We decided to have a barbecue party tonight at our accommodation, might as well enjoy the amenities of it like what Ash said. She was silent all throughout our ride back here and I know she felt a little guilty of what happened back in the lake.
Travis is cleaning the fish that we got, we decided to baked it, while Rob grilled the sausages and burgers. Daisy had made pizza which is now cooking at the oven while Ash and I are currently seating at the pod chairs just gazing the view
"You really love the outdoors" Ash suddenly said
"Yeah you know that every since I was a kid my dad will take us to this kind of trips" I looked at Daisy as she sit at the canopy bed, opening her laptop she had a wine glass in her hand and she is wearing her glasses
"I wish my dad take me to those kinds of trips too, you know ever since my mom and dad divorced, things will never be the same in our house" she looked ahead. I did not comment, because my parents did not have divorce but since the accident happened our house was never the same since
"You know divorce is good, it actually saves you from abusive relationships or unhappy marriage" Daisy suddenly said
"Yeah I know but of course the number one who suffers from that one are the kids" she nonchalantly said
"Yeah you have a point" Daisy replied.
This is the first time Ash had spoken about her true feelings about her family. I always admired her jolly and quirky personality a very complete opposite from Missy who is serious and always on top of her game, but I love them equally. I looked at Ash and she's looking ahead again
"Are you okay?" I asked her, she turned to me and smile
"Of course Eli, I just have some of these moments" she assured me, I smile at her yes she's right even though how happy you are when you think of those moments that hurt you, you can't help but to feel sad and asked yourselves of endless "what ifs".
The number one what if I had right now is, what if my family did not died in that accident? Will Rob and I met? Or will Rob would be just a teacher to me? Will Richard and I be still together? I cringe at my last what ifs, because I knew deep inside Rob or without Rob, Richard and I will not last, even though two years ago I thought he is the love of my life.
Rob called us for dinner and all three of us stood up and went to the farm table, I looked at Travis and Ash they seemed on cease fire, that's great so that we can enjoy the rest of our trip. I tried the bake fish bass and it was so fresh and delicious.
"So Eli, what's your plan after high school?" Travis asked me and I saw him looking at Rob
"Oh I got in at Rutgers in New Brunswick" I told her, Ash looked at me, crap I did not tell it to them yet
"Wow, you've got in?" She looked at me her eyes bewildered
"Yes Ash, sorry I was not able to tell you immediately but yes" I smiled at her
"Damn! This is really happening huh? You in New Jersey, Missy in Massachusetts and me in New York" she said, sighing. If I could freeze the time and we can all stay here in this beautiful place then I would.
The future really scares me I told to Rob countless time but Rob always assured me that there's nothing to be scared of. The thing is after summer, my friends and I will never be the same anymore, and change is inevitable
"So see you in New York then?" Travis suddenly said as he looked at Ash
"And why so?" She snapped, oh no! I thought they are on cease fire, they are just really waiting for each other's attack
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LOVE BEYOND LESSONS (A Teacher and Student Romance)
RomanceEli is like everybody, a normal senior high school student who wanted to make her last year in high school memorable. She's dealing with some emotional issues that changed her for the past years, hoping this time it would change. She was surprised...
