"Oh my god, Ethan is going?" Flora asked when I told her the full story... well, part of the story. I wasn't ready to tell her I was leaving.
"Yeah." I said and she hugged me.
"I know you looked at him as a big brother. I'm so sorry to hear that. But what are you going to do now?" she asked.
"Well, um... they are sending me to some other shrink." I lied and she nodded. I hated that I lied, but I had to. Just for that night, and tomorrow she would know the truth. As she broke the hug, she looked at me and took my hand in hers.
"Helia, I just wanted to say I love you." she said and blushed.
"I love you too, but, where did the need to say it come from?"
"As I saw Riven and Musa today, I understood something. We really do not know when are we going. And I just want you to know I love you. I needed to tell you before one of us got out of here." I smiled and we kissed.
"I get it." I said and she sighed. She started shaking a bit, and she blushed even more.
"What is it Flora?" I asked and she looked up at me.
"I think we should.. um..." we should what?
"We... um..." she tried saying again.
"Flora, what is it? You know you can tell me anything." she nodded.
"I... I want to do this with you before one of us goes away."
"Do w..." I started the question but I understood what she was talking about.
"No need to force it. If you are not feeling c..." she stopped me by kissing me.
"Is that your way of saying 'shut up'?" I asked and she giggled.
"It is." she said and continued kissing me.
In the middle of the night, while I was still in Floras room, I looked at her.
"Flora, are you sleeping?" I whispered and she gave no response. So I just kissed her on her cheek and went to my room. I had to pack.
Tomorrow morning, I was late to breakfast as usual. It was 9:43am. I looked at the big clock that I knew I would miss.
"Hey." I said as I entered 'our room' that was soon to be called just 'room'...
"Hello there, lover boy." Riven said as he grinned and I just sat down on the floor.
"What are you talking about?" I asked as If I didn't know. But how did he know?
"Oh please. First off, I saw you going out of Floras room in the middle of the night. And second, Flora is still not here, and she is never late."
"... Well I guess Genet was right about you. You really do find out about everything." he grinned again. Flora walked in at that moment.
"Oh, Helia, there you are." she said and smiled to me. I kissed her and she sat down next to me. I knew my time to tell them was running out.
"What's the plan for today guys?" Musa asked as she kinda always did.
"Well,I..." Tyler started talking but I stopped him.
"I'm sorry." I said and everyone looked at me confused.
"I'm really really sorry." I said as I looked down on the floor.
"What is it, Helia?" Tyler asked. I looked up to him. He looked worried. And to think I hated him so much at the beginning.. now, he was one of my best friends...
"I'm... well..."
"Oh gosh just spill it." Riven said and rolled his eyes.
"I'm going away from here." I said and there was a silence.
"W-When are you.." Flora whispered.
"Today." I said and she started crying.
"And you just remembered to tell us?!" Riven yelled and I just shook my head.
"I'm sorry." I said again.
"Dude, it's alright. As long as you keep in touch with all of us." Angela said and Tyler nodded.
"I don't know If I can promise you that much... I'm moving away... I cant live in this town anymore. And to just hear your voices and not be able to see you guys... I cant handle it." I said and there was a silence again. Then we heard a car beep outside the building. We looked though the window and we saw a black car with two guards outside of it. I got to my room to get my stuff, and everyone followed me to the car.
"I'll go first with the goodbyes." Musa said and hugged me.
"Helia, you are a cool guy. And... I think of you as a really good friend. So If you ever get the chance to see me, find a way to find me and do it." we both smiled and she hugged me again.
"I guess now I'll go." Tyler said and walked up to me as Musa went back.
"To be honest, I didn't like you at the beginning."
"Same here." I said and he smiled.
"But now, I'm really sad that you are going. And just know, we will miss you." he said and hugged me.
"I'll go now. Look. Dude..." Angela said as she stood infront of me.
"I got here just to spend some time with a random guy I met during summer. And, at the begging, I was like, Damn gurl, are you sure? But honestly, I'm really glad I got here. Not just because I got to see you again, but also, I got to meet the new Helia. The happy one. The calm one. The 'this time he has a girlfriend so he is not a loner anymore' one." I laughed a bit.
"I'm trying to make this funny even though I know I will miss you." she said and started crying, so I hugged her.
"Don't cry! Save it for when that band of yours breaks up." I said jokingly and she broke the hug,then looked at me in a serious deadly way.
"What did you just say?"
"See? Now you are not thinking about not seeing me ever again." I said and she softly smiled.
"Okay, before Angela here makes a river..." Riven said as he walked up to me.
"Dude. I just want to let you know I love you as a brother, and I never had a better friend then you. You were there for me, and I'm sorry I started that fight we had..." he said and we hugged.
"If I was a girl, I would totally cry right now." he said and I smiled.
"And now, here comes the girl who is totally gonna cry right now." he whispered to my eat and moved away. It was Floras turn to say goodbye. We just stood there without a word. I felt like no words were strong enough to express what we were feeling. After a minute, she jumped on me, giving me the tightest hug I ever had.
"I love you." she whispered as she cried.
"I love you too." I said and I kissed her. She stepped away from me and watched me as I entered the car. I wanted to look at them trough the window, but I just couldn't... So I placed my headphones on and tried to ignore everything that was happening...