Perfectly Imperfect

chapter 24 - not even a good bye?

we began walking towards the ice cream shop, and once we got in. we began ordering.

"hi. i would like to have the green tea flavor ice cream" i said and pointed to the ice cream

"alright. and you?" the cash register asked aaron

"yeah, i would like the cookie dough" he said and pointed to the ice cream

"okay. here you go" the cash register said and handed us both our ice cream

i took out my wallet, but then aaron stopped me.

i looked up at him with confused eyes.

"i'll pay" he whispered

"but if i want to pay?" i whined

"well to bad, so sad. here you go" aaron said and handed the cash register the money

i rolled my eyes and we began walking out the shop.

"should we head to shayla's house and check if she's alright?" aaron asked as he put a spoonful of ice cream in his mouth

i nodded and then chuckled.

"what you laughing at?" he asks

"you have ice cream on the tip of your nose" i said and chuckled again

aaron tried using his tounge to take it off, but obviously couldn't reach it.

i laughed at his cuteness and wiped it off for him.

"there you go" i said

-shayla's house-

"thanks kris. we won't take that long in there. so hold on tight" i said and slammed the door close before heading towards shayla's house

when i reached the door, i hesitated because i didn't know if i should knock or nah.

"why'd you hesitate?" aaron asks

"what if something bad has happened? what if i did something wrong to make her mad and ignore me?" i asked

aaron placed both his hands on my shoulders and looked deep into my eyes.

"it's not about you, okay? you got this" aaron said

i nodded and exhaled deeply.

i rang the doorbell twice, and shayla's mom answered it.

"hi. is shayla here?" i asked her nicely

"oh.. i'm sorry sweetie.. i thought shayla told you. but she moved out to texas to live with her father" her mom said

how could she?! she left without a warning. not even a good bye?!