Anna (Go With Him)

Chapter 1 "Anna's in black"

Anna's P.O.V.

"I will come back, I promise" Were his last words. He kissed my forehead, and left. I cried for weeks, months, and years. I wrote a thousand letters ,and no response. I must convince myself; maybe Julian is dead.

Summer of 1957, Liverpool

"Anna!"

"Damn it" I cursed

"Annaaaa!" Shouted Robin from the other room.

My father married Robin nine years ago; two years after my mother's death. It's not that she's a bad woman, but I had a feeling that she never liked me.

"Yes?" I said when I came to her room.

"I have this catalog right here. I have some ideas for your graduation prom dress; I think turquoise might look good on you" She said handing me a thing that looked like a little magazine.

"Thanks" I said as I was about to go back to my room.

"Hey" She stopped me, and I turned around. "You're still thinking of not going... aren't you?!" She was getting mad.

"I don't want to talk about it right now" I replied, and proceeded to walk out.

"ANNA, WE ALREADY DISSCUSSED THIS!" I heard her yelling when I slammed the door. "Anna, stop behaving like a child! You're almost 18!" She began knocking on my door loudly.

"I just want to be alone" I said.

I heard her footsteps fade away; I sighed, and laid in my bed. I closed my eyes trying to get some sleep, and I successfully slept for two hours until my father knocked on my door; he had come from work.

"Anna, can I come in?" He knocked on my door gently.

I jumped out of my bed quickly, and opened the door. "Dad" I gave him a hug.

"What happened, sweetie? Robin told me you had a tantrum today"

"Oh god" I rolled my eyes. "I'm not going to that graduation prom, dad; I told her, and she doesn't understand"

"And I've already told you that you don't have to go if you don't want to, Anna" He stroked my cheek.

"But she keeps pressuring me"

"You have to understand her. She can't have children; it's her dream to see you with your dress, and the date"

"Dad, please..." A big tear rolled down my cheek.

"Oh Anna. Come here" He hugged me tight as I cried on his chest. It had been a long time since I cried my lungs out like that.

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The next day I woke up with red and swollen eyes from crying. I didn't feel like going to school, but I didn't want to spend the day at home with Robin being mad at me. I jumped out of bed, and took a quick shower. I chose a pair of old jeans and a long sweater; the kind of sweaters I've been wearing for the last two years. Too odd probably, but I didn't care. I grabbed my books, and got out from the house quickly so Robin wouldn't see me. I walked five blocks to school. My mind was somewhere else until I noticed I had arrived to school.

"Anna!" I heard a female voice call me; it was Abby approaching me. Abby has been my best friend since third grade, and we've been like twins since then. "Anna for god's sake! I was calling you for one block, and you didn't hear me" She said as she greeted me with a hug.

"Were you?" I asked coming back to the reality I had been escaping from.

"Yes! What is going on with you this morning?" She asked tilting my head from my chin with her fingers.