Home Sweet Home: ON HOLD

Chapter 16

A dark cloud forms as the taxi drives along the small road to the small airport.

As I get out of the taxi a man comes running out of the airport office.

"Miss. Walters." he says holding down his hat from the wind

"Yes." I say

"Your plane is not going to be able to take off today due to the weather." he says starting to back up.

"What why." I shriek. the wind picks up faster whipping my hair in my face.

"A big storm is coming in, sorry." He yells running back into the airport office.

I let out a exasperated scream that has been growing in me since this morning.

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I knock on the front door, now drenched, with my many suitcases.

The door immediately opens.

Mason is there. His mouth slightly open. He crosses his arms with a smirk. "so you wanna come back home?"

I scowl and drag my luggages in.

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I pull on a pair of soft pink Victoria Secret sweat pants and a light blue slouchy cable knit sweater. I pull on my Uggs and put my wet hair in a top knot.

Someone knocks on my door.

"Hey." says a quiet voice. it's Emily " can I come in."

"Ya, sure." I say looking for my phone charger in my purse.

"So I was talking to Chase." she says sitting on my bed

"So what, about it." I say still aimlessly looking for my charger.

"He said that you were trying to leave because you felt like you weren't wanted." she says

I'm going to kill Chase later. I turn to look at her. " I just wanted to come back for a little bit not for a whole year." I say

"Ya but you've only been here for like three days." she says throwing her hands up.

"If you haven't noticed already from magazines I don't usually take very long vacations" I say turning back around

" Anna you are at home. You should stay longer." she says

"I don't need too I've been living with Aunt Chelsea for the last five year and I've been fine." I say crossing my arms

"But is it home to you?" she says standing up. " Is it somewhere that you would like to spend the rest if your life?"

"Emily. you wouldn't understand my life." I snap " I have had to work so hard to get what I want while you get whatever you want."

"Anna you know that's not true." She says slightly louder than before.

"Actually it is." I say louder " you get a stable life, you get to go to school have friends have a faithful boyfriend whose probably gonna become your husband. You even have your career planned out. you're gonna be a doctor."

"It's not that simple." she says even louder.

" Ya it is." I yell "I get a cheating boyfriend, backstabbing friends, people getting in to my face so I can write my name down, a career full of lies and a unloving family. you know how much I do for this family? you think dad gets enough money to pay for this house by selling timber and going off every second he gets to go get drunk in Vegas."

I close my eyes from letting the tears fall out. I turn back around and say softly "please get out, I don't want to remember you like this when I leave tomorrow."