Holiday - Brad Simpson Fanfic

Chapter 7 - Stranger

Izzy's POV

It's funny isn't it. How someone can go from being your best friend, someone you spoke to for everyday for the whole of summer and after, to someone who you don't even think you know anymore.

That's what happened to me and Brad. It was so strange, one day he just stopped texting back and wouldn't answer my phone calls.

The amount of times I re-read every message I sent to see if I upset him or said something wrong.

I went through the stages of grief;

Sadness, crying myself to sleep every night wishing that there would be some explanation as to why.

Shock and denial, telling myself it wasn't my fault, trying to make myself feel better I guess.

Anger, at this stage I knew it wasn't my fault. He was the one who left, who didn't reply and didn't answer my calls.

And acceptance.

It was so strange, I couldn't get my head around it. I tried texting the other boys but they all ignored too. I tried moving on, going to school and putting my mind on something else, but I couldn't help myself. Checking him Twitter and Instagram every day to see if he'd updated anything but it only made me more anxious. My mum tried her best,

'Hiya sweetie, come on let's go shopping shall we I'll treat you to something'

'Mum I'm really not in the mood..'

'You need to get out! You haven't been out ever since that boy hurt you! I'm not taking no for an answer'

'Okay mum that was a slight exaggeration, but okay I'll go'

So off we went to the local shopping centre. I didn't feel up to it but if it would make my mum happy then I couldn't see the harm in it. She dragged me around every shop twice constantly checking her phone being nearly as bad as I am. We were just about to go into Victoria's Secret when I caught her smiling at her phone,

'You okay mum?'

'Oh yes erm we need to go to Selfridges I want sushi'

'But I need to get a..'

'Selfridges now'

I was pissed off. She was the one that dragged me here to 'treat' me, why was this suddenly all about her?

We arrived at the sushi bar and that's when I knew what her plan was. Sat in front of us with two empty seats next to him was the boy that broke my heart and my mum had helped in his plans.

I was super pissed off.