Perfect Find

Chapter 3|Come around|

Remember when I said I have friends to visit?.....
Yh by that I meant a friend.
You know....... just one. I'm not really the social type. I'm like the opposite of Dylan.

Dylan stops in front of Ciara's house and we get down from the car. Ciara spots us through her window and comes outside, giving me a big hug.

Dylan waits by the car as I talk to Ciara.
"Hey girl,you didn't tell me you were coming but then again you're fund of inviting yourself over. You're just in time though. I just finished cooking my famous spaghetti and meatballs that you love so damn much". She says while smiling at me.

God......this is going to be harder that I thought.

"Here's the thing Ciara..... I'm kinda sorta moving tomorrow"
"That's nice. To where?" She asks still smiling.

I don't think she gets it.

"When I say moving,I mean moving.....to another state" I say and her smile drops.
"You're joking right?" She asks me with nothing but sadness in her tone.
"I wish I was but like Jeff got a new job in NY and my mum thought it was a good idea for us to move with him. I'm really sorry"
At this point tears are already running down her cheeks. I hate when she cries. It causes this tight pain in my chest. I hug her cause it's kinda like our other way of communication.

If we can't express how we feel through talking then we hug it out.
"Everything will be okay. I'll make sure to call you everyday. Even if I'm busy, I'll try to make time for you. I'll also make sure to give you the latest details when I'm there. It'll be like I never even left" I assure her and her tears reduce.
I pull out of her her then give her a sad smile.
"Oh wait, that's right. Just hold on a sec" she says and runs inside.

Five minutes later, she's walking back to me with a bowl of spaghetti in one hand and a gift in the other.
"Here. It's your favorite while the gift is something I saw when I went shopping. It was so cute,I just had to buy it." She says and hands me the gift.
"Open it"she says.

I remove the wrapper and open the box. It's a chain with half a heart as the pendant.
"I have the other half"she says while showing me her half.

I hug her again and this time,I don't feel like letting go.
"I don't think your brother will wait another 2 minutes for you" she says and I laugh while pulling out of the hug.She hands me the bowl of spaghetti and I smile at her.

I wave to her one last time then head to the car. I resume my position in the passenger's seat and Dylan starts the car and drives off.

I look down at the gift and pretty much breakdown.

Well not actually breakdown but tears are running down my cheeks nonstop.

Dylan's not really the consoling type so he puts his right hand on my shoulder. That's his way of saying sorry.

The drive to wherever we were going next was quiet. He stops in front of a Café.

Not just any Café. The one dad always took us to every Sunday before he died. I didn't even know the place still existed.

Dylan and I walked inside and ordered our favorite ice creams then went back to the car. We stay in the car, licking our ice creams in silence.

I open the bowl that contains Ciara's spaghetti and point it to Dylan as a way of asking if he wants some. He nods and I give him the fork.

He takes a bite and pauses.
"What?"I ask
"She cooked this?"he asks with a blank expression
"Uhhh...yeah?" My answer coming off as a question
"This is fucking delicious. No wonder you were crying. You have to leave this behind" He says and I laugh.
"Anyways,let's go back home. We still need to start packing " he says and drives off.

~30mins later~
We're back home and I'm in my room placing the last of my stuffs inside a bag.
"Dinner's ready!!!" My mum shouts from down stairs. I walk to the kitchen just to see my mum and her boyfriend kissing.
"What the fuck?..... grosssss. You don't do stuffs like that in a kitchen. God I wish I didn't see that". I say in a disgusted tone and my mum laughs.
I give her an it's-not-funny look and she stops.

Dylan walks downstairs few minutes later when the food has already been served.
"Evening son" Jeff says and Dylan stops on his tracks and gives him a disgusted look but eventually brushes it off and sits down.
"Sooooo...... who's excited for tomorrow?" My mum asks while smiling.

Fucking great. I just lost my appetite and the food looks so goooood.
"I've suddenly lost my appetite" Dylan says and leaves and I get up to leave too.
"Do you think they'll come around?" I hear Jeff ask.
"To be honest, I really don't know" my mum replies and I could hear the sadness in her voice.

Well that's what she gets for making decisions about her kids, without her kids.

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Yoooooo........
That's a wrap for the 3rd chapter.
Again....... sorry for the short chapters.
They'll get longer along the way.
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Lots of love from Temi😚