lungs

part 70

there's two more days left of school and jacob hasn't talked to me ever since that day at the park. joey has no idea what's going on and i want it to stay like that.

what kind of boyfriend wants to know that someone is also in love with his girlfriend? not joey.

why did he lie though? he lied to me about his sexuality for months on end and didn't even tell me.

why is it always my life when something bad happens? first, my lungs. second, going to a new school. third, lexi messing with joey. fourth, dylan and mckenna. and fifth, now this shit with jacob.

i want to be his best friend. i want him to come to me with any of his problems. i want him to know that i'm there for him.

"what are you thinking about?" joey asked as we were walking to the bus stop.

i kicked a pebble on the side walk and shrugged, "school." i lie.

"what about it?" he asked.

"what's it gonna be like once im a senior." i said. "like you know, what would happen to us?"

he pulled me into a hug, "we're gonna be together forever, okay anna? that's what our promise ring is for."

i'm so lucky

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"so why is prom on the last day of school?" i asked haillie as we sat in the classroom. we were in 3rd period and the teacher gave us a free day.

she shrugged, "i dont know. the principal said that it's just gonna be on the last day."

i nod. "have you gotten your dress yet?" i asked.

"yeah." she says, "it's baby blue and looks a lot like cinderella's dress."

(sorry haillie if that's not your favorite color)

damnit. i haven't gotten mine yet. "i haven't got mine."

"you should get a yellow dress. you look really good in yellow." she says.

"i do?" i asked.

"yeah, your tan skin tone would look great. are you hispanic?" she asked.

"no." i chuckled

"what are you then?"

i haven't really been asked what's my ethnicity. it's so weird being mixed. everyone thinks you're hispanic when in reality you're just back and white. "my mom is white and my dad is black." i said.

she nodded, "i never knew that." she says.

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(i'm sorry that i'm skipping so much)

"you guys excited that we would be on summer break in 2 days?" asked jack as we sat down at the table in the cafeteria.

i unzipped my lunch box, "this year has been crazy." i said.

"agreed." joey chuckled.

"what do you mean? " jack asked.

"well, i moved from san francisco, half of my family left me, my half brother was born, lexi was messing with joey, mckenna and dylan came." i said, "i don't even know how my lung could handle that." i laughed.

"huh?" haillie and jack harmonized.

"oh." i looked at joey and gulped down. i looked back at haillie and jack, "i have one lung."

"shut up." haillie says. "shut up!"

"yeah. since i was 15." i say, "i don't tell anyone because i was bullied because of it and i don't want it to happen again."

"anna, that is honestly so cool. i had a heart transplant when i was ten." he says.

"really?" i asked. he nods, "yeah."

joey wrapped his arm around my shoulder and kissed my forehead, "i'm so proud of you." he whispered.

i smiled and pecked his lips. "are you going to prom?"

he scoffed and removed his hand, "um, yeah with you. is that even a question?"

"okay." i chuckled.

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drama happens next chapter!

also, i saw a comment that said when is joey and anna gonna do "it" and i'm not going to put that in the story because i don't feel comfortable doing a fanfic like that. so, i'm just gonna say that they did it in the two month time gap that i did. plus, my friends read this and i don't want to get exposed.

hope all of you can understand!