Where I Belong #Wattys2021

Chapter 13

Honk Honk Honk!!!!

Heath's land rover's horn was blaring from outside my house. I did a final check-up on myself.

Eyeliner? Done.

Lip gloss? Done.

Jean shorts, tank top, and jacket? Triple done!

Okay!! Now get your ass moving girl!

"Mia!!!!!! Get your pretty ass down here, right now!" Heath yelled. Calm down, boy! It's just the start of a new school term. Not the freaking end of the world.

I rush downstairs, slinging my backpack onto one shoulder and give Mom a quick hug from the other side.

"Bye Mom! Love you." I grab a piece of toast which Dad was about to take a bite from. Yum!

"Bye Dad. I'm still mad at you." I say and race to the door. I'm just teasing and he knows it pretty well. I look over my shoulder and find him smiling after me.

"Well? What are you waiting for? A freaking red carpet? Move it move it." Amy pulls down the window from the back seat and shouts at me as I make way towards Heath's Landrover.

Why the fuck does she sound like someone out of a military school?

"Everyone stop yelling for god damn sake," I yell back at them.

What? I'm just yelling as payback.

Lara scoots over making room for me to squish inside. I throw my bag to the back where the rest of their bags were lying. Ryan looks over to the back grinning from ear to ear.

"This feels like old times." He says smiling. Lara who was complaining that maybe she should have worn a skirt instead of jeans and Amy doing her make-up looked over and held identical grins. Heath honked the horn as loud as a response.

"Yep! How I've missed..." I stop and stare at the four pairs of hopeful eyes. "Wearing casual clothes to school." I end and have things thrown at me. Heath not having anything close by grabs Ryan's pen and throws it at me.

"Dude!" Ryan shouts as he takes back the pen from me and hits Heath with it.

We all end up laughing like lunatics. I cram my butt on Lara's lap since she was seated in the middle and push Ryan aside to get a hold of the tuner to increase the volume of the radio.

I sit back properly and look outside the window.

Now then, let's get back to being my miserable state in silence.

What are you three doing right now?

It's a week since I arrived in Miami. My parents were overjoyed to the extent they kept screaming my name the whole time. Ryan, Amethyst, Lara, and Heath came barging into our house and abducted me to the park we always hang out since we became friends.

I'd been so miserable the couple of days that followed. Of course, I was chirpy and sunshine in front of these people. Don't want them feeling gloomy now do we? That doesn't mean my sadness wasn't felt by me.

Ninnon and I spoke all night. There's a six-hour time difference, between France and America. It's been difficult to catch each other at the right time but we managed to speak up each day. Every time we group video chat on Skype, Pierre would drag my name, as usual, and cry out aloud demanding me back. Calming the fool down was the biggest shit the three of us went through.

I miss them so much. I miss everyone back in France so much.

"You okay?" Lara's voice brings me out of my trance.