The To-Do List

Chapter 1

Ariana's Pov.
I slammed the door to my room, and threw myself on the bed, sobbing quietly.

"We have to do this Honey," Mom said.

I knew she was right but why did we
have to move so far away? I would lose all of my friends, especially Alex. We'd been friends since I can remember and I didn't want to lose that. I had to tell him, even though I knew how much it would hurt him, but I knew I couldn't tell him in person just yet so I texted him.

Me: Hey Alex, we need to talk.
Alex: What's up?
Me: Unmmmmmmm... Meet me at the park in an hour
Alex: Ok, see ya there 😚
Me: See ya

I got into a pair of jeans and my favorite black top, then put my make up on, even though I knew it would soon be running down my face. After taking one last glance in my mirror, I got in my silver Volkswagen Beetle and drove to the park.

After waiting for what seemed like a decade, I saw his handsome figure emerging from the shadows.

"Alex! What took you so long?!?!" I said

"Well hello to you too. You would think a girl would be more excited that the gorgeously handsome Alex Thorne came to her with twinkies" he replied

"OH MY GAWD ALEX!! YOU HAVE TWINKIES?!?! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!" I said while giving him a kiss on the cheek.

Alex started laughing. Actually holding his sides and laughing so hard he was crying.

"What are you doing? And where are my twinkies?" I said

"There are no twinkies, but that was a nice kiss." He said, a full grin on his face.

I punched him in the shoulder.

"Seriously though, whats up Ariana."

"Uh... I'm.. I mean...Well... I'm moving...to California." I stuttered and watched as his mouth dropped.

It was completely silent for a few minutes, me staring at Alex and Alex staring at the ground.

"When did you find this out Ariana?" He whispered.

"Yesterday, and Alex I'm so sorry. You know I would never do anything to hurt you on purpose. Do you think I want to move to the other side of the USA? Do you think I woke up and said 'hmm, what should i do today, move to California or eat candy? Well, why not move? It will be great!' Do you think..."
Alex interrupted my ramble.

"Ariana, we've known each other for sixteen years now and you would hide this from me for even a day? Well, never mind. It was your choice not to tell me, so I'm fine with it." He said with a hurt look on his face.

"Alex," I began, but again he interrupted me.

"No Ariana, just stop. I'm sorry for whatever I did to make you feel like you couldn't trust me, but whatever. It's over." Alex said, and walked back to his car, driving away.

'This was not supposed to happen,' I thought.

I thought he would be comforting me, but instead he blew up in my face like a strong gust of wind. So much for best friends. How could that idiot be my friend anyways? Alex was insecure and overreacted. 'No Ariana, don't think that way' i told myself, but it was hard not to.

I got in my car and drove home, pausing to buy some twinkies from the Turkey Hill across from the park.

When I got home, I jumped on my bed and opened the twinkies, but I couldn't eat them. They reminded me of Alex, and I couldn't think about him right now. I turned on the TV and watched some lame show I didn't even care about just to pass the time until I would go to sleep.

"Ariana! You need to come downstairs and eat dinner sweetie!" Mom called.

"Coming!" I yelled back and turned off the TV.

As I headed downstairs, I instantly had a flashback of Alex and myself...

We were sitting on the swings of a park, writing sloppily on a piece of paper. Alex had this goofy grin on his face and my long dirty-blond hair was in two braids.

"Oh, and make sure to add that we'll ride on a Ferris Wheel someday!" Alex squealed.

I quickly wrote down what he had said, along with nineteen other things, and copied everything on to another piece of paper.

"Hurry! I've gotta be home in five minutes Ariana!" Alex said, and I handed him the sheet labeled
"Our To-do List".

We hugged and he walked away, leaving me still swinging on the swing, watching his figure fade away.

"ARIANA!" My mom yelled, bringing me back to reality.

I quickly ran downstairs and pondered at the dinner table about the flashback, while my mom went on and on about some pair of shorts she'd photographed at her work. Since she was a photographer, my mom spent ALL NIGHT editing photos she'd taken, and always needed me to tell her my thoughts on EVERY picture. Eventually I came up with a system where I'd switch out saying "Awesome!-Okay-Needs some work-Amazing!-I hate it-and-Was that taken by a famous person?"

When I'd finished eating, I told my mom i wasn't feeling well and headed upstairs, throwing myself onto the bed and clearing my head. I got up again and put on my PJ's, and brushed my teeth. When I was finally in my bed and almost asleep, I heard stones clattering at my window and got up. When I looked over the balcony, I saw Alex.

An: This was written by me, LexiLuvsKitKats. CarCar4566 and I will be writing this story soooooooooooo... Hope you like it! Don't forget to Comment, Vote, and go follow!!!