I remember you

I remember you Chapter 2

Skylar and I sat at the dinner table. We both were feeling the same. Shocked, upset, angry. I was more angry than anyone could be. An arranged marriage. Is my mom insane?! I'm 18! What the fluff?! I didnt touch my food. I just glared at my plate. Not looking at anyone. Cause if I did, I think I'd start balling. Why now? Why is this happening to me? Why didnt my parents tell me so I could prepare myself?! WHY? All these questions flooded my mind and I felt myself clenching my hands into fists under the table. Skylar noticed and she placed a cool hand over my fist. I looked at the infinity ring I gave her last year. She still wears it. I lost mine at the beach. I stared at it and took a deep breath. At least I have support.

"Anna?" I lifted my head up slowly and stared at my mother's face. I sent her a glare. I couldnt help it and I love my mom. I'm being put under pressure out of the blue. "What mom?" I growled angrilly. My mom held a look of saddness and she was taken a back by my rough tone. Plus, I never call her mom. Its always been mommy. "I'm sorry baby. I know you're angry and upset and confused but please let me explain" she spoke softly to me. Her eyes were watery and her bottom lip was quivering. She was gonna cry and at that moment I eased up and relaxed my face. Cause I dont want her crying. "Then explain" I told her.

My mom took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a second. "Your father and I knew something was gonna happen between you and Caleb the minute you brought home that one summer when you were 7. About 2 months before your accident. Caleb's father and mother felt the same when they met you. The ways you guys looked at each other and how your eyes would just light when you see each other. It was a beautiful sight to see among two children who dont even know what they were experiencing. So Caleb's parents and your father and I got together while you kids slept and discussed this. And we agreed to have this arranged marriage because people come into your life for a reason and Caleb came in your life to love you and your dreams prove that. Remember?" She asked me.

I ignored her question. I focused on something else. I knew this boy since I was 7?! I brought him home?! I loved him?! And yet I cant remember him?! I stared at the purple eyed boy who was already staring at me. But his look was the look you have when your heart breaks. Just like how the man in my dreams would look like. My heart was stabbed by guilt and all I wanted to do was cry. I stared into his purple eyes and my heart jumped but my mind was in a fog. Who was this boy to me?

I looked back at my mom. "Yea. I remember my dreams" was all I said. I couldn't think anymore. I was too upset and heart broken to speak or think or breathe. Sky patted my back softly but hard enough so I could let out a gasp and breathe regularly.

"I'm to add on to this tension. But Anna Beth?" I turned to Caleb's mother, Morgan Hill. "Yes?" I asked in a voice that sounded like a whisper. "You have a day to pack. We already transferred your schools" Morgan said to me sympathetically. Wait......WHAT?!

"OH. HELL. NO?! YOU MEAN SHE HAS TO MOVE WITH YOU GUYS?!" Skylar finally spoke for the first time in 2 hours. They finally broke her. Everyone flinched. "Yes and no. She'll be with us for a week but then she and Caleb will have their own home so they can get used to each other, communicate, and get to know each other" Morgan explained.

"Anna. Isnt. Going. Anywhere" Sky said with anger pouring into every word and I looked up at her and tears were streaming down her face and her posture was intensely stiff.

"Skylar, I'm sorry but its not your decis-

"I WONT ALLOW IT! SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND! MY ROCK! PEOPLE HATE US AT SCHOOL AND IF SHE LEAVES I'M OPEN PREY! I CANT HANDLE BEING BY MYSELF WITHOUT HER BEING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE FROM ME!"

"Sky" I whispered and touched her arm. She looked at me and shook her head. "I cant let you leave. Please dont go" she whispered to me. My throat was in a knot and then I finally noticed that I was crying. "I wont leave you. But I have to go-

"NOOO!" She screamed.

I had to close my eyes before speaking to her again. "You'll always have me Sky. But I cant control any of this and neither can you. But you have to stay strong. For me" I told her sternly and felt my hand grab her arm harder.

She sighed and to breathe a couple of times to clear her head. "Can I help you pack?" She asked quietly. I nodded. "Okay" she said and sat back down.

"I'll see you all tomorrow. I have to pack. I have my whole future ahead of me. Literally" I said and excused Skylar and I from the table and went to my room, where we cried, packed, cried, packed, and cried some more. We continued this til everything was packed up and my room held nothing but empty furniture and dust mites. We fell asleep right when we were done packing.

I'm gonna miss her.

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The next day

I was standing in my room wearing sweat pants, a black tank top and a grey jacket for the airport. It was gonna be a long drive in a cold place. I should at least get comfy. My hair was in a messy bun and I felt so empty. I was staring out into the backyard. Where the treehouse was. I held onto my pillow pet tighter and walked downstairs towards the back door and walked up the steps to the tree house opening and I sat there. Thinking. Trying to force myself to remember Caleb. But nothing came. Then the whispers came again. The sound of the little boy in my ears brought a smile to my empty heart.

"I love you" he kept saying to me. A normal person would think its a ghost or their head talking. But I didnt think that. I'm not normal. This boy meant something to me. Something important. Special. Something that I'm gonna find out sooner or later.

I started crawling towards the exit when I noticed a picture pinned to one of the walls. It was a picture of a little boy. It was black and white but the red roses he was holding were the only thing that had color. He was smiling. He had dimples and was wearing a tux. He was so adorable. I turned it over and on the back it said, "To my first love".

I smiled.

"My first love" I whispered to myself. I folded the picture up and put it in my pocket. I'll frame it later. I walked back to my house and my parents waited for me by the door. I said my good byes quickly. I was tired of crying and that was all I was gonna do if I took my time. Skylar was outside with a box that had a bow on it. I smiled at her and she returned it.

"Playing hookey on a wednesday?" I teased. She laughed but it was forced. She looked at me sadly. "Just for today. Here" she said handing me the box. It was small. Not hand size but small. I opened it and inside had a picture frame. It was silver and had best friends engraved in it and it held a picture of us at the beach. I remember that day. I wanted to cry but refused.

"I'm gonna miss you" I whispered. Skylar nodded, holding back tears. "I'm gonna miss you too Anna Banana" she whispered. I gave her a quick tight hug. "Come to the wedding?" I asked her. "Did you really ask me that?" She laughed. "Stupid question. I know........see you then" I whispered to her. "Bye love" she said as we pulled away. "Bye" I replied ans got into the limo that was waiting for me. Inside was the Hill family. All of them smiled at me and I nodded my head at them.

I sat down a seat away from Caleb who kept staring at me. So I looked at him and my heart jumped again.

I will find out who you are and why I feel this way. I will.