Melancholic (BxB)

Chapter 39

"Wait, you dyed your hair?" My friend Lucy almost jumped out from the phone when I called and informed her about what happened to me.

I wasn't able to call her yesterday because when I bought a new number it was pretty late and I didn't want to wake her up so I figured I'd say hi in the morning while I was walking to my new school. Grandma offered me a ride but I was so angry at her that I said no. But soon I wished I hadn't because when I stepped outside it started snowing. Even though I loved snow I couldn't really stand cold weather.

I know, that doesn't really make sense because it's usually pretty chilly outside when it snows but I mostly preferred staying inside a warm and comfy house and watching how snowflakes were falling down from the sky as I'd be reading an interesting book about a fantasy world with heroes that don't actually exist. I could at least find the escape with my imagination from my everyday life that was otherwise quite challenging to go through. However, now that I moved in with my grandmother things were looking up and I finally felt like I could relax without always being on edge.

"No..." I sighed and tried not to sound furious. "My grandma tricked me and told the hairstylist to dye my hair blonde. Can you believe this? How could she make such a decision without discussing it with me first. Ugh... I'm so annoyed right now."

"Are you kidding? That's amazing!" Lucy couldn't help but feel amused. "I was begging you to let me change your hair color and now you finally did it! I have got to see it. Please send me a picture, okay?"

"Glad to see that at least one of us is happy about me becoming a blonde." I commented but I knew she wouldn't give up until I sent the picture so I finally agreed. "I'll send you a photo later. I'm wearing a hat right now and if I take it off my ears will freeze."

"Yay!" She squealed with delight. "So... Are you excited for your first day?"

"Not at all..." I said truly because I knew there was no point in lying about this when it was pretty obvious it wasn't really up to me whether I'd go to a new school or not. "If anything I'm terrified."

"Oh, don't worry, Jesse, I'm sure you'll make lots of new friends. Especially now that you're blonde." I didn't know what she meant by that to be honest because my hair color was the last thing I cared about in that moment. "But I hope you won't forget us in the process."

"I would never." I cracked a smile and continued walking on a snowy road. "How's Felicity by the way?"

"She's doing fine as always but I can tell she misses you a lot." Lucy replied.

"I miss you guys too." A strange feeling arose in my stomach whenever I thought of my friends. It wasn't completely discomforting but it definitely didn't make me happy either. "I'll text her later and see how she's doing."

"Yeah, do that. She'll be so happy."

Suddenly I remembered something that was on the back of my mind for a really long time. I didn't want to ask Lucy in case she'd freak out again but I couldn't resist the temptation for much longer.

"Um... by the way, about the letter that I gave you..." I stated awkwardly. "Did you give it to Andrew?"

Lucy didn't respond and for a second I even thought she hung up or something until she spoke up. "Yes... I did. But he wasn't happy when he found out you left."

"Wait, what happened?" I became nervous.

"Well, he pretty much freaked out and started asking me where you went."

"What?" I panicked for a moment. "Please tell me that you didn't reveal my location to him."

"Of course not. I would never do that without your approval." Lucy replied and I felt like I could breathe again until she added something else. "But... how come you never told me you guys were... a thing?"