Just Wait |Dylan O'Brien| ~IN EDITING~

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The next day, my mom insisted that I didn't go to school today so I could start packing. I really wanted to go, but I would probably be just as lonely as I will be in my new school. I started to pack, and once again I tried to avoid my mom because I wouldn't want to leave her. I'm going to miss Lily, Jackson, my mom, my neighbors, my school, everyone. Everyone. As I was packing I came across a teddy bear my dad gave to me when I was young. He passed away when I was 10 years old, 7 years ago. The teddy bear said "#1 daughter" across its tummy. I started to cry.
   "This isn't what he would've wanted," I whispered. I held the bear and cried for a while, until I realized I should continue packing.
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   About two hours later, I was finished packing and I went downstairs. It was about noon and my mom was out food shopping. I decided to sneak out of the house. I texted Jackson saying, "Meet me in the woods along the school in 10 <3".
   "Of course. Anything to c u 1 last time"
I ran out of the house, went into my car and drove to the woods. I was surprised to see that Jackson said yes, after all, it was still during school hours. I got there and I heard someone walking, and I assumed it was him. But then, I heard his voice as well as someone else's, but I couldn't recognize it.
   "Just don't tell Nicole, all right?" He said to the mystery person.
   "Of course not, it would break her heart" the mystery person replied. I decided that I should see who he was with cause all of a sudden there was a silence. I walked around a tree and that's when I saw it, Jackson and Lily were kissing.
"Excuse me! What's going on?!" I yelled. I was so in shock, seeing my ex-boyfriend and my best friend making out the day after we split really broke my heart.
"I can explain..." Lily tried to say.
"I don't want to hear it! How long has this been going on?"I asked with disappointment in my voice.
"Only for today. We were both upset that you were leaving and..." said Jackson.
"I can't believe you would do this to me. It's already bad enough that I have to move across the country to live with a relative I barely know, break up with the person I love the most, and part with my best friend whom I've been friends with for years. And now this! You expect to be okay with it, but I'm not, and I never will be. Goodbye. I really didn't want this to be my last memory or you guys, but I guess that's the way it has to be. Goodbye." I ran away, as fast as I could. I couldn't bear to look at either one of them without feeling like my heart had just experienced an earthquake and it was split in two.
"Wait!" I heard Lily yell after me. I kept running. I got in my car and drove home. Throughout the drive, I couldn't stop crying, the salty tears burned my cheeks as they fell and my eyes became instantly swollen. "why would they do this to me? Why?" That's all I thought the whole ride home.
"Hey sweetie, where were you?" My mom asked as I barged inside. "Oh no, what happened?" She asked. She could tell I was upset, it was obvious though, I had tear streaks down my face and my makeup was dripping.
"I'm going to miss you," that's only part of the reason I was crying. I didn't want to tell her what just happened. She would probably slap Jackson in the face and have a huge talk with Lily's parents. I didn't want to see her do that, I didn't want another last memory like that.
   "Awww, come here," she said soothingly. We hugged and sat down in front of the door in our warm house and cried together, talked a little, but not about the sad things, but about the happy memories we shared over the years. I can't even say how long we were sitting like that for, but it felt like forever, and I wished it lasted forever, but like all things, it came to an end.
   The rest of the day went by quickly, and just in a blink of an eye, it was time for me to go to sleep, I had a busy, sad day coming up tomorrow. But before I went to sleep, I thought of one last thing,"I don't need Jackson and Lily, I'm sure I'll make new friends in my new school, at least I hope I do," and then my eyes closed and I drifted into a deep sleep.