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Ch: Thanks For The Memories

Ned's POV

"So wheres Loomer?" Moze asked. We were standing outside of the theater waiting for Missy, not that Moze knew that.

"Hes in the hospital. I haven't heard from him since this morning."

"I hope hes okay." I nodded in agreement. A few moments of silence passed before Moze broke it. "So if he isn't coming than who are we waiting for?"

"Well-"

"Hey guys! Wheres Loomer?" I turned to Missy with a big smile, ignoring the glare burning a hole through my head.

"Uh, hes sick." I lied quickly. "Moze and I already have our tickets, so why don't you go get yours? 4:45 is the showing we picked."

"Okay!" she walked away and I turned to Moze.

"Look, before you go berserk, it was Billy's idea. He overheard me talking to you on the phone last night and decided to 'help' you out." she sighed and crossed her arms.

"Fine."

"Look on the bright side, you'll be hanging out with the person you like." she smiled.

"Thats true." Missy came back and we headed to our theater, Missy and Moze talking beside me.

'I hope everything turns out okay.' I was getting a little worried. He said he would let me know what was going on later. 'Well, its later. Why hasn't he called or something?'

We bought drinks and popcorn and headed to our theater. The guy took our tickets and let us in and we sat in the middle of the theater, the best seats. Missy and Moze were still talking and I smiled. Maybe things will happen for them, too. Soon the movie started and all thoughts of Billy flew out of my mind.

Later~

"That was hilarious!" Missy had laughed so hard. Right now Moze and her were supporting each other, laughing ridiculously loud. I laughed along with them.

"Yeah, my side hurts from laughing so much!" I turned my phone back on to see that I had a voice mail. I punched in my password and listened to the message.

"Hey Ned, its me. I'm, ah crap....the school nurse called child services. I won't....I can't say it. Just call me back so I don't have to do this in a message."

"You guys, I gotta make a phone call."

"You gonna call your boyfriend?" Moze teased and Missy laughed. I rolled my eyes and sat on a bench while Missy and Moze walked off. I dialed Billy's phone number and waited for him to pick up.

"Hey Ned." he didn't sound too happy.

"Hey, whats going on?" he sighed.

"Well, I'm with the child service people right now. They're doing a bunch of paperwork right now. They talked to my uncle a little while ago, hes my new guardian."

"So you won't be staying with us anymore?"

"No, I have to stay here until he shows up. He'll be here in a couple days or so."

"A couple days? Why so long?" I heard him sigh again. I thought I heard a sniffle but figured it was a figment of my imagination.

"Ned, I'm moving." his voice cracked a little bit and I knew he was trying not to cry.

"Moving where?"

"....Bradshaw Army Airfield."

"And where is that?" There was a really long pause and I figured he was calming his nerves, which worried me.

"Ned, I'm moving to Hawaii. I'll be gone before the end of the week is through." my mouth fell open and I dropped the phone on my lap. I heard him calling my name over the phone but I was just to shocked to say anything. After a while he stopped and I hung up the phone. I cradled my head in my hands, still unable to get over my shock. I don't know how long I sat there until I heard my name being called.

"Ned? What happened?" Missy asked, sitting next to me and rubbing my back. Moze sat down as well, but she was never one to be touchy feely so she just sat there.

"Hes moving to Hawaii." I whispered.

"What was that?" Moze asked.

"Hes moving to Hawaii. Billy is. He'll be gone soon." They were both silent, not knowing what to say. There wasn't much someone could say.

"Come on, lets get you home. I'm sure you have stuff to think about." Missy said, helping me up. We left the theater and walked home, parting ways with Missy a block or so before ours. We reached our houses a couple minutes later and silently parted ways. I walked into my house and deftly made the way to my room. I laid on my bed, staring at the ceiling blankly. I must have dozed off because I woke up to someone knocking on my bedroom door.

"Go away, I don't want to talk right now."

"Ned let me in." I jumped up from the bed and unlocked the door to let Billy in.

"I thought you had to stay there?"

"They are letting me gather my things and go to school tomorrow too, just to say bye to all my friends or whatever."

"Oh." he stood in the doorway awkwardly and I fiddled with my comforter. "So, why do you have to move? Why can't you stay here?"

"The nurse called my parents and found out they disowned me. I didn't have anyone else for contact information on any of my forms. My uncle is the closest living relative I have left and my parents wouldn't sign any of the papers that would allow me to live with you."

"Your parents are jerks, you know that, right?" he snorted and sat on my bed.

"I know it better than anyone, trust me."

"So everything has been finalized. You'll be leaving soon."

