Chapter 1
Man times passing by when traveling. It also goes so slow at the same time. I just wanna be home already. We have been traveling for so long. My dad’s job has him traveling over the summer, so we have to go with him. Mom says she likes seeing more of the world. I would like it better if I didn’t have to sit in the car non-stop.
“Liam, grab the bags please,” says mom as we arrive at the house.
“Home sweet home,” I say get out.
I stand there for a minute smelling the smell of burnt hickory wood. I love that smell. I jolt when I feel my phone vibrating. I take out my phone and answer.
“Hello?”
“Hey Liam” I hear from the other end
“Oh hey Emma”
She always calls making sure that I'm fine, and that I haven’t died yet. It's kind of sweet, but at the same time, it kind of gets annoying. Things this year between has have been weird. We don’t talk or hang out as much as we use to.
“Look Liam I need to talk to you,” asks Emma
“Oh ok”
“I think we should break up. We don’t hang out as much, and we don’t talk much.”
“There's someone else isn’t there,” I replied. There was a deadly silence. I walk through the front door, and up the stairs. I get into my room and set my stuff down. I go back outside and get back on the phone. “Are you gonna answer?”
“Yeah Look there is someone else. I do like you, but not as much. I don’t want to lead you on. That wouldn’t be right. I'm sorry.”
“Whatever. It's fine. Have fun.” I replied, and then hung up.
I wake up to mom shaking me. When she sees me wake up she walks out of the room. I take a shower, and then get ready. When I walk into the kitchen I smell the sweet smell of pancakes and bacon. Every first day of school back we eat pancakes and bacon. It's kinda the I-hope-your-ready type food. The thing about school starting is that it usually starts close to Valentine's day so it's a struggle. You get used to it after a while.
~Noah~
I have been trying to message Liam for a while. but he hasn't text back. So I text him one more time
Noah: Have you got to school yet?
Liam: Yeah, I'm sitting on the bench
Noah: K be there in a second
I walk up behind Liam and whack him on the head. I don't know why I do it, but it has kind of became a thing. Things between us have been weird ever since last year when I came out to him. It's not because he doesn’t like me for it, but he is just not used to it. We have been friends since we were little and able to run on our little legs.
When we hear the bell ring we both go inside. It's Valentine's day so the halls are decorated, and people are everywhere. I never really celebrate Valentine's day because I have no one to celebrate it with. Yeah, so my valentines day is kind of depressing. I don’t really like February anyway. My birthday is in February. My aunt shares a birthday with me, but she passed away so It's hard for me to celebrate.
School today was a drag. It was super slow and took forever to end. Finally, when it was over I walked home. My parents were already gone and left me some money for pizza. They always have a date night on Valentine's day. So I'm basically home alone. So instead of being all lonely and crap, I go over to Liam’s. We watch a movie and eat some food. I think I missed half of the movie just looking at Liam. I have had a crush on him for a while, but I can’t bring myself to tell him. I don’t wanna mess things up between us.
When We were done he walks me to the door. I open the door and look back at Liam.
“Goodbye,” I say
“Goodbye” He replies
I stare into his eyes for a few minutes. I figure out that my whole face is turning red so I quickly leave. I didn’t want to be rude, but I felt embarrassed. As I was walking away he asked if I was ok. I told him I was. He always makes sure that I'm good. That's what I lo-like about him. He is a good friend. Yeah.
