Don't Cry ➳ a.i

[twenty]

On Monday at school, Ashton didn't show up. I had assumed he was sick, so I didn't bother asking why he was gone.

I was walking down the hallway to the lunchroom when all of a sudden, I fall on something. I look back to see the foot of Destiny Matthews: one of Stephanie Robinson's friends.

"Follow me." she said.

I did as she said, and she led me to a hallway that no one else was in.

"Listen, I've seen that you've been a little... friendlier with that Ashton boy of yours." She said.

"Yeah... we're kind of dating now. What's up?" I asked.

"Well, I like him. And I want him. And I'll get him. Back off. Or else." She said before she walked away.

I hated when people said that... or else what? I didn't get it.

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When I went home, Grammy & my grandpa were sitting at the kitchen table, like they were waiting for me. I awkwardly set down my back pack by the door. "Uh? Hey?" I said, taking a seat from across them.

"Hi honey..." Grammy said stressfully.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Well... your grandfather and I got great job offers in Australia and-"

"Wait what?" I stopped her. "You guys are like... one thousand years old, how did you get a job?" I asked, making my grandpa laugh a little, him getting a 'shut up or I'll kill you' look from my grandma.

"No, we aren't one thousand, we are 56. We still have four more years to work... and this job offers a lot of money. We leave tomorrow. I'm sorry." and with that, she and gramps got up and left the table.

What? What was going on? What about Ashton? We just got together... I know we both don't want long distance... I have to break up with Ashton.

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This chapter was so hard to write OMG.