It was sickening having to go to school to face him. I couldn't stand it. I had all his clothes in a plastic bag to return to him. I remember the pain I had packing them away. I ended up having my mom do it because my petty ass was about to burn the shit. I honestly should have, but oh well.

Walking into school everyone looked at me with sympathy. I looked in a few classrooms looking for him, but he wasn't there yet. So I just caught up with friends. But that's when I heard it. That laugh. The one I fell in love with. I quietly stepped away from my group of friends and grabbed the bag of his stuff. At that moment, I was going to be nice and just quietly and kindly hand him the bag. But that's when I heard her name. Amber. His "bestfriend" the one I had "Nothing to worry about"

"Oh yeah, Amber and I have been dating for about a week now," he had told his friend. I was furious. My blood boiled. He dumped me, then dated her almost 2 weeks after. What an ass! I stormed up to him and threw the bag at him.

"Here's your shit. You're lucky I didn't burn it!" I growl. He looks at his friend and scoffs.

"Yeah, ok tough stuff." I stormed off and went straight to the girls locker room in the gym. There I broke down crying. I couldn't do it. I didn't want to do it. I wasn't ready to let go. I couldn't. I didn't want to let him go yet. I didn't want to believe that he was over me.

I calmed myself down and just toughed it out throughout the school day. And forcing myself through the school day, turned into forcing myself through the month. She's all he would talk about. How they're going camping for the weekend. How she's staying at his house that weekend. Thank god the two of the went to different schools or else they'd be snogging each other in the backroom. 

Then his dad talked to me. His dad and I always had a good relationship. He was practically another father to me. He gave me the whole high school relationship talk. How it's a huge rollercoaster. And I'm never going to forget the words that came out of his mouth next. 

"You'll always be part of our family. You're a sister to all of his brothers. You're a daughter to me and my wife. I don't know what you are to Joseph... But you're always welcome in out home. I thanked him profusely and nearly cried. He engulfed me in a huge hug and at that moment, I knew everything was going to be alright.

(Sorry it's short. More coming soon!)