*Five Years Ago*
"Mum?! I'm home!" I yelled as I shut the door. I stepped in the kitchen and noticed a note on orange and pink paper 'Amelia, Went to get some last minute things for you and going to have dinner with friends. I'll drop the stuff off at Doug's house when I can. Have a good week with Doug and Jane. Love Mom. P.S. Call me when your at Heathrow and JFK. And when you get to Aunt Claire's. 3 3' I smiled at the note and ran up the stairs into my room.
I changed from my jeans into a black skirt and my trainers into a pair of flats. I then grabbed my duffel, because my mum stole everything else and opened it up to see my leather jacket and my favorite Blink shirt. I yanked them out and put them on over my bra. I then undid my coconut brown hair and curled it into beach waves. I then redid my makeup, with eyeliner and my silver eyeshadow. With that out of the way, I sat on front of my open laptop and logged into IM. As soon as it was done, a window popped up that read.
ZukiePoynter: Amyyy, are you ready for the time of your life?
I smiled and responded:
Ams2212: only with u, Leah.
ZukiePoynter: J J J :S I think I peed myself
I laughed and shook my head as I typed,
Ams2212: What would you do without me?
ZukiePoynter: move to London and become famous
Ams2212: And why is that Mr. Poynter?
ZukiePoynter: Is ur mum around?
Ams2212: No, y do u ask?
ZukiePoynter: Look outside.
With that, Doug signed off. I got up and looked out my window out at our backyard. There was Dougie, standing there with pink, white, red, and blue roses in his hand and a case of beer in the other. I ran downstairs and opened the patio doors, it was such a nice day, I couldn't let it go to waste. Dougie was now standing on the patio and held out the hand that held the roses. "You know I think roses are lame." I said as I grabbed them from his hands.
He put the beer on he table and grabbed my free hand, "Thought you might like 'em." He kissed me on the cheek, "No matter how lame. Besides I knew you would like the colors."
"You know me to well." I put the bouquet of roses next to the beer, and sat on hammock we had. "So what's the big news that you couldn't tell me in school?"
"You have to wait for that one." He teased as he sat next to me on the hammock. "You wanna know what else is in store?"
I got up and looked at Dougie, "Aside from the fact that I have 7 full days with you and Jane?" Jane was my best friend, we did everything together except school, that was Dougie time. And when we described each other, we always said 'girlfriend' just to confuse everyone.
"Actually I got a call from her," he glanced at the wooden floor and looked up at me with sadness, the puppy dog look that I loved. "She got the flu last night, and she doesn't want you to get sick and go on a plane and make it worse. So short and sweet, she stuck at home and doesn't want us to visit."
"Aw, damn!" I said as I sat on Dougie's lap and put my arm around his shoulders, "Now Jane and I can't have our surprise for you when you told us the big news, a threesome!" I began to laugh.
Dougie smiled, "So not funny," as he put my feet back on the ground and slapped my arm off of him. "But ya know…" He stood up, reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper and began to unfold it. "We can make the most of it." He laughed like the Devil Himself and held up the list.
My whole face, including my mouth, dropped in sheer horror. "You are so dead Poynter!" I screamed as I lunged for him, but he was fast. That's a little shocking since I was a forward on the ladies football team, and the captain of the volleyball team at school. I ran up to him, caught up with him and tackled him to the ground and tried to grab the list, which was still out of my reach, "I can't believe you! Keeping that God forsaken list!"
"It's life-changing stuff." Dougie argued and as I attempted to lunge for the paper again, he miraculously shoved it down his pants.
I got up and held my hand out to him, "But we were 13, dude. All we cared about was breakin' our Chastity Belts." He grabbed my hand with both of his.
"Don't tell me you changed your mind." He said sarcastically. He yanked at my arm so hard I fell on top of him, and as I was falling, I yelped in shock. Dougie smiled and shook his head, "What would you do without me?"
"Crash and Burn." We laughed, and I added, "Well, until I find a guy fitter than you." I rolled off of him, until I was laying next to him and could feel his body heat.
"That's impossible, missy." I laughed at his comment until tears ran down my face. He turned his whole body to face mine and looked at me. His hair (God, it was getting long) free of hair gel, fell in front of his eyes. "What's so funny, Ams?"
I stopped laughing and turned my body to face his. I pushed the blonde-tipped hair out of his face. "Can't remember the last time you, or anyone, called me 'missy'. What gives?"
I stared into his eyes worriedly, his dad left his family 2 months ago today. I was there for him, luckily. But now I was leaving, and he would be on his own at school, then again, so would I. "Dougie, I'm worried."
He put one his arms around me and rolled onto his back, he pulled me closer to him. "Why would you say that?" I put my hand on his chest, which had no muscles, I might add.
"Don't play 'dumb blond' with me, mister. You know that I'll be in New York until God knows when and now with all that happened in the past 3 months, I don't know if I can handle being alone at school." My breath became quick and shallow, and I could feel my eyes tear up.
"Hey, hey." Dougie sat up and looked at me, "Don't do this, we'll still be friends forever. I'll call you all the time. Besides, I won't be in school."
"What are you talking about? Of course you'll be in school, so will I. For four more hell-stricken years."
"I'll be learning, but not at school." He said, I looked at him in question, "I'm moving to London."
"Wait, what? Why?" I sat up next to him. "Tell me now, Poynter. Or be toast." He got up and held his hand out. I grabbed it and hoisted myself onto my feet.
"Better if I show you," He sighed, "Grab your shit. We got a road trip to go on."