Miles Away

Drama, Problems and Leaving

"I want to meet him!" my mom exclaimed.

"Oh my god mom let me talk!" I shouted back, she was quiet, a sign for me to continue, "Collin and I are-" I stopped. What were we? Clearly there was a connection between the two of us. Were we friends? Acquaintances? Romantic Interests? "we are just friends." those words hurt more than it should've. After what happened last night, I have no clue what our relationship was. 

"Just friends? Is that why he called you 'babe' and said that he loves you?!" my mom was as frustrated as I was with figuring out my feeling towards Collin. Wait, did I just say feelings?

   Let me fill you in on what happened last night. Collin and I stayed up until 11 p.m just talking. We spoke about anything and everything. I figured out the basics about him; his favorite color, which was black, his favorite music genre which was rock, and he lives with his mom, dad, and little sister. He told me that his mom and dad were having relationship problems ever since his little sister was born. Her name's Lola. It reminded me of Hawaii for some reason. I liked it. He told me that she is just four years old. I also told him a lot about me. I told him about him the three most important people in my life; my mom, Lucas, and Penelope (in no particular order). I told him about my parents, about how they were divorced because they just 'weren't meant for each other' it's what they told me anyway. It was really nice. I felt like me and him really clicked that night. I would've mistaken it as a date. 

"No, mom. You don't understand! He was only kidding. He's just some guy I met." I said getting frustrated.

"How did you guys meet?" she suddenly asked after a few seconds of silence, it was as if she was thinking about what to say. She was letting her protective side show now.

  I think it wouldn't be the best idea to tell her that I met him online from a strange website. But I couldn't lie to her. She's just been through so much to keep me safe, I felt like lying to her was something I could die for and go straight to hell. So I told her, "I met him online, but don't panic I didn't speak to him first." I looked up into her eyes, it held so much disappointment, and they looked scared. I felt my tummy almost fall apart, seeing her like that made me feel uneasy. With out another word she got up from my bed where we have been sitting for twenty minutes, and was about to leave the room before I shouted, "Mom, wait!" she turned around quickly. She wasn't staring at me like she normally would. Usually it was happiness, and love. Right now it was the complete opposite. 

"Kiara, I have raised you better than to talk o strangers, especially from the internet." she said in a cold, harsh tone. It scared me, so I just sat there looking at her. She looked stressed out and uncomfortable, "I don't want you to talk to him any more. Give me your phone and laptop." she said. My heart stopped. My breathing stopped. My mind just dropped everything. My body went numb. 

"What." I said, in a monotone. 

"Hand it over. Now." she stated firmly, I couldn't move. I know it seemed like I was being over dramatic, but my life was literally on both of those things my mom wanted. My laptop contained all of the websites that I've been on over the years, all the pictures. Where I met Collin. My phone was the much more precious, though. It was the only way I could talk to anyone. Collin, Penelope, Lucas, and Logan. My life would be nothing with out that technology. She walked over to my desk, where she knew my laptop was. She took that. She walked over to where I was and held out her hand. I nodded my head no. I couldn't believe she was doing this to me. 

"Give me the phone!" she yelled making me jump.

"MOM! I THINK I LIKE HIM!" I shouted-no, screamed back. I covered my mouth as soon as the words came out of it. I don't even like him! It's only what my brain is saying, not even my heart. Is that how it works? She knew who I was talking about, so I continued, "I think I like Collin, and my phone and laptop are the only ways I can talk to him." I said, sadly. I tried to find the lie in the sentence, but it was missing. I couldn't find it at all. I might, keyword: might, like Collin. I've never even met the guy!