"What do you mean we're moving?!" I cried out as I shot up from my seat on the old couch. My step sister looked at me with concern and then glanced back towards our dad. Then, she too stood up and walked out of the room.
"I don't want to move!" I yelled as I felt myself beginning to cry at the thought of leaving this house and of leaving my friends behind. Soo I turned around to hide my tears wrapped my arms around my waist in an attempt for comfort.
"Lily, this is mandatory," he said to me as he stood up and came over to me. He pulled apart my arms and clasped my left hand in his. "I don't want to move, but we have to."
I tried to stay turned around, to keep him from seeing my tears, but he slowly turned me around to face him. He then pulled me into his arms and held me close to his chest. I could feel the sobs begin to rack my body as I started crying into my dad's shoulder.
"I'm sorry my darling Lily, I'm so sorry," he murmured in my ear as he held me. The tears kept falling and the sobs kept coming as well. All the while ny father kept murmuring in my ear as he held onto me.
After taking a shaky breath, I pulled back away from my dad. He looked down at me with worry written across his face. I offered him a small smile and fixed a piece of my ashen blonde hair that fell out of my ponytail. He flashed me a small smile back and then laid a hand on my shoulder.
"I really am sorry Lily, I wish we didn't have to leave either," he told me before shaking his head and pulling his hand away. "It's almost tine for school, you better get your bag." I gave a slight nod before turning to go into the entry hall so I could get my bag and head out to school.
Walling out of my house, I moved down the sidewalk towards the school bus stop. I saw one of my neighbors and friends, Gabriella May waiting for ber own bus as well. She turned to see me and a smile grew on her face when she saw me approach.
"Hey Lils!" She exclaimed and then pulled me into a big hug. I hugged her back before tensing up when I realized that I wouldn't be able to see her anymore once I move away. As I stood there in her embrace, I began to shake and tears had threatened to fall. Gabriella pulled back and frowned at me.
What's wrong Lils?" She asked me as she pulled away and took both my hands in her own. I shook my head frantically, trying to stop the tears, but they kept falling anyways. "Lils, tell me what's got you so upset. Please?" She said to me and I looked up at her to see concern written across her face.
"I'm going to be moving away Gabriella!" I cried out as I threw myself back into her arms. I held her close and felt like I never to wanted to let her go again. Gabriella immediately tightened her grip around me as well.
"Oh Lils!" She cried out as wells as she held onto me even tighter than before. I could feel her start to shake as sobs wracked her own body, my own sobs following soon after.
"I'm gonna miss so much Gabriella!" I told her as I pulled away from her with a small, sad smile on my lips. She looked back at me with her own smile and then opened her mouth to speak, but her bus came and she had to leave for her school.
I gave her one last hug before she grabbed her back and climbed onto her bus and took a seat by one of the windows. With a wave at me and a smile, ber bus pulled away and I was left alone with my thoughts and worries.
"I don't want to move, I really don't," I muttered to myself as I stood at the bus stop. My shoulders sagged and my head was lowered as I felt more tears threaten to fall. I wiped my eyes before closing them and letting out a deep, but shaky breath.
Not long after that, my bus showed up and I climbed ob before taking a seat next to one of my other friends, Cecelia, who was apparently taking a nap in her seat.
A smile crossed my lips as I watched her sleep with her head leaning against the window. I gave a slight chuckling before settling in for the long bus ride to school all the while I tried not to think of my upcoming move.
"I just don't want to loose my friends," I sighed as I turned my attention towards the window and tried to look out it, despite that fact that Cecelia was sleeping against it. It was a hare thing to do, I really only got to see glimpses of the world outside the bus. But, I've lived here my whole life, so really, there's nothing new to see.
"Still I would love the distraction," I thought to myself while shifting in my seat to get more comfortable. Which, was quite impossible given just how hard the seats of the bus were.
Slowly, Cecelia began to wake up from her little nap. She blinked her pale blue eyes and sat up. When she saw me a smile graced her lips.
"Lily!" She cried out as she grabbed me and pulled me in for an awkward, sitting hug. A laugh escaped my lips as I returned the hug with my own smile. She pulled back after a while, but the smile was still on her face.
"Hey Lia," I chuckled lightly at her enthusiasm at seeing me again. I subconsciously pulled back a piece of my blonde hair that came out of my ponytail as Cecelia started talking all about her older brother.
"And now he's going to stay at home for a while and find an apartment near us- oh I'm sorry, I was rambling wasn't I?" I let out another laugh and shook my head at her. A light blush spread across her cheeks as she became embarrassed at herself. I gave a slight chuckle before patting her on the arm.
"It's alright Lia, no need to be embarrassed," I said to her. This caused her to perk up and she began to beam at me once again. Though, she had kept it silent or the rest of the bus ride.
Not too much later, we pulled up to the school and all of the students climbed off of the bus. I followed the stream of kids heading into the check-in line.
"Name?" The lady at the check-in table asked me when I reached the front of the line. Her gray hair was pulled up into a tight bun and her gray colored eyes matched her hair fairly well.
"Liliana Peters," I told her with a small smile on my lips. She gave me a look before looking through her papers and folders. After a while, she pulled out a sheet and passed it over to me.
"Sign here," she told me curtly. I nodded and grabbed a pen before signing my name and year. I then handed the paper back to her abd she handed me my name tag to put on my uniform. She gave her one last nod before I walked away and into the school's security line.
After I reached the conveyer belt and placed my bag upon it, I saw that a young girl was being taken aside from the line. A sad frown crossed me face as I watched this.
"Next," the voice of a male security guard broke me away from the girl and I stepped forward to see him. He gave me a nod so I stepped through the metal detector and waited at the other side. The guard nodded at me before handing me my bag and going back to his work.
I turned away and walked towards my locker. I twisted and turned around all the many other students moving about the school's hallways. A few people stopped and waved at me before continuing on their way. I always smiled and waved back at them before moving on as well.
Finally, I reached my locker. Opening it up, I took out my stuff and placed my bag inside before shutting it again and walking off towards the assembly hall.
Once I entered the hall, I took a seat towards the back with all of my friends that went to this school with me. I gave them each a sad smile before announcing that I had something important to tell all of them.
"I'm moving."
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