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I decided to cut out the last few weeks of summer vacation lol I was over it; I wanted to get to the drama lmao
Ok, so I know what's gonna happen. But you guys don't. I wanna know what you guys think is gonna happen, or what you want to happen. It can be as crazy or as cliché as you want it to be! JUST REVIEW!
Drew bounced the ball up and down beside the pool, aiming for the hoop when he got to the end. His dad wanted a full court, but his mother drew the line at a hoop, so he had to blow his frustration out on what he had available to him at the time.
There was a week and a half until his dream summer would be over, and Alli hadn't talked to him for three days. He had tried to call her but she never picked up, and she never replied to any of his texts either.
All the different possibilities as to why she wouldn't answer ran through his head. She got sick of him and found someone better, she… well that was really about it, and to be honest, that was as bad as it got for Drew. He still hadn't found a way to tell Alli he wanted to keep their 'relationship' going, and not hearing from her only made him freak out even more.
"Yo man, what's with the workout? It's still vacation" K.C. said, walking outside with his plate mounded with food
"and at the rate your going, you're gonna have to work overtime to work off all that food you're eating bro. maybe you should pick up some weights" Drew laughed
"I'm good. I'll deal with it at home. But seriously, why are you pushing yourself so hard?"
"Got nothing better to do"
"Oh yeah. It sucks that Alli had to go back early"
At this, Drew snapped his head up to look at K.C.
"Whaddya mean?"
"She had to go back to Toronto… her cousin had a baby or something… you didn't know?"
"No! How do you know?"
"Well Jen told me… I just figured Alli told you"
"Nah man. I haven't heard from her for like 3 days. Shit" Drew said as he threw the ball against the wall as hard as he could
"She hasn't called you or anything?"
"Nope"
"Something's not right here, hang on"
K.C. got up and jogged inside, while Drew moved to sit on one of the outdoor seats. He placed his head in his hands. How could K.C. know that she was gone before he did?
K.C came back outside with his phone in his hand
"Jenna wants to talk to you" he said as he held out his phone for Drew to take
"Hello?"
"I am so sorry! I thought Alli had told you"
"Nope. Not a word. What happened?"
"Alli's cousin had her baby a few weeks early, and Alli is the godmother, so she had to get there as soon as she could. She got on a bus at 8 o'clock on Monday night"
"Well she hasn't talked to me since Monday. Not even a text"
"I'm not surprised. She left her phone charger here. Her phone will no doubt be dead by now"
"Oh" Drew felt kinda immature for reacting the way he did. Of course Alli wouldn't run out on him on purpose right?
"Look, when I get home, I'll take her charger right round to her and ill tell her to call you right away"
"Yeah ok. Thanks" he said as he hung up the phone
"See man, she didn't run out on you" K.C laughed
"Shut up"
The next morning, Drew was well and truly bored of being at the beach alone. K.C and Jenna were spending their last few days on vacation together, so Drew was left to sit by the pool alone all day. He had ventured out onto the beach alone on previous days (in the hope of seeing Alli) but it just ended in him having to fend off unwanted attention by other females
"Hey man, I think I'm gonna head home today"
"Oh? Whys that?"
I miss Alli…
"Just kinda over this ae. There's only so long you can spend at the beach before you get bored"
"Oh, ok. Well I can catch a ride home with Jen next week if you wanna go today"
"That's cool man. I'll, uh, get packing"
The drive home was long and quiet. Drew had the music blaring the whole time, but everything seemed to have been put on mute while his subconscious sought after the giggle he had grown accustomed to hearing, especially while he was driving. Usually, Alli would be in the passenger seat laughing as he to tickled her while she poked faces at him and attempted to give him 'wet willies' (A/N: suck on the tip of your finger, and stick it in someone's ear. Just don't lick the same finger twice lmao)
When he finally got home, it was almost dark. His parents were surprised to see him home early from his vacation. He simply told them he was over the beach, and he wanted to get out before the entire horrible end of summer traffic.
He wasn't home half an hour, before he was itching to get out of the house to go and see Alli
"Mom I'm going out!" Drew called as he bounded down the stairs
"You've not even been home an hour! What's so important it can't wait till tomorrow" Audra asked as she entered the lounge, standing in front of Drew to prevent him from leaving
"Um… I have a… friends'… phone charger, and they need it desperately…"
"Oh? And can they not come here to pick it up?"
