's movie was now playing on the screen. Both of them were teary eyes as they watched Johnny say his last finals words. 

Their hands were intertwined with one another as they watched the rest of the movie. By the end of it, both of them were sobbing. Aurora wiped a tear from underneath her eye with her other hand, "that is the saddest movie, I've ever watched."

Haley nodded, "I don't know, Titanic has to be the saddest movie for me."

"Oh, don't even remind me of that movie," Aurora stated. "That movie introduced me to depression. Jack deserved so much more. They could have taken turns on that door, but no, Rose is a lady, so she had to have the better treatment. Screw, Jack, for being such a gentleman."

Haley laughed at her rant about the Titanic, "wow," she breathed out, and let out a small chuckle, "I regret bringing it up, but now that we're on the subject, I 100% agree with you. Jack could've hopped on the other side of the door, and they could've survived. He didn't even try; he just accepted his death."

For the rest of the night, the two girls continued their small rants about movies and played some more movies. It was already late, and Haley offered Aurora to stay with night, and Aurora was definitely thankful that she didn't have to go back home to deal with her father right.