My Brother's Best Friend

Chapter 21

Two weeks later..
Luna's POV:

Wow so school is finally over! How? It feels like just yesterday I started junior year. But thank God it ended so quick though. I can't wait for those three months spent watching Netflix snd sleeping in.

So quick recap on what happened this past week.

Dylan and Emilio made it through the four high school years and graduated. Kait was discharged from the hospital a week before. My feelings for Emilio grew stronger and my realization that he won't be here anymore kept crawling into my mind every time I thought about him.

So yea not much going on in school. I did pretty well on my finals and I'm positive that I'm gonna pass.

If not I'm dropping out of high school because fuck it.

I'm trying to make the most of those last two months I'll be spending with Emilio and Dylan before they're both off to University. They will be living in campus, so I won't get to see them much. Especially Emilio. He'd rather go visit his Mom than come visit California am I right?

I really have no idea where I'll be going when Dylan moves out. I can't stay here with Mom, I mean she's barely home but when she is it's just.. not good. She's always back home drunk. Always finding something to blame on me and always shouting and screaming at me for no reason. If it wasn't for Dylan, Mom would've ended up abusing me. Just like Kait's dad.

God why did everything have to change right before Dylan was leaving?

And the problem is, I can't go to Kaitlyn's house. There's Jason and her dad, they won't leave us alone at all. And now I can't have her over either, since my Mom clearly has a problem.

Right now I'm just sitting beside my window and sketching the last dream I had. It's something I always liked to do ever since I was five, apart from singing. I usually remember my dreams so I sketch them, just for fun.

The last dream I had was about me being trapped but free in the same time. I was standing in the middle of nothing, but I couldn't move. As if something was stopping me. All I could here was my own singing, even though I wasn't singing in the dream and I remember that perfectly. It was all pitch black, and nothing seemed to be appearing the whole time that dream has been going on. And that's all. That was literally my dream.

I get interrupted by a knock on my bedroom door. I shift my head towards the door and see the door handle twisting open.

"Hey," The one and only, Emilio Martinez peeks his head through my bedroom door. "Can I come in?"

"Yeah, of course," I say putting down my sketch book and getting up from my position. "When did you guys come back?"

"Just now," he begins, "The boys thought the movie was boring so we're just gonna spend our time here, since Dylan offered."

"Oh okay," was all I said.

"How many guys are there again?" I ask.

"Four. Tyler, Jordan, A.J, Jonathan and us." He counts. I nod my head in response. "Can I talk to you about something?" He asks.

"Yea, what's up?" I say. "So you know how Dylan and I are leaving in two months?" He asks.

"Yeah?"

"Well, I might only be here for a couple more weeks.."

"What? Why?"

"I'm going to Barcelona, and straight to New York afterwards,"

"Oh.."

Even worse! I thought he was leaving in two months and I was upset as fuck. Now, I only have like two more weeks with him.

"You're gonna see your Mom, right?" I ask. "Yeah, Rebeca's gonna be there too," he replies.

"Well in that case," I say taking off the necklace that I've worn for pretty much my whole life, handing it to him, "Take this with you."

I've been thinking about it and came up with the idea that if I give him one of my precious possessions, he won't forget about the moments we've had. Even though they were a few, I couldn't let them all slip away so easily.

"Give me your hand," I demand and he does as told. I feel my eyes getting glossier as I place the necklace on his palm and locking his hand around it after. I feel him stiffening, like he's confused. I look back up at him and force a smile on my face.

"What for?" He asks. "Just something.. I don't want you to forget-"

"Who said I would even consider that?" He cuts me off. "I will never forget you, Luna. Not even if I tried to. How could I? We've known each other for so long! Maybe only got along for a few months, but that doesn't mean that I'm easily forgetting you. Besides, they're only four years with summer vacations in between them. Don't you think I'll be coming to see you?"

"Well- I don't- You'd be going to Spain, to see your Mom and I- like she's more important than anybody else. You'd want to see her, not me." I say, stuttering in my words.

I look down once again, trying to hide my watery eyes. I have no idea why I'm crying now when I could be spending time having fun before he leaves. The last two weeks before he leaves.

He puts a finger under my chin lifting it up and making me look at him. A tear escapes my right eye and rolls down my cheek. I try to wipe it away as quickly as I can but Emilio beats me to it, and wipes it away.

I could feel sparks from his touch, I still didn't get used to it. I try to blink away any other tears forming but I can't, they're uncontrollable. I don't want him to see me cry again, he's seen me cry enough. I don't want him to feel bad about leaving. Heck, he can move on if he feels like it. There was nothing between us anyways.

It was just a kiss.

A really meaningful one.

But it's fine, right? He can move on and so can I. I can't be so selfish anymore. I've already been selfish enough.

He gently cups my face between his hands, bringing it closer to his. He plants a soft kiss on my lips, making my hear beat faster. Just that little kiss, sent sparks through my whole body and butterflies exploding in my stomach as if they had been trapped for so long and can't wait to be released.

I can't keep feeling the same way about him anymore. He's leaving and could be getting a girlfriend in New York for all I know.

And to think that his birthday is only in fifteen days makes me feel worse for some reason. I guess I was planning on surprising him, but he's gonna be leaving now. But that doesn't mean that I can't surprise him sooner. I still will try to make the most of it.

"Yo Emilio where you at?!" I hear one of the guys downstairs shout, interrupting Emilio and I doing nothing but looking into each other's eyes. Emilio gives me a warm smile which I return.

"Come downstairs, sit down with us." He offers and then sprints outside the room, me following behind him.

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A/N

Crappy chapter?

Sorreh.

But hope you guys enjoyed it. It's shorter than usual, it's because I tried to update daily.

What do you guys think? Should I update daily but shorter chapters, or every three days with longer chapters? Lemme knowww

Qotd: "Just because you love yourself that doesn't mean you're selfish."

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