Strangers in Love (A Ross Lynch Fanfic)

Chapter 19 - All Alone

I woke up the next morning to a knock on the door, accompanied with my mom calling for me to get up. I was about to get up but then Ross's face came into my mind and I just felt tired. I did get up eventually, but all I did was roll out of bed and sit on the floor for a while then get back into bed.

Actually, I spent a lot of time sleeping that day. My parents made me get up after a while but I hardly talked at all. I didn't eat very much either. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't turning anorexic or anything, but I just ate enough so that I wouldn't hurt myself. I told my parents that I was exhausted so they'd let me sleep more.

I wasn't sure why I missed Ross so much. I'd only known him for a week.

A wonderful week.

I missed him.

So.

Dang.

Much.

I sighed and got up when I heard my phone buzzing from my desk. I picked it up to see a text from Riker:

"What happened yesterday? Ross hasn't come out of his room since you left."

Oh, no. I hadn't even thought about how Ross must be feeling right now... I'd just ditched him on our last day together. I'd made a huge mess of everything and wished I could just take it all back. I kind of wished I'd never met them, just so none of this would have happened. But I know that meeting them was amazing and I wouldn ever change it. 

"I can't say. Please, just tell him I'm sorry." I texted back with a sigh. 

"I think you should tell him yourself, he's not listening to anyone here." He answered.

I sighed again before calling Ross. He didn't pick up. 

I texted him instead and just said 'hey.'  He didn't respond.

Why should he? He probably hated me. Or never wanted to talk to me, or something like that. Not that I'd really done anything wrong. But I missed him so much.. 

So, I got back into bed. A while later my mom brought me some tea, and tried to get me out of bed.

"I.. I don't feel good." I said unconvincingly. She looked a little suspicious and left. She came back a minute later with a thermometer. Great. 

"I'll be back in a minute to check your temperature." She said.

Oh, good thing I had tea.. I stuck the thermometer in my cup of tea and left it there for a minute. This probably wasn't good for it, but whatever. When I heard my mom's footsteps coming back to my room I quickly took it out and put it in my mouth, and when my mom checked my temperature it was 101. 

She sighed. "Well, I guess you can go back to sleep then. But I hope you get better soon because school starts next week!" She said. 

"Gee, thanks for reminding me." I muttered under my breath as she left again. And I stayed in bed the rest of the day. 

The next day I finally got up and went downstairs for a while. Both my parents were at work, so I watched re-runs of Pretty Little Liars on tv and ate cereal. I spent the whole day in front of the tv, and when I was flipping through the channels I ended up watching The Notebook. I just sat there staring at the screen. I teared up at the end and hugged a pillow to my chest. 

I was alone. I hadn't been alone for a while... Before, I was always with Brandon or my friends or family. Last week I was with Ross and the Lynches. But I hadn't seen my friends all summer, they'd probably forgotten about me. Brandon was out of the question, I never wanted to see him again. And the Lynches, well they were far away. Out of my life. 

I full out started sobbing then, just thinking about all of this. I rocked back and forth, just crying. I cried as I remembered all that happened last week. The midnight snacks with Ross, the afternoon swims with everyone. The concert, hotel drama, and even getting stuck in that elevator. I was so confused. I missed Ross, I just wanted to see him. I just wanted company. Someone, anyone. But especially Ross.

Hey guys... Did you like the chapter? I hope so! Sorry if it wasn't very good, or too short. Thanks for reading!

-JaneDoe