The next few weeks had been hard on Melissa and Lily. Melissa had been packing for college and getting ready to leave her family. Brandon had been coming over every day to help her. Melissa and Lily hadn't really talked to each other since Melissa's graduation. Lily walked into the kitchen and opened a cupboard and slammed it shut. She walked over to the pantry and got her favorite cereal and sat down. Gabriella looked at her confused.
"What's the matter, Lily?" Gabriella asked her youngest daughter.
"Nothing" Lily said.
"Come on, there is something upsetting you. What's going on?" Gabriella asked.
"I said nothing! Gosh, can't everyone just leave me alone!" Lily yelled.
Lily got up and went to her bedroom and slammed the door. Troy came into the kitchen and kissed Gabriella.
"What was that about?" Troy asked.
"I don't know. She's been acting like that for two weeks, Troy" Gabriella said.
"I think that she is upset that Mel is leaving" Troy said.
"Yeah. That's probably it. The two of them should probably talk about this" Gabriella said.
Gabriella walked to her eldest daughter's room.
"Hi, how's the packing going?" Gabriella asked.
"It's going okay. There is a lot of stuff" Melissa said wiping the stray hairs away from her face.
"What's up?" Melissa asked.
"I was thinking if you would talk to your sister. She seems really upset about you leaving and maybe you guys can sort through some stuff" Gabriella said.
"Sure. Lil has been acting a little weird lately. I know that me leaving is probably why" Melissa agreed.
Gabriella walked out of Melissa's room. Mel walked to Lily's room and knocked on the door.
"Lily? It's Mel. Can you open the door?" Melissa asked.
Lily opened the door and Melissa walked in and sat on her bed.
What's going on, Lil? Talk to me" Melissa said.
"I don't want you to go" Lily said tearfully.
"Lily, I know it will be hard for me to leave, but I will come back on the weekends and I have long breaks for holidays so we will have a lot of time together when I am home. It's going to be hard for me to live without my best friend too, but there's always texting, phone calls, emails, and visits. I will only be an hour away" Melissa explained.
Lily's head was in her hands. She was sobbing her heart out. She was only 14 and felt like her heart had broken into a million pieces. Melissa went over to her and hugged her and let her cry.
"Your going to forget about me" Lily cried.
"I am never, and I repeat, never going to forget about you, Lils. I already miss you and I haven't even left yet" Melissa said.
The two sisters talked for a little while longer. Melissa went into the kitchen where she was met by her parents.
"So what's going on?" Gabriella asked.
"She doesn't want me to leave and she thinks I am going to forget about her. Which I said that it would never happen" Melissa told her mother.
"Give her time, Mel. She will come around and be happy. You are leaving soon and she is just upset, its perfectly normal" Gabriella said.
"I am going to pack more boxes" Melissa said as she disappeared into her room.
Troy came into Melissa's room.
"What was going on with Lily?" Troy asked.
"She doesn't want me to leave because she thinks I will forget about her" Melissa explained to her father.
"She's 14, Mel. She will be fine, don't worry" Troy said. He went over to her and kissed her head.
"I love you" Troy said.
"I love you too" Melissa told her father.
Melissa went to sleep that night, knowing that it was going to be harder to leave her family, especially her sister than she thought.