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May 24, 2012 23:38:46 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on May 24, 2012 23:38:46 GMT -5
"ember please come eat something." her mom said poking her head through the door.
Ember sat on her bed with the comforter wrapped around her staring at the ground. She had been like this for quite a while now.
"I hate seeing you like this." her mom frowned and walked over to her.
Ember didn't answer.
She sighed. "alright. Have it your way." she walked back out of the room.
Ember was leaving new York soon. Her mom noticed her depression only getting worse and thought she should go to England and live with her grandparents.
"they'll be here any minute at least change clothes!" her mom yelled from the kitchen.
Ember stumbled out of the bed and threw on sweat pants and a t-shirt.
There was a knock at the door. Her mom answered it letting her grandparents in. She wheeled her suitcase out of her room and down the hall.
"ember! Oh you've grown so much!" her grandma said hugging her.
Ember gave her a small smile. "I'm ready to go."
Her grandpa hugged her as well and took her bag. "I'll take this to the cab."
"mom, do I really have to go?" ember asked turning to her mom when her grandparents left the room.
Her mom nodded and kissed her forehead. "you need a fresh start. It will be good for you." she hugged ember and walked with her outside to the cab.
Ember didn't want to leave. Ash was in new york. Now they would be in different countries. Was this really best for her? Yeah it was. Ash was probably with joy by now anyway. She kissed her moms cheek and hugged her goodbye then got in the cab. Her mom hugged her grandparents and told them to keep an eye on her. Her grandparents got in the cab and it began to drive off.
"you're just going to love the house! Its so big and gorgeous and we will let you have friends over whenever you want!" her grandma went on and on about how amazing things would be. Ember kind of ignored her and just stared out the window. Soon she would be on a plane saying goodbye to new York. Goodbye to Ash. Possibly goodbye to life.
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May 25, 2012 23:33:38 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on May 25, 2012 23:33:38 GMT -5
England wasn't to bad. Her grandparents spoiled her. A lot. She sat on the window seat in her room and looked out at the backyard. She noticed a boy who looked around her age walk out of the house next door. His hair was sandy blonde. That's the only feature she could really see from her window. She sighed and rested her head on her arm. If only that was Ash in the backyard coming to see her. But it wasn't.
"Ember why don't you come downstairs? I need you to come help me grocery shop!" her grandma yelled.
"alright." ember said. She stood up and quickly examined herself in the mirror. She looked decent. After quickly brushing her hair, she headed downstairs.
"thank you. Now come along." her grandma grabbed the car keys and headed to the car.
After an hour of grocery shopping they came back to the house. The sandy blonde boy was kicking a soccer ball (or futbol) around the front yard. He ran over as we started unloading the groceries.
"oh hello mrs. White! Might I help you with these?" he asked embers grandma.
"why yes! Thank you! Ember this is Todd, Todd this is my granddaughter Ember."
"ember. Thats a pretty name." he said flashing her a perfect smile.
Ember gave him a small smile and headed inside with some groceries. She sat them on the table and turned around to head back upstairs.
Todd sat the groceries down on the table as well.
"thank you for helping us todd!" her grandma said.
"anytime mrs. White! It was nice to meet you ember." he smiled again then left.
"you know, he isn't to bad looking. Maybe you should get to know him sometime." her grandma said winking at her.
Ember rolled her eyes and decided she should help put the items away. How could she possibly think about moving on? She was still trying to get used to no more Ash. But who knows, maybe a new guy is just what she needs.
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May 26, 2012 0:01:33 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on May 26, 2012 0:01:33 GMT -5
A few weeks passed. Her grandma was very worried about ember at this point. She never wanted to do anything. How could a boy be this important to her?
Her grandma marched up to her room and opened the door. "Ember, you are going to get out of your room today, eat something, and make a new friend. I am tired of seeing you like this! You are pretty much killing yourself!"
Ember didn't say a word. She looked at her grandma studying her hurt expression.!
"please ember. Please please come do something today."
Ember sighed. "fine just let me change."
Her grandma smiled and left the room.
Ember quickly showered and tied her wet hair in a side braid. She put in gold leaf dangily earrings and put on white shorts and a light blue loose shirt. She looked better than she had in weeks. Her grandma would hopefully see that she was fine. Even though she really wasn't.
She walked down the stairs and slipped on a pair of flip flops. She grabbed an apple and a knife and went outside to sit on the porch stairs.
"you peel your apples?" Todd asked when he walked over to her.
Ember focused on her apple. "yup."
"hmm... Never heard of that before. Mind if I sit?" he asked.
She shook her head.
He smiled and sat down next to her. "the skin really isn't bad."
"I don't like it."
"oh. Well that's fine." he said.
She stayed quiet as she peeled the apple. Who did this guy think he was marching over here and trying to make fun of her peeling an apple?
