Still The Good Girl?

Chapter 24

"Mom you are awesome!" I say yawning and then Ryan does too. We are playing the amazing game apples to apples (to go) right now and my mom is on a roll with 10 green cards. I only have 4 Ryan with 6 and Caleb with 2.

"You guys look tired why don't you go to the hotel, get checked in, and get some rest." My mom says.

"No I'm good here" I say yawning again.

"I'm not asking you, I'm telling you" she demands.

"Okay, fine." I say getting up and walking over to her and giving her a hug "I love you so much!"

"I love you too darling" she says and I'm about to pull away but she weekly pulls me back "I want you to always know that."

"You're saying it like you're about to die" I laugh breathy.

"In my condition, I never know when my last day will be" she says with a frown.

"Don't say that! Say you will see me tomorrow, no matter what!" I say with tears in my eyes.

"I will see you tomorrow" she says while whipping my tears away "good night, sleep well"

"Good Night" I start to clean up but my mom doesn't let me.

"I'll have Caleb do it when he gets here." She says "oh and the hotel is just next door so you don't need a cab or anything. Caleb has already checked you in all you have to do is go up to the counter and say you are here to grab your room key and that Caleb already brought your stuff up."

"Okay thank you" I say giving her a kiss on her cheek.

"Good night we will see you tomorrow" Ryan says.

"Good night hun!" My mom waves to Ryan and I as we leave.

We are walking away from my moms room and we approach the elevator. I press the button and the elevator opens and we step in. I press the button for the first level.

We get to the first leaves in silence. We walk past the front desk and I say "Have a good night" and wave goodbye and they wave back. We walk out the front door and head in the direction of the hotel.

Why does it feel so wrong to leave? I don't know why, but I just don't want to leave mom. I want to say with her. But what can I do? I'm tired and I really need to sleep.

As we are walking I look around. It is starting to drizzle a little and there are some dark clouds in the distance. I notice that Mane is so different than New Jersey. Number one its a lot colder. Also, it's really pretty!

I'm cut off from my thoughts by the feeling of a hand in mine. I look to see that it's Ryan's hand holding mine. I look up at him and he is smiling but has a blush on his neck and cheeks. I smile back at him and I can feel the heat go into my cheeks.

We approach the hotel we are staying at and its actually quite nice. We walk in and I ask the girl at the front desk what my mom told me to tell her and she gave me the room key. We are room 311 so when we walk over to the elevator we hit floor three.

When we enter I go and grab Ryan's hand and hold it. He smiles down at me. "I thought you didn't like me like that?"

"I never said that now did I?" I say with a smirk on my face.

"D-does that mean..?" He stutters and I don't answer because the elevator doors open and I run out and to the direction of our room. I get there and open the door and I'm about to walk into the room but arms sake their way around my waist holding me.

I giggle and squirm. Ryan opens the door and walks us in.

"Ah! Let me go!" I laugh.

"Never!" He says.