When I got home, the house was still quiet and it sounded like everyone was still asleep. Considering it was a Saturday and seven in the morning, everybody would still be asleep for about two more hours.
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I closed the door as softly as I possibly could, and tried to tiptoe until I got to the stairs, but I spotted my older brother Caleb in the kitchen, standing with a cup of coffee in his hands as he looks at me.
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I give him a sheepish smile in attempt to lighten his obvious slight annoyance. I'm saying it's obvious because of the make shift glare he's sporting right now.
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I sigh and look to him. "Before you get all bad cop on me, I just went for a walk." I start.
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He sighs. "Leon how many times do I have to tell you to tell someone if you're going out. I walk into your room to get my headphones at five in the morning and you're nowhere to be seen." Caleb says, using his bossy authoritative tone on me.
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"I told Seph." I grumble back.
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"Telling that gecko that can't reiterate what you've said does not count as telling someone. Come on Leon, do better." He says.
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I throw my head back in exasperation and groan.
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"Is this really how you wanna treat me right before I leave? What happens if I don't come back huh?"
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He lets out a laugh. "I'd throw a rager because the number one cause of my stress is gone." He shoots back.
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I try to glare at him, but a smile takes over my features.
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"You suck." I say as I start to make my way up the stairs, he waves me off as he continues to drink his coffee.
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I make it up to my room and close the door. I see Seraphim curled up on my pillow, his head raised as I walk over.
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I sigh and slump down on my bed next to Seph. He moves closer and curls up by my side and I smile at softly at him, my hand petting his little head softly.
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I look up at the ceiling, the glow-in-the-dark star stickers Milo, Ethan and I put up there.
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Caleb yelled at us though, but before he could continue lecturing us we threw pillows at him.
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Caleb, as you've probably gathered is the oldest, high strong and the morally correct person. Then comes Cecilia, sweet, caring, a little emotionally unavailable and super bossy. Jordan's next, I would say I'm closest to her, she's super cool, skates, kind of a rebel, many piercings, and a HUGE lesbian. Then there's my best friend Ethan, chubby, raging heterosexual who's thirteen. Then Milo, seven year old, super competitive, has very a very bad temper but he's a sweetheart.
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I get up and spend the rest of my time packing up the rest of my room with Seraphim on my shoulder. Putting the last of my clothes and toiletries away.
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Annie and Graig went a little over board with getting me stuff for this new school. They got me a whole butt load of snacks, bug spray, three bottles of sunscreen, three tubs of Vaseline and a lot of other stuff.
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I put everything along my wall, my bags and my packages.
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This feels really sad.
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But I told myself I was gonna be optimistic and see the pros of a situation rather than the cons.
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So pros:
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New place, new people, new opportunities. The opportunity to have a fresh start, the opportunity to make new friends, the opportunity to make a better name for myself.
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You see Leon, that's not so bad right?
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Oh lord, the cons.
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New people to judge me, new people to hate me, new people to think I'm weird, new opportunities I could screw up, new potential enemies, many opportunities to make a terrible mistake that in turn makes my name horrid-
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Oh my.
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Before I could continue to spiral, my door opens and in comes Ethan. Still in his pajamas, his eyes still thick with sleep.
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He walks over to my bed without saying anything and gets into my blankets.
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I look at him and laugh. "Now why are you in my bed?"
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"Shut up small boy, I'm trying to sleep." He says as he closes his eyes. My mouth flies open, I walk to the bed and rip the blankets off of him.
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He lets out a loud yelp and before he could act, I jump onto him fully, Seph flies off my shoulder with a little screech of protest.
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He lets out an exaggerated sound as if he was being crushed to death, as if he's not heavier than me.
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"Get off fatass, you're squishing me!" He shouts, his mouth twisted with a smile.
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I sit up and press my hands onto his chest, pushing further into the mattress and putting all my weight onto him.
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"First apologize for calling me a small boy, then apologize for calling me a fat-butt." I declare as he lets out sounds of struggle.
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He tries to hit me to get off, a laugh falling from his lips.
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"I'm not apologizing for shit, and curse like an adult Leon!" He says back.
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"Okay okay Leon I'm being serious you're actually hurting me. Like for real." He says, his smile dropping but I knew it was just an act, he always does this.
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"Liar."
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He smiles wickedly at that. He places his feet on my stomach and pushes me off pretty hard.
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I fall back onto the bed and Ethan actually kicks me off until my butt hits the floor really hard. Aw, my poor butt.
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"Ow!" I exclaim.
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The door opens just as I was about to attack Ethan again, Jordan comes in.
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"What are you two gay lords doing?" She asks, her expression almost bored.
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"Hey, you and Leon are the only gay lords here!" Ethan protests.
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Jordan walks over and sits on my bed. "You know every time I call you that and you make a noise about it, it makes me actually think you might be gay." She says with a smug look on her face, I laugh softly at that.
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Ethan rolls his eyes. "I like pussy too much." He says and I make a gagging sound and throw my slipper at him.
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"Pig, you're like eight." I say to him.
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"I am thirteen and a HALF." He says back and Jordan shoves him lightly.
