Against my arranged marriage.

Chapter twenty four - Distant

~Laura~

It had been a week since Ash had told me that he had Leukaemia. To be perfectly honest, he didn't look very ill. Like sure he was pale and that... But he didn't look like nothing out of the ordinary, he almost looked normal. Helooked remarkable for someone who had advanced Leukaemia and could drop dead at any point.

But the truth is, I don't know. I hadn't seen him in a few days, he hadn't been at school and he hadn't been responding to my messages. I'm sure he was still alive, Georgia's mum to spoke to his mum daily. I'm sure Ash's mum would of informed Georgia's mum if something bad had happened. So i didn't need to worry, I didn't need to panic. Ash was okay, for the time being.

No one else knew about this at school though, only me and Georgia. Saying that, Georgia had more than likely gone and told Ethan when it wasn't her thing to tell. If she has told Ethan the whole world may aswell know about Ash's condition.

Currently, I was sat in Georgia's car waiting for a lift. We were about to leave, but Georgia started fussing about how she had left her makeup bag inside and frantically rushed back inside to go and get it. That was about five minutes ago, and here I am still waiting. I didn't realise it would take her five minutes to retrieve her makeup bag, like what is she doing?

A few moments later the front door opened, I could see Georgia. She was turned around, so she wasn't facing me, she was talking... Oh. She must of been talking to her mum, discussing something with her mum. That's why she took so long. I wondered what they were discussing, for them to take so long it must of been important. What if it was about Ash? What if something had happened?

Georgia hopped in the car and plugged in the keys. She then sighed before beginning to drive. What was up for her? She was so antisocial, we hadn't even spoken. This just shows that something bad had happened and its lowered her mood. It could be concerning Ash... I really need to stop thinking about Ash constantly! It's just so difficult, i'm constantly panicking and worrying about him, whether he's okay. And what doesn't help is that he doesn't respond back to my messages and that causes me to worry.

When I next looked up, we were outside of the school. Only two more months left at this dump, the sooner I leave the better. That means no more of this; no more of being judged by what you wear and how you present yourself. No more of everything being a popularity contest, it practically is. If you're popular, your school life tends to be a whole lot better. But obviously I'm not popular, I never have been and I never will be. I accepted that a long time ago. Like sure, I gain attention from hanging around with Luke sometimes but thats about it and it doesn't really matter. It's not really important.

"I'm going to meet Ethan." Georgia mumbled when we were both out of her car. She then pressed the button on her keys and locked the car. We both then headed towards the gate. Once again, Luke and Ethan were stood there waiting. But i wasn't too bothered, I was sure that things wouldn't be too bad. Me and Luke were civil, even friends it was much better than having a bad and awkward atmosphere between us. Things were so much more brighter between us now.

I took my few final paces before i approached Luke. Georgia rushed up to Ethan and pulled him into a tight hug. Right so she can confide in her boyfriend but not her best friend, that really makes sense. Next she will be 100% choosing her boyfriend over me and then our friendship will be finished. I'm not a second option, Georgia either wants me as her best friend or she doesn't there's nothing more to it.

"Lovebirds." Luke murmured to me, i just smiled at him in response.

"So does Ethan really like Georgia?" I asked Luke. Luke would know, he was bound to. Luke and Ethan were practically best friends, Ethan would share this kind of thing would Luke.

"Well as far as i'm aware of yes. I haven't seen him act like this with another girl yet... Georgia must he very special to him and he must like her otherwise he would of moved on and thrown the trash out for usual. Normally a girl lasts Ethan a day, a night, an hour... Maybe that was a bit too extreme.

"That's good to hear. I don't want to see my best friend upset." I told Luke, he nodded in response.

"Well I know Ethan can be a jerk but I think he really likes Georgia. And I can make sure he doesn't interfere in your friendship with Georgia." Luke offered.

"Oh no it's fine! I don't want to involve
Myself anymore. Like i did to get Ethan and Georgia together in the first place.i want them to have a chance Like, I want to be complete and unique without my help." I explained.

"Oh if that's what you want. I just thought it would't be fine but never mind so long as you're happy, then i can work with that." Luke told me.he was sweet at the moment. I liked him, he was kind, very kind.

"Yeah." I murmured it response. I was so tired,I just wanted to go and see Ash.

"Hows your happiness? Hows you and Ash?" Luke asked me.

"Not good at the moment." I mumble.

"Oh yeah. Sorry i shouldn't of mentioned this, its clearly a difficult subject to discuss considering no one knows about it." Luke frowned before scratching the back of his head.

"Yeah, things are really bad. Ash is really sick." I continued, why was I telling him this? I knew i couldn't trust him, i knew it. Yet i still did, stupidly.

"By the tone of your voice... It sounds serious. How bad is it?" Luke asked me.

"He has Leukaemia and it's really advanced." I explained. Luke's eyes then moved, no longer fixated on me. His lips folded, I then heard someone clear their throat.

I turned around to see Ash stood with his arms folded.

"Yeah! Why don't you go round telling everyone my personal business?!" Ash snapped at me. Oh, this was bad, really bad.

He then hesitated for a few moments, looking at me. He looked angry, annoyed, betrayed and hurt... I felt guilty i did, I just needed someone to confide in about this and it just felt right to tell Luke. Ash then turned around and stormed away.

I sighed, I had to go after him. I couldn't leave things like this, no way. We already lost a lot of time when we previous argued, i'm not going to lose anymore considering i don't even know how much time I have left with him.

But that didn't change anything. I wasn't giving up on Ash...

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A/n

Took a while sorry, i'm finding it very difficult to write atm. Ok so i aim for this book to have around 30 chapters& a prologue. It might end up being more or slightly less. I just really don't know yet.

This is kinda short, i don't know i tried its like 1200 words so.

Unedited and i'm so tired whilst writing this up lol so sorry for any grammatical errors or if things don't make sense.

Next update should be at the weekend, if i have enough time then sooner. But i can't promise anything.

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