I Swear It All Over Again (Book 1)

Chapter 19

~◆~Annabel's Pov ~ ◆ ~

~◆~October 20th ~ ◆ ~

Today is my birthday, I'm turning fifteen years old. Ray actually remembered my birthday. I'm not saying that I didn't think he would remember, but we haven't seen each other in nine years. I just thought that he would have forgotten about my birthday.  After I got done with my shower I got dressed. I wore a pink long sleeve, black leggings, and jean shorts. I slid on my shoes as I seen Boomer sit on my phone.

"Boomer get off my phone." I said pulling my hair into a high pony tail after brushing it, then putting a flower clip in my hair. I heard my phone vibrate under Boomer's butt. I laugh as he jumps off my phone and barks. My phone didn't get broken, but there was fur on my screen. Boomer can sometimes be really annoying.

"Boomer look what you did with your big furry butt!" I yelled as I cleaned off my phone screen. I pressed the home button and saw that I got a text from Henry. It read "Happy Birthday! Hope you are having a good time."  I walked out of my room and saw Ray sitting on the couch. I walked over to him and sat down watching as Boomer laid down by Ray's desk. "Dad?"

"Yeah?" He asked.

"I want to go roller-skating." He scoffed at me.

"Sure I guess, but I might be bad at it just like I was when I went ice skating with your mother-" Ray stopped talking and looked down at the floor. Boomer sensed Ray's sadness and, slowly got up off the floor, walking over to Ray. Boomer started to whine while he licked Ray's hand. A smile formed on Ray's face as he looked at Boomer. After a while, Ray looked up at me and nodded "Okay, we'll going roller-skating."

~◆~At roller rank ~◆~

"This is impossible." Ray said putting a hand on the table next to him.

"Nothing is impossible plus you're lucky, you can't get hurt." I said standing up after I tied my skates. Ray looked at me as I had my phone in my hand.

"Are you recording this?" Ray asked as more people came in.

"No." I said letting the word drag.

"Delete it." Ray demanded, trying to move forward to me, but slipped. He fell on his butt and I looked down at my phone to make sure I got that part. I stopped the video and shut my phone off. Ray looked back up at me as I started laughing."Are you going to show Henry this?" Ray asked me getting back up on his two feet. He placed his hand on the table and looked at me as I shook my head. "Sure, you aren't." Ray says and I giggle.

"Happy Birthday." Ray said as we started walking out of the roller rank. "I told you I would be bad at roller-skating." Ray starts to search for his keys and I frown.

"You weren't that bad." I said scrolling through my contacts and sending the video of Ray on skates to Henry.

"Not bad? I was terrible. I ran into a trash can and into a lot of people. Do you call that not bad?" Ray asked tilting his head to the side as I giggled. "Wanna race?" He asked me. I looked at him weirdly then back at his car that was on the other side of the parking lot.

"You're going to run? " I asked him and he nodded. I shrugged my shoulders and heard Ray say go.

We both started running toward the car, I could see that Ray pressed the unlock button on his keys, cause the headlights flashed and we both heard the car starting. Why did Ray park so far away?  When I got to the car I gasped for air then turned my head to look behind me, to probably find Ray half way in the middle of the parking lot, with his hands on his knees with his head hanging and trying to catch his breath.

But I was wrong. I didn't see him anywhere, in fact for a second I thought he left me. But Ray wouldn't do that and the way Ray has been acting lately. Jeez, I don't think he would ever leave my side.

I started to get nervous, my stomach tightening as I glanced around the parking lot. Watching other cars driving away and I turn around to look inside his car.

I bet Ray is behind me ready to yell or jump out in front of me, and scare me to death. From the car's sound I thought that I heard Ray say something from behind me. I turned my head expecting to find Ray behind me, but Ray wasn't even near me.

In fact I don't even think he's even here anymore.

Where did he go?

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