Let's Forget Everything (Michael Clifford)

Chapter 8

That night, I laid in bed unable to sleep.

I just kept replaying Michael kissing me, over and over and over again. That sweet look on his face, how he leaned in slowly closing his eyes, how his lips felt on mine.

I remember his lips felt so cold against mine, because of the ice cream we had just devoured. He kissed me hard and slowly, like he was trying to savor the moment. I remember how it felt when he reached his hand up to hold my face. I had never been kissed like that before, it felt like our lips fit together perfectly.

But, I was dating Bradley. Even if he acted like a jerk sometimes that didn't change how I felt about him. How i'd always felt about him.

No matter how hard I tried though, I couldn't get the taste of mint chocolate chip ice cream off my lips, even though I had eaten vanilla.

Mint chocolate chip might be my new favorite flavor.

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The next morning I was able to fully register what happened last night.

I could feel the guilt deep in my stomach.

I had to tell Bradley...I had to break up with him. I felt like such a terrible person, I never thought I would ever cheat on a boyfriend.

I had to talk to someone. It was eating me up inside to not tell my two best friends.

Callie and Sam knew everything there was to know about me, I couldn't not tell them. But would Michael be mad? Michael was also my best friend, I felt like I should ask him first.

However any telling and asking was pretty hard to do according to the fact that I was grounded.

My parents are strict about curfew and I was out way too late last night. They took my phone and laptop, so there was no way to contact anyone.

I was only grounded for the weekend, but that was still a long time to go with nothing but this aching feeling in my stomach to keep me company.

I couldn't even tell anyone that I was grounded because I had to hand my mom my phone as soon as I walked through the door last night, so no one would know why I was ignoring them.

This reminds me of the time Michael went mia and I was so worried about him.

I wonder if he'll worry about me.

Throughout the day, I hung out with my family. Watching movies to keep myself distracted from the people I couldn't talk t

The day went pretty slow, but before I knew it, night time rolled around and I was laying in bed thinking about mint chocolate chip icecream.

All of sunday I bugged my mom to let me check my phone. I knew Sam and Callie probably thought I got kidnapped because I text both of them religiously every day.

Bradley was probably even more pissed off because he thinks i'm ignoring him from the other night, which I would probably be doing even if I had my phone.

Then there was Michael, I had know idea what Michael was thinking.

The day dragged on, but finally I was able to shower and get into my pajamas. I put on my purple onesie despite it being pretty hot, did all my homework for a change, and then decided to go to sleep early because there was nothing else to do.

I fell asleep around ten, but was woken up only two hours later because of a noise coming from outside my window.

I cursed myself for being a light sleeper when I checked the clock to see that I had to get up in six hours for school.