WHEN WAR BEGINS!√

Chapter 12

PART 1
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Tonight was the last night I would spend in my own room. Today was Sunday and 2 more minutes until it was Monday. I was supposed to be at school today but mom said its better going on a Monday and I thank her for that. Right now I was waiting to make a phone call which I never make, my friends are probably wondering why I am not going to school. Since the time here was 12pm I knew they would be awake early since it was the first day of school. It was about 6am in the morning for them. They are probably in their uniforms right now. I call Zee since I know she is the type that answers phone calls, others often dont.
"Lizzy where are you girl, we can come and help you with your heavy bags, why didn't you come on Sunday!!?" She screams on the phone and I take it away from my sensitive ears putting it on loudspeaker.
"Listen is everyone awake?" I ask
"Yes even Annalisa!!" She says laughing at I dont know what.
"Call them all please now, ask Charlotte to do me a favour and call Joy and John to come to the room"I lower my voice a bit hoping she could hear me. Within seconds Charlotte enters with the two crazy Best friends. Jhon shouts out swear words and Joy joins in, but since I know Charmaine, she likes silence. She tells them to keep the noise level down.
"Right listen Zee, please go on Skype" Zee ends the call and does as I tell her.I do the same and my eyes light up when I see their beautiful faces, they seem so different set aside the fact that they all have new hairstyles. Annalisa tears her gaze away from her phone and her eyes pop out, her mouth hangs open. Charlotte squints her eyes and looks behind me. Yep I had digital time next to my bed, the problem was the time on the digital clock wrote 00:06 which was the right time in New York but not in South Africa
"Why is your time wrong, you know you supposed to be on your way to school right?" Joys says giving me a look full of curiosity
"Girls, Friends, my metal covers, my cheer me up team, my laughter buddies, my comedians, and mostly the people I love.
I uh, I, I am noo,not coming back to PreaAcademy." I fiddle with my hands looking away from the phone on the desk next to my bed. I look back up and they all have a dissapointed look. Hoping that Annalisa would say something funny or just shrug it off because she was the type of girl who playfully mocked me often. I turn towards her big yet adorable eyes and she gives me a frown, the worst frown I had ever seen in my life. Without waiting for their response I continue talking
"I uh, I'm not in Cape Town, actually not in South Africa anymore, as you just saw my time zone, I uh, I ..." I mutter trying my best to hold back my tears but instead my vision blur's
"Then where are you?" Charmaine curiously asks as she sits down next to the crew which was seated on Zee's bed.
"I uh, I'm in New York, the time here is 12pm which means Monday has just started. I will be attending a school called Millbrook, its a boarding school also, I know I told you guys late. I just wanted to gather all of you here" I utter, lifting my eyes up to prevent the tears from falling out. The tears of guilt and pain, tears of loneliness since I didn't have them around anymore, tears of discomfort, sadness, distance and dissapointment.
"Should we believe your stupid lies now, you fuckn kidding me now?, cut the joke act okay!, we need to go to school." Annalisa says crossing her arms trying best not to show emotion but I can see through the phone she is about to cry, the rest couldn't. I grab the phone and move towards my balcony. It had the best view ever of New York, the large towers, the bright street lights even the cars. New York looked so beautiful from the upper view. I hoisted my phone up in the air and turned it towards me, then I turned the screen towards the city, moving the phone around slowly so the may take in everything.
"Wooah.."Zee says
"Oh Fuck.." Joy curses, they faces where full of shock and amazement when I showed them the city. The busy streets, the ever so changing big electrical advertisement boards, even the people walking around. I turn the phone towards me and breath out harshly
"Right, here I am, it was really short notice but my mom had to take over this New York company and I had to go with her so we kinda permanently live...here ...now, " I say as I enter the room and my hair calms down from dancing to the wind.
"You not coming back to South Africa?" John asks attempting to put an arm around a frowning Annalisa.
"No,no,no don't get me wrong, I will come for holidays and I will visit the school sometime just to see you guys" I say giving them an assuring look. Charlotte nods her head in understanding
"Do me a favour, take a selfie with Bryson Tiller" She says giving me a creepy smile and the others laugh at my reaction.
"Okay?, Annalisa I, I promise." I move my eyes away from Charlotte and give Annalisa a concerned look, we had our future planned out. Best friend goals, she hooked me up with her boyfriends best friend which I went with the flow. We had weird superstitions which we called dreams. We would live next to each other and I would be married to her boyfriends best friend and she would be married to her boyfriend, it was so crazy, yet we both promised each other that, but I guess promises are kind of meant to be broken. She avoids eye contact with me and shrugs Johns arm away.
"I promise..." For a moment she stared at me with heartbroken eyes, then she tore her gaze away from me, stood up and left the room. John followed after her and the room became uncomfortably silent.
"I'll leave you guys to process all that I have said, I got to go bye." Without waiting for their response I switch off my phone and spill my tears on the pillow.