The End Of The World

I was walking down the streets of Camden; it was raining, as it always is in London. I was walking to my house and the way was long, since I was previously hanging out in Covent Garden with my two best friends, Catherine and Juliet, well, my only friends at all.

I entered the house and saw my father in the kitchen, I was wondering what was he doing here so early, since he usually comes home very late at night.

-Emily, come here. – He said.

I guess he must have heard me come in. I did as I was told, and sat on a chair at the table across from my father.

-Em, you know how important is my job, don’t you?-
-Of course.-
-And you know that I have to do everything I’m told, so that I don’t lose it, don’t you?-
-Course-
-Emily, this is so hard to tell, and you must know I don’t like it either, but…- he made a pause to take some air-…we’re moving.-

And that’s when my world fell.

-W…wh…where? – I said with trembling voice.
-To the U.S. darling.-

Shit…

I mean, they couldn’t even find a place in the same country, or at least the same continent! How the hell am I gonna live in a country I don’t know, in a continent across the ocean where I’ve never been to, and without Catherine and Juliet.

-Wh…wh…when are we leaving?-
-In a week.-

Everything went silent, and my fight to hold back tears started. My dad patted my shoulder and then left. Then it hit me…

Matthew!!

Maybe you got me wrong when I said I only had two friends. I actually get along with many people, but J & Cat are the only ones I can truly consider friends, and Matt…well…he’s another story.

He was the first person who ever talked to me when I entered school in kindergarten, he was my best friend for some time, and when we entered middle school, everything changed. Now in high school, he started to talk to me again, and I kind of had a crush on him.

Dammit.

I went out for a walk to try to calm my heart down, maybe I’d go and see Kathleen, tell her what my father told me, cry together…

I stood there, in front of J’s front lawn wondering how I was gonna tell her the news.

-Hey there.-

I jumped and turned around to find a familiar face.

-Matt! What are you doing here?-
-Watching you standing there, why?-
-Just…curious.-
-And why are you here.-
-Well…ehmm…-
-What happened to you Em?-

I think he saw my teary eyes; he took me by the shoulders to look at me straight in the face.

-Matt, I’m…moving.-
-What?! But why? Wh…when?-
-Next week-
-A…a…and where are you going?-
-To the U.S.-
-Oh my…-

Awkward silence…I so hate when that happens! Suddenly, there was a bunch of hair on my face. Matt had just hugged me, and when I reacted, I held onto him, in front of J’s house, never wanting to let go.