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19 - perfect

last chapter before epilogue <3

->  merliah

"I-I'm going to be moving. Tonight"

All eyes were on me and the atmosphere changed to sad and quiet.

"Wait what?! Why?!" Alex eyes widens.

"I don't know, I just need some space from here.  I'm really, really sorry." My eyes start to water and as on cue a tear falls down.

"Will you come back?" Ethan says softly while rubbing my shoulders.

"I think?"

Stef grabs my hands making me face her, "Promise us."

"I don't think-

"Promise us."

I exhaled and nod my head, "I promise."

I couldn't hold it any longer and started crying. Ethan holds me while Alex does the same. Stef walks to us and pulls us all together. 

"What time is your flight?"

Flight? What in the world is a flight? I have a mermaid tail, not wings! He asked what time, so I guess I'll just say a number?

"Oh um, one?"

They all seemed relieved and exhaled. 

"Oh it's good, we still have time."

- 7:30 pm

We all leave the cafe and decided to sit on the grass at the park. It was pretty cold but we didn't really mind. It was a beautiful night, with bright stars shining. 

"We're gonna miss you." Stef whispers making me rest my head on her shoulder.

"I'll miss you guys so much more." I deeply sighed.

"But you guys will be okay, Talya's staying."

"Oh, at least we'll have the mini Merliah." Stef says making us all laugh.

We spent the next fifteen minutes telling each other embarrassing stories. Some were really bad we got second hand embarrassment while some we were dying of laughter. Stef's stories were always the funniest.

"And you know what's the funniest part?" Stef laughs, unable to finish her sentence.

"He still responds to the nickname Eteeweetee!"

We all burst into laughter except for Ethan. We were out of breath while Ethan's cheeks were flushed with pink. It took us a good few minutes to recover from her story.

"Okay enough Stefanie!" Ethan covers his ears.

"I'm done!" Stef laughs while Ethan removes his hands from his ears.

A phone ring reached our ears and of course it just had to be mine. I pick up and answered the phone.

"Liah! Can you come by the Amethyst Hotel?" Grayson says nervously.

"Who is it?" Stef whispers.

I whisper back, "It's Gray."

"Oh is he asking about the Amethyst Hotel?" Stef whispers.

"How did you know-

"Merliah?" Grayson talks once again making me lose my train of thoughts. I was about to ignore Grayson and make Stef answer my question but Stef mouthed an 'answer him!' aggressively.

"O-oh yeah, sorry. I'll be there soon." I reply and end the call. I zone out, panicking internally. I'm pretty sure he didn't ask professor to move the prom date, since my friends aren't wearing anything fancy. Maybe he's going to take me on a date there-