"Um… no…?" Drew said sheepishly
Audra raised an eyebrow and looked her son from head to toe. A blue button up shirt, his fancy jeans and clean shoes. His hair was freshly washed and he smelt… clean. There was no way he was going to a friend's house. Whoever he was going to see, they were definitely more than friends.
"I'm sure Alli would like some flowers. Let me go and get some from the garden. I'll be two minutes"
True to her word, Audra returned within two minutes with a gorgeous bunch of tulips (A/N: I thought roses were a bit cliché at this point)
Drew blushed at the fact that his mother knew exactly where he was going, and most likely knew what he was going to do
"Thanks ma" he said as he gave her a peck on the cheek before hurriedly leaving the house
Alli was in her room, ripping it to pieces trying to find her spare phone charger. She had barely even sat down on the bus before her phone beeped, signalling its death. Then on Tuesday when she was unpacking her bags, she realised she had left her phone charger plugged into the wall beside the couch. She didn't even have enough battery to call, or even text Drew and tell him what had happened.
"Shit! Where is it?" Alli was just about to start with another set of drawers, when she heard the doorbell. Her mother had decided to stay with her first-time-mother cousin to help her and her new husband through the 'difficult transition' of parent hood so Alli ignored it, in the hopes that whoever it was would go away. But of course they didn't
"I'm coming!" Alli yelled at the top of her lungs as she ran down the stairs to yank open the door, "can I help… you?"
"Actually, I'm here to help you"
Drew stood in her doorway holding her phone charger in one hand, and a bunch of tulips in the other
"Oh… wow" Alli said, completely awed at the gesture
"Courtesy of my mother" he said bowing slightly as he held them out for her to take
Alli took the flowers from Drew and made her way to the kitchen to put them in water, with Drew following closely behind
"I thought you weren't coming back until next weekend?"
"And I thought you weren't either" Drew said teasing
"Look about that Drew, I'm sorry. My phone-"
"I know. Jenna told me. It's cool" Drew cut her off as he moved to stand directly in front of her
"Ok, just as long as you know that I was trying to get hold of you"
"I know" Drew whispered as he dipped his head so he could capture Alli's lips with his own
"God I've missed this. I've missed you" he mumbled as he picked her up to sit on the bench so she was at a better height, before attacking her once again
"Drew" Alli said quietly as she pulled away
"Can we talk later? I just wanna kiss you. Four days is way too long to not touch you. Or kiss you" he said moving in again
"Drew this has gotta happen now" she said pushing him away and getting down from the bench, before leading him into the lounge
Taking a seat on the couch, Alli reached for Drew's hand and tugged him down to sit beside her
"Look, summer has been fun. But we have to wake up Andrew"
"Only as long as I get to wake up next to you" Drew teased
"Drew please don't, you're making this harder" she said looking down
"Making what harder?"
Using his free hand, Drew lifted Alli's chin up to look him in the eyes only to have Alli move her head to the side to avoid touching him
"What's wrong Alls?" he asked suddenly worried. His eyes had gone from its excited, bright blue, to a dramatically darker blue, clearly portraying his fear
"We can't do this any more"
"Do what?"
"This. Us. What ever you wanna call it. School starts in a week Drew, and the longer we delay this, the harder it's gonna get"
"Well why end it? Why not keep going with it, see where it takes us?" Drew made another attempt to touch her, but it ended with her not only dodging it, but also letting go of his hand
"That's not even possible Drew. You and I both know that"
"Why? Why is that so impossible?"
"We come from completely different races of high schooler"
Drew snorted, "I thought you didn't care about high school stereotypes?"
"I don't. But Degrassi does. No matter what we did, even if they found out about the summer, I would be harassed by your friends for the rest of senior year-"
"Hey! My friends aren't like that!"
"You were like that! It took a skimpy black dress to change your views about me. And if it's not your basketball buddies, then it's the footballers. Or the lacrosse team. You could even lose your status Drew"
"Don't even try to make out that you're protecting me"
"What would happen if you dated someone like me?"
"I don't care what anyone says!"
"Well you should. You've spent 12 years getting to where you are today. I don't normally care about the social system of our school, but you're a king, Drew. You can't ignore that. And dating someone like me is against the rules"
"Well since I'm a king, ill change the rules"
Alli laughed slightly, "Drew no matter what you say, it won't work. We're just not meant to be" she said as she put a hand to his cheek
"Alli please…"
Alli lent in to give Drew a whisper of a kiss on his lips
"Goodbye Drew"
Alli felt sick. No matter how much she prepared herself for it, 'breaking up' from Drew was the hardest thing she'd ever had to do. She wasn't sure how, or when, or even why, but she had fallen hard for him. But she knew it was the right thing to do.
