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Chapter 6
An hour after Nicole had found out about Sydney moving away the hard way, Sydney laid down on her bed, face down. She hadn't bothered too change from her yellow dress, and her hair was a bit messy.
A soft knock was heard from her door, and soon enough Ben stepped through since the door was left ajar.
"Sydney?" He asked his daughter.
"I can't believe it. I should have told her from the start!" She blurted out, though her voice was muffled from the pillow.
Ben sat down beside his daughter.
"Yes, I won't lie. You should have. Why didn't you tell Nicole the truth?" He asked.
Sydney sat up slightly, propping herself on her elbows. "Because she was so excited that we came back. I was too, I guess. I just didn't want to be the bringer of bad news." She said, wiping her tears away.
Just then the phone rang, but Sydney and Ben just continued talking.
"I understand, Syd, but can you imagine how Nicole must feel? She would have wanted you too tell her right away, right?" He told her.
Sydney nodded as the phone stopped ringing. Elizabeth probably picked it up downstairs.
"I know. I should have. I should call her."
Ben nodded. "You can call her, and I'll go start some tea." He said, standing up. Sydney nodded.
'Tea,' she thought,'He always thinks that helps everything. Well, I guess it does.'
"Sydney! Telephone!" Elizabeth yelled from the bottom of the stairs.
"Hey, maybe that's Nicole," Ben said, walking toward the door.
Sydney sat up, reaching for her phone, just as her father left. Maybe it was Nicoleā¦
"Hello?" Sydney said into the receiver, hoping to hear Nicole's voice, except it wasn't.
"Hey Sydney! It's Gia!" Gia's voice said happily. "I'm calling collect, hope you don't mind. Your step-mother didn't seem to."
Sydney smiled, though she needed too talk to Nicole.
"Hey, how's it going?" She asked.
"It's going. What about you, though? House almost sold? Everything going all right? We really miss you guys. Kona's going crazy, he looks at the picture he drew of you so much he thinks its alive, I swear!" Gia exclaimed.
Sydney smiled. She missed Kona, and Gia.
"I miss him too. All of you," Sydney said, though not very upbeat. Gia seemed too notice.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
Sydney sighed, and soon enough she spilled everything that had happened the moment she landed at the Chicago airport.
"Oh. Wow, you should really settle things with this Nicole girl," Gia said.
"I know. She's so mad at me. I'm mad at myself, too." Sydney replied, leaning back onto her bed, still holding the pink phone too her ear.
"Hey, Sydney?"
"Yeah, Gia?"
"Your not having second thoughts about Makai, are you? You still want to move, right?"
Sydney was silent.
"Sydney?"
"Oh, um, yeah. Of course I want too move. The realtor said we should get a buyer for our house soon. It's in great shape, my father doesn't let anything go wrong with it." Sydney finally replied.
"Oh, okay. It just seemed as though you were having second thoughts, is all."
"No, of course not, Gia. I miss you all. Listen I have to go and settle things with Nicole. I'll talk to you later. Send Malia my wishes, and tell Kona I miss him."
"Will do. Bye, Sydney."
With that, they both hung up.
Sydney sighed, sitting back up and glancing out her window at her neighborhood. It just wasn't like Hawaii. She missed the beach, surfing, her friends and expecially Kona. How could she leave her friends in Chicago when they are still mad at her though?
With one more sigh, Sydney dialed Nicole's phone number.
After a couple of rings someone answered.
"Hi, this is Sydney, is Nicole around?"
"No, I'm sorry she isn't Sydney. Is it important?" Nicole's mother asked.
"Um, well, yeah. Could you ask her to give me a call when she gets in?"
"Will do, dear." Nicole's mother said cheerfully, "Bye now."
That was the end of that conversation.
'I really hope she calls back..' Sydney thought. Though, part of her couldn't help but wonder if Nicole was always going to be angry with her.
A/N: Whoop! This is a bit of a longer chapter! D No reviews for the last chapter. ( However, when I signed into ff dot net I saw that I had some 'hits' for the 5th chapter. So people are reading it, right? Please review so I know you are reading it, please?
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