"In one day to be exact. My uncle is flying up tomorrow morning, signing some papers, and flying back tomorrow evening, with me in tow. Apparently he is a really important person down there and doesn't have a lot of free time."

"I guess that means we're done."

"Yeah, guess so." we sat in silence for another minute or so before I felt him hugging my shoulders. "We can keep in contact though. We can still be friends, if you want to, that is." I snorted.

"Be friends with you? No way!" I joked and he punched my shoulder lightly.

"Yeah whatever. Jerk."

"Baby."

"Girl."

"Dork." we laughed at our childish behavior and then sat together is comfortable silence. "Maybe you can come visit once in a while. My parents are kind of fond of you."

"Maybe I will. I'll miss your parents, too. They're pretty awesome."

"I will, too." I blushed a little bit when he kissed my cheek and even more after what he said next.

"I'll miss you the most. I better go though. Gotta gather what little I still have."

"Need help?"

"I don't know, do I?" he glanced at me and smiled. I rolled my eyes and chased him out the door. We gathered his stuff just in time for him to leave.

"Are you ready, Billy?" the woman from child services asked politely.

"Yeah sure." he turned to my parents and I and smiled bashfully. "Well, thanks for letting me stay here. I appreciate it."

"Oh no problem, your always welcome in our home Billy." my mom said and gave him hug. My father shook his hand before he turned to me.

"Well, I'll probably see you tomorrow, but in case I don't, I'll miss you. I'm sorry I never got to take you out like I was planning to. Maybe one day, huh? Thanks for being so great." he hugged me and I snuck a kiss to his neck.

"You too. See ya."

"Later." he waved as he exited the house and my mom started sniffling. "Come on mom," I said jokingly, "he isn't dead."

"I know, but its so sad! Aren't you sad?"

"Well, yeah. Really sad, but it'll be alright. I'm sure of it."

"You really are too positive." she joked and I smiled.

"Maybe I am." I left them and went to my room. I didn't cry like some girl but I was extremely sad. I couldn't understand why things sucked so much. Couldn't things be good for once? Every time something good happens, something else three times worse happens. "Fates a bitch." that was my conclusion anyway. After a while of brooding like an emo (haha, just had to put that in there) I fell asleep.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

'Stupid alarm.' I got up sluggishly and looked at the time. '7? Oh right, school.' I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to perform my morning ritual. A half hour later I was clean, dressed, and ready to go to school.

"Bye mom and dad!" I called as I exited the house. I didn't hear their reply as I headed to the bus stop. Moze was already there waiting so I walked over to her.

"Hey Ned."

"Hey." I was feeling lousy and I felt there was no reason to hide it.

"Whats up?" she asked with concern. It wasn't often that I was depressed.

"Billy is leaving tonight. This is his last day here."

"Oh. That really sucks."

"Yeah." she didn't say anything back and I was grateful. I wasn't really in the mood to talk about it right now, probably wouldn't ever want to talk about it. The bus came a few minutes later and we boarded it and sat together. The whole ride was spent in silence but I didn't mind it. We reached the school a little while later and we got off the bus to see Missy and Billy talking by the school entrance. We walked up to them and Moze greeted them.

"Hey guys." Missy said unhappily.

"Hey." Moze replied normally. I sighed and waved slightly. We stood together awkwardly until Billy broke the silence.

"Well, I don't really have many people to say goodbye to besides you guys so I guess this is goodbye, for now, anyway." he hugged Missy first and then Moze, pausing to whisper something in her ear, causing her to snort and punch his shoulder playfully.

"I don't know if I'll miss you, Loomer." she joked, "It'll probably be really boring and stuff without you around. The nerds won't complain though." they laughed and I cracked a smile.

"Yeah, give em' one last wedgie for me, huh?" he joked.

"Sure thing." he turned to me and we stood looking at each other for a bit. "Well, Missy and I got to go. See you in a bit Ned, bye Loomer!" she dragged Missy off to who knows where waving goodbye.

"Its gonna suck without you guys." he said. I snorted.

"Yeah yeah. Now shut up and give me a hug." he smiled and we hugged for a moment.

"I'll never get why you like to hug so much. Its so girly." he smirked and I rolled my eyes.

"Shut up Baby." there was silence for a while before he broke it again.

"I'm gonna miss you and stuff, ya know that right?"

"I'll miss you and 'stuff', too." I smirked and he rolled his eyes.

"Well, you should probably get going. Class and stuff."

"Yeah. I'll see you later, alright. Call me when you get there." he nodded and started for the parking lot.

"Yeah, I will. Later." I waved and watched him get into a car before the bell rang and I hurried off to class.

Welp that is the end of this chapter and story. There will be an epilogue so fear not! Peace and reviews are great!