CHAPTER 15
A/N Thanks guys! So you want a sequel? A sequel you will get. This is the last chapter of We Meet Again, and I have NO IDEA when I'll do the sequel. Sorry! I'm going on holiday for TWO WEEKS so I won't be back until August 20th? Something like that. Anyways, on with the FINAL chapter! This chapter, and the sequel, will 1st person point of view. This is because I always do it in 3rd person, so I'm changing because as my mother says I need to 'stretch myself'. Oh no. Another stupidly long author's note. Nobody's reading thiiisssssssssss. Start your review with '3rd person' if you actually read this.
Lyssa's POV
I was sat on the sofa with Mel watching whatever kids show she 'lobes' this week, when Jade, Beck and Lola walked in. It wasn't too much of a surprise, they've been staying in a hotel down the road since the wedding as it's still the summer holidays, if the very end.
Mum went and got drinks for everyone and Dad brought Drew in from playing in the garden (covered in mud, of course. That boy…)
Suddenly my phone pinged, signifying that I had a message.
I picked it up and checked, my cheeks flushing when I realised that it was from Charlie. He asked whether I was free to go to the cinema down the road.
Lola looked at me searchingly as I hadn't yet spoken
'It's Charlie. He wants to hang out tonight…'
THIS IS AN 8 YEAR TIME GAP, I'M SKIPPING TO THE TIME IN WHICH THE SEQUEL WILL BE SET. YES, I KNOW IT'S A LONG TIME.
Melody's POV
First day of Secondary school… Big deal, right? You have no idea.
I walked out of the front door of my house, where my parents were stood waving goodbye to me and my twin brother, Drew; my mother with tears in her eyes. Even my 24 year old big sister Lyssa was here, having travelled from America with her husband and baby son to be here for our first week.
Drew and I didn't really speak on our way, he was walking with his mates and I was walking with my best friend Ella. I do have other friends, before you start feeling sorry for this weirdo with only one friend, but they don't live in my area.
I've never been the socialising type, actually. The sort of thing which comes easily to Lyssa, Mum, Dad, and even Drew, just doesn't click with me.
I've been friends with Ella for ages though, I'm completely at ease with her. She's the kind of girl who needs someone to listen, and I'm the kind of girl who listens. So maybe I don't get a word in edgeways, who cares? She's my best friend.
I know mum and dad don't like her. Mum especially. She always gets uneasy when I hang around with her, tells me I need to spread my wings and make other close friends, she tries to tactfully tell me that maybe we won't be friends forever.
Who needs them? They don't understand me, anyway.
I confuse them, that's it. They understand Lyssa. She tells everyone everything in an almost Ella-ish fashion, the difference being that she listens too.
Drew is pretty easy to understand. He's a standard boy, head to toe. If he's upset, he'll grunt. If he's happy, he'll say so.
I, however, am different. I don't tell people if I have problems. I write them into diaries and then lock them away under my bed.
I love to perform. Acting is a guilty pleasure. Escaping Melody for that moment, becoming someone else. It's my solace.
Mum and Dad don't approve. It's unfair and hypocritical; they got to go to a performing school! I know they're trying to protect me from rejection but I don't want to learn from THEIR mistakes, I want to learn from my own!
I breathe out all of my troubles on the way to school, inserting a 'yeah' and the occasional 'poor you' into Ella's long stream of conversation and continuing to walk.
'This year'll be different' I tell myself 'New school, new Melody. No more hiding behind Ella. No more shy.' I try to believe in what I'm saying, but it's difficult.
I make the same promises every year.
A/N sooo, spoilers for the sequel! Review, it's your last chance to review We Meet Again! All reviews will be credited in first chapter of sequel, which will be up in 2 weeks. I'll write on holiday and upload it then, I promise.
May The Red Velvet Cupcakes Be With You
Teddy
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