Connected | Ethan Dolan (book 2)

|chapter 2.

davina's pov , 17th of june

'hello, lady lawyer' andrea came into my room and sat on my bed.

'hi,' i said distracted. my focus was on my phone.

'its been almost a week since we came here and all you manage to do is writing something on your precious phone.' andrea said annoyed.

' i told you before we got on the plane. i have important internships that i need to apply for this summer, so i can attend them in september. ' i looked at her.

andrea and i really remained good friends after high school. she hasn't changed much. she stayed the same funny, outgoing , loud , pretty girl who everyone liked. i, however, i changed. living alone, away from my parents and everything i knew made me grow up. i am not interested in the same stuff andrea is still enjoying. i might seem stiff and ungreatful for the trip she took me on, but the truth is that i have more important things going on right now than 'having the best summer of my life' .

'so you plan on staying in this room all summer , working on your applications through your phone and completely ignoring me? am i too childish for you, now?' andrea asked , taking my phone away.

'right now, yes! yes you are too childish. ' i said annoyed, trying to reach for my phone, but she pulled her arm away.

'don't you wanna have fun and -'

' this is southport , north carolina, andrea! if you wanted to have fun you could have thought of a more interesting place!' i yelled at her, grabbing my phone, ' you act like a kid sometimes. i came here with you, what more do you want?'

'i want you to be here with me! to want to be here with me! to physically and mentally be with me ! because probably this is the very last summer we have together before you completely disappear from my life!' andrea stood up from my bed, yelling at me.

' stop pushing me to do things that i don't want to. sorry to break it to you , andrea, but people change. the fact that i don't call you every single day and that i don't follow you around like a lost puppy anymore doesn't mean i don't want to be your friend anymore. i do want to ! i just changed! stop trying to make my life happier and funnier and more exciting ... my life , from my perspective is good! when will you finally get it?? my type of fun and good is not yours! this is not high school anymore, i don't want you to take care of me!'

'why? because the last time i did it, you fell in love with a guy and it didn't work out? ' andrea said .

i stayed silent. i never thought she would bring ethan up. for me he isn't a bad memory. i loved him and he was my first love. but life had its own plan and ethan and i didn't fit it in that plan together. it wasn't anyone's fault that we didn't work out. life happened and i am glad it did. i don't belong to ethan's world and he doesn't belong in mine.

' is that why every summer after high school graduation you avoid coming home? because you might see him? its been three years since you broke up! three, davina! '

' i never said anything about him.. why would you-' i tried to defend myself .

'because the moment ethan left your life , you became another person.'