Axel

I don't even know....

The day after prom, our holiday began. I slept until about 11:30. When I sat up in bed, I immediately glanced at my bedside table. My prom picture with Jaxton, my prom crown and the rose he had given me, had been neatly placed there. I sighed with content as I fingered the diamonds on the crown- they were fake, but still. My phone buzzed from somewhere behind the prom pic and I reached out and grabbed it.

TEXT MESSAGE FROM Kimberlee <3

I sat up in bed and propped my back up against my pillows. I scrolled to my inbox and opened Kimberlee's message.

 Beach date 2 day? Call me by 12:30 to confirm :D Jaxton invited- as always.

I smiled. Immediately, I called her number.

"Yo yo, I'm eating froyo!" she answered.

I laughed. "Save some for me. Beach date is On!"

"Great." she replied, crunching in the background.

"I'm gonna call Jax, so I'll be at your house in a bit." And I hung up.

I pressed the numbers for Jaxton's phone and stared at the prom picture. We looked so PERF! -Thank you internet for ruining my vocabulary.

I pulled on a crop top and a jeans jumper with my matching sandals. Finally, Jaxton answered.

"Um.. hello?"

"Jax!" I said, happiness evident in my voice. "Guess what?"

"What?" he said, in a tone that basically said I DONT CARE SO SHUT UP.

"Is everything okay, Jaxton?" I asked, quietly.

"Could you come over and talk?" he asked.

"Um..well.. We're kinda invited to the beach with Kimberlee and Milo but I can cancel... if you want.." I said, a little sadly.

"Okay, be at my house in 15 minutes." And he hung up.

I was worried but I sighed and dialled Kimberlee's number into my phone.

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As I drove in Mom's car to Jaxton's house my mind was a rush. I didnt have much time to think as I had pulled into Jaxton's now empty driveway.

I went up to the door and gently pressed the doorbell. Promptly his mother answered.

"Oh, Axel." she said in a flat tone. Which was unusual because Mrs.Thompson was always SUPER friendly to me. "I'll go get Jaxton."

She left me akwardly standing at the door and the wind blew my hair into my face uncontrollably.

Soon, Jaxton came to the door wearing a black t-shirt and jeans.

"Can we go around to the back of the house?" he asked, qietly as he closed the door behind him.

"Sure.." I answered reluctantly.

We walked in silence and went on to sit on a creaky swingset behind his house.

Slowly, I swung back and forth but Jaxton just sat still.

"My dad.." he began, then stopped.

"Your dad?" I asked. "What about him?"

"He's been diagnosed with a rare case of cancer this morning. He fell ill last night and we rushed him to the hospital. We just returned from there."

I gasped." H-how is he?"

Jaxton gripped the swing tighly. "He fell into a coma at about 2:00a.m this morning and the doctors told mom he prbably woudln't survive. They thought I didn't hear but.. I did."

I could barely talk.

"I-I I'm sorry, Jaxton.." I reached out to touch his arm and he jerked away.

I sighed and wrung my hands together. "S-So.. is there anything I can do?" I mumbled, not looking at him.

"I really can't go through with this anymore, Axel. I'm too emotionally unstable right now." Jaxton said, slowly.

"W-what do you mean?" I asked, tears stinging my eyes because I knew what he meant.

"I mean, Axel, We're breaking up."