It Can't Be//completed

chapter 8

Annie POV
We had left the beach and we were heading to dinner with Hayden. I hated to admit it, but i was kinda excited to see him, even when it was my second to last full day with mommy. I was scrolling through instagram when i noticed that i was getting tagged in a lot of pictures. I clicked on one to see what it was. It was a screenshot of Hayden's snapchat where i was wearing his sweatshirt. All of the comments were saying #Hannie. No No No No. Not this again. About 2 years back a bunch of people were shipping me with one of my really good friends Brennan and it made everything so awkward. We couldn't even ride in the same car with out being shipped together and it ruined our friendship. I don't want any drama to start like it did with the whole Hannie vs Kayden thing that happened. "Annie what's wrong?" mommy asked. She must've seen it in my face. "Oh...uh nothing. Just some stuff on instagram is making me miss home." good thing i can act! "Okay....well we are here!" we got out of the car and headed into the resturant. Hayden and Mr. Jimmy had already gotten a table for us. I followed mommy to the table and we sat down. this time I was across from Hayden. Mommy and Mr. Jimmy were talking about our show and the rock your hair event and stuff so they weren't really paying attention to us. We were completely silent. I looked down at my feet and i could feel Hayden's eyes on me. "Are you okay Annie?" he asked i just nodded my head, still looking down. "No. You obviously aren't. Tell me what's up and why were you crying in the car the other day?" surprisingly, i wanted to vent to him. I wanted to tell him everything, even about the Hannie stuff. I took a breath. "Well i was upset in the car because i was texting my best friend from Maryland, and it just kinda hit me...that," i swallowed as i tried as hard as i could not to cry," I won't get to see her...or Hayley...or any one from Maryland for a really long time." i was still looking down, trying so hard to fight back the tears that were about to spill out. "Annie it'll be okay! Here you have JoJo, Jayden, Lexi, Tati, and me too! It's gonna be fine and it's gonna be so fun! We get to film and you get to record, not to mention all of the Rock Your Hair shoots that are gonna be going on. It's gonna be just fine!" I nodded my head, still looking down. Mommy and Mr. Jimmy had turned their attention back to us. "Do you need to go outside for a sec?" mommy asked rubbing my back. I nodded my head and ran outside, sitting on a bench that was out side of the resturant. I
pulled my knees up to my chest. It would all be easier if Caleb was still here. I know that Caleb couldn't have changed the fact that i had to move to LA, but he could've helped with so much more. It would just all be easier. I felt someone sit down beside me. I looked up to see mommy sitting next to me. "If you really really honestly think it'll be too hard to stay here, you can come back home." she said while rubbing my back. "No. I can't. I want to stay here and pursue my career, it's just gonna be hard. I just wish that Caleb was still here." My tears started coming faster. "I remember one day when Caleb was a baby, we were at a resturant and Caleb grabbed a really hot french fry. He just sat there crying, but wouldn't drop the french fry. We didn't know what was wrong with him until Daddy noticed the french fry in his hand. We quickly grabbed it out of his hand and he immediately stopped crying." Mommy was now starting to tear up. I laughed a little at the story she had just told me. "Wanna clean up then go back inside?" i nodded my head and started to wipe my tears. We went back inside and sat down. "You okay now?" Hayden set his hand on my knee under the table. I jumped a little. "Yeah...i think so. Thanks." i smiled and we started talking about the show. We eventually got our food and payed. It was late and i was exhausted. "Were gonna head home. Hayden your hanging with us tomorrow right?" asked mommy. Mr.Jimmy had something going on with Dylan, Hayden's brother, so he asked if Hayden could spend the day with us. "Yeah! Ill see you tomorrow!" he hugged me, them mommy. Then we hugged Mr.Jimmy and got in the car. "Don't think i didn't see what happened in there." Mommy said smirking at me. "What do you mean?" i asked her while grabbing my phone out of my purse. "When Hayden grabbed your knee and you jumped. I saw you blush." "Mom there is nothing going on. He was just worried about me, that's all." "Mhhhmmm." Tomorrow should be fun, it's also one of the last days that Mommy will be here. Then, i'm on my own.