You and Me

Chapter 38

Ciara's POV

Why? Why did he have to come back? Why am I crying about this? Why am I hurting so badly? It's been four years since he's left and now he's back.

All of those questions plus statement kept repeating in my head. We were in history taking notes for our big final exam coming up in a couple weeks. School ends about a month and then we graduate from Willow Creek, which makes me more frustrated. Why did Calvin move back here when we only had a month of school left? All these questions popping up in my head are giving me a headache. I run my temples to calm me down and go back to taking notes.

Now I know what you're thinking. You're probably thinking that I've had this huge crush on Calvin since we were little and that when he left I was heart broken, yeah, no that's not it. I never liked Calvin in that way. He is- was like an older brother to me. We would play family with his older sister and brother. We would be the two siblings playing in the "garden" while his sister ( pretending to be the mother) was gardening. We were just super close friends and nothing else.

I would tell Calvin everything, he would be the one I go to if I felt down and needed someone to talk to. The last day I saw him he wouldn't talk to me. He talked to everyone but me, he wouldn't even look at me. I was surprised because just the night before our families were having dinner together and having a great time. I mean when we were saying goodbye our parents seemed to be upset.

A week past by since that first day he started to ignore me and then all of a sudden he was gone. At first I thought he was just sick but he didn't show up for multiple days, those days turned into weeks, and weeks turned into months. I finally went up to my mom and asked her where he was. She looked at me a little shocked, seeing as I didn't know where he was hey he has been gone for about a month. She told me they have moved but didn't tell me why. That got me even more sad as those words came out of her mouth. I didn't even get to say goodbye to my best friend.

I'm now 14 years old, I'm here with my group of best friends, who helped me become my normal self and forget about the boy that left without telling us.

" Ciara?" I snapped out of my thoughts and turned my head to the person who said my name. It was Yolo.

" Sorry, what did you say?" I asked.

" I asked if you wanted to go to Tasty Freeze and then stop by Central Park after school," she repeated her self.

" Oh I can't, I have dance. How about tomorrow?"

" Yeah, that's okay with me. Is that okay with everyone else?" Everyone nodded and then looked at Calvin who was just sitting there shyly.

" Would you like to come with us Calvin?" Yolanda asked.

" It's okay, I don't want to intrude. I have a bunch of boxes to unpack anyway," he replied.

Yolo shook her head and said, " Okay, but you'll have to come with us next time. Okay?" He nodded his head with a small smile, accepting the invite.

The bell rang signaling class has ended. We re-organize the desks, put our books away, and head out the door. We have lunch next so we head to our lockers to out our stuff away. I waited for Addy, Maddie, and Yolo by the water fountain and got my lunch ticket. We got our lunches and walked out of the cafeteria to sit outside. Our teachers let us eat out side in the garden or our door lunchroom when it's nice and sunny out and since it is nice and sunny out we decided to eat out.

Calvin was sitting with Brandy so I could tell Addy and Omar. Once we were all seated Addy looked at me immediately giving me the tell-me-now-I-can't-wait-any-longer glare.
I sighed knowing this would be a very long lunch.

" Okay, so before either of you guys moved here Calvin lived here. We were really close friends. His parents and my my parents were childhood friends which led to him and I being childhood friends," I started to explain, " One night Calvin and his family came to my house for dinner it was going fine until they had to leave. My parents had tears in their eyes, same with his parents. The next day Calvin wouldn't talk to me, he wouldn't even acknowledge my presence. He would talk to everyone else but me. It hurt so much to see him be like that. A week later he wasn't at school and I just thought he was sick but soon a couple days became 2 weeks and 2 weeks became almost a month." I paused feeling the tears threatening to fall out. " I finally asked my mom about them and she told me that they moved, I was hurt. Calvin was the person I talked to about everything, he helped me through all the tough times yet he just left without saying goodbye let alone leaving on a bad note."

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Addy's POV

" Ciara, I'm so sorry. That's horrible," I say shocked that she had gone through that.

" Yeah, but I have everyone in this group to thank. They helped me through everything and you and Omar helped me to," she assured us with a smile.

" How did we help?" Asked Omar.

" You made me more happy and helped me be the person I am today. Besides you helped us all have a bunch of fun with all your love drama," Ciara replied.

I smiled at her while stuffing my face with food. It was quiet for a little, the only noise was the sound of spoons and forks scraping the top of the tray.

" Can you believe it's almost the end of 8th grade? I mean think about it, next year we'll be high school," Omar said. Once those last two words escaped his mouth I froze. Omar still doesn't know about what will happen next year.

" Addy? Are you okay?" He asked.

" Yeah, I'm fine," I reply coldly. I guess Omar noticed my change in attitude because he looked at with a confused face. I look around the table, everyone one was looking at me with the same stare. I sigh and nod in defeat.

" Omar, I need to tell you something."

" Okay, shoot."

" Next year, when we start high school, we won't get to see each other."

" What do you mean? I'm sure we'll have a couple classes together and we can always see each other in the hal-"

" No, we won't. We'll be in different schools and no I'm not moving. People at Willow Creek will be split up into two high schools, depending on where they live. Maddie, Cam, and I will be going to to one high school while you, Yolo, and Ciara are going to to the other" I say quietly.

" W-what?" He seemed shock but then his emotion changed to anger. Anger? Why would he be angry?

" What high school is Calvin going to?" He asked through gritted teeth. Why does he want to know what high school Calvin will be going to?