It's Hard To Say No

Chapter 3

Ari's POV:

As I started to wake up, I remembered I went to Myles' room last night.  I've suffered from insomnia for many years and I couldn't sleep, so I thought being with Myles' would let me fall asleep faster.

As he was still gripped onto me, I started thinking about where we both stood.  I barely knew Myles, but I felt like I've known him my entire life.  He made me forget about my problems and just made me happy.  

I don't want to admit it, but I know I have special feelings for Myles.  I barely know this boy, but I have such strong emotions towards him.

Myles finally started waking up and told me he would take me out to breakfast.  I walked back home to get changed and make sure my dad was doing okay without my mom, but he wasn't home.  My dad never leaves without saying any words, but I just let it be.

I washed up, changed, and walked back over to Myles house so we could go eat.  We sat in the car for a few minutes contemplating on where we should go and I told him about a diner a few blocks down that has amazing food.

"It's fun showing you around." I smiled

"It's weird not knowing where everything is," he chuckled.

The diner is family owned, so their food tastes homemade and it's delicious.  We parked the car and as I was gathering my purse and phone, Myles told me to stay in the car.  He jumped around and opened my door.  I just chuckled and thanked him.

We got seated and started looking over the menu.  I ordered french toast and Myles got pancakes.

"How do you like the school here?" He asked

I realized that there were only a few weeks left of summer vacation.  

"I mean... It's school." I let out a giggle

I actually hated the school here.  I begged my parents to send me to a private school for so many years, when they finally told me that they couldn't afford it and I would just have to suck it up.

I never really told them the exact reasons why I hated school because I'm not too open about my problems with anyone.  It was hard enough telling Myles what I did last night, but I couldn't risk putting my walls up and pushing him out of my life.

"I don't want this to sound harsh or mean, but why don't you have many friends then?" He asked.

Personally, I thought that was a little mean.  But I knew he didn't mean it to hurt me.

"There are a lot of two-faced people and people who think that they are better than everyone.  I just never really figured out what crowd I should hang around, so I just didn't bother making friends." I stated

He looked upset and realized that I didn't want to talk about it, so he quickly changed the subject.

"I don't want you to feel alone anymore," he said.

"Thank you Myles, that means a lot to me."

After we finished eating we headed back to his house.  I still couldn't believe that after hours of us hanging out he didn't run away like everyone else.  He's the first person in a while that has even simply tolerated me.

Myles mom left a note saying she was going to run some errands so we had the house to ourselves.  It was actually really calming to just be alone with Myles.

I asked Myles if he wanted to go swimming, but he said he wasn't really in the mood.  I begged and he finally agreed.

I went back to my house to get changed into my bathing suit where there was a note on my kitchen table.

"I wonder where your dad went.  It would be a shame if he just vanished."

I booked it to the door, slamming it, sprinting to Myles house at this point.  Sobbing at this point, I ran into Myles' house crying.  Myles came running down the stairs asking me what happened.

"There was this- this- random note- on- on- my kitchen table," I managed to choke out in between sobs.

"What are you talking about?"

"Someone might have my dad."

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Really short, but I seriously have had writers block for the past, what, month?  Sorry for not updating so early on in the story but I just want to make sure that I'm going in the right path with this.  If you have any ideas or requests feel free to message me! :)