APRIL
“I’ve been waiting so long to say this but I think now is the right time” Danny stopped walking
“What?”
“Do you remember a boy that was at kindergarten? He was kind of crazy. But you were friends with him” he avoided meeting my eye which meant this was serious.
“Yeah. Danny. He’s in a coma”
“Well. I promised your mom I wouldn’t tell you, but I’m Danny”
“I don’t like liars” I said through gritted teeth
“Every time I look at you it always brings back memories. So I put it all together and realized that you are April Paradise. I got out of coma last year”
“I-I got to go” I ran off.
I can’t believe it. All this time I was too busy paying attention to Mitchell and I hadn’t even noticed that ‘the one’ might’ve been in front of me the whole time.
“Mom! You liar!” I didn’t even wait for her greetings; I just got straight to it.
“What did I do darling?”
“Don’t you darling me! You told me that Danny was still in coma! You told me that he might never wake up!”
“He is in a coma”
“He’s not! You knew and you made him lie to me! I cry every night thinking that I killed my best friend, all to find out that he goes to MY school!”
“Ape, I didn’t want to hurt you” I could see the pain in her eyes.
‘Don’t call me that” It made me think about Mitchell again. Tears starting rolling down my cheeks again.
MITCHELL
I held back the tears. I didn’t want to cry over a girl that I met after 1 week. It wasn’t right. As I pushed through the people at my house, I finally made it to my room where Misty still lay on my bed.
“How’d she take it?” Misty smirked. I reached out to slap her, but stopped myself midway.
“She hates me” I cried. I broke down and cried. For the first time in 3 years I cried for a girl and I cried in front of Misty. She held me as I cried.
After an hour of crying I finally lift myself from her shoulders.
“What do you see in her?” Misty asked.
“She’s beautiful, she’s nice, she’s sweet, she has a killer sense of humour, and she’s fun to be around. Though she’s mad at me, I know she doesn’t hate me” Her image came into my head and I couldn’t help but smile at the thought of the first day of school.
“Why don’t you love me?”
“I love you as a friend, but it’s never going to work. I’m sorry”. She patted my head and walked out of my room.
“Yo! Mitchell, what’s with this party? We haven’t seen you around much?” a guy named Seth called out when I stepped into the living room.
“Sorry guys. Party over. I’m feeling a bit sick”
“Man, this sucks” lots of people murmured.
When the house was finally empty I crashed out on the couch and fell asleep.
I woke up the next morning feeling horrible, and the house looked like crap. It was 10am and my parents weren’t home yet. What happened to them coming back at 12am? .
Wow, 3 hours to clean the whole house. Mom and dad would be so proud. Speaking of mom and dad, I should probably call them and check out what’s wrong. I walked lazily up to my room and grabbed my phone.
“Hello? Mom? Where are you guys?”
“Sorry babe. We have to delay our trip back. We’ll be home in 3 days. I sent you a babysitter. Or you could go to Misty’s house”
“Okay, bye mom” I hung up and started texting April.
TO: APRIL
FROM: MITCHELL
Ape. I’m really sori. Plz forgive me. I honestly didn't mean 2 hurt your feelings. I didn't mean for anything 2 happen. She came on to me. Plzzzz, I’m sori. I think I like u.
Mitch
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