Can't Get Over You

Chapter 6

I was woken up by the blaring sunlight hitting my face that passes through a small gap between the thick purple curtains in my window. I inhaled the coldness of the air. I guess it was past noon already because it's no longer cold or should I say it's warmer now and the sun was too high shining brightly to be exact.

I shifted from my position and was now looking at the ceiling, staring at nothing. I glanced to my right and saw the clock, it says it's 11:43am already. No wonder my body aches, I overslept.

The gravity here on my bed sure was strong, my body felt so heavy. I couldn't seem to pull myself out of the bed.

My mind was flying somewhere. Something wasn't right. It felt like I'm missing something. I felt like I lost something important but I couldn't seemed to determine what it was.

I feel . . . so empty.

I turned to my side and hugged my pillow.

I sighed. A deep sigh.

My thoughts began to wonder further.

I checked my phone under the pillow and took it.

. . . strange. I haven't slept for so long like this and it is going on for days already. Drake used to call me every morning to wake me up. But my phone didn't rang today again. He must be so busy he has forgotten about his daily morning calls.

I opened my phone and was blinded by the light my phone emitted, I reduced the brightness and just then I saw the wallpaper of my phone with Drake and I on it. And then that's when I realized what it is I'd been missing all this time.

It's Drake!

Ha! No wonder I felt so incomplete. I got so used to his presence that with just a second we're apart I started missing him already. And in fact, I miss him so much that I felt so suffocated. This feeling is so unsettling. I'm so not used to this. grrrr!

I feel like I'm drowning and sinking into the abyss of loneliness.

I hadn't missed someone this much, not even my mom, he's the first.

And what made the situation worse was that I hadn't received any messages from him. It's been a week since he last contacted me.

I wonder what happened on his way home, he didn't even bother to say goodbye to me.

Two days has passed since mom returned to their research laboratory. And more than a week since I last saw Drake. 9 days to be exact.

Mom's stay was so chaotic and so life-draining that I was so thankful that she finally left the house. She dragged Cris and I everywhere. We went to the mall, to the zoo, to the beach, to the gym.

Katie looked like a dog that has just escaped her cage. She was so happy and excited though we are always going to those same places every freaaaaaking year.

I'm telling you it was so exhausting that every time we reached home I felt like a zombie walking towards the bed to sleep. It would have better if we stayed the night out but Katherine, my mom or just Katie. She told us that we have our own house so we shouldn't be spending the night out if possible.

But the good part about her short and chaotic stay was that every meal and every places we went felt like a paradise it was so much fun spending the hours with them again just like the old days.

It felt like ages since we were last together like this as a family to be honest.

We don't get to eat meals as a family nowadays since mom started her new research and Cris was busy managing the bar.