I finally realize whats going on. She broke his heart.
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We get back to the house and its silent. The house is never filled with such silence and I find it comforting.
I head back into my room to take a shower while Ryder did the same. Throwing my wet clothes into the hamper I wrap a towel around me and begin to look for my speaker. Lifting up the sheets on the bed I see 'Celest' laying there asleep. I was shocked to find her in my bed when she was supposed to be out of town. Covering her back up I see my speaker sitting on my night stand.
Colors We Made by Lani Rose begins to play, echoing through the bathroom.
"Colors we made at the school yard" made me reminisce on when Ryder and I were younger. I remember us always looking out for each other. I used to be so in love with him but no one knew. We were each others first but now those days are in the past and I have too much love for him as a brother.
I finish my shower and check on Celest, giving her a kiss on her forehead, I walk downstairs and into the kitchen. I sit on the countertop just enjoying the silence. My phone dings
Diggy🤎:
hey lil sis hyb
Me:
I've been alright :)
Diggy🤎:
im in LA, you and Ryder down to grab lunch
Me:
yea ofc. lemme know when and where
I run up stairs excited that i'll be seeing my brother who I haven't seen in about a year. I go into Ryder's room. I slowly walk up to him and sit next to him on the bed.
"Ry Ry" I call him by the nickname I gave him when we were younger.
He laughs while looking at me. He's smiling which makes me smile.
"Diggy is in town and wants to hang, you okay to come? He'll understand if youre not in a socializing mood." I tell him
He gets up and pulls me up from his bed, he begins making it while im standing there in silence.
He grabs his skateboard from the floor and says lets go.
I quickly get ready putting my hair half up. I walk back to Ryders room and link arms with him indicating im ready to go. We reach the bottom of the stairs and the front door opens revealing a drunk Willow and high Nico. I take Willow into her room and lay her down on the bed.
Closing her door I make my way to confront Nico
"You let her drink this early!?" I ask him confused laced with anger.
He just laughs walking past me and upstairs. I scoff and exit the house and into my car.
Ryder gets in and flashes me a smile but im too upset to return one. So he pokes at my cheek until I finally smile. We drive for a little and make it to a restaurant where we'll eat lunch.
"Reservation for Diggy"
"Right this way" the waiter takes us to a table with a man sitting facing the away from us. I walk up to the man and hug him tightly causing him to jolt a little. He gets up and turns around, once meeting my eyes he quickly gives me a hug. We have this relationship where we won't show our love for each other but a hug was needed in this moment. He looks behind me and flashes a smile to Ryder who is standing awkwardly. He dabs him and we all sit down. I tell them that this reminds me of the old days, when Ryder and I were I high school and living together, Diggy was out acting or making music to help supporting us. We were our own family.
"What brings you back out here brother" I ask Diggy
"Filming" he gives me a short answer. I nod my head
"How have you guys been?" he asks us.
"Trying to be okay" Ryder says while looking down, picking at his food.
We finish our food and walk around the area. Ryder takes off skating to some skate spot. Diggy and I just talk while he fills me in on his life and how happy he is. I forgot to mention that I will be going to Japan with the guys.
"Hey so I'm heading to Japan with the guys soon." I tell him
"That sounds fun, if you happen to have time make sure to check up on Obachan (grandmother in Japanese) for me" He tells me. Our Obachan is just so lovely, we would spend summers with her when we were in elementary. I feel bad for not calling her after all these years. Ever since I moved out I lost connection with the only real family I had and now I have to make time to see her. We begin strolling down a residential area and I see a brown truck and tell him to pose by it. The cloud's added a nice touch.
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After taking the picture he gets a phone call and tells me has to go. "you want me to drop you off at your car?" He asks but I decline. I give him a hug knowing that I might not see him for months. I cherish the limited time I spend with him. I continue walking and see the skate park. I walk closer to it just in case I see Ryder. To my luck I see him drop in the bowl. He looks so in his element, just focusing on landing whatever trick his feet perform. I walk in and make my way towards him. I try to catch a few pics of him without him noticing. Walking closer, I get pushed in the bowl but luckily Ryder catches me and my camera. If my baby was to hit that concrete I would have been so heart broken.
"Thanks" I tell him
"Welcome. What happened to Diggy?" he asks looking around to find him.
"He had to run" I tell him. "Do you have your recorder with you?" I ask, knowing he does. He never leaves the house without it.
He hands it over to me and I walk around looking for a guy who isn't using his board at the moment. I spot a group of guys sitting smoking a spliff, I work up the courage to go up and ask to borrow a board from them. I don't know why I was feeling nervous towards some high school boys. Now I know, 'high school boys', I begin to regret walking there way because they soon saw me and some began checking me out. Somehow my feet didn't want to stop walking towards them. I stop right in front of them and look at some of them for a few seconds before my eyes landed on maybe the youngest of the group who looked innocent. I ask to borrow his bored and he happily lets me.
I record a few clips of Ryder skating which he finds a little awkward because he's usually the one behind the camera. I tell him to relax and not pay attention to me. The shots i got were good. I make my way back to the group of boys to hand back the board when one of them asks if I am Odee, I look at him confused. "Yea?" I say hesitantly.
"Brooo she is like the sickest photographer. She hangs with IC and all the dope rappers" he tells the guy's excitedly. I laugh a little at how he described me.
They all seem surprised at who I am and ask if I could catch a couple pics of them. I happily agree.
