Empty Promises

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"And hit the mark!" I released the arrow and watched as it hit its target.

"You did it!" I squealed and turned to hug my gramps who kissed my cheek as I did so.

"This really has helped me a lot gramps." He smiled at me warmly. "It'll be fine, you know self defense now. You can kick his ass."

I couldn't help nor stop the laugh that escaped from my lips. Two months ago, I broke up with Carter.

It's August now and I have to go home for school, for the summer I stayed at my grandpa's house.

My mom thought it would be a good idea to get away from everything, you know? I, of course, jumped at the chance to get away.

My gramps likes to hunt so he has a bunch of weapons, he taught me archery and I'm also pretty good with a sniper.

I also learned self defense and kick boxing which helped take my mind off a lot of things.

I'm a week late for school, not that I really care because I know, I'll catch up in no time.

"We should head back soon. Your mom is expecting us soon."

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The time we reached my house, it was nearly morning. "Can you take my things inside gramps? I want to see Syl."

He nodded and I walked in the direction of Sylvia's house, she lived literally down the street from me so it was a short walk.

Reaching her house, I took a deep breathe before I knocked on her door and waited for it to open.

The door opened to reveal a sleepy looking Sylvia, she didn't notice that it was really me so it took a minute of eye rubbing and blinking before she attacked me.

"Oh my god!" She squealed, giving me on of her favorite koala hugs. "Oh my god! I've missed you!" I stated as I spun us around.

"I missed you too." She said as I finally set her down. "You're lucky I'm awake right now." She added teasingly, causing me laugh.

"True." I shrugged, soaking in the silence that we fell into.

"So are you coming to school today?" She asked, piercing through the silence.

I shrugged with a nod, smiling at her. "Yeah, I'm gonna go get ready. Car or no car?"

Sylvia hummed slightly thinking about it, "No car."

I quickly walked back to my house, as soon as I entered my mom wrapped her arms around me, "My baby, oh how I've missed you."

I rubbed her back soothingly, smiling as she sniffled slightly. "Same here mom."

As she pulled away, she flashed me a small smile. "I have work right now and you have school."

I rolled my eyes before placing a kiss onto her cheek. "See you after school mama."

Seeing as gramps' car was gone, I was guessing that he already left. Heading upstairs to my room, I quickly walked into my connected bathroom.

I was in and out of the shower in ten minutes, walking over to my closet I began to look for an outfit, "What to wear today?"

The weather was semi hot so, how about shorts? Yeah, no way that's happening.

I slipped on a pair of light wash denim jeans, a white loose shirt before slipping on my white vans and grabbing a black beanie.

I swiped on my nude lipstick before grabbing my house keys, my bag, and running out the door.

Seeing Sylvia outside waiting, I jogged up to her catching her attention.