"There is strength in showing one's weakness"
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One second. Just one second and everything changed.
Skyler is sent into a lonely downward spiral when her mom dies tragically. With the only support s...
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Song for chapter forty: Surrender by Natalie Taylor
|Aden|
"I'm such an asshole," I banged my head onto the lunch table, groaning. I couldn't believe how blind I was to McKenna and what she still felt for me; all of her flirtatious tactics had flown over my head. But not only that, I'd completely disregarded what Skyler was trying to tell me yesterday and I shouted at her, and stormed off. I fucked up.
"I know you are," Josie placed a hand on my shoulder and Ryan chortled, shoving the last of his sandwich into his mouth. I glanced up at her unsympathetic eyes. "But that's fine cause you'll make it up to her right?"
"Look, I totally get where you're coming from with what Skyler was trying to say to you yesterday. It's not entirely your fault," Ryan attempted to make me feel better. "Maybe just remember to talk things out calmly next time. This is it's just a misunderstanding."
I nodded, the guilt I felt in my stomach eased off slightly from his words.
"I need to find her," I determined — more to myself than to Ryan and Josie —just as the bell rang to signal the end of lunch period. I peeled my head off of the table. "Do you know where she is?" I looked at Josie, who was shoving her lunch bag into her backpack.
"On her way to Canada," she shrugged, swinging her backpack over her shoulders.
"What?!" I snapped my head in her direction and she rolled her eyes, a sly smile on her face.
"Chill, she's only going for a day. She'll be back soon," she smirked. You didn't think to tell me that in the same sentence?
"I can't wait a day, I'm meeting her at the airport now," I scrambled off my chair, falling in step with Ryan. I didn't think I could handle another day without talking to Skyler and she needed to know how sorry I was. All I wanted was to see her, and wrap her up in my arms.
Josie spun me around, yanking on my arm to face her. "You can't just go there and make her miss her flight. Besides, don't you want to show her how sorry you are?" she wriggled her eyebrows at me. I glanced at Ryan, who just shrugged.
I could tell we shared the same confused thought. Girls.
"Um... sure?" My eyebrows furrowed together.
"Good, then you can spend today figuring that out, and you can meet her tomorrow when she gets back," Josie beamed as we stepped out of the cafeteria. "Don't worry, I won't tell her anything," she winked at me before disappearing behind the mounds of students, dragging Ryan with her leaving me all alone. Ryan gave me a small wave before he was trampled over by other students.
The rest of the day passed by painfully slow and every time I glanced at the clock it was like we'd gone back in time. Gym class was weird without Skyler and I found myself sulking around alone wishing she was here for the whole class while they played Capture the Flag. My team sucked and I had to rescue more people than I ever had before.
