Payton's POV
"When are you and Abigail leaving?" Ethan asked, rubbing his hands up and down the length of my arm. We had finished brunch about 2 hours ago, and came home to take a nap. Ethan and I were laying together in the guest room bed. During brunch, to Abigail's surprise, I told them that Abigail and I was going to have a date.
"In about 5 minutes or so." I answered, glancing at my Apple Watch to confirm.
"Are you going to be okay alone with my parents? They don't bite." I looked up at Ethan, a smirk on my face.
"I'll be fine go enjoy your outing with your little sister." With that, he placed a quick kiss on my head and sent me off.
"Alrighty. Bye baby." I cooed, getting off the bed. I sat on the edge of the bed to put back on my shoes. And grabbed my glasses from the nightstand.
"Can't forget these." Ethan humored me by laughing while shaking his head.
"You are too cute." He complimented, as I walked out the door. Walking down the hall way, I turned right at the intersection. Another hallway appeared, the hallway of my old room, and Abigail's room also. I had to make out time later to come back and reminisce.
Opening the door to Abigail's room, I called her name. Her room was just the same as I had left it, 3 years ago. Everything pink and sparkly. Her comforter was white, with silver sparkled, and her pillows hot pink. The only thing that was not pink were her white dressers. Even the wall's boarders were pink. The only real change was that there were more trophies and medals that she had won.
Abigail was the best gymnast in Delaware, in the age group of 9-12. When she was not home, she was with East Coast Nitros, her gymnastics team. This year if they are lucky, they will be headed to worlds in Canada.
All around the room, her medals covered the walls. 2 out of the 4 walls were completely covered and now she was working her way up her third wall.
"Abby you ready?" She was in her closet, rummaging though her shoes. Of course she had to go and change her outfit. She was currently wearing a green buttoned up pullover, with white jeggings. Her hair cascaded down her back in luscious curls with a left part.. Abigail's hair was to die for. It was so long and just beautiful. Even though I had a lot of hair, it was nothing compared to Abigail's.
"Yeah. I'm done now." She had finally found what she was looking for. Black sparkly flats. Such a girlie girl.
"Look at all of these medals Ab! I wish I could've been there to witness, it was probably fantastic." After putting on her last flat, she turned to me.
"The three years that you have been gone left me with more time since I wasn't spending it with you. Most of that time went to gymnastics. I wish that you were there too. You were always my biggest supporter." Abigail's voice cracked a little near the end. I know how hard it was on her when I left and didn't come back. She lost her best friend, her biggest supporter, her rock, and most importantly her big sister. The hardest part about leaving Delaware for Boston was definitely leaving Abby.
"Aww come here," I pulled Abigail into a bear hug, nestling my face into the crook of her neck.
"Will you come to my competition this Saturday? And if Nitro's make it to worlds, promise you'll be there?" Pulling back from the hug, Abigail's big doe eyes latched onto mine. There was no way I could say no.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world." I assured, kissing her head.
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So I put my hands up
They're playing my song, the butterflies fly away
I'm noddin' my head like, 'yeah' (noddin' my head)
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His Name Was Ethan || BWWM
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