Him & I • E.D.

chapter twenty one - last first day

I woke up to my annoying alarm clock. I groaned as I reached over to turn the alarm off. My eyes were still closed as I was contemplating going to school or not. Summer was not long enough.

I finally decided to get up and get ready for school. After I got ready, I went downstairs to kitchen. "Good morning!" Rob said as he was placing plates onto the table. "You hungry?" He asked, smiling.

"Yeah." I responded, taking a seat.

My mom, Rob and I ate breakfast together before I walked out the door for school.

"Have a good day sweetie!" My mom yelled from the kitchen.

"You too!" I yelled back before closing the door.

I got into my car and drove to school. As soon as I got to school, I sat in my car and wanted to cry. This didn't feel right. I wasn't walking in with Shaila or Nolan or Ethan. I was all alone. I gathered myself together and built up the courage to get out of my car. I walked into the school building and went straight to my locker.

"Last first day." I heard a voice say behind me. I turned around and saw Nolan, smiling at me.

"Last first day." I said, smiling back. "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."

"I know, I'm sorry. I've been so busy with painting. I really need to keep a good portfolio for this art school I'm going to." He said, sounding very stressed out.

"Yeah, I heard. That's exciting Nolan! I'm happy for you." I said, patting his back.

We walked down the hall together and separated at our classes. I went the rest of the day, pouting and taking notes in classes. After the last bell rang, I practically ran out of the school building to get to my car.

Before I got into my car, I heard a voice call my name. "Eliza!" I looked behind me and saw Nolan trying to catch up with me. I stood and waited for him to come over to me.

"What's up Nolan?" I asked.

"Want to study together?" He asked, smiling.

"Yeah, I'm down! Hop in!" I said.

We got into my car and drove to my house.

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"So are you and Ethan still together?" Nolan asked, laying on my bed.

"Yeah, we are. But we haven't talked much. He's been so busy with college." I said, looking at the floor.

"I'm sorry to hear that Liz. I'm sure everything will work out between you two. You've already been through a lot together." He said.

That made me feel a little better.

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After studying, I took Nolan home and then came back home and showered. After showering, I decided to call Ethan.

"Hello?" Ethan said, answering the phone. It sounded like he was at a party or something, I could hardly hear over the people talking in the background and the music.

"Umm, hey. Did I catch you at a bad time?" I asked.

"No, is everything okay?" He said.

"Yeah, I just wanted to talk to you. We haven't talked much and I miss you." I said.

It took a while to hear a response from Ethan; it sounded as if he was talking to someone else while on the phone with me.

"Ethan?" I said.

"Uh, yeah sorry. I'm going to have to let you go Liz, I gotta deal with something. I'll call you later."

"Okay bye , I love -" I couldn't even finish my sentence before he hung up.

I set my phone down on my bed and went downstairs to grab some water. While I was getting water, I heard my phone ringing upstairs. I thought it was Ethan calling me back. So I ran up the stairs, almost spilling my water. I got to my bedroom and answered my phone without even checking to see who it was.

"Hi!" I yelled as I answered the phone, assuming it was Ethan.

"Umm, hello ms . Wyatt. This is Klark Hamman from K&K Fashion" he said.

"Oh! Umm, hi." I responded.

"I hope I didn't catch you at a bad time, but I just had to talk to you about something."

"No! It's a perfect time. What is on your mind?"

"Well I was very impressed with your opinions for our fall collection, so I reached out to your step dad, Rob and he said you have a special liking for fashion. I hope it's alright, he gave me your number so I could give you a call." He said.

"Yeah..." I said, waiting to see what he has to say.

"Well, I was wondering if you were interested in working as an intern at K&K Fashion after you finish high school?" He asked.

I had to hold back my scream of excitement and play it cool.

"Yes, I would love to." I said, calmly.

"Great, I will email you with more details and I look forward to working with you." He said, before hanging up.

I was so happy in that moment. I couldn't wait for Ethan to call me back to tell him the news. I waiting in bed for two hours and finally accepted that Ethan wasn't going to call me back. I put my phone on the charger and went to bed.