Everybody's Got Somebody But Me

Rated T

"Yacker," he questioned standing up quickly from the couch

"Eddie," she whispered, before diving forward and throwing her arms around him. The second she pulled away the regret set in. She had broken up with him, did she even have the right to hug him? What if things were going to be awkward between them? This had to mean he was the boy Trudy had mentioned right? That they would be living under the same roof.

She looked away to notice Joy, Jerome, Willow, Alfie, and Mara had entered the room. Her eyes then shot to stare at her feet. Had they seen the hug? What would she tell them? She didn't exactly know where they stood, and now with some of their housemates present was not a good time to find out.

"So you uh go to school here," he questioned.

"Yeah, I gue-"

"Edison," they heard a voice announce suddenly in the room. Patricia turned her head once more to see their headmaster, Mr. Sweet, standing there.

"I gotta go, can we um talk later," he asked in a whisper. She nodded and just like that he was following Mr. Sweet down the hall. Joy was the first one over to her and was already sputtering out a million questions.

"Who was that? How do you know each other? Wait Patty was that the mystery guy from this summer," Joy kept sputtering. The rest of the house was now surrounding her. She wasn't in the mood to answer any questions. She needed to talk to Eddie first, just to know where they stood with everything.

"Can we talk later," she moaned.

"Come on, can't you tell me something."

"Later," Patricia sighed pulling her iPod out to block out her friend and the rest of their housemates.

**O**

Eddie settled himself into the chair across from his dad's.

"So you said you wanted to talk to me before I officially moved in?"

"Yes, uh yes," his dad spoke nervously. It was weird to think Eddie could make his dad that nervous.

"As I'm sure you know. Your mother and I have been talking for awhile. Talking about you possibly attending school here," he spoke slowly as if he was trying to figure out what he was trying to say and how to say it.

"Yeah so," Eddie hissed. The threat of boarding school started nearly two years, ago. His mom always threatening to send him off if he could behave. He'd always keep a low profile for several weeks after said threats. Then when the threat wasn't as looming he'd be back to his old tricks. It wasn't until this summer that his mind changed. His entire life had been thrown through a loop when that whiny Brit moved next door. That whiny Brit whom he had just seen mere moments ago. She was back in his life again it seemed.

"It seems that this was actually your choice, not what your mother and I thought would be best for you," Mr. Sweet questioned his son who seemed to be lost to the world.

"Mom offered the chance and I decided to take it," he muttered. He was genuinely curious about where his dad planned to guide this conversation

"Can I ask why the sudden change? Your mother mentioned you were always so against meeting me."

"Well dad, sometimes you meet someone who changes your mind," he sighed. He meant Patricia. Somehow in his time spent with Patricia, his perspective on his dad had changed. In a weird way she was the guiding force into his decision to come here. He hadn't known she was a student here, but that seemed to be quite the plus to this school.

"And who was this person?"

"Oh mom didn't tell you about my summer romance," Eddie snorted. He figured his mom would've told his dad all about the British girl from the summer.

"No, your mother never mentioned you having a young lady friend."

"It's funny, because I just ran into her in the student lounge. Patricia. Patricia Williamson."

Welcome to the sequel to Nothing Personal.

I do not think I will be starting weekly updates the 6th. I will for sure start them the 12th.

I've just gotten behind on my writing schedule, and now I have an actual job. I started that job this week, and I don't work a lot? I work a total of 26.5 hours this week between my new job and a cleaning gig, and like right now its just finding a groove with everything. I mean...