Chapter 18 - Here We Go

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"Tessa, wake up." I hear a familiar voice telling me to do so.

"Tessa. Please, wake up, I have gifts for you."

I groaned,"It can wait 'till I wake up can I have my rest please?" Its a Wednesday morning, but its also the start of the semestral break.

"Tessa it's your semestral break and you have more time to do that after I leave." The voice said. And the last two words woke me up. I pushed my comforter away from my face and hugged my sister 'till we fell off the bed.

"Okay okay ouch, we can stop hugging now." Tracy said.

"Trace, when did you get here? And don't you have your finals or something?" I asked.

"No, I just finished most of my school work in advance to be here, but only for a week."

"A week?! Okay I think I have to go absent on school ....."

"No, don't even think about missing days of your high school life, you already missed some last month right? When you were unconscious? And you still haven't told me shit about what happened." Tracy said.

"Well sorry, you never called or something and you left with mom and dad the day I went out of the hospital." I frowned.

"Alright, now we have a week to talk about everything. I mean everything. Starting from who's that guy with the most gorgeous hazelnut eyes Ive ever seen?"

I smiled, we talked about literally everything, from the trip to Singapore, to what happened yesterday. Glad it took us only about 2 hours till I finished my stories, because I was damn hungry.

"Why dont we have breakfast at that place, Pancake House? Or even better, why dont we have breakfast together with James?" She suggested.

"I don't know, for days we've been together and we usually spend it early in the morning till late at night, I do think we should give him the rest he deserves, today." I said.

"Aw, you're so cute when you're concerned! But no, I refuse to let this pass," She smirked. "Breakfast. With the boy who likes my sister. Now."

Okay, I guess that made me call James immediately. And surprisingly, he answered after two rings. I told him about my sister's invitation for breakfast, and apparently, I woke him up, so he had no choice too, but to agree.

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We walked to the park mostly in silence, but I laugh at my sister's attempts on scaring James when he hurts me or leaves me, she's trying to be the protective dad I never had, and its pretty funny for me.

"Will you please drop it, Trace, he's not even doing anything to me right now, stop trying to scare him, you had many attempts but no, just no, Trace." I whispered when we entered the restaurant.

"I just want to see how this guy really wants you so bad. I mean, he could be anyone! Where did you two meet again? In a plane. That's right, you had no clue of who he was and now you guys are together. I just wanna see if he's right for you, I don't want you crying in the end because he's not what you expected okay?"

"Wow okay, thanks sis, I'd love to continue talking but I'd like to order and eat now please."

People came and went in and out of the restaurant. We obviously were the hungriest people that went in, we mostly did eating than talking, because I really didn't want to appear creepier than I already am to James. And Tracy's not helping, so I just ate all the way.

The bill was given and all three of us got our wallets and did a quick stare at each other and laughed, then said, "I'm paying." in unison.

"No, its okay, I got it." I said.

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