Chapter Thirteen: The Philippines Part One

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It's been three months since I broke up with Dylan. Things with Ryan haven't gotten much better. We've been friends for so long...I don't know what's happening honestly. I'm hoping and praying that this trip to the Philippines will fix this because I don't know about him but I've been absolutely miserable without my best friend. Lately, he's been spending a lot of time with Justin and Darren which is really weird because he hates Darren. When Darren isn't spending time with Ryan, he's hanging out with me. Oli's been extremely busy with getting ready for our tour and Regie's been helping him through it all. Kane just got back from a three month medical leave for his back. He had surgery about seven weeks ago. This week he is trying to get the okay to fly to the Philippines with us for tour from his doctor. Mrs. Ratan is bringing Mateo out to see Oli and me. She's coming to support Kane at his appointment, but what Ty and Kane do not know is that not only is the entire family coming to Cali, but she's is surprising them with a Lamborghini as a combined birthday gift, I believe. I'm going to pick them all up from the airport in an hour with the fifteen passenger van. 

I head downstairs and find Ryan in the kitchen getting a water from the fridge. Awkward silence hung in the air between us. He knows that I'm here but he doesn't acknowledge me. He looks right through me as he enters the living room to go back up to his room. I close my eyes in frustration as I exhale. I can't just keep letting him walk away from me. "Ryan?" He doesn't stop. I turn around in his direction. "No, don't you dare walk away from me." I say this a little more loudly. This time he does stop but he doesn't turn away. "This is not working. We can't keep living like this. Can you please talk to me?" Ryan stays silent but finally turns so that I can see his face. "Can you come with me to the airport to pick up Mateo?" His facial expression is indifferent. He starts to walk away and I hang my head in response. 

"Stop being a little bitch and let's go," my friend calls from the entryway. I smile and hurry to follow him. 


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Sonya ended up pranking Kane and Ty with the car. She didn't actually buy it. She just rented it. Mateo is doing good in school and making friends. He seems happier than the last time we saw him. Kane got the all clear to fly but he's not supposed to jump around on stage or lift heavy objects or over-exert himself. Knowing Kane, this is going to be an interesting tour, so we'll see. 

I find a seat at a table near the food court in the airport. Our flight to the Philippines is in two hours. It's almost a twenty-two to twenty-three hour flight to Manila. It is currently 6:30 in the morning and our flight's at 8:39 am. 

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sebastianmoy These guys stole my phone... On our way Manila!

regiemacalino I'm coming home

olivermoy  Can't wait to see you, stars!

kaneratan Whose pulling up to see us land?

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