18 months.

what am i supposed to do

kiaras pov

"mom, let me out!" I yell while beating on the door

"I'm sorry, kiara" she answered, crying

why the fuck is she crying? 

she's the one who sent me away to wilderness

therapy in the middle of nowhere.

"please, mom I need to talk to JJ!"

 
"You won't be seeing him anytime soon!"
My father shouted, frustrated

"Dad! What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything Kiara, this was all you" he replied.

 
What did he do?

popes pov

"hey cleo" I say and lean in for a kiss.

"actually, I've got to help your dad deliver groceries!" she says as she immediately moves out of the way.

is she avoiding me?

ill go ask my dad.

"hey, dad?" I say.

"what do you want from me now?" 

"nothing, um, I was just wondering whether you asked cleo to help you deliver groceries?" 

"no, I didn't"  he replies

"oh" I say looking down at the ground in confusion.

why is she avoiding me?

I need to go find her.

cleos pov

I quickly run out of heywards shop hoping he doesn't stop me to ask me what's  going on.

"hey cle-" his words are cut off by me slamming the door.

I run to the dock and stand there with my head in my hands. 

what am I supposed to do?

pope is amazing, which is the reason I cant be with him  he's too good for me.

he's going to be going off to a great college and I haven't been to school in years.

and with all of these crazy treasure hunts, I could loose him, 

so its probably just better of if I distance myself so I don't get hurt.

I guess its always been difficult for me to commit.

general pov

pope quickly ran out of his fathers shop, wondering where cleo might be.

he ran right past the dock, but quickly turned back as he realized he saw something- or someone?- in the corner of his eye.

he turned back to see cleo.

"hey, cleo!" he yelled.

"oh, hey pipe!" she replied, nervously looking down at her shoes.

"I thought you said you were delivering groceries?" 

"oh, ye, um" she didn't know what to say, didn't know how to tell him.

"look, cleo, I know you were lying, I asked my dad" 

she didn't know how to respond.

"why?, why did you lie?"

"look, pope, I think we would just be better off as friends"

"what?, why?!" he asked, confused.

"I'm sorry, pope" she said, beginning to walk away

"so what, you're just gonna forget about the fact that you kissed me?" pope shouted

cleo continued walking, she closed her eyes trying to forget what she was doing.

she tried to convince herself she didn't like him anymore, but she cant because she loves him,

that's why she has to leave him.

authors note

sorry my chapters have been really short, I'm gonna make the next one longer and have more jiara.

byeeee

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