"uh so where did you live before here?" he asked.
She sighed and looked at him. "New York, New York." his eyes were a sea green. He had a few freckles on his nose but that was pretty much it. His eyebrows seemed perfectly even and not bushy. His skin had a nice glow to it. Was this guy a model?
"that's so cool! I've always wanted to go there." he smiled.
"yeah its pretty cool." she said smiling slightly. She cut her apple in half and handed one half to him.
"thanks." he smiled and bit it. "you're right. Much better than with the skin."
She smiled and bit into her own half.
Who knows? Maybe her and Todd could be friends.
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May 29, 2012 0:04:33 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on May 29, 2012 0:04:33 GMT -5
A month past by and soon ember and Todd had become pretty close friends.
Ember sat by her window reading a book. It was around 11:00 pm. She heard a light thump and ignored it. She heard the thump again and opened her window. She looked around but didn't see anything.
"psst."
"hello?" she asked and looked around again.
"over here."
She looked down and saw todd. "what are you doing?" she giggled.
"I want to show you something. Come down!" he said.
"climb down? Using what?"
He tossed her a rope. "already thought that through."
She smiled and tied the rope in her room and climbed down.
Todd smiled. "wow didn't think you would do it."
Ember rolled her eyes and smiled. "alright what is it?"
"follow me." he smiled and headed to the woods.
She looked back at her house then followed after him.
They dodged roots and branches and spiderwebs. Ember began hearing the sound of a stream. Todd turned to face her and stopped her.
"ready?" he asked.
"I guess..."
He smiled and moved branch of leaves that was blocking her view.
She saw a river that looked peaceful enough to swim in. It had a large rock in the middle and beautiful trees around the bank. There was a small waterfall that gave it a relaxing sound. The moonlight reflected perfectly off the water.
"it's beautiful! Why did you choose now to show me this?" she asked and began walking towards it. She slipped off her shoes and stepped in the shallow part.
He shrugged and walked in the water as well. "I only show my close friends this spot. I think we are close enough now."
She blushed slightly.
He smiled and picked her up carrying her to the large rock in the middle of the river. He sat her down and they both sat in the center of it.
Ember hugged her knees and looked at their surroundings. "it's so peaceful."
"I know. I come here to think." he said.
She sighed. "I think to much."
"about what em?" he asked looking slightly concerned.
She tensed. Did he just call her em? Only ash called her that. It felt weird when other people did. "please... Its ember." she said quietly.
"oh. Sorry I didn't know you didn't like being called em." he said.
She rested her chin on her knees and let her hair block her eyes. "it's not that I don't like it, it's just only my ex boyfriend ever called me that." she felt this huge lump in her throat when she said ex. She could feel tears coming but blinked them back.
"I'm sorry I didn't know." he frowned and scooted a little closer to her.
She peeked at him. "it's okay."
"you aren't over him yet?" he asked. "it's been like two months."
"I-I don't think I will ever be over him." a tear slipped and rolled down her cheek followed by another and another.
"ember I'm sorry. Dumb question. I didn't mean to make you cry." he put a hand lightly on her back.
She cried and leaned against him. "I'm sorry I-I-I shouldn't cry infront of you like t-t-this."
He wrapped his arms around her letting her cry on him. "ember it's okay. I'm here for you."
She nodded and cried into his chest. Much like Ash used to let her do. She needed to forget ash and move on. Why wouldn't she let herself?
Todd sighed and kissed the top of her head.
She wiped her eyes and looked up at him. "what was that for?"
"well I actually brought you here because I wanted to ask you out... I really like you ember." he said.
She looked at him in disbelief. "oh." she didn't know how to respond. She still loved Ash. How could she date another guy? Forget it. Ash was gone. She needed to move on even if she had to force herself to. She couldn't upset her family anymore and she had to help herself. "I-I like you to."
He smiled slightly and kissed her softly.
Ember kissed him back. His lips were soft. Much like Ash's. It felt so weird kissing someone else. But it felt like a deep hole in her heart was forming again. It felt nice to kiss someone again. Even though she would give anything for his lips to be Ashs. Todd would just have to do. Ash wasn't hers anymore.
She had to accept that.
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May 29, 2012 8:58:21 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on May 29, 2012 8:58:21 GMT -5
"can I open the present now?" ember asked.
She was sitting in the passenger seat of Todds car in his driveway and Todd was in the drivers seat.
Todd smiled. "fine open it."
Ember ripped open the package and two pieces of rectangular paper fell out. She picked them up and looked at them.
"concert tickets? To starlight?" she said looking at the tickets. She didn't know how to react. Should she be happy or sad?
"yeah you told me they were your favorite band so I thought it would be cool for us to see them in concert." he smiled.
