chapter 24

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christmas break. thank god. one more day going to school and i might have screamed. i was moving in with bella soon, but for now, i was living by myself. it was actually quite nice. i had my moms credit card so i could buy food and stuff. i've always had to be independent and one day, my dad told me that it would pay off. he was right. bella was going to re-arrange her room so we could get two beds and all my other things into her room.
i was making cereal when i heard a knock at the door. it was pouring rain and was still dark out. i walked over to the door and opened it surprised to see what was there. "rylan?!? what the frick are you doing here?! get in the house you nimrod." i said as i grabbed his sweatshirt and dragged him in. he threw his backpack next to mine and sat down at the table with me. "so what's up?" he said as he set his phone down. "oh ya know just living in a perfect world." i said sarcastically and rolled my eyes. we both chuckled and my phone rang. i glanced over at rylan, confused on who it might be. "OH MY GOD. DAD!!" i screamed as i answered his facetime call. "hey babe!" he said.

we talked about mom and how i was going to go live with bella. he had some great news. his deployment was voided and he was coming home in two weeks. "oh my god that's great!!" i said. then he had to go. now, i actually had something and someone to look forward to. "what are you going to do about bella?" rylan asked. "well, i mean, it's dumb for me to move in for two weeks." i said. "well, what if i stay with you for two weeks?" rylan said with a nervous voice crack in the middle. "what?" i said chuckling, washing out my cereal bowl. "yea. it'll be great! it'll be like-". he was cut off by someone knocking on the door. "who could that be?

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