I know this is short but I'm typing up another chapter and it should be up in less than an hour!
Chapter 30
Kai's point of view
It's been a few days since I broke up with Embry and it's been hard. There's a hole in my heart and it can't be filled. Everyone's trying to cheer me up but it doesn't work. I appreciate it and wish I could be happy but I just can't. Everywhere I look something reminds me of Embry. I've been packing up my things because in a week I'll be leaving for Alabama. Emma has been helping me and keeping me up to date on what the pack's been doing. She doesn't say anything about Embry which I'm happy for. She and Brady are still together and are a great couple. Looking at them makes me jealous but I'm happy for them.
My room's almost all packed up and looks bare. I've sent some of my stuff already but I'll be taking the rest when I leave. As I fold a t-shirt my eye glances over to the calendar and I spot writing on today's date. I look closer and see that it's mom's birthday. I sigh and wonder if I should call her. She's called us on our birthdays so I should at least do the same. I pick up my phone and search for the number I haven't called in so long. It rings and rings and then on the last ring she picks up.
"Kai?" mom's voice asks. Hearing it after all these months makes me me happy. I've missed her.
"Hi mom." I say.
"I didn't think it was really you." she says.
"I just wanted to call and say happy birthday." I say.
"Oh thank you dear." she says.
"You're welcome." I say. "How's it going down there?" I ask.
"Oh everything's alright." she says but I know she's lying. "How are you? You should be getting ready for college right?" she asks.
"Um I'm actually packing right now." I say.
"What college did you choose?" she asks.
"Alabama State University." I say.
"That's great honey!" she says and I smile."I'm so happy for you. I know they have a great teaching program. That's what you want right?" she asks.
"Ya I want to teach." I say.
"I'm very happy and proud of you Kai." she says and the tears spill over. Hearing that from mom means so much.
"Thanks mommy." I cry.
"Oh Kai sweetheart don't cry." mom says. "You're going to make me cry." she says and I laugh hearing her start to tear up.
"It's just so good to hear that you're proud of me." I say.
"Well who wouldn't be?" she asks and I frown.
"Some people." I mumble.
"Is it your father?" she asks.
"No no it's my ah boyfriend. Well ex boyfriend." I say and it goes quiet. I never told mom about Embry. "I'm sorry I never told you about him. I was just still upset with you and busy and I just I don't know I was a little mad." I say.
"No Kai it's alright. You have all the right in the world to be mad and upset with me." she says."So why is he not proud of you?" she asks.
"Well we were really close and I loved him." I still do. "But when I showed him that I got accepted into ASU he flipped and got mad at me for leaving him." I say. "He never told me congratulations or I'm so happy for you or we'll make this work. He just yelled at me." I say as tears fall.
"Oh Kai honey I'm so sorry." she says.
"I loved him mom." I cry curling up into a ball on my bed.
"Oh sweetheart don't worry things will work out. You'll find the right one for you." she says.
"That's the thing though mom. He was the one." I cry.
I talked with mom for hours telling her everything. And when I say everything I mean everything that's happened since I last saw her, well except the secret. It felt so good to talk with her again. She explained why she cheated on dad and apologized. Emma even talked with mom for awhile. I could see that it made Emma happy which made me smile. When I finally hung up with mom I had promised to call her at least once a week and to see her at Christmas. For the first time since I told Embry about college I felt happy.