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Chapter 42

I walk into the small coffee shop downtown and the smell soothes me a bit. I immediately see Arden's curls in a small booth in the corner, when she sees me her bright smile warms my heart. I walk towards her table and sit down.
"Thanks for meeting me here, everything that's been going on lately is awful but I really need to tell you something".

She shifts in her seat and gives me a look that tells me she's ready to hear what I have to say.

I put my hands together and start to explain, "Brennan proposed to me. I said yes, but I don't know if I can do this."

It's not what I expected, but it's all I can get out before i begin to cry. The tears flow steadily down my face, and I realize I've been holding to much in. Arden gets out of her side of the booth and comes over to me, she gives me a tight hug and rubs my back.

"Look Annie, I know you don't want to hear this, but I need to call Caleb and Abby. I'm your friend and I'm here for you, but you need your family." Arden continues to rub my back.

"Your a nineteen year old girl, you can't make these decisions on your own." She pulls out her phone and texts Abby.

It takes Abby fifteen minutes to get to the coffee shop, my eyes are still red and puffy and she pulls me into a hug.

"Caleb's not coming, is he?" I ask, my voice shakes. Abby looks at my and shakes her head.

I had a feeling he wouldn't come, especially if he heard Brennan had proposed.

"Annie, I don't want to put things into your brain, because this is completely your decision. But this is a mess. When you moved here, your emotions were all over the place, Brennan was the first person you liked, and he hurt you. There's been a lot of stuff that he's done to you that worries me. I know he's trying to change, but your both so young, I think if you get married now it will just hurt you." Abby stands up from the booth, that's all she has to say, and I know my decision.

When I get in Brennan's car my eyes are still a bit red, Brennan grabs my hand.

"Babe, are you okay?" He looks at me.

I can't look at him, it hurts to much.

"Brennan, I can't marry you. Not right now at least. We're so young, and we need more time. I love you but I just can't do this, but we can later. One day" I squeeze hand.

He takes it out from mine and cover his face, he slams his fist down on the steering wheel and I jump.

"We're done." His face twists into anger and he starts the car. "Get out." He says. "I'm done with this back and forth, I'll find someone who really loves me."

I give him an almost horrified look, I have no clue where this is coming from. I grab my purse and open the door, sailing Abby's number in the process. I watch Brennan's car speed away into the distance.

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3hrs later;

"Look Annie, I know you think this sucks, and this is the end of your life, but I promise it's not. Remember when I dated that gurl until I was seventeen? I thought I would spend the rest of my life with her. But I didn't, and that's ok, because I have Abby now. And my life is so much better than it ever would have been with that girl. With her everything was so hard, so off and on, so toxic. With Abby, it's like a breath of fresh air." Caleb rubs my back. I've been sobbing for an hour straight. And Caleb is finally looking at me without hating me. Brennan sent me a text, saying he left New Hampshire, too many memories. He said that us will never work, and he had to leave. I'm not really sure why, he left just like that. It hurts, but it's also good to know that he could have flaked at any moment.

Caleb pulls me into a hug. When he lets go I grab my purse, I need to go get my stuff from the apartment, so I tell him I'm going for a walk.

I get in my car, the apartment is only five minutes away, and as I go up to the door I realize I don't have the key.

"Shit!" I slam my fist on the wheel, all of my stuff is in there, and Brennan still has the key.

I get out of the car anyway and walk up to the door, there's a small note.

There's a key under the mat, I already paid the down payment, so you've got three months, live here if you want, I won't be back.

I lift up the mat and there's the key, I don't want to stay, but I don't know where to go. Hayley is staying in the guest room at Caleb and Abby's. And I'm not going back to the family house.

So I open the door, all my stuff is how I left it, all of Brennan's stuff is gone. I sigh and sit down on the couch, I don't think it would be so bad to live here, it doesn't remind me as much of Brennan as I thought it would. So I take my phone out of my pocket and call Arden, I explain to her everything that happened after she left, she listens to me cry, and scream, and laugh. She consoles me for a long time before she laughs.

"What?" I ask.

"I've got a plan." She tells me to meet her for tougher and she hangs up the phone.

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Ok yes #brannie is over, but, IVE GOT SOMETHING MUCB BETTER COMING YOUR WAY SO JUST PREPARE YOURSELVES VC IM ABT TO FANGIRL OVER MY OWN STORY