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"Still fight like an eight year old though." She muses, jabbing him in the shoulder.
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Ethan tries to shove her back but that just ended up with Jordan putting her hand over his face and pushing him back even further.
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I laugh at their antics and immediately I think about how I'm gonna miss this. How weird it's gonna be to leave the people that know me like the back of their hands.
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There's this saying I'm always hearing Caleb talk about, yes he's also a hopeless romantic, but he always said that 'to be loved is to be known'. I've always agreed with that, and now I'm voluntarily stepping away from people that love me so deeply.
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God, that feeling of not fearing this new reality, I'm fearing it again tenfold.
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I feel a hand on my shoulder as I sit on the floor, I look up to see Jordan looking down at me with a soft look.
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"What's that big brain storming up this time?" She asks softly.
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I smile a little at her. "Just gonna miss you guys" I say simply with a shrug.
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She looks at me sympathetically before playfully ruffling my hair and getting up.
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"Both you hit the showers, Leon you leave soon. And Ethan...you just smell like shit." She says with a smirk before leaving the room, and right as she closed the door, the pillow Ethan threw bounces off the door and flops on the floor.
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I look to Ethan. "You sure you're gonna be okay while I'm gone?" I ask him.
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His usual loosey-goosey attitude falters for a second, but nonetheless he smiles.
"I'll be fine. Are you sure you'll be okay?" He asks.
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"I'm not sure. But I will be, eventually. Well at least I hope so." I smile.
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He smiles and hoists himself up and stands.
"I'm gonna go shower, try not to die doing something stupid please." He says as he walks to the door.
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"Can't make any promises. Now go shower, Jordan was right you reek." I say, admittedly a bit dramatically.
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"Yeah yeah whatever." He says as he leaves my room.
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I look back over to Seph and see him back to being curled on my pillow and I smile softly at him. I raise my arm and he immediately flies over and lands on my shoulder.
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He nuzzles his head into my hair affectionately and I laugh softly as I stroke his back.
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"I need to go shower." I say to him and he hops off my shoulder and gets back onto my bed.
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I get up and make my way to my bathroom.
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Out of all my siblings, Caleb and I are the only ones with our own room. Cecilia and Jordan share one, and Milo and Ethan share another. The only reason Caleb got his own room was because he was the oldest and the only reason I got my own room was because Caleb couldn't handle all the weird stuff that would happen with me at night.
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Not that type of weird you perv, like Leon weird. Like spooky, paranormal weird.
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So because of that I got my own room. And it was a good call too, I wouldn't be able to stand Caleb's midnight calls with his girlfriend and his music is always so darn loud.
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I shower and do my usual routine. My skin thank goodness isn't high maintenance, my hair though. She's a different type of beast.
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After unknotting my hair, and putting in my leave in conditioner, I dry myself off and get dressed.
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One thing I wanted to do before I left was dress better. And thank god Jordan picked out a whole bunch of clothes for me, Jordan being the best choice because the rest of my siblings were pretty basic.
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Oh that's sounds harsh.
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Oh well!
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My outfit wasn't anything grand, I wasn't gonna be a hot new bombshell, I was gonna blend in with the crowd. I wore a large plain white t-shirt, with light-wash baggy blue jeans and then just my air forces. With that I wore the slender gold watch with a sage green face Graig got me for my birthday and a regular gold necklace with a small rose-quartz pendant and a few gold rings.
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I tired to wear silver once but it didn't look great on me so, gold we go. (Told you it would be a recurring theme).
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After looking at myself in my mirror I nodded and took a deep breath.
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"I am strong and I am confident." I say quietly to myself as I continue to take a few deep breaths.
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After repeating that mantra for a few times I give myself one last nod in the mirror before leaving my room and heading downstairs.
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Everyone was awake and seemingly showered. Cecilia and Caleb were in the kitchen helping Annie with breakfast, while Craig was sat at the kitchen island drinking some tea.
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From the sound of Bluey being played in the living room I assumed Milo was there and I'm sure Ethan was still showering.
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I walk over to the kitchen island and sit on the stool next to Craig. He turns to smile at me and gives me a smile.
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"Morning sport. You look good." He says, his voice still very gruff.
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I give him a small smile and move my stool a little closer to his.
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Annie turns around and smiles brightly and walks over, she coos and I can already tell she's about to be emotional.
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She leans over the island and takes my face in her hands. He thumbs slightly rubbing my cheeks.
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I huff. "Please don't get sad." I say cautiously.
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She pouts slightly. "It's like it was just yesterday when you first learnt how to speak Japanese." She says her voice strained. For context, for some reason, I was able to speak fluent Japanese before i could even speak English.
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No one here even speaks Japanese.
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How is that possible? I have no clue.
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I laugh a little at that. "That was ages ago."
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"I know, I know. I just don't want to see you go." She says softly.
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Craig speaks up. "Dammit Annie don't make the boy sad." He says laughing.
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"Dollar in the swear jar." Caleb and Cecilia say almost simultaneously.
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Craig huffs a little dramatically before fishing out his wallet from his pocket and placing a dollar in the sweat jar. Caleb walks to the fridge and puts a tally stick on Craig's name.
