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"It's the little memories
that last a lifetime"
~I'm jolted awake by my phone vibrating on the table next to me, and I groan.
"Ugh turn that stupid thing off already." Kara groans from next to me.
I sigh before reaching over and turning off my alarm, confused as to why there's an alarm set.
However, before I know it, my phone starts vibrating again in my hand and I see that it's an incoming call, not an alarm.
"What?" I ask groggily.
"You got a little bit of drool right there..." I hear Dwight's deep tease out. I pause for a second trying to gather my thoughts before I realize it's a FaceTime call. I instantly sit up, the world spinning.
"Dwight? Why are you calling me at...six in the morning?!" I ask, checking the time on my phone.
"Take that outside or something dang. Some of us are trying to sleep." Kara says, hitting me with a pillow.
"Shut up. You don't see me complaining when you call my brother." I say, hitting her back. "Hang on Dwight."
I put the phone down on the bed and wander over to my suitcase to grab a sweatshirt and slip my boots on before grabbing a blanket and my phone before going outside to the balcony and sitting down on one of the chairs.
"So why are you calling me this early in the morning?" I ask him, the freezing air waking me up.
"I wanted to be the first to wish you a Merry Christmas. Plus, Annalee woke us up at like five this morning. I barely got any sleep, you know how excited she gets on Christmas." He says running a hand down his face.
"Excuse you, that little girl is precious." I say, smiling.
"I don't know about little, she almost took me out earlier." He chuckles.
"You're just weak." I tease him, making him roll his eyes.
Before he can answer back, I hear Annalee's voice come into the room.
"Hey Dwight! Who you talking to?" Her cute voice asks.
"It's Em-" He gets cut off by her squeal and I hear him grunt as her face comes into view.
"Hi Em!" She shouts, making me laugh.
"Hi Annalee! Did Santa come?" I ask her and her face completely lights up.
"Yeah! I got my own kitchen!" She says excitedly.
"Really? That's awesome!" I tell her, knowing that already since I helped Dwight pick it out for her.
"Mommy said I can't actually cook anything in it though, which is unfair." She says, pouting.
"That's okay, I'll help you cook something in the big girl kitchen when I get back!" I tell her, and her face lights up even more.
"Yay thanks Em! See Dwight, Em said she'd help me. Unlike you." She mutters and I burst out laughing at Dwight's face.
"Whatever." He mutters and I smile.
"Annalee, come help me with breakfast!" I hear Aria say, causing her to jump off of Dwight's bed and leave the room.
"She's so energetic." Dwight comments with a smile.
"She's adorable." I inform him and he rolls his eyes.
"I'm pretty sure she likes you more than me."
"Well yeah, I'm way more like-able." I tell him, flipping my hair sarcastically, making him laugh.
"So how's the rest of the gang?" I ask and he instantly rolls his eyes.
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Free Falling
Teen FictionLast year, Emma Richardson had it all. The perfect family, friends, popularity, looks, and even the perfect boyfriend...or so she thought. In just one night, her whole world came crashing down. Now, a year later, she's still picking up the pieces s...