I wrote this chapter last year, forgot about it, and here it is again.

Chapter 1

I walked into the airport with one earphone in my ear playing skipping my usual indie songs to play the old One Direction Album that I had hidden on my phone, which I would never admit to listening to. I was dragging my carry on suitcase behind me. Pulling my phone out my pocket using my thumb to open the lock screen, I opened up the little green phone app.

The music halted as I walked to get into the security line. As I hustled down the dividers into the long line at the busy airport my parents didn't pick up, so I hung up huffing in annoyance at how they never answer their phone when I actually need them, but send me 100 texts everyday.

Throwing the phone in a tub with my shoes and my old toothbrush and face wash in a dirty zip lock bag I found at the last minute, I pushed my suitcase up onto the table sending it into the machine. Still holding my ticket back home gripped tightly in my right hand I walked through the scanner as the guard waved me on, I gave her a kind smile and she glared back at me. I feel like these people always hate me.

I grabbed my bag off the conveyer belt behind all the businessmen and fellow college students who were traveling as well at this time.

I pulled up the bar on my suitcase pushing the bag in front of me and pushing my backpack purse thing up my arm further.

As an airport natural, traveling so much as a kid to visit my family (mainly my two brothers) or travel to new places, I strolled through getting to my gate.

I checked my ticket for my gate, 43. Which as my father thought was oh so convenient that I had it on paper, even though I insisted it was fine if I just had it on my phone. He said it was too "risky".

I put the headphone back in my ear dialing my home number again. Finally someone picked up.

"Hello?" My dad said asking who was there. "Dad it's me your favorite daughter, I am at the airport through security now I will text you when I land okay?" I grabbed Smart Water getting in line behind someone; I pulled my wallet out of my bag while listening to my dad talk about some random plans he had made.

"Okay sounds good, call us when you land too because we may not be home." I handed the lady the money for the overpriced water walking out of the store to my gate.

"Dad! You aren't picking me up, you use to always pick up Joe and Gus when they came into town." I complained showing my complete youngest child syndrome. "Oh shut you, Have a safe flight."

"Love you."

"Love you too." He said hanging up.

I sat down at a seat waiting at the gate. I was happy to be able to take a break from college to come home. Don't get me wrong I was having a great time, but I miss home after two years. Being 18 in a city without your parents is defiantly different.

They called boarding and I jumped up to get in line so I could have space for my bag in the overhead. I got in my window seat, which I always absolutely needed because I liked the aesthetic of the view.

It was a short flight thank god so if I got someone annoying or loud it wouldn't matter. Thank god some cool surfer looking dude in the middle seat next to me, I mean everyone flying to my city tended to be very down to earth or overly technology nerd hipster.

I smiled at him looking back at my phone to text my family that I boarded. I got a text back from my mom of a photo of some dog and my dad sent a bunch of emjois. I laughed as I put my phone down.

"So you are going home for the summer too?" He asked me when my attention was brought away from my phone. I mean I am not always a bitch but since I have left my city I am not use to strangers talking to me when I am in public.

"Yes, are you too?" I asked fake smiling remaining friendly to my now seat buddy.

"Yep are you in college?" he asked and I told him where I went and that I was a sophomore and as we take off I found out he was a junior at the same college. Of course we had to have the wow it's a small world chat and then I fell asleep on the window I guess, cutting the basic conversation short.

I was awakened to the sound of the flight attendants announcing landing. I snapped a quick picture for my snap chat story planning on posting it when I landed to let all my college friends know I landed safe and all my old friends know I was in town.

Dez my 'seat buddy' got my suitcase down for me and I wished him happy summer as I walked off the plane to the baggage claim with him as he exited to grab an uber offering to split it but I kindly denied. I picked up my phone calling my mom.

"Hey mom I landed what is the plan?"

"So actually we are out to eat with the Moons and we were wondering if you could let Jack out and bring the car to pick up Austin from his house, he landed today too."

"Okay sheesh already putting me to work?"

"I know honey sorry have fun." She said trying to obviously get me off the phone. I jumped in my own uber giving them my address getting home I jumped out and dragged my suitcase, putting in our garage code opened the door to let our big dog Jack out jumping up on me to say hi. I gave him some kisses and opened up the side door so he could be let out. I then put my suitcase in my old room, which my mom had very much changed since I had left, grabbed the keys off the phone table and locked up the house saying bye to jack, jumping in the car.

I went into my phone to get Austin's address. I hadn't seen him in forever. We went to preschool together and our parents are best friends. He went to boarding school when we were in high school. He was kind of weird, but I heard at boarding school he become apparently quotes my mom "super cool and was in a band or something."

Maybe he will actually talk to me this time. I drove the ten min drive to his house as Google maps gave me the directions in some calm creepy ladies voice.

I pulled up to his house which I remember Halloween I was forced to go with them before he left for school he had his strange friends over and I went out on the town with his little sister and he left off with his friends. Honestly worst night ever.

I jumped out checking my parking job. Good enough, I thought as I went up to his front door peering in the front glass wall they had to see if he was in the front room. I could not see him or anyone for that matter so I rang the doorbell.

A boy I barely recognize opened the door.

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