Book two: Impractical (Crawford and Chris Collins)

Chapter 9

I called Chris many times before he picked up.

"What!" he says angrily into the phone.

"Why the hell did you leave?! When I was in acomma too!" I yell.

"I needed time to think," he sighs.

"Whatever," I hang up.

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Crawf and I sat in the car blaring 'Moxie Raia-Down on my luck (Vic Mensa cover)'

"Whatever is going on between us is over." I heard him sigh. I kept scrolling through my phone, blaring the music louder for no more of a conversation.

"I think I should go back to canada then. We should be nothing more than aquantinces. I can't even be friends with you," he turns down the music so he can talk.

My eyes flick to him.

A sad expression falls on my face. "You don't mean that?"

"Yes. I do," he squeezes the steering wheel.

"For everything we have been through?"

If it's easy for him to drop everything and leave. Why is it so hard for me?

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I dropped my purse on the ground and ran up to Chris, to hug him. Ofcourse I was mad at him, but I was more sad.

"I'm so sorry Chris!" I rest my head on his chest and he hugs me back.

"I'm sorry for leaving," he kisses the top of my head. I heard Crawford groan and walk up stairs.

"Chris! I'm leaving in a few hours!" Crawford yells.

Chris went to go help Crawford pack and I went to go say hello to my mom.

"Mom?" I saw her crying on her bed

"I can't pay for your college anymore." she brings the tissue to her eye.

"But.. I start college in 3 months!" My heart rate sped up.

"You still have that scholarship to any Canada college."

"I'm not going back to Canada! This family is here!"

"But Chris and Crawf are there!" she insists

"To hell with them." I walk out of her room and into the living room seeing Max watching tv with Blake.

"First day I'm back, mom is already yelling at me." I sit next to them.

"Hey.. How was Florida?" Blake asks.

"It was good. I went to a party and tried ecstacy for the first time."

"Oh that's cool! Who did you do?" Crawford came into the room at that time. I heard Blake whisper something and Max disagree.

"Oh! I have an idea!" Crawford acts like a little kid and raises his hand eagerly

"Ah shit. She fucked him again!" Max gets fifty bucks out of his wallet.

"Damnit Crawford! When are you leaving?" I yell at him.

"I'm leaving now. But I need a ride." he smiles to himself, laughing a bit.

"Nope." I cross my arms.

"Oh come on! Chris is coming." he taunts.

"Alright? He's coming back anyways,"

"Why are denying taking me to the airport" By now Max and Blake have backed out of the room.

"Because, it's hard seeing someone you love leave after saying they can't ever talk to you again."