In fits of laughter we climbed the stairs to our apartments. ‘…And then she took the photo!’ Skylar said, unable to breath normally because of her funny story. ‘Really?!’ ‘Yeah, she really did! And the worst thing is, she sent him the picture!’ ‘No way!’ Skylar just told me about how she lost a bet to her friend, so she had to walk up to a random man and act like she was their fan and take a picture with them. It turned out to be some fat guy, who hugged her tightly. Her friend then sent Skylar’s crush the picture and told him this was her new boyfriend. Skylar was so embarrassed. ‘I tried to be mad at her, but I couldn’t stop laughing!’ By now we reached her apartment. ‘Well, Imma go,’ I said, giving her a short hug. ‘Demi! Wait! Ehm, my dad might need some help in the shop tomorrow afternoon. I have to go visit my grandma in the hospital. So could you maybe take my shift? You’ll be paid a lot.’ ‘Ehm, well okay. If you could explain me everything tomorrow.’ She nodded and smiled. ‘I’ll come by your house tomorrow!’ I walked towards my apartment after waving at Skylar and walking up to the front door. I grabbed my keys from my pocket, but the door swung open and I was pulled in. Slightly panicked I tried to push him off me, but he pulled me into a tight hug. ‘I’m so sorry,’ he whispered softly in my ear. I laid my head down on his chest and inhaled his great perfume. I can’t afford to lose him. He’s all I have. I lifted up my head and looked at him. ‘It’s okay,’ I whispered before softly pressing my lips to his. I pushed him further backwards into the apartment, while his hand reached for the door and slammed it shut, our lips never leaving each other. He lifted me off the ground, with his hands supporting under my bum. The kiss got more passionate and hungry by the second and I could feel the heat starting to build. He laid me down on the couch, hovering over me, giving me small kisses all over my face, making me giggle. ‘I got something for you,’ he said grinning. He stood up and walked to our bedroom, not much later his head popped around the corner, grinning at me. He came over to me with something in his hands. While he got closer I saw it was a small kitten. It had a grey and white fur and its eyes were bright green. I jumped up and took it from his hands. ‘Aww, it’s sooo cute!’ I said, kissing the kitten’s head. ‘How’re you gonna name her?’ So it’s a her? ‘Well, if it’s a girl I’ll name her after my mom; Angela. But we’ll just call her Angie,’ I said smiling, kissing the top of her head again. I sat down and she laid down on my lap, purring softly as she got comfortable with her head laying on my lower arm. ‘But… There’s something else I gotta tell you,’ Daniel said carefully, looking down. ‘What is it?’ I asked worried. ‘Well, Kevin needs me to go to New York for a bit.’ My eyes widened and my mouth dropped open. ‘You’re kidding me, right? You’re not actually going there?!’ I asked scared of what he’ll do. He can’t just leave me all alone here in this foreign country on the other side of the world! He lifted his shoulders as if he didn’t care how I would feel about this. I felt my blood boiling about him leaving me. I wanted to scream, yell and cry, but I could still try to talk him out of this. ‘But Dan-’ I started, but was cut off by my phone ringing. Home it said. ‘Hello!’ I tried to sound very happy to not concern my foster parents. I wouldn’t want them to drop by at the boarding school and let them find out I’m not there… ‘Hey, you sound happy!’ my foster mom said, sort of relieved. ‘Yeah, it’s great here. I got a lot of new friends already!’ I lied quickly. ‘Well, tell me! Is it nice? How does it look? And what about your room?’ ‘They were very strict first, but it’s all fun now, but I can’t really talk right now. I got a big test tomorrow.’ ‘Well, okay then…’ she sounded very sad and it made me feel guilty, ‘we love you.’ ‘I love you too!’ I replied before hanging up and sighing deeply. A tear escaped my eye. This is going to be harder than I thought… I hate lying to them. With Angie sleeping in my arms, I cuddled up to Daniel as he stroked my hair gently. I fell asleep, completely forgetting about the fight earlier.
