Graduation day bitches!!
I know I'm not graduating but my big brother is!
Speaking of Ash...where the fuck is he?
We're gonna be late.
I quickly make my way to his room and find the door cracked open.
I hesitantly walk in and see that he's nowhere to be found.
"Ash?" I called out.
Suddenly I notice a figure walking on the balcony.
Asher.
I open the door to the balcony and find him sitting there just looking up at the sky.
Weird...
"Hey!" I say before taking a seat next to him.
"Hi." He mumbles but never takes his eyes off of the sky.
"Are you okay?" I ask.
"Yeah, I was just thinking about some stuff."
"Oh...well are you done thinking? We have a ceremony to get to."
"Did you decide what you're gonna do when I'm gone?" He asks.
"Funny you mention that, Grayson said he has something important to ask me tonight," I say.
"Oh okay." He mumbles.
"Are you sure you're okay Ash? You seem a bit off."
"I'm fine, just nervous about graduating." He says.
"Ash...we said no more lies."
"Alright...I just- I don't know if I'm ready to leave you." He says.
I feel my heart break a bit.
That's what he's been so stressed about?
"Asher, I promise I'll be okay but now is your turn to finally focus on yourself. You've been a father figure to me ever since mom passed away and I couldn't be more thankful. But now it's your turn to branch out and start doing things you love with things like me and Jonathan holding you back." I say.
"I guess..." He says hesitantly.
"I know these past few months have been crazy but it's all over now," I say.
He stays quiet which immediately makes an alarm go off in my head.
Something else is clearly wrong and he's not telling me.
"Alright, you want me to open up?" I start.
"What-"
"I'm fucking scared about you leaving...but I'm also relieved that you can finally live your own life without thinking about me every other second. We're both taking a big step in our lives, you're going to college and moving out and I'm starting high school. I want you to promise me something, Ash."
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