"I'm still a little sad that you're already moving out just after I met you," Ms. Kennish said.
She gave me a hug as I was saying my goodbyes to the Kennish family.
"It seems that you and Evan has become good friends," Mr. Kennish said. "And friends of Evan are always welcome to the house. So feel free to come visit sometimes. And I'm pretty sure my wife would love that too."
It wasn't awkward for me to talk with them but... it was for Evan.
Mr. and Mrs. had to go somewhere so I was left with Evan at the living room while I was waiting for Joanne.
"So.. Umm.. Yeah. Like what my dad said, you can come visit if you want..."
"Oh, y-yeah."
Our eyes never met as we talked.
But when I looked up to him, it seems like he was hesitating to say something.
Please, please, please don't bring up the kiss.
"About last night..." He started.
"L-last night..." I stammered.
"Y-yeah.."
"Evan, honestly... I... I.."
Then the doorbell rang.
"Oh! That's probably Joanne! I'll get it!" I jumped up and ran to the door.
I opened the door and Joanne was standing there.
"Joanne!!," I called out. "Oh, Evan! It's Joanne! I should get going now!"
"Cami, no need to rush. We still have a lot of time." Then she casually walked in the house.
"Hey Evan!!" She called out.
I awkwardly walked back to the living room.
"Your mom and dad left already huh?" Joanne asked Evan.
"Yeah."
"Aww that's too bad. I didn't get to say hi to them. Oh well."
In that moment, everything went awkward.
"Something's weird." Joanne suddenly said.
I looked up at her. From the look of it, she's sensing something.
"W-what do you mean?"
She looked at me. Then she looked at Evan. Then back at me.
"Hmm.. I don't know. Something feels weird between you two."
"W-weird? W-what do you mean by that?"
"You guys are so awkward right now..."
"N-no we're not. We're perfectly fine." Evan butted it.
"O-oh, would you look at the time!" I shouted out. "Don't you have somewhere to go to Evan?"
"H-huh?"
"You have somewhere to go to, right?" I stared at him.
"O-oh!" He finally caught on. "Y-yeah."
"Jo, I guess we have to get going now." I looked at Joanne.
"O-oh ok, I guess.."
I grabbed my stuff and rushed to the car. Joanne just walked slowly, still sensing that something's going on between me and Evan.
In the car, I tried not to seem obvious. Though I think that every movement of mines was as obvious as it can get.
"Y'know, I've only known you for, what, 2 weeks?" Joanne suddenly said. "But I can still tell if you're hiding something from me."
I stayed quiet, not knowing what to say. I really wanna get all this stuff out of my chest, and the best person to do that to is Joanne. But... I don't know how to start it out.
Oh, I kissed your friend on the lips yesterday TWO TIMES and I think I have feelings for him.
"Just spill it, Cam," she said. "I think you'll be able to tell the whole story before we get to my house."
From then on, I spilled everything. Being a good listener, Joanne didn't cut me off as I talked without catching my breathe. After I was done babbling, she was just quiet.
We were already at her house, but still, she didn't say anything.
"There's a room upstairs and it'll have a sign with your name on it," she finally said. "You can stay up there or be down here with me. Up to you."
I went up to the room. Guessing from how simple it looks, I think it's a guest room.
I sat down on the bed, and as I sat down, my phone rang. I checked the caller ID and it was a number I don't seem to remember. But I still answered it.
"Hello?" I said on the phone.
"Cam?" The voice sounded familiar.
"Hey, Cam. It's Mom."
Ever since I ran away from home, I never once talked to my mom. Or at least I second hand talked to her, having my brothers talk to her instead of me.
"H-hi, mom..." I said.
It was silent at first.
I didn't know what to say... I never had a proper conversation with her. And it's a lot harder since we're on the phone.
"Ca-"
"Mom, I-" I cut her off.
"Hey, hear me out for a sec." She said cutting me off.
"You don't need to lie to me. I know you're not at a friend's house or even anywhere close to where we live. And... I can understand. I've had a talk with your brothers... and I can now understand that the things I have done are unacceptable."
"M-mom, you've said that a million times already... and I'm sick and tired of hearing that bullshit." I tried my best not to shout since I'm not at my own property.
"Okay, Cam. I know. But this time... this time. I'm being sincere about everything I said."
My anger was rising up and all I can think about right now is wanting Evan to comfort me.
"I know it won't be easy to regain the trust and the bond that we used to have, but I want to at least have our family to be together again. I want to have a talk with all of us present. Could you at least do that, Cam?"
I let out a sigh. We've been having these "family talks" for awhile now. And all it does is cause an uproar. We never actually solved our problems with these so called "family talks", and I doubt that will change now. But...
"Ok, I'll think about it." I told her.
"Thanks, Cam. I'm not gonna make any promises but just know that I'm trying my best to go back to the way we used to be."
I ended the call and layed down on the bed. I tried closing my eyes but then remembered that Joanne was still not talking to me...
