Mattie looks different today. We sit together in the park, and he just sits there while I stare at him intently.
"Okay, I give up. What's going on?"
"It's nothing..."
"Oh, come on. I can see there's something going on."
"Well... it was gonna be a surprise..."
"Yeah?"
"I got in to Northwestern!"
"Oh my god! Mattie, that's amazing!"
"Yeah, I'm going to Illinois next weekend to meet my roommates. They seem really cool, one even works as a dj at a club near the dorms..."
He kept talking, but I wasn't listening. I just couldn't shake one word he said. Illinois. That's so far away from New York. And it's almost the end if the school year. We only have now. And I want it to last forever. But I won't.
"... And then we're coming back."
"Mmhm."
"Ey, Sydney, are you good?"
"Yeah, yeah. I'm just... happy for you."
I smiled and hugged him. But my mind was still elsewhere.
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Falling Too Hard
Teen FictionWe've all heard the teenage love story, the epic saga of a girl chasing her dream and keeping it close. Maybe this story is no different. But, if you look closely, if you see what she saw, and what she knew, maybe this story isn't so unoriginal afte...
