Willow Tree

2 - Friends

MENTIONS OF A DIVORCE AND CLUBBING

     Anastasia held her phone up above her face and went to her friends contact  and called her.

     "Hey Alexandra"

   "Hey Ana, anything new?"

   "Yeah actually, my parents started fighting again, so I went out to the willow tree and I met some guy there. His name is Markus he's blond, has brown eyes and he's 5'10, and he has two other siblings."

   "Oh! Well, sounds like a nice guy. Anything else on the siblings?"

   "Yeah, he has two brothers, one is named Liam, and the other is Lucas. Both are twins, Liam is more over protective of his siblings and the twins are famous actors."

     "ANASTASIA! COME DOWN FOR DINNER!"

   "Oh, sorry Alexandra. My mom is calling me."

   "Alright, we'll talk after supper."

   "Can't, homework."

   "Didn't you do it before?"

   "Parents."

   "Ah, alright. Sounds good. Cya."

   "Cya."

   Anastasia put her phone into her pocket and she just sat there for a few seconds limbs spread out across her bed, staring at roof. Finally she dragged herself off her bed with a groan and made her way downstairs.

   "Hello Hon, how was your talk with Alex?"

   "It was good. Where's dad?"

   The mom stoped what she was doing and turned around

"He's uh.. at the club again.."

   "listen mom. We need to have this talk one way or another. Because clearly you are ignoring the messages you are very aware of. You and dad need to divorce. You are just making it worse by being together still. You guys are on completely different paths. Just please. Divorce. It's for the better."

   "But we jus-"

   "I know you want to stay together for my sake. But do you want to know what would help in this situation? Divorcing. That'll be better. For my sake."

   "Here is your food."

   "Thank you mom, and I love you."

   "I love you to hon.."

   Anastasia's mom handed her the food and she started walking towards the table. She sat in a seat and thought of the boy she met. So.. his name is Markus.

   She finished her dish and washed it, she hugged her mom goodnight and went to her room. She closed and locked the door and changed into her favourite pj's, she brushed her teeth and washed her face, she finished doing the other things that she does when she gets ready for bed and pulled over the sheets so she could get into bed.

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   Anastasia woke up and stayed in her bed awake for a couple of minutes, eyes still closed. Finally she got a little bit of energy to even move a limb. She managed to get her body out of bed, but then flopped right back in again.

   She looked at the time and noticed that it was 12:35 and she was meeting Markus at the willow tree at 1:00 today.

   Anastasia jumped right out of bed and scrambled for some clothes. She wore a red pull over hoodie with a black hood and black sleeves, and she wore grey cargo pants.

     Anastasia brushed her hair then put her hair into a ponytail, but took out some of her bangs to make herself look more pretty.

     She put her phone into her pocket and brought her portable charger with her, she went downstairs to see that neither her mom or dad was home. Anastasia saw a note on the fridge saying that her dad was out somewhere and her mom was out with a girlfriend for the day, and she would be back around 6:00 o'clock. Anastasia set a timer on her phone for 5:00, so she could make it home one hour before her mom would, to make it seem like she was home all day.

     Anastasia ate some breakfast and washed her dishes, she went back upstairs to grab a small backpack, it was a mini bag that was a baby pink and white plaid with hello kitty and strawberry stickers/pins on it. She put her wallet, phone, charger, and some other necessities. She swung the bag over her shoulders and made her way back downstairs. She went to the shoe rack and put on her shoes, they were plain balls running shoes, she opened the door, and locked it behind her when she got outside.

   She pulled her phone out of her bag to see what time it was

     '12:47'

     She had enough time, she put her phone into her pocket this time, and started walking. She was excited to see her new friend Markus again. As she was walking down the path, she took out her phone to see what time it was.

     '12:57'

   She put her phone back into her pocket and continued on walking, the end of the path came sooner than she expected. And there, at the tree she saw Markus waiting for her.

   "Hey! Markus!"

     "Oh, hey Anastasia!"

   Anastasia jogged over to Markus and she hugged him.

"How are you?"

     "Uh I'm fine thanks."

     "That's good. Hey, wanna go somewhere?"

     "Sure, where?"

     "It's a surprise. My mom won't be home until 5, so we have some time."

     "Okay, uh.. I wasn't planning for this."

     "I know, c'mon!"

   Anastasia grabbed Markus' wrist and started running off. With no choice, Markus runs with Anastasia trying to regain his balance in the meantime. Anastasia stops so he can catch up and when he's ready, they both dash off down the path and to the place that Anastasia was wanting to show Markus.