Making Memories

Chapter 5

Lydia's POV

We are all walking towards to the elevator going to get ice cream. That is all of us except for Ana, who is walking in a different direction. " Annie, where are you going," I ask. "I'm gonna take the stairs," She replies. "No," The Jacks, Clare, and I shout at the same time. Ana give us the 'what the hell look'.

"Analise, you do notice that you have not made it downstairs once without falling, this whole month," I question, looking at her like she's crazy. "I have to made it down the stairs without falling," she defensively.

"Okay then. If you go down the stairs then we al have to because I really wanna watch the first Magcon event, and we can't do that from the hospital."

"Haha, very funny, Lyds." She then starts walking and we all follow her. She looks down the flight of stairs and turns to us smiling nervously. "On second thought I have all tour to go down the stairs," she nervously laughs and the walks to the elevator.

"That's what I thought."

"Jackass," she mumbles.

Clare walks up to Ana and gives her a side hug saying," It's okay, sweetie. One day you'll become a big kid and learn how to walk up and down the stairs like the rest of us."

Everyone starts laugh. Ana walks to the elevator, gets in, and pushes the door closing button, before anyone else can get on.

We all walk down the stairs not bothering to wait for the elevator to come back up. Analise is waiting for us at the bottom. We all look at her and laugh. "Jackasses, I'm telling you! Jackasses," She yells. 

We all start walking to the Uber, and get in. To the Ice cream place!!!

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We get to Cold Stone Creamery and order. I get chocolate ice cream with, crushed up Oreos and Gummy bears.

I take a seat by the window, and I hear someone sit across from me. I look up to see Cameron. "Oh. Hey Cam. Do you need anything," I ask. "I just saw you sitting alone, and I just thought you could use some company," He replies smiling.

I look around and everyone else is on the opposite side of the Creamery. "Oh. Yeah that would be nice," I smile.

"Tell me about yourself. Tell me what it's like to be to be the older sister of those two dorks," He says nudging his shoulder in the way of my sisters laughing.

Sure enough they're being their weird selves. Ana is trying to balance a spoon on her nose, just like JJ, Hayes, and Taylor, who are all sitting at the same table as her. Clare is pretending to cast spells with her spoon, same with the dork, Shawn who is sitting with her. Harry Potter freaks! Gilinsky just took his seat next to JJ, and is staring at Shawn with envy. Will him and Clare just get together all ready!

"Well we're those kids whose parents were never home. They still aren't ever home. I love them, and I understand that they need to work to keep a roof over or head, but spend sometime with your kids will ya? Anyways, growing up I always have to be the one looking out for them. There was this one time when Clare got a new boyfriend and I found out he was doing drugs and I forbid her from seeing him. She got so mad at me. She didn't talk to me for two weeks, but they still broke up," I say laughing at the memory. "The only reason she dated him was to get back at Gilinsky, for having a girlfriend. You didn't hear it from me, but G and Clare got a thing going on."

Cameron just laughs and tells me to keep going.
         

"We've been best friends with the Jacks since like forever. Sara and G are very close, again you didn't hear that from me. JJ and Ana are stuck like glue. Not in the relationship way though. They don't see each other that way. Ana even went with JJ to Homecoming his Freshmen year of high school, because his date got sick."

Cameron cuts me off by saying," And who is your best friend?"

I look back down at my ice cream.

"I'm sorry Lydia. You don't-" He begins.

"No Cam its fine," I start," a year ago my best friend Nathan was diagnosed with stage 3 Leukemia." I tell him starting to tear up."3 months ago he died." Cameron reaches over the table and grabs my hand squeezing it, as if telling me I'll be alright. "For the past three month I've done nothing, but cry and eat ice cream. I wouldn't talk to anyone, or say anything at all for at least two of those months. Then when the boys came over and told us that they get to be part of Magcon and we get to travel with them, I change my attitude in those few days before we came. I thought, "Hey, maybe I'll find a new best friend to help you with the pain along the way". So that's why I came, to find someone who I can become close to and tell everything to, just like when I was with Nate."

Cameron is silent. I look up into his big brown eyes and he says, "Hi, I'm Cameron. Let's be best friends."

I laugh, wipe me tears, turn to him and say," Well if you insist."

We both laugh when the laughter dies down he says, " I do."