She also that they wouldn't work. People like her, weren't supposed to be with people like him.
She knew in the beginning it would be hard. They would walk past each other in the hallways, intentionally avoiding each others gaze, she would turn and look behind her in the hopes that he would be there telling her he wanted her, but he wouldn't be, so she would turn around, dejected, and give up hoping. Seconds later, he would turn, praying for the same as she did, but he too, would be left feeling rejected.
But then they would return to normal. He would have a different girl on his arm everyday, and she would remain top of their class. He would make snide comments about what she was wearing, or about how she knew too much and soon they would have forgotten all about what had happened between them.
Or at the very least, the pain would go away
Drew was kicking himself. How could he have gotten so attached to someone? As Alli had pointed out, High School came with rules. And Drew knew them better than anyone else. The number one rule was to never give your heart to someone else. It was a sure way to get it broken. And whether Alli knew it or not, Drew had given his heart to her. And here he was, left to sit at home wondering if there was anything that would make the pain go away.
The number one rule, and he broke it
"Come on Alli! Get your ass out here now!" Jenna called from the driveway
"Coming!" Alli yelled as she ran around the house, furiously trying to find everything she needed for school
"We'll be late if you don't hurry!"
"Jen, with your driving, we could never be late" Alli laughed as she locked up the house
"Shush you" Jenna warned as the two of them got into the car, "so… have you thought about what it's gonna be like? You know, seeing Drew?"
"Yes Jen. A million and one times. But I still stand by my decision. It was the right thing to do"
"Ok, well if you need anything today, a shoulder to cry on, and ear to listen to you… what ever it is, I'm here ok?"
"Thanks Jen"
"Hey bro. how was summer?" Eli asked as he fell into step beside Drew
"Pretty good. You?"
"It was alright. Clare was away in France for most of it, so I didn't really get to see her"
"Bummer"
"Yeah man, but she's back now. Just gotta find her" he said as he tried to look over the heads of the students filling the hallway
Drew too, had a look around, not searching for Clare, but for Alli.
"Dude there she is!" Eli said sounding like a kid at Christmas. Drew reluctantly followed, knowing there was a huge pda session in store if he hung around for too long.
"Hey babe!" Clare exclaimed as she jumped into Eli's arms showering him with kisses (gosh this story is so behind! Just go with it okay? Okay)
"Hey Jen, Alli, how were your breaks?"
Drew's head snapped up, Alli?
"They was alright" Alli laughed. God how he missed her laugh, it had only been a week or two, but he missed it
"Hey Jenna, Alli" he said as he reached the group, noting that both Eli and Clare's eyebrows rose at the mention of her nickname
"Hey Drew" Jenna said
"Um, I've gotta go to my locker" Alli mumbled as she walked off
"I better go too. Don't want Simpson shitty with me on the first day back" Drew said with a fake chuckle, as he jogged off in the direction Alli had gone
"Alli!Alli!" he called as he caught up to her
"Drew don't. Please. I can't do this" she said as he grabbed her arm to tug her into an empty class room
"Well I can't not do this. I need to be with you. I could even deal with just being friends for now"
Alli looked at Drew with tears threatening to spill over, "Drew listen to yourself! You aren't like this! You can't be like this! You aren't this person!"
"What if I wanna be?"
"Then there's plenty of girls outside waiting for you. I'm sure one of them would love to be showered with attention by you!" she half yelled as she gestured to the door
"But I don't want them! I want you. Only you" he ended in a whisper
Alli looked into his eyes, begging him to take it back. There was no way he of all people should be saying things like that. She knew how this kinda thing worked in high school. They would be happy for a while, then one of them (most likely him) would stray and the other would be left completely broken hearted.
She couldn't deal with that, nor could she deal with the nasty things that would be said about her. Drew was royalty, and she was… she was just Alli.
"But I don't want you" she whispered
"Don't say that Alli"
"I… I think we should avoid each other from now on… um…" she whispered so quietly Drew could barely hear her
"Alli…"
"Goodbye Drew. And this time, I mean it"
Heeeeey…
So what'd you think about that chapter?
Quite a bit of drama wasn't it?
I'm sad to say that there aren't many chapters left in this story :(
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