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The past three days on the yacht had simply been fun. Vacation with only friends; that was something Annie could not do if she was still back in Kansas. Her parents would have been strict about watching over the whole thing. Well, assuming they would still be married, of course. The group of friends spent their time swimming, soaking in the sun and simply enjoying their time together. In all honesty, Annie was starting to get sick of the water already by the time they got home. Thus, she was a little surprised when Liam told her that he was going surfing the next day with Dixon and Teddy. Weren't they soaked up like prunes already?

The guys walked out of the water, surfboards in hand, and sat down by the beach. It was a good time for some guy talk, since the girls usually don't drop by when the guys go surfing anymore. Well, except for Ivy, but she was still on her honeymoon with Raj.

"So have you thought about your new plans yet?" Teddy asked Liam, opening up the much dreaded conversation.

Liam sighed. It took him a while to give Teddy a proper response.

"I guess I'm going to Drexel," he replied, hesitantly. "Maybe I could do something worthwhile."

Dixon certainly did not miss the uncertainty in Liam's voice. He understood that Liam was conflicted - and to be honest, he had never seen his friend so uptight before - but it did not mean that he liked knowing Liam was unsure about his options. Dixon wanted Liam to choose what he really wanted to do for himself but at the same time, he did not want his sister to be hurt. Annie had spent the last few months going on and on about how she could not wait to graduate from high school and go to college. There was no easy way out of this.

"Well, you have some time to decide properly. Summer has just started," Dixon assured his friend.

That seemed to convince Liam slightly. Yeah, he had some time to consider. Drexel or not. There were so many options he had to weigh, each one as tempting as the other. But he liked knowing that there was a bit of time to think through all his concerns.

Liam picked up his surfboard and headed back to the water without another word.

"Hey Liam," Annie greeted her boyfriend, a huge smile plastered across her face. "Something wrong with your car?"

Liam's head popped out from under the red car, a surprised look on his face.

"I didn't know you were coming," Liam commented, as he got up and rubbed his hands against his greasy grey t-shirt. He leaned forward and gave his girlfriend a peck on the lips.

"No, nothing's wrong with it. Just that my baby here needs some maintenance work once in a while," he answered, a sheepish grin appeared on his face as the patted the bonnet of the car.

"Well, your girlfriend wants to show you something," she remarked, the excitement in her eyes evident.

Annie and Liam walked towards the latter's front door of the house. She opened the door without Liam telling her to - this house was like Annie's second home. Annie went straight to the living room and settled herself on the couch comfortably. She took her laptop out from her bag and switched it on. The girl realised that she was sitting on a t-shirt. Annie placed her laptop on the table and shifted herself to grab the shirt from under her. Liam had probably tossed it onto the couch to change into it after he was done checking his car or something, Annie figured.

Liam made his way to the kitchen to wash his hands. He stripped off the greasy shirt he had on and looked around, recalling where he had placed one of his clean ones. Liam walked back to the living room and tossed the greasy shirt to a corner.

"Is my white t-shirt somewhere there?" he asked Annie, as he sat down beside her.

She held the t-shirt out to him. Just before he could take it from her hands though, Annie retreated her hand back. Instead, she slid her other hand onto the back of Liam's neck and put her lips to his. She forgot momentarily, the reason why she was at his house. And what was she going to say to him about his shirt? Annie did not know how, but whenever their lips came into contact, every other cell in her body could not seem to function.

With much hesitation, Annie pulled away and mumbled, "You have to be more organised than this when we start living together, Liam. It's just two weeks away."

She turned her attention back to her laptop on the table quick enough to miss the almost false smile on Liam's face. Annie did not see the uncertain look he was wearing at the moment.

"So I wanted to show you this apartment I found on the Internet," Annie chirped, her eyes fixed on the screen, which showed pictures of, indeed, an apartment. "I didn't think we'd be able to get something like this at first, but seeing that I inherited a fortune, anything's possible."

Liam slipped on his white t-shirt on, his attention hardly on Annie's laptop as she scrolled through the website. He didn't know how to tell her. Liam did not know how to tell Annie how he felt about Pennsylvania. All his doubts, his concerns. How was he going to bring it up?

"Listen, Annie," Liam began, his voice low and hesitant. "I'm not so sure about Drexel anymore."

Annie stopped dead in her tracks. "Wait, what?"

"I don't want to go to college, Annie. I've thought about it and I don't want to spend the next few years doing something I'm not interested in. Plus, Drexel isn't exactly near to Carnegie Mellon. It's like a 5 hour drive."

"So you'd rather not go with me at all than drive 5 hours?"

Annie could not process Liam's words properly. They were supposed to fly to Pennsylvania in less than two weeks and he was talking about not going to Drexel? What about their plans to live together? Annie could not think straight. There were so many thoughts screaming in her head and she could not find any words at all, let alone the right ones.

"No, that's not what I meant. It's just not-" Liam tried to justify himself, but failing to find his voice.

"We are supposed to leave in 2 weeks. When were you planning to tell me this, if I hadn't come here?"

"I didn't want to tell you anything till I was sure of my plans."

"Your plans? What about our plans the last couple of months?" Annie's voice began quivering. Tears started to well up and there was a huge lump in her throat.

"Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier, okay? I didn't want to stress you out with my doubts."

Liam was aware that his girlfriend was weeping. But his body was paralysed with guilt. He did not know what to do or say to Annie. Liam knew there was nothing he could do to make her feel better.

"I backed out of Drexel last week. I told them I changed my mind. I got a job," Liam added quietly.

Each statement felt like a knife through Annie's chest. Everything that Liam had been saying felt like a punch to her guts. She felt betrayed. All her trust in Liam just shattered to pieces. Without another word and with tears rolling down her cheeks, Annie closed her laptop shut and stood up to leave. There was only so much she could listen to.

Liam caught her left wrist. "Wait, Annie," he called. But that was just it. There was nothing else he could say. There was just nothing else he could do to defend himself or make the situation any better.

"Let go of me," Annie chided, freeing her wrist from his grasp. "Screw you, Liam."