lungs

part 72

i got the one. i got the dress. it's the most beautiful dress in the world, i haven't got it yet though. i have to get it tomorrow. but haillie was right, i do look good in yellow.

as i was hanging the dress in my closet, my phone vibrated.

i go pick it up from my bed and look who texted me.

joey
"meet me at the park."

i put my phone in my pocket and ran down the stairs. i slipped on my shoes and went outside.

joey never texts me random like that saying to meet him at the park. he never goes to park unless he's sad.

i go into my garage and get my skateboard. i haven't road it ever since i lived back in san francisco so it might be hard to ride it.

i put one foot on and take the other one to push. luckily, i clicked to it fast so now i'm going down the street.

the wind was blowing my hair behind my ears. the only thing that was running through my mind was him.

as i approach him, he was sitting on the slide with his hoodie up and his head down. i laid my skateboard on in the grass and ran up to him.

now i know something is wrong.

i sat down in front of him and caressed his cheek and rubbed it with my thumb. "what's wrong?" i whispered loud enough so he could hear.

he didn't look up at me, "joey tell me what wrong." i say. when he looked up at me, his eyes were blood shot red.

my heart dropped. what happend in literally 2 hours?

i wrapped my arms around his neck and held the back of his head. i heard him sob in the crook of my neck.

"my dad came back and he wants full custody, anna." he breathed.

i pulled away and widened my eyes. now i'm going to cry. "joey...no." i said, faintly.

he sniffs and wiped his eyes, "you know i can't do anything about it." he says, "he said he wants me to go with him in florida."

i could feel my eyes water, "and what did you say?"

"i told him i'm not leaving." his voice cracked. "he can't just show up after 6 years and expect to fix everything again." he started to cry again.

i started crying at this point, "you're not gonna leave me okay?" i said, "i c-can't live like that."

i ran my hands through my hair and grab the top of my scalp. " joey, i don't want you to go." i cried.

"calm down." he says, putting my hair out of my face. "nothing will happen. he'll lose, i know it."

"how do you know that?" i said, "what if, we have to break up because you have to go to florida?"

"we can make it long distance." he says, which just makes me lose it. i watch him frown as he takes my hands, "it's not gonna be long distance because i'm staying here, with you, in new york"

i squeezed his hand and looked at him in the eyes, "promise me."

he looked down and didn't answer me. "you said that you know it won't happen, so promise me joey that it won't. just so i know."

"you know i can't-"

"promise me! that's what our promise ring is for, so we'll stay together forever." i said.

he looked back up at me, our red puffy eyes met as the breeze was blowing our hair. "just promise me." i whispered.

"i promise." he says

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do promises last forever though ?

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