Lost In You

T W E N T Y - E I G H T

"Pass the milk please," I asked Farrah from across the bench. It was graduation day, and I was so nervous I couldn't eat, but I had to. Farrah smiled at me before passing me the milk, and I caught Tyler's eye from across the room. He gave me a sly wink and I could feel the blood rushing to my cheeks.

"Are you okay Hon? You look flushed," Claire asked, suddenly appearing in front of me and taking my temperature. I swatted her away and laughed.

"I'm nervous," I covered up, but Farrah couldn't hold back her snort of laughter. Claire glowered at her playfully before walking over to her and taking her chin between her thumb and forefinger, suddenly serious.

"Farrah, you better not go back to that place after this," She said, all humour having left her voice. Claire and Farrah had been drawn to each other from the moment that I had told them her story. Farrah smiled shyly and nodded.

"Eli asked me to move in with her," She blushed. Claire squealed and threw her arms around her, and Tyler let out a low whistle.

"What's the celebration for?" Mum grinned when she waked in, closely followed by a giggling Gabby who made a beeline for me. I swung her up into my arms and she wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Is Aunty Farrah leaving?" She asked innocently. She'd called Farrah Aunty as soon as she found out she'd be staying with us. Farrah only nodded and ruffled Gabby's hair on the way past. Gabby wriggled out of my arms and ran after her down the hallway. Mum stood up and came over to me, pecking my cheek lightly.

"I have to go into the office, I'll meet you in front of the hall for graduation?" She double-checked and when I had assured her that that was where we'd be, she gave Tyler a kiss as well before leaving. After I had heard the purr of her engine pull away from the house, I stood to go and have a shower, but Claire stopped me.

"When are you going to tell her?" She demanded, her hands on her round hips.

"What?" I asked, and could see Tyler get up to leave.

"Nope, you're staying here," She waggled her finger at him and he sat back down.

"Tell her what?" I asked again.

"That you two are together," She stated, and my heart hit the floor.

"She has a right to know," She added, and Tyler nodded.

"She's right. We'll tell her after graduation," He promised. I was still standing there in shock. Had we been that obvious?

Claire just nodded and left the room, and then Tyler started laughing.

"Why are you laughing?" I glowered and could feel my cheeks heating up again. Tyler just wrapped an arm around my waist and pecked me on the lips.

"We couldn't keep it a secret for long," He murmured before pulling back.

"I'm meeting Mason, and Kara will be here soon. So, I'll see you at graduation," He said before kissing me lightly again and disappearing around the corner.

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"What are you and Tyler going to do when he goes back to America?" Kara asked from her seat next to me in the car. We were on our way to meet the boys before the ceremony. Farrah looked away from the road for a moment to see my reaction.

"I might go back with him," I answered, although the idea had only come to me then.

"Really?" Kara gasped.

"Yeah," I shrugged, "I mean, we haven't really talked about it yet."

Anxiety started to fill my mind. We hadn't talked about it. Was he going to go back home? Or was he going to break up with me? Maybe he doesn't want me to come back with him.