Sight Singing

Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

It's funny how the people that hurt you the most are the people that swore they never would.

He told me be would never hurt me. He told me I wouldn't regret trusting him. He told me he loved me.

It had been two days and I was still lying in bed replaying every second of that day.

Where did it go wrong after 2 years 2 months and 7 days? Two days ago, I was sat alone in my dorm, just like I usually am every year in the summer holidays. It's not that I had to be alone but without my best friends or boyfriend I just didn't feel like walking pointlessly around the school.

So I left and drove for 3 hours straight to James' house to surprise him. The surprise however, was for me when I reached his window, about to knock, only to see him making out (quite passionately, might I add) with another girl.

Shock. That's what I felt. I told him I loved him because I thought I did love him. He told me he loved me for a reason that I never wanted to know. I stood there and let the silent tears fall, wondering why I was crying. I swore I would never cry over anyone after my parents left me in boarding school. So why was there a river flowing out of my eyes? Why did I feel so helpless? A small sob left my mouth and James looked up.

So I ran. I ran to my car and drove all the way back as fast as I could. I saw him in the mirror shouting my name and as much as my heart told me to run back into his arms, my hands wouldn't let go of the steering wheel.

As soon as I reached school I ran up four flights into Cole's dorm, chucked out some random girl he was kissing and broke down in his arms, thankful that I had a brother who was there for me when nobody else was. He asked me who did it but I didn't answer. I couldn't talk. Hell I couldn't even think. So I just cried. For hours on end I cried. When I could finally tell Cole what happened he left without a word, leaving me to fall asleep on his bed. He came back a few hours later with nothing but a small bruise but the same could not be said for James. He was still in hospital. I couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt but I still realised I had made a mistake. A massive mistake. But trusting James was one mistake I wouldn't be making again.

It was only two weeks later that I had managed to block all thoughts of him out of my head and pull myself together, mostly thanks to Cole and his friends. I hated anyone seeing me cry and they all knew that so they knew when to just give me some space but Cole was an exception. Everything we had been through, we had been through together and I would never let anything get between us.

He knew exactly what I wanted, when I wanted it and I let myself get spoiled for a while as I thought about all the times James and I had spent together. It was when I realised that there was always something missing that I finally allowed myself to stop feeling sorry for myself.

I felt a lot better after I managed to act normal around everyone again and everyone could act normal around me too. We were soon back to normal, ordering pizza every night while playing cards and messing around.

"Stop cheating!" Cole yelled at Fred and Joe, his roommates.

Fred and Joe both looked at me accusingly and I looked at each of them before smiling innocently with a small nervous chuckle.

Please don't jump on me again, I prayed silently as I looked at the door and thought about the quickest escape route but unfortunately for me, they were all in my way so it wasn't long before they had jumped on me, trying to snatch the cards out of my hand.

I was just about to give in when something started vibrating and Cole looked up guiltily as we all froze.

"Just stay there for a second," he said, taking his phone out of his pocket as he untangled himself and looked at the screen.

"Who is it?" Fred asked.

Cole just looked at me and walked out of the room, gesturing for me to follow with a small nudge of the head.

"It's mum," he said and I stared at him for about a minute, wondering if I heard correctly before realising I had and told him to hurry up and pick up the phone.

He did as I said and I stared silently as he listened to whatever she was saying, trying to control the crazy ideas going through my head right now about what miracle has happened to make our mum call us.

About two minutes later he hung up and looked from his phone to me.

"They're moving away to live in Switzerland permanently. New opportunities and all that crap. They don't think they're ever coming back. Apparently there's nothing left for them here and they're too old to be travelling. She called to say bye," he said, before looked at me, waiting for a reaction.

I took the phone from his hand and called the woman who calls herself our mother.

Cole looked confused for a few seconds but said nothing as I waited for her to pick up.

"Yes?" I heard her say impatiently.

"Hello mother. I just wanted to tell you it's been a pleasure knowing you guys. I mean, I couldn't have asked for better parents, You are perfect. Always been there for us right?" I spat out the words as calmly as I found possible. Turns out it was quite vicous. "And calling to say bye without ever saying hello now huh? Well, goodbye," I spat before ending the call abruptly. I don't know whyi felt the need to do that but either way, it felt good. I handed the phone back and noticed Cole gaping at me in shock.

"Gotta say sis, I'm proud of you."

I smirked at him before engulfing him in a tight hug.

"And then you go and kill me", he added. I tipped him my imaginary hat as I opened the door.

"Love you too," I said to him while walking back in.

"Hey, where's the love for us?" Fred asked jokingly before Cole walked back in.

"Flirt with her again and I'll break your neck," Cole said simply and Fred immediately busied himself with tidying up anything he saw even though theor dorm was probably the cleanest in the school.

Cole and I glanced at each other and once again I felt grateful because no matter what our parents decided or did, I knew that Cole would always be there.

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Hi! So this chapter is probably the worst one of them all and I will definitely edit it when I get the chance but thank you so much if you've got this far!

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