1000 Miles - Chandler Riggs // Austin Abrams

Chapter Twenty Four

a/n: i forgot if what elliots moms name was so we're just gonna say it was katherine.

September 15th, 2016

I search the airport for my father or someone familiar. Karson tugs at my arm signalling he's found him. We just landed in Georgia.

I follow Karson to our dad who is standing with his arm around his girlfriend, or fiance, I don't know, all I know is that they're getting married in a week. 

Elliot smiles sympathetically at me. I return it. Neither of us wanted to move, but we had to. He had to leave Nathan behind too, and now he's going to have to go through a whole other round of trying to hide that he's gay until he's ready. 

"Penelope, Karson, it's nice to see you." Katherine says opening her arms to pull us into a hug. At first we just stand there but she walks up and wraps her arms around us. 

I manage to hear Karson say something along the lines of "Suffocating. Too much perfume." 

Katherine ignores it and releases us. "Have you two grown since the last time I saw you?" 

"Seeing as you just saw us a couple weeks ago, no." I mutter so only Karson can hear me. Of course she heard me though. 

How the hell did she hear that but not what Karson said. 

"Well, would you two like to get something to eat?" Dad asks. "There's a really good place near here, you may need to change out of your pajamas though." he says. Karson and I had to get up really early this morning to get to the airport so we didn't bother changing into day clothes. 

"I'm fine with McDonald's." I tell him.

"Now Poppy, that is very rude. Maybe Elliot would like to eat somewhere other than McDonald's." My father says crossing his arms. 

"No actually, McDonald's sounds good." Elliot buts in. 

"Very well then. Off we go." My father intertwines his fingers with Katherine's and Elliot lags behind them to talk to me. "Pop I'm so sorry." He says and I shrug. "It's not your fault our parents are inconsiderate jerks." 

My dad had saved up enough money to where he bought himself a fancy jeep in which I'm being squished by Elliot and Karson. 

"So how's Kaylin doing?" Elliot asks as I grab my phone out of my pocket. 

"She's doing good. She has another movie coming up." I tell him and he nods. "Cool."

I check the groupchat. 

Poppy Seed: I'm in the car with dad .-. someone help katherine's perfume is drowning me. no offense  elliot who i know is reading over my shoulder

"Non taken." Elliot whispers.

Halseyyy: ELLIOTTT HEY  WE MISS YOU

Kaylin the only ten i see: DUDE OMG 

The rest of the group chat starts blowing up my phone about Elliot until we arrive at McDonald's.

After we're done there, we go to the house. 

It's a fairly large house. Three stories. There's 3 bedrooms upstairs and two on the ground floor. Then the basement has been converted into a lounge like room. 

Elliot shows Karson and I to our rooms. Karson's is next to mine and Elliot's is across from ours. The house is bigger than the one we used to live in as a family in Knoxville which is upsetting. My dad flaunts his money around like he has enough of it to buy an island.