Lost

Chapter 16

I went home and slammed my bag down.

"What's wrong?" My mom said concerned.

"I'm switching to SPS. Now." I said and she looked confused.

"Are you sure you want to switch schools....?" She said and my face was mean.

"Positive." I said and then it was final. I was no longer a Panther at Sunderland Armeir Academy. I was now a Prep at Statten Prep School. And with that I swept up the stairs and sat in my chair at my desk. I pulled open the drawer full of pictures. I flipped through pulling out all of the ones of me and Riley. And then I ripped them and threw them in the trash can sobbing at the same time. I had kept them all this time hoping things would just go back to normal. But now I knew for sure they never would.

I looked up and saw on the wall, a picture of us at the carnival. And all the memories came flooding back to me. I tore the picture down and opened the frame pulling out the picture. I looked at it and it made me cry even harder. And then I did it. I tore even that picture. And it followed all the others, into the trash can. Still crying I curled up on too of my bed. I pulled out my phone and saw a text from my mom.

"I just called Statten. They have an open spot.... Sure you want to do this...? You've Been at Sunderland your whole life....." It read.

"It's done. I'll be there tomorrow." And I pulled up Instagram. I began to write a post.

"Thrilled to say I am an official Lion at SPS!!!" I wrote and I hit send. Immediately my feed blew up with comments of shock. I ignored them all.

I began crying again. My whole life at Sunderland. That school had so many memories. I cried for what seemed like hours. Then I heard a knock at my door. It opened and I saw Oliver.

"Statten Prep School....?" He said. Sadly.

"Yep..." I said sitting up and wiping me eyes. He sat next to me.

"Why?" He said unjudgementally.

"I just. Everyone has been mean to me lately and I don't want to be there anymore." I said. And he looked into my eyes. And when I looked into his, his seemed more sad then mine.

"I'm sorry." I said and a tear fell at the thought of leaving him.

"You don't have to apologize" he said and I smiled. He had always told me that. He told me, "don't apologize, you don't do anything wrong" and he out of anybody could make me feel happy about my decisions and really anything I did. He was always on my side.

"I can't take them being mean to you..." He said. And I knew I just had to tell him the truth. That this was really all about Riley.

"It's not everyone. It's just.... Riley. I can never forgive him but he just keeps on going like nothing ever happened. I feel like I'm invisible. And he just. He doesn't care... After everything he doesn't care if I'm even Alive. And not even being able to talk to him makes me the one left out. Because people treat him as though I'm the one wrong. And he's perfect." I said and I broke down into sobs again.

"He's not perfect. You are. I mean, I don't know why people treat you like this. I don't know why people act like this even. What Riley is doing is horrible and I know that it hurts you. And all I can even do is to say that, you don't need any of them. And..... You should go to Statten." He said and I leaned on his shoulder and we hugged. And then I noticed a tear fall down his face. Then he stood up and kissed me on the cheek. "I love you Tori" he said.

"I love you." I said back to him. For what looked as though it was the last time.