"Your parents told me" he says reaching out for me but I step back. "I can take care of myself you know."
"You didn't answer your phone!"
"No! Because all you, and my parents would tell me would be that I would have to come back! I need to figure this out for myself Axel!"

Axel drops his shoulders and I can see a hint of defeat in his eyes. "Em... please don't do this. Don't just throw away your future."
"I am not throwing away anything. I am figuring things out! I want to make my own choices Axel. My choices." Tears well up in my eyes again. I try to push them back I don't want to cry in front of him again. I have been a strong person all these years since I have known him.

I was with him when the news came. I cried and he had been so surprised. Weirded out even. I never told him a lot about my grandparents. It had been a childhood thing. I didn't speak much about those things.

"Emory." He now whispered silently. Something that only made me wanting to cry more. I wasn't going to though! I barged passed him to my car jumped in and without giving him a second look I just left.

An hour later with a trunk full of food and no appetite I returned to find an empty driveway. I was relieved. I had been scared he would be waiting for me but he wasn't. He probably had way more important things to do. He only had one more year to go before he would graduate and he would do a summer internship. Three months of hard work at a high end firm not too far away from here.
I was supposed to do an internship too, I just decided not to... right at the same time I broke up with Axel.
I was supposed to do a lot of things.

Once all my food was inside and stored away I was to exhausted both mentally and physically to do anything so I dropped on the large soft beige sofa. It was almost like I could hear my grandfather laugh. "You will do some big things Little Emory"

I bit my lip and curled up in a ball. There were the tears again.

Completely frustrated with myself I pushed myself of the sofa. Why! They were dead, there was nothing I could do! Like crying would help! That was what mom had said. I passed through the house and checked my watch. My delivery of art supplies should be here soon. "stupid girl" I muttered to myself as I walked to the door to see if there was anybody coming.

That was when I saw a note on the floor. I bend down to recognize Axel's neat handwriting right away.

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I will be staying at the Johnstown bar.
If you need me just call, I am only 10 minutes away.

Love,
Axel.
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