Shouldn't feel, like a crime

03

             𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍, 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆
                     𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒂 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅
____________________________________

Effy's POV;

I sighed, taking a few more steps before reaching my front porch. I knocked 2 times, looked around as I felt light water drops land on the surface of my soft skin. My eyes wandered up to the sky, it was still gloomy. My head suddenly snapped towards the door as it quickly swayed open. I looked straight ahead, meeting those ocean eyes of my mother. She awkwardly half smiled at me, I was tempted to smile back. Yet I resists the temptations as my mind traced back to the argument that occurred earlier this morning. I just seemed to ignore her presence and walked right in. Walking in, I heard her sigh. I silently took off my boots, leaving them beside the door frame. "Is it raining?" I suddenly came to a stop. "Yes." I said rudely, looking at nothing but a plane wall. I continued to walk towards the stairs. "Effy." I stopped once again, "Yes mother?" I heard small faint footsteps behind me. My posture stiffens as she comes into view. She was now standing in front of me. I looked at the ground trying to avoid eye contact. "Effy..I'm so sorry I didn't tell you before. I should have." My head snapped towards her quickly, "Yeah. You should have." I said as I raised my voice. She was now looking down at the ground. My eyes scanned her up and down, her figure seemed small and fragile, she seemed...afraid?

My shoulders relaxed and my eyes softened, "Sorry I didn't mean to snap at you like that.." She raised her head, "It's okay, I deserved it." She chuckled and grinned at me. This time, I actually grinned back. "So, I wanted to know, when are we exactly going to the UK?" I took my bag off my shoulder as I placed it on the nearest stable surface. "Well, it's uh.." She took a brief pause "It's next week." I sighed, not wanting to let myself get angry again "Okay" I smiled. "Thanks mom, I'll start packing early." She seemed surprised I kept my cool, considering we were leaving just next week. I was proud I actually contained myself too, and with that said I presumed walking up the stairs. My body collapsed on the bed, as I groaned into my pillow. My eyes were starting to give out, but suddenly someone popped into my head.

Lexi

I had to tell her I was leaving next week, I couldn't just leave. Yeah we didn't really so much, but, it felt wrong to just not tell her. So, I decided to get up from my bed and grab my phone from the pocket of my jacket. I tapped in Lexi's phone number, hesitated, but proceeded to press the call button. It rang..and rang..and rang, until someone picked up the phone. "Effy?" Lexi's calm voice rang throughout my ear. "Hey.." I said, "Hey, do you need anything?" Anxiety started bubbling up in my chest, how was I supposed to tell her I was leaving next week?! "Lexi, can you meet me today? At Johnson Park?" Complete nervousness seeping off my sentence,  "Oh, sure. May I ask what for?" I softly smiled at her innocent tone of voice. "I need to tell you something really important." "Is everything alright?" I'm guessing she noticed my worried tone. "Everything's..fine." There was a brief pause, "Are you su-" "Yes. I'm sure." I cut her off, then hanging up.

Lexi was quite curious all the time.

I snapped out of my thoughts as I looked at the clock up on my wall, it was already 6pm. Jeez. I quickly grabbed my jacket and dashed down the stairs, stopping at the door to slip on my boots while I yelled for my mom. She walked out of the kitchen, coming into view, "Yes honey?" I smiled, "Mom I'll be going to Johnson Park, I've got to tell Lexi that we're leaving next week." "Oh that girl you like" She smirked and winked. "Momm I don't like her." I groaned, she gave me a sly smile. "Alright, be back by 8." I nodded, turning my back to her as I was opening the door. "Oh and" I stopped and turned around, raising my eyebrow at her. "Don't forget to tell Lexi how you feel about her" she mocked as I, on the other hand, sighed. I stuck out my tongue at her before turning around one last time and walking out the door.