The Boy in the Rain//Klance

16. Keith

A woman starts calling our seats on the plane and Acxa and I hear ours. I stand and walk with my head held high but my tears ready to pour. I'm about to step into the doors for the walkway to the plane when my phone buzzes.

LanceyLance: WHAT? How long are you going to be there? Are you ever coming back? How are you?! This must be crazy news....Just. Call. Me. We should talk about this.

I'm on the verge of tears so I really don't feel like calling him right now.

I walk side by side with Acxa and she's pretty much skipping with joy. We walk behind several people who have better seats than us. The hallway eventually leads to the plane where Acxa and I scout the area for our seats. After a couple of minutes of looking like dumb, lost teens we find out seats. Two right next to each other, by the window.

I run in front of Acxa and call the window seat. Acxa huffs and rolls her eyes but she doesn't put up a fight. I think she can tell I'm upset right now.

I sit down and curl up in a ball. I plug my earbuds in and just let my music go on shuffle. I stare out the window as "Hostage" by Billie Eilish comes on. The plane gets ready for take off by driving forward for about a minute. I hold tightly onto Acxa's hand and she smiles, encouraging me.

The plane tilts and starts it's acsend upward. I feel my stomach drop as we lift.

Do I really have to leave?

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Acxa and I have been snacking on candy that Acxa bought while I was waiting to board and waiting for Lance to text back. I decided not to answer Lance and that I'd call him later. After I get to see my mother.

I open up my seventh Reese's Peanut Buttercup and feel all my dread drown away in chocolate.

Or at least I wish it drowned away. I was nervous, angry, sad. Mainly angry at my father and at Lance. Nervous because I'm meeting my mother and sad because I could never talk to Lance about feelings.

Hmmm. Feelings.

I haven't had much time to think over my relationship with Lance. He seems so distant. We aren't even really dating, we kissed a couple times and held hands but that was over the course of one weekend. We don't know each other.

Why do feelings have to be so confusing?

Maybe I should step back. Maybe I should let Lance and I try to be friends first. I should try to become closer to him, let him open up to me so that I can open up to him. Then we can get together, if that's what he wants.

But what do I want?

To get closer to him. That is one thing I have for sure, but do I really want to date him? Does he even want to date me?

Probably not. I am the one that kissed him. I've been so confused about us. I think we're going too fast.

I look out the window and as time has gone by we are high up in the clouds. The sun is high up with us and I can't see the ground anymore.

I look out the window and just stare at the clouds. I look at the fluffy white and wish I could fly on my own. Without a plane, I wish I could soar through the air and above the clouds. I wish I could fly away from home and never return. But I can't.

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After the plane landed in New York City, we got a cab. Acxa showed the cabbie the address on her phone and then we went on our way. I watched people walking and I watched the skyscrapers we passed on the way to the address.

"Are you exited?" Acxa asks me. I'm staring out the window so I turn to her, "I'm nervous." She nods and her dyed purple hair swishes. "That's understandable." She looks out the window as the cab parks in front of an apartment building.

It's a plain big brick building. It looks like it used to be a factory but they just added rooms. We get out of the cab and walk up the steps to the building.

The door opens with the key card Acxa got from our father. We walk inside and it's a long hall with stairs at the end. Acxa looks at the address on her phone, "Apartment 2 B. So it'll be the second apartment on the second floor." She says and we head up the stairs.

Directly to the left is apartment A so we keep walking along the hallway until we reach apartment B. Acxa smiles at me and I feel queasy. Acxa nocks on the door.

There is no answer for about a minute and after Acxa nocks again. Then the door "clicks" and it unlocks and slowly opens.

"Hello?" A tall man greets us with a raised eyebrow. He has slight brown stubble and short graying brown hair. He has dark eyes with dark bags under his eyes, he almost looks like my father just like he stopped trying.

"Hi! Is uh—"Acxa looks down at her phone, "Is Krolia here? I'm Acxa and this is Keith we are her children so if she-" The man puts his hand up, "Sorry no Krolia lives here." Acxa groaned, "But this is her address!" The man shakes his head, "Sorry." Then he closes the door on us.

Acxa is furious. Her cheeks are red and her eyes are squinted. She storms down the stairs and I quietly follow behind her.

We exit the building and Acxa flips off the building. I smile and do the same, because I'm bored.

We sit on the curb of the sidewalk. We watch as cars and people pass by us.

We need a ride home. Dad sent us on a wild goose chase. I pull out my phone and call the main contact that has been haunting my brain all day.

HAHAHAHA so I avoided cliche!!!! I'm so proud of myself, I was going to make it cliche but then I decided I didn't want the story to be that happy and lovey dovey. Sorry if that's what you like but this is angst. Or at least it's gonna get reaaally angsty soon. Thanks for reading! Have a great day!!!!~~~~