The Year Of Goodbyes

Part Two

The walk home from school was dreadful. It's winter currently, which means lots of snow, and bitterly cold icy hail plummeting from the clouds. I contemplated getting the bus, however id used the final stash of money I had in my bag on a Latte from Starbucks. My bus pass had gone missing, and even if I had the stock on me, the next bus would be 40 minutes.

Thanks, but no thanks.

I strode through the puddles of dirty rainwater on the ground, my new UGG boots absorbing all of it.
My phone hadn't got any new messages from Seb, which made me relatively aggrieved, so I took the duration of the time I had to walk home and used it to calm down, and plan what I'm going to do  over the weekend.

My ideas sprawled into a mind map in my head. I was hoping to be able to contact Seb a lot, but the time difference between the two of us make things difficult.
I'd catch up some assignments I have due within the next week, but mostly, I'd use my weekend as an opportunity to rest.

The familiar blue motorcycle parked to the right of me shone with little raindrops dancing on it. This is my house.

I rang the doorbell and my brother answered.
A figure ran down the stairs and answered, looking up and down.

'your a little damp Natalie' he laughed'

'really Jacob? Thankyou for letting me know!'

I said with rain pouring down my cheeks and my hair looking like I'd just been in a pool.

Jacob is my brother. He is in university but he's back for his break earlier. He's a 6ft 4, well built, brown haired, chick magnet. As weird as that sounds that I'm saying this about my own brother, I'm not joking. We actually had a total of 27 different girls at our house over the past month before he left for University. I wish I was joking. I really do.

'You need one of my famous hot cocoa's. Right?'

'affirmative' I said with a smile while removing my scarf and coat.

'So..you and Sebastian- CRAP-
Great, now I'm covered in Cocoa Powder'

He spilt it everywhere..

At this point he looked so defeated. it's literally just cocoa powder. He needs to calm down.

'Think fast!' I said while I tossed a wet towel at his torso.

He wiped himself clean of the brown mess, and fixed his eyes onto mine.

'Are you in that little phase again?' he spoke up.

'Phase? What pha-' He cut me off.

''You know, the one before the school break when you see Sebastian, you go all different. Your schoolwork isn't up to good criteria and your grades slip.'

He read me so well. He knew. He could examine me like a book.

I didn't answer. My head just hung down.

'You are. It's tough, I know. But don't change yourself for him. I know your delighted to join him again, but don't lose yourself.'

The cocoa was made.

I gave Jacob a hug and went upstairs to drink in peace.

It was 5pm in Orlando. We called everyday at 5pm to talk to each other. Sometimes I feel like Seb is the only person who appreciates me and understands what I'm saying. People hear me; but Seb listens.
So when he calls, everything else goes away, and he is the only thing that matters.

The Skype call sang loudly.

I pushed the green button and a familiar face popped into the screen.

I just glowed with warmth as I spoke.

'seb!!'

'NATALIEEEEE'

'I've missed you! How have you been?'

We started the call when it was 5pm for him, and finished at 11pm.

We conversed for hours about school, friends, gossip, college and how nervous we are for it.

Here's the thing, we can't go to the same college. He lives in Orlando and I live in London. We met when we went to a gamer convention in London and we shared the same crazy passion for winning. We played 100s of games together.

We had an immediate click and we got on ever so well.

We exchanged numbers and now each and every time school ends for the break (about 4 times in an academic school year)

I have my full faith in him not to get with other girls when he leaves school. He's such a good person. I can't put it into words.

You, the reader, imagine your perfect boyfriend/girlfriend. Imagine that they were in a story, and they were in a perfect relationship with the main character, and your so invested in that story that if anything happened to that relationship and it got ruined, you'd be emotionally heart broken.

He's that kinda guy. Perfect in every way.

'Natalie, a few more weeks till I can hug you before you go to college. I love you. Bye'

The screen faded.

I checked the clock glowing in my dark room. Its just turned 9pm. Great. I need a shower.

The words replayed in my head.

'a few weeks until you go to college.'
'a few weeks until you go to college.'
'a few weeks until you go to college.'

That was when it hit me.
Partying, drinking, abusing drugs..boys.

Lots of boys.

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