Rosies' POV
"So, have you made up your mind?" Jacob asked.
"Yes and I'll come." Jacob immediately smiles and gives me a hug.
"You'll love it there and I know Elizabeth is going to love you," he tells me. He goes on to tell me more about Rhode Island, but I'm barely listening. I'm in a totally different world wondering if I made the right decision. My mind is clouded with all these thoughts that I don't even know what he is saying. I smile and nod along to what he's saying even though his words were going through one ear and out the other.
"Marie? Marie," he called me out of my trance.
"Yes? Sorry," I apologized.
"It's fine. I was just saying I must get going. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning infront of the newsboys lodging house," he told me before waving bye and leaving. I turned around and started walking back. I had to tell the others. After all, I'm probably never going to see them again.
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"What do you have to tell us?" Charlie asks me as all the noises in the lodging house died down. All the attenion was on me as I stood in front of them. I looked from face to face to all my friends who acted more as my family. I stopped at Mush and looked him in the eye as I inhaled and exhaled deeply.
I'm leaving," I started as their smiles started to fade. "A couple days ago, I found my brother who I thought died in the fire that killed the rest of my family. He has been living in Rhode Island and came here for business. He asked me to move in with him and his family in Rhode Island. And I said yes," I confessed.
"When are you leaving?" Bell quietly asked after some aonizing silence.
"Tomorrow morning," I answered. I went and sat down in between Charlie and Bell. Everyone returned back to their conversations except Charlie and Bell. They stopped talking and snuck glances at me even though I noticed.
"I'm happy for you," Charlie finally spoke. Bell nodded in agreement and I mumbled a thanks. "I'm not gonna lie, I don't want you to leave, but this is good for you. At least one of us gets a real family. And if you're happy, we're happy," Charlie said for both of them. I gave them a sad smile before looking back down at my lap.
"Just don't forget about us," Bell said as she leaned her head on my shoulder.
"Never," I pulled them both in for a hug. We all wrapped our arms around each other as a silent tear rolled down my cheek. I'm going to miss them- all of them so much. I just hope I made the right decision.
A-N- I know it's bad. I'm sorry. It's short. I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that there is probably only one or two chapters left before it's over. :( The good news is that I am making a sequel :) Yay! So I just want to say thank you to everyone for commenting/ voting/ reading! I love you all!
