Jessie's POV
Everything was slowly coming together. My life didn't seem so bad now that I had accepted what was going to happen to me. In a few hours I would be gone to the other side of the country with my family, I would start a new life and nothing would hurt anymore.
I could find a new best friend. One that wouldn't be dependent on me every day. One that wouldn't tell me that he loves me and then go find a girlfriend the next day.
Dramatic, yes. But so is the life of every other seventeen year old.
I heard a noise outside and it startled me. I jumped up to only find the moving truck pulling into my driveway. Well this should be fun. We had a breakable going in the van and big hunky guys carrying the rest. I'm surprised that with the size of those muscles they didn't break anything else.
A loud smash pulled me out of my trance.
So they did break something.
"Honey, we'll buy a bed in Baltimore okay?" Mom was quickly saying. I sighed. I didn't really care.
"Its fine, I need less stuff right?" I replied. She grinned.
"True, but you are a young woman..."
I just rolled my eyes. My mom was more immature than me sometimes. I wondered if I was the parent not her. But in any case, her immaturity is leading us to Baltimore with her new husband and my new step-brother. I had met him before and he wasn't that bad. But I wasn't used to sharing my mom with anyone else.
"Are you going to say goodbye to your friends before we go?"
I just glared. She was my best friend now, she knew the situation. Brendon did not deserve a goodbye at all.
"I would sooner stick pins in my eyes" I told her.
"Really, 'cause that doesn't sound very nice" She said sarcastically. I just walked away and jumped in the van. I don't know why we were doing a road trip either. All the way across the country...
"JESSIE!!!"
That voice rang pain through my ears and I cringed. I didn't turn around. I walked back into the house to grab my last bag. Before I could leave again, there was Brendon, standing right in my face. He knows that it is my pet peeve, and yet he still does it.
"When you did you decide to move?" He asked me.
"My MOM decided to move, she fell in love and got married. Did you know I got a new brother now? If you'll excuse me, I would rather not see you again" I answered. I tried to get through. But Brendon was a stubborn guy and he wouldn't let me go.
"What the fuck do you want?" I snapped at him.
"To say goodbye, no, scratch that. I want you to stay!" He said. I rolled my eyes again.
"Oh please, you know that I NO reason to stay in Vegas" I shot back. His face fell, I wasn't heartless, I wanted to hug him and tell him I would say. But I was too mad.
"You have me"
"I have no one, now let me go..."
Brendon hugged me, obviously I wasn't going anywhere for a while and my mom wasn't going to call me back. I tried to ignore the fact that he had his arms around me. Eventually he let go.
"You have a life here Brendon, I never did. You let me go a long time ago, it should be easy enough now" I was starting to soften up, I had get out now. Luckily I heard my mom's van start up.
"Jessie,"
I pressed one of my fingers to his lips.
"Bren, I'll miss you. But this is goodbye"
I had no idea where the confidence came from, but I kissed him. I was never going to see him again too, so what was the harm? Brendon, that's what. He kissed me back, making it impossible for me to think straight. If I hadn't needed to breathe, I would have stood there for the rest of of my life.
"I'm in love with you, its never changed over the past year, I want you to stay to be with me" His eyes were now filled with false hope.
"I'm in love with you too, but I have to go" I kissed him quickly once again and ran off to the van, jumping in the passenger seat.
"Jess, if you want to stay...." Mom started.
"NO! I want to leave, can you just drive?" I yelled. She didn't say another word. As much as it broke my heart leaving him behind, at least I had told Brendon that I loved him.