Ember smiled at him. She was so glad she never told him that Ash was once her boyfriend. That would of made the concert very awkward for him.
It had already been six months since she had last seen Ash. It would be so weird to see him again. What if he was dating joy now? Or some other girl? Then again Ember was dating Todd now... How would Ash react? Would he hate her? Would she even get to talk to him at the concert? So many questions swirled in her head.
"ember are you alright?" Todd asked.
"yeah im fine. Thanks again for the tickets." she smiled slightly and kissed his cheek. "when's the concert?"
"this Saturday." he smiled and took one of the tickets from her. "want me to hold on to mine?"
"sure you can if you want." she slipped hers in her bag and hopped out of the car.
Todd got out as well. He walked over to her on the otherside. "well today was fun."
She smiled. "yeah it was. Thanks again for dinner."
"no problem." he held her hand as they walked to her house.
"see you tomorrow?" he asked.
She nodded. "yeah."
He smiled slightly and kissed her.
She kissed him back then walked inside closing the door behind her. How could she see Ash? It would be to hard. But it would be nice to see him again. What would Todd say? She knew if it came to it she would choose Ash in a heartbeat. Todd would have to understand. Stop it. She couldn't see Ash anymore. His mom forbid it.
Four days and she would see Ash again.
Four days everything will change.
Good or bad.
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May 29, 2012 9:03:19 GMT -5
Post by Chloe on May 29, 2012 9:03:19 GMT -5
((If you start a future thread ill respond asap))
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May 29, 2012 9:06:26 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on May 29, 2012 9:06:26 GMT -5
((okay. Like a thread for the concert?))
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May 29, 2012 9:20:46 GMT -5
Post by Chloe on May 29, 2012 9:20:46 GMT -5
((mhm))
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May 29, 2012 9:48:17 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on May 29, 2012 9:48:17 GMT -5
((k I made it! It's called starlight))
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Jun 1, 2012 10:15:21 GMT -5
Post by Katniss on Jun 1, 2012 10:15:21 GMT -5
Ember made her way upstairs after Ash left. She knew her grandma would come after her any second. She was almost to the top when she was stopped.
"Ember Grace White! Stop right there and explain yourself." her grandma said.
Ember took a deep breath and turned to face her. "what is there to explain?"
Mrs. White raised an eyebrow and tapped her foot.
"fine. Ash was the one I have been inlove with all this time. I went to his concert with Todd and I talked to him afterwards. He said he couldn't be with me because I had Todd and he didn't want me to break Todds heart. I got back in the car with Todd and he told me if I still loved Ash he understood and he broke up with me. Ash took me home afterwards." she let out a breath after telling the story.
Her grandma shook her head. "Ember, Todd was so good to you! How could you let him go for some guy who dumped you because his mom told him to?"
Ember was getting frustrated. "he couldn't help it! You just wouldn't understand grandma! Ash didn't choose to dump me, he had to! In fact he doesn't even think I should date him because he doesn't want to put me in danger!"
"well if he's dangerous then why do you want to date him?!" mrs. White said trying not to yell.
Ember bit her lip. "because I love him." she said quietly. "we've been through so much. I just- I just can't lose him." she turned and ran up the remaining stairs and into her room closing the door behind her. Why did pretty much all of her family not want her with Ash? Who she is with should be her own choice. Not theirs.
She got ready for bed and climbed in. She quickly fell asleep.
The next morning she got ready and headed downstairs. Ash was supposed to come get her soon. She turned her head when she heard her grandma walk through the front door.
"morning Ember. Todd is in his yard playing futbol. Maybe you should go talk to him." she said.
Ember sighed. It was the right thing to do. She hopped out of her chair and slipped on shoes before heading out.
"hey." she said when she walked over.
He kicked the ball to her and she stopped it with her foot.
"hey." he said with a small smile.
"so about last night-"
"Ember don't. It's fine alright? If I loved someone I would hope you would let me go so I could be with her." Todd said.
She looked at her feet. "I just feel so bad. You mended my heart and gave my life a purpose and I just leave you as soon as he comes."
Todd frowned and walked over to her. "Don't feel that way. I broke up with you remember? It's fine."
She smiled slightly and kissed his cheek. "thank you."
He smiled and looked down. "but we're still good friends right?"
She laughed. "yes we are."
He smiled and kicked the ball away from her, running to the other side of his yard.
"hey!" she said and ran after him trying to get the ball.
He laughed and kicked it away again when she reached him.
She made a sharp turn and caught up to him again stealing the ball.
He ran up behind her and picked her up by the waist. "I don't think so." he smirked.
"that's not fair!" she laughed and tried to break free from his grip.
"we never made official rules!" he said with a laugh.
Ember squirmed around and he put her down. She plopped down on the grass. "I'll beat you one of these days." she said smiling up at him.
"doubt it."
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