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T W E N T Y - N I N E

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The world is about to fall apart. I was walking down the hall the next day and Dana bolted towards me with horror face.

"Ellie!" she called.

"Yes."

"Do you hear about it?" she asked.

"About what?" I asked.

"About Lucas."

"What's with Luke?" I asked.

"He wants to move to New York."

No.

"What? How? When? Why?" I asked, gripped Dana's wrist.

"I don't know. I heard it from Ryan," she said.

I released her wrist and ran to look for Ryan.

"Ellie... Ellie..." Dana called but I ignored her. I ran to find Ryan and finally I saw him at his locker. I walked towards him with shaking hands.

"Ryan!"

"Oh Ellie, easy there," he said.

"What do you mean by Luke is going to move to New York?" I asked.

"Oh... That..." he stuttered.

"Just fucking tell me!" I yelled.

"Oh easy Ellie... He said that he wanted to move to New York only...I don't know why... I thought you knew about it," he said.

"How can I know about it when we don't even talk for weeks!" I snapped.

"When will he leave?" I asked.

"I'm not sure about that. I heard that his flight is tonight," he said.

"No...no...! Ugh, fuck it!" I cursed.

"Ellie you are so frustrating," Ryan said.

"And you're an asshole. Bye Ryan," I snapped and ran towards the car park.

"Fine, bye." I just realised that I came to school today with Arthur. I was about to find Arthur and he was already there, just running out from the school.

"Ellie," he called.

"Arthur... I-"

"I heard about it," he cut off my words. The whole universe is trembling and I fell to the ground. Arthur supported me with his arms.

"You love him too much don't you?" I didn't respond to his question, I can't even stop my tears from falling. I feel guilty to him... and Luke too. I didn't realize that after this all, I love Arthur too. He is not that bad after all. Well, he is bad. He made me a badass girl by riding his motorcycle, his bull with him and did some crime. But all of those things almost make me get over Luke.

"You chose me because you wanted to get over Lucas and I realized that it didn't work that way," he said.

"And I realised that it hurts both sides," he continued.

"Eddy, I-"

"Don't tell me that you love me, Ellie."

"But I do, I really do," I said.

"But your true love is Lucas. It always him," he said. Yes, it always him. He chinned me up until I met his eyes.

"Go," he said. I tilted my head in confusion. He tossed his car key in my hand.

"Go, find him," he said.

"Eddy..."

"It's really hard to let you go but you both are really meant to be together. Go, Ellie," he said.