NeverLetGo

Chapter 1 - The Call

~manda's point of view~

" Ok! Shut up! I'm coming! Damn it! Quit ringing!" I yelled as I walked into the kitchen to pick up the phone.

" Hello" I said in a tone I strictly reserved for when I wasn't happy.

" Well hello there Ms. Cheery! Aren't we happy today!" Kendra said her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Oh, yes I'm just absolutely peachy!" I said with an equal amount of sarcasm.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh you mean besides Matt breaking up with me after two years, nohing. I mean I've been going out with him since I was 14. He was my first serious boyfriend."

"Matt broke up with you?! Why? When did this happen?!?!"

"yes, he found someone else , 20 minutes ago over the phone."

"He broke up with you over the phone?"
"Yep! And he cheated on me for six months! SIX MONTHS!"

"Oh My Gosh! I'm sooo sorry"

"Ugh and to think I actually did THAT with HIM!"I said disgusted yet near tears.

"Awww Manda, don't cry he's not worth it."

"I guess so, but it still hurts so bad. What did I do to deserve that?"

"Nothing. Matt is just jerk. Hey, I got some news that might cheer you up."

" I highly doubt it but now you've peaked my curiosity. What is it?"

"You and me and Krista are spending the summer in Tulsa with My cousins."

"Oh are we?"

"yep, but you can't tell Taylor."

"why?"

"Just...Just because ok?"

"Then what should I tell him?"

"I don't know tell him you're going to Cali or something."

"You know that that's where I'm supposed to be spending my summer, while my parents go gallivanting around Europe."

"Yeah I know but I talked to your parents and they said it would be ok if you came to Tulsa with me sooo....."

" Ok, well since you got me out of spending the summer in Cali with the devil known as my cousin, I'll lie to one of my dearest and closest friends. Hmm I just thought of something."

"What?"

"This'll be the first time I've seen him in eight years. We were what eight?"

I first met Taylor Hanson eight years ago when I got on a plane with my best friend Kendra. She was spending the summer with her cousins and since she really despised the idea of spending her summer with boys her Aunt and Uncle ( walker and Diana) let her bring a friend. Me. Over that summer Taylor and me really bonded and we've always kept in touch. We tell each other everything, from stupid day to day stuff to the really important life altering things. Like them getting signed to Mercury. I had sorta always had a crush on him, but a relationship could never work between us. We don't even live in the same state and then there's the whole career thing. But who knows.

"Ohhhh, that's true!"

"That's gonna be weird. But it'll be good to see him again, in person. So when are we leaving."

"Day after tomorrow at 4:00am"

"What?!?! Why didn't you mention this sooner and why so early?"

"Because I only just cleared it with your parents and because that was the flight we could get. We're going to the mall tomorrow and then you're spending the night."

"ok. what time are we leaving for the mall tomorrow?"

"Noon and I'll pick you up."

"k, well I better go. I'll talk to ya later."

"Bye"

*click*

After getting off the phone with Kendra I ran up the two flights of stairs up to my room in the attic. We lived in a two-story colonial style house, so it had an attic that mine as well have been considered a third floor. I had always loved our attic .It was as long and wide as the house itself and it had a gorgeous window seat. when I was little I spent hours up there with my two best friends in the entire world, Kendra, who's now 17 and Krista,who's now 14. We'd play dress-up and house, or anyother wacky game we could come up with. So for my 13th birthday my parents let me design it as my bedroom. They even let me put in a small bathroom. I painted the walls a rich red and had cream carpets. All the windows had sheer cream drapes and all the furniture was cherry wood. But my favorite part was the window seat looking out over our peaceful neighbor hood. I sat there for hours reading or talking on the phone, or just thinking.

*RING*

The shrill ring of my phone brought me back to earth.

" hello?" I answered the phone .This time more politely.

"Hey Manda panda"

"Hey Tay. What's up?"

"Not much. I was just bored , so I thought I might call you up and say hey."

"hey"

"So what are you up to?"

"packing"

"Where are you going?"

"To Cali. I have to spend MY summer vacation with the devil himself while my parents go off gallivanting around Europe."

"Ugh! That sucks. I'm sorry."

" Don't worry about it. Crappy ending to a crappy day."

"what's wrong?"

"Matt broke up with me."

"Asshole! I'm gonna fly up to Brunswick and kill him."

*Brunswick is a suburb of Cleveland*

"Thanks for the concern but you don't have to kill him. Just make sure he can never have children. At least not naturally."

"Well....ok. but just say the word and I'll kill him"I just giggled in response.

"Well Tay as much as I love talking to you, I really need to go. I've got to Finnish packing."

"Ok talk to ya later."

"bye"

"bye"

*click*

Ugh! It's so not fair that he has to live all the way in Oklahoma while I live in stupid Ohio. He's sooo sweet and perfect and it just sucks!