"Lysa. Get your brothers." Her father said. "Ok Daddy." She said, running up the stairs. "Brett…" she said knocking on her older brother’s bedroom door, "Dad wants to talk to us…" she said, walking down the hall to her younger brothers room, "Austin, Owen, Daddy wants to tell us something." She said, going back downstairs, with her siblings behind her. "Kids, sit down. Your mother and I have some things we want to tell you." their father said. They all sat down and waited for their parents to start talking. "First off. We’re moving." He said. "What? We just got used to living here." Brett yelled. "Yea. What about all of our friends." Austin said. "You’ll make new friends. You always do." Their father said. "Daddy I’m tired of moving all the time." Lysa whined. "I think you’ll be happy about where we’re moving Lysa…" he started, "We’re moving to Erie." He said. Lysa’s eyes lit up. "When are we leaving?" she asked excitedly. "A week from tomorrow…" he answered. "I gotta call AJ!" she shrieked and started to get up. "Wait, we’re not finished." Their mother said. Lysa sat back down, and looked at them, waiting for them to talk. "We’re gonna have a baby." Their mother said. "Another one?" Brett and Lysa asked in unison. "Yes…we thought you’d be happy." Their father said. Lysa looked over at her three brothers, then back at her parents, "Please have a girl." She said, getting up to go to her room.
Lysa laid down on her bed and thought of how she was going to tell AJ. "Hmm…should I surprise him? Or tell him?" she said out loud. She decided to surprise him. She rolled over and was faced with a picture that Francesca had taken the past summer at camp. It was of AJ and herself down at the lake. "I can’t wait to be in his arms again…" she said quietly. Lysa then called all of her friends and told them she was moving. After she finished calling her friends from Arizona, she gave Francesca a call. "Ugh…who could she be talking to this late at night."
"Ah! I can’t believe I even thought I loved you!" Francesca screamed. She slammed the phone down, and buried her head in the pillows. After a few minutes, she sat up slowly and looked around the room. Her gaze falling on the teddy bear Nick had won at the county fair in Orlando. She went over to it, and brought it back to her bed with her and held it tightly, and started crying even harder. The phone rang. She looked at her caller id, and saw it was Lysa. She smiled, and wiped away her tears before answering the phone. "Say ho ho." She said laughing. "Ho ho!" Lysa replied. "What’s up girl?" Francesca asked after her laughing subsided. "I have some news…" Lysa said. "Yea? Tell me." Francesca said eagerly. "My mom is pregnant, and we’re moving…" Lysa said. "Again?" Francesca said. "Yea, my dad is always being transferred, that’s what he gets for being in the armed forces…" Lysa said. "No…I mean your mom is pregnant again…" Francesca said, with a slight laugh. "Oh yea." Lysa replied, "Isn’t it gross…I mean I’m 17 and my parents are still…uh I can’t even think of it…" Lysa said, shaking off the thought. "Yea and what about Brett, he’s almost 20…yuck…" Francesca said. "Yea…so what’s up with you?" Lysa asked. "I just broke up with Luke…" Francesca said. "Luke? Who’s Luke?" Lysa said. "Oh…I gave up on Nick…I haven’t heard from him for 3 months." Francesca said. "You what? How could you do that?" Lysa yelled at her friend. "Take a chill girl. You’re gonna give yourself a stroke." Francesca said. "How could you be ok with this…Nick was like your life last summer…" Lysa said. "That was last summer…I mean Lys, he didn’t even try…" Francesca said. "What do you mean he didn’t try…he like called you everyday for 2 months…" Lysa mentioned. "I know, but what happened to the last 3 months…he doesn’t care anymore…" Francesca assumed. "Why don’t you try calling him?" Lysa suggested. "I did…his number has been changed." Francesca said, imitating the recording she heard when she tried to call Nick’s number. "Oh…well I have to go…it’s late…" Lysa said. "Yea bye." Francesca said, slightly upset with her best friend.
After Lysa hung up with Francesca she went online. She checked her mail, there was an InstaKiss from AJ. "Oh my God, I love him so much…" she said. She heard the familiar ding of the Instant Message.
HuyinGy: hey Lysa!
LAJ646son: nick? what’s up?
HuyinGy: not much
LAJ646son: why did you stop calling Fran?
HuyinGy: i’ve been really busy…why? is she upset?
LAJ646son: you could say that…
LAJ646son: you really should have tried harder…she called you but it said your number had been changed…why didn’t you tell her?
HuyinGy: we moved…
HuyinGy: i guess i forgot…
LAJ646son: you forgot? likely story…
LAJ646son: brb
HuyinGy: ok
Lysa looked through her desk drawers and found pictures from camp the past summer. She found the one she was looking for. She placed it on the scanner and got the program up and waited until it scanned. "Mr. Carter…let’s see what you think of this…" Lysa said to herself as she attached the picture in an email. "What happened to this??" she typed, ::Send::
LAJ646son: you’ve got mail
HuyinGy: ok…
Nick sat back in his chair as he waited for the picture to download. "File Done" He closed some windows and was faced with a picture of him and Francesca, asleep in each others arms on the bus, the day they went to the county fair. He stared at the picture for a while, ‘How could I hurt her…’ he thought.
HuyinGy: thank you
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