❝𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒐?❞
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Rachelle Anderson moved to Massachusetts for two reasons: to pursue her dream of being a cellist and to pursue her childhood friend, Leon Taylor.
Rachelle and Leon had been fri...
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"Welcome back!" Clara squealed while I lugged my cello out of Leon's car and strapped it over my shoulders.
Winding down the window at the passenger seat, Leon stretched over and said, "Clara, please take care of her. My phone's always with me, call me if there's anything."
I stepped in front of Clara, placing both hands on my waist as I bent down to look at him. I interrupted "Dad, I'm going to be fine in school."
"I can't afford to let anything happen to my baby," he chuckled.
My head pulled back into an expression of distaste but quickly recovered to give him a smile. "I'm off to school! I'll miss you!"
"Take it easy, sweetheart," he smiled charmingly. "I'll miss you too."
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June 2019, Summer
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"Damn, I can't believe we graduated!" Tyson exclaimed and looped his hand around Mabel's shoulder.
"Tyson," Mabel grumbled. "Get your heavy hand off me."
"I'm just so happy," he laughed and removed the hand from Mabel. He made a small jog towards Leon and jumped on his back, immediately throwing Leon off balance as he stumbled forward.
"Get off me!" Leon growled. "Goddamned it, you are so heavy—"
"Rachelle, take a picture of us!" Tyson stayed on Leon's back while raising a peace sign towards me.
I hurriedly raised my camera and snapped a picture. My thumb hovered over and pressed onto the button to open the gallery. A laugh choked out of me when I compared Tyson's overjoyed face to Leon's about-to-murder-someone look.
"Do I look funny?" Leon frowned as he threw Tyson off his back and walked towards me.
"Happy graduation!" I chirped, quickly hiding the camera behind my back.
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September 2019, Fall
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