Chapter Twenty Eight
Andy stayed the night, apparently, he had taken some days off last minute to come and see me. He said he wanted to make things up to me properly, but I was still on the fence. Last night I decided I was going to give him anothe
Chapter Twenty NineThe drive to the beach was mostly silent. Andy put the radio on which did help a little. It drowned out the awkward silence and I just rested my head against the window and watched the world go by as we drove.
Chapter ThirtyI just stayed silent and stayed out of the way while Andy spoke to the receptionist and checked us in. The old lady behind the counter seemed really nice but was clearly confused. More than once she referred to me as Andy’s dau
Chapter Thirty OneI found myself waiting for Andy to come back. At one point, I actually just sat on the bed, staring at the clock, watching. Watching.
Chapter Thirty TwoA loud annoying sound woke me up and as soon as I opened my eyes, sunlight invaded my vision and I had to close them again. I turned over, facing away from the window, only then realising the annoying noise were seagulls. The balcony d
So, I’ll be honest, I am starting to struggle a little bit with writing this book. I feel that taking that break and putting this book on hold was a big mistake. I am going to continue writing it because it's signed to Good novel, so I have to and obviously, I’m still going to put my 110% into this book, but i am really hitting a wall with it again *sigh*
Chapter Thirty Four** A few days later **I leaned up and shoved my bags in the overhead storage compartment and took my seat next to the window. I was so excited to get home and see everyone. My parents had offered to come and get me, but I already had my train tickets booked and honestly, I find riding the train strangely relaxing.We weren’t due to leave for another 15 minutes or so, but I had gone and got a Starbucks frap and a nice sandwich from the station shops before getting on, knowing I’d have some time to kill before we left. I took my phone out and sent mum a quick message saying I was on my train now and I would let her know when I was close to home so she could come and pick me up.As soon as I sent
Chapter Thirty FiveAs soon as I got into the cafe and ordered myself a coffee, mum said she was on her way. My parents lived about 15 minutes from the station, so it wouldn’t take too long for her to get here. I had more than enough time to sit down and enjoy (most) of my coffee before I had to head through the station and out into the street.Sure enough, When I came out, I looked around and saw my mum's car across the small car park. I went over and leaned down in the window, smiling. As soon as my mum saw me, she beamed a smile back and gestured for me to get in the car. I put my bag in the back seat and climbed into the passenger side.She leaned over the car and gave me a big hug and I just took a minute to really enjoy it.It
Chapter Thirty SixI woke up the next morning, naturally. It felt good to have one morning where an annoying alarm wasn’t splitting though my dreams to wake me. I had gotten off the sofa at some point last night and crawled up the stairs to my old bedroom. I stayed, laying in bed and just looked around the room. Nothing had changed. I had left a bunch of stuff here when I moved out, just things that weren’t important enough to take with me but too important to throw away.Photos of old memories lined the wall, in a teenage-style collage. I smiled, looking at them, although being across the room in bed, I couldn’t make out what half of them were.Groaning, I rolled over in bed and pulled the duvet up to my chin. Snuggling under it, not wanting to get up. I could already fee