Patricia Williamson opened her laptop hoping to see her boyfriend online. Sure enough, there was a green light next to Eddie Miller's name. She smiled and clicked on it.
"Hey, Yacker!" Eddie's face brightened at the sight of his girlfriend. The nickname now flowed off of his tongue. Patricia responded to it like it was her first name whenever he called her 'Yacker'.
"Eddie!" She smiled. "We haven't talked in, like, two weeks!"
"I know." Eddie sighed. "I've been crazy busy. Sorry, but I'll be flying over tomorrow, remember?"
"Finally." Patricia playfully rolled her eyes. "Someone to keep me company."
"Oh, you have Drew over there! What about Fabian and Joy? I'm sure Ava needs someone to hang out with now, anyway." Eddie pointed out.
"You know, I actually feel kind of bad for her." Patricia said. She had constantly kept in contact with Eddie over the past year and had filled him in on all the drama in the town he only visited in the summer. For example, all of Ava—the local mean-girl—just recently lost all of her friends because they got tired of being bossed around. Brianna, CeCe, and Dylan now hung out with Jackie and each other. The 'alpahbetties', as Patricia had previously called them, were actually pretty nice without Ava.
"Who does she hang out with now, anyway?" Eddie asked.
"Some of the pervy guys in the town. And she's got a new friend—Kaylee, I think it was. Kaylee's actually pretty nice. I've talked to her before." Patricia shrugged. "You know Ava, she refuses to admit defeat."
"Sounds like her." Eddie nodded. "So what's been happening with you these past few weeks?"
"Helping my mum unpack mostly. Ms. Smith was nice enough to sell us her house after she left, so we're making it all to ourselves." Patricia said. Ms. Smith—the friend Mrs. Williamson, now Ms. Nelson because of her and Mr. Williamson's recent divorce, had moved out to go stay with her mother in France. Ms. Smith had sold the place to Patricia and her mother for a rather cheap price and left.
"Are you guys almost done?" Eddie asked.
"Almost. Just have to finish putting drapes up and stuff. Final touches, I suppose." Patricia rolled her eyes. "What about you, Slimeball?"
"Not much." Eddie shrugged.
"I see that." Patricia commented. "Your room's a mess!" She looked over Eddie's shoulder through the screen. "Is that… pizza?"
"Probably." Eddie smirked.
"Eddie, have you not packed yet?" Patricia heard a voice ask.
"Mom, I'm kind of—"
"Is that Patricia?" Ms. Miller asked. She walked over and stood over Eddie's shoulder.
"It's Patricia." Patricia smiled. "Hi, Ms. Miller."
"Patricia! I haven't seen you in so long! How has it been going?" Ms. Miller asked her son's girlfriend.
"Or you could do that." Eddie mumbled.
"Good!" Patricia ignored Eddie's comment. "You?"
"Great! Eddie's flying over there tomorrow!"
"I know." Patricia nodded. "I can't wait."
"He needs to pack first." Ms. Miller said. She gave her son a look.
"I will!" Eddie rolled his eyes.
"And clean your room while you're at it." Ms. Miller scrunched up her nose.
"Ms. Miller, are you coming this summer?" Patricia asked.
"I'm not sure yet. I've been considering it." Ms. Miller smiled once more at Patricia before saying goodbye and walking off.
"Sorry about her." Eddie rolled his eyes again.
"No! I like your mum!" Patricia smirked. She dropped it to ask her next question. "When do you land?"
"Not until 2 AM the day after tomorrow. Fun, right?"
"So I won't get to see you until the day after tomorrow?"
"No. And I know you missed me." Eddie teased.
"And I know you missed me." Patricia shot right back, grinning. "I guess I'll see you then. Come over when you wake up, yeah?"
"Yeah, okay." Eddie nodded. "See you soon, Yacker."
"Bye." She smiled and turned her laptop back off.
So this was the first chapter of OTT! (: I think it went well!
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