A/N: Somebody please kill me, I'm a bad promise keeper. I'm sorry to always let you down. As of now, I'm only going to make this one promise to you; and that is to never keep any promises with you guys. So I'm sorry if you expected for two chapters but only got one. And sorry for thode expecting a chapter everyday and got none. I know this reason is overrated but I really have been busy. I'm sorry, please forgive me.
Also, wooo. Guys! I didn't even realised I reached 1K a few days ago. Here's a gift in return. I made this one extra long for you guys, and there are more conversation in this. It's finally time. I can't thank you guys enough for bringing me here. It's been a wild journey. It's pretty long so sit back, relax, and enjoy.
He's avoiding me. I can already tell. It's so obvious. Aside from the fact that he hasn't been picking up my calls or responding to my texts, he's also been skipping school for almost two weeks now. Not even a single notify to me or any of the teachers, even they couldn't contact his parents.
I knew it. I shouldn't have just right of the bat ended our friendship there. I knew I shouldn't have asked him to stay away. No matter how nice I sounded, it's just full on mean.
But I did it all for Preston. I don't think I would ever want to lose him as a friend. I don't think I ever want to break his tiny heart, especially not when he's in his weak state now. He likes me, I should have seen it, I should have known.
Why am I so stupid and blind? It's so freaking obvious, now that I see it. I spend most of my life with him; making him laugh all the time, being there for him whenever he needs me, keeping him acompany when he's alone, filling him with his every needs, basically every trait anyone could ever dream of having in a partner. I am the full package, at least to him I am. He sees through my flaws and imperfections and he pretends as thought there wasn't anything there from the start.
But I can't help but to think how I experience that too whenever I'm with Lachlan. I know it was just a few days, but they weren't just regular few days to me, they were something special. Every second I spent with him felt like heaven, they were golden, they were nothing like I've ever felt in my entire life. They were the highlights of my life
Jerome thinks that I should go to his house and interrogate him, and that's exactly what I planned to do. After giving it some thoughts, I think Lachlan deserves an explanation. And I think it's too harshe for Lachlan to just be asked by me to stop being friends when he clearly wants to be friends. Plus he shouldn't be the one to take the pain for something that I deserve, deep down inside I know that I'm only avoiding him because I love him and not because of Preston loving me.
Jerome gave me Lachlan's address. Apparently, Lachlan doesn't like to share his personal life like an open book. In fact, the only people who knows where he lives is his family and Jerome. He said that not all of his best friends have the privallage to know his home, only the real ones he shares with, and he only has less than 5, considering how he doesn't like having too many friends.
I decide to take a day off of school and take a cab to Lachlan's house in the morning as his house is located on the ourskirts of town which is pretty far from from here, the drive would take about 25 minutes or so.
But of course, my family isn't aware of this, and so is Preston. My parents thinks I'll be at school and as for Preston I lied to him and told him I was sick at home. Jerome was also kind enough to offer to take him in for the night before.
Apparently Jerome described Lachlan's house as "huge and mesmorising". Well he wasn't kidding. His house is located on top of a hill and somewhat in a rainforest. As I arrive, I had to go through a security check. Once done, then they let me in.