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Whoever curses the least gets all the money at the end of the month, and since Milo is too young and Ethan swears more than a middle aged southern man, I usually get all the money.
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Annie let's go of my face and looks to Craig. "Just because you have ice water in your veins does not mean I do." She huffs as she turns back to what she was doing.
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I smile at their little interaction and Craig looks at me. "You know you don't have to go if you don't want to right?" He says softly to me, his hand moving over to my shoulder.
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I nod. "I know. But I think I should, I'm not getting answers here, maybe this place has them." I say back.
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He nods, still rubbing my shoulder. "If you want to leave at any point, you just text me or your mom and we'll come to the rescue immediately."
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I smile. "Thanks dad." I say.
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He looks at me for a second in shock, but he quickly covers it up and gives me a small before going back to drinking his tea.
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Annie eventually takes food to the dinning table and Caleb goes up to fetch Ethan and Jordan while Cecilia and I set the table.
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Cecilia and I are close as well, like I said she's kinda awkward in emotional situations but she's really amazing, super smart, super funny and always in a good mood.
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She looks at me as she puts the pancakes on the table. "You'll be okay yeah?" She asks me.
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I look up from putting down the bacon and give her my attempt of a reassuring smile.
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"That does not reassure me Leon." She laughs.
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I laugh with her. "I'll be okay, I'm sure."
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She smiles. "And you'll call and tell me if anyone is like picking on you right?"
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"Cece I'm big, I can take care of myself." I say, puffing my chest out to make myself look bigger.
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"Period, cause I won't be able to fight for you. So if anyone picks on you, just fight." She says amusedly.
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"That's not the advice you're supposed to be giving me." I laugh.
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"And NO drugs. I'll disown you if you do nose drugs." She warns.
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"Hey I'm a good boy, when have I given you a reason for you to think I'm doing drugs?"
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She narrows her eyes. "I had a dream you and Caleb were doing tick."
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"What the heck is tick?" I ask
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"It's like cocaine." She says.
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Caleb gets to the table. "Wow wow wow, why are you talking to Leon about cocaine?"
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"Cece had a dream you and I were doing tick." I explain and his face twists in confusion.
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"What the hell is tick?" He asks.
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"My question exactly!" I say.
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"That's besides the point. Leon, no drugs." She says firmly and I laughs softly, raising my hands in surrender.
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"No drugs." I affirm.
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She seems convinced and sits down, Caleb and I follow her lead. Soon Annie and Craig join us, then Milo runs in then Ethan and Jordan come down as well.
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Conversation goes how to always goes, but I notice how everyone seems to dodge the fact that I'm leaving today. And I don't know if that's for my sake, or for theres. But regardless, I'm thankful because I'm already overwhelmed.
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We all eat and finish. I take everyone's scraps and put them in Seph's bowl and take it to him. He screeched in excitement when he saw me come in with his bowl and flew over.
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I place the bowl down and let him scoff down his food.
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I would feed him normal reptile food like mice and stuff but I end up feeling so sad for the mice that I start crying and then Annie comes in and helps me calm down.
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What?
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I really love animals.
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I sit down on my bed and grab my phone, I turn it on and see a message from October. I smile down at my screen as I read the message.
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October : Yoooo. Have you left yet?
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Me: No not yet, soon though
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October: It was really nice meeting you btw. It sucks I didn't find you earlier. :(
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Me: It's okay Toby, I'm really glad I met you today. It made this whole moving thing a little less scary
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October: So what Im hearing is we can hangout more when you get back?
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Me: Ofc, looking forward to it ;)
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I put my phone down when I hear the exaggerated wailing coming from no one other than my Sarah. I look to Seph and he quickly hides under my bed before the door opened
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The door flies open and in she comes with Tony behind her. Her eyes bloodshot and her mascara is already running down her rosy cheeks.
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I couldn't help but laugh a little.
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"Leon! You're laughing at my distress?!" She wails, I laugh again before standing up and opening my arms.
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She sniffles and doesn't hesitate to throw herself in my arms and hugging me. I hug her back just as tightly. I see Tony stood by the door, just watching us with a smile. I open one of my arms again and becon him over.
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He rolls his eyes, a smile still on his face and he walks over and joins the hug.
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I met these two in Junior high. It was my first time being in a school for more than four months, and I assumed I was gonna be moved so I didn't bother making friends. Then Sarah came along she was auditioning for the school play and I was apart of the art department so I was helping paint the sets and she jazz hands-d her way into my heart, then we met Tony. He was new as well and he was quiet just like me, but he loved history and always had good takes in that class and I found myself sticking by him as well.
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That's how we formed this little circle. Like I said before, they have no idea about all my weird stuff, and I'm scared to tell them. I don't want to lose the only friends I've genuinely enjoyed having.
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I pull back slightly to look at them. "You guys will kick butt while I'm gone right?"
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"You can count on it." Tony smiles.
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Sarah, being the mess she is, pulls back and sniffles again and wipes her eyes.
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"Who am I gonna talk to when I see a hot guy and he shows me zero interest?" She sobs softly.
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I smile. "You can call me, well text, I might be in class. But text me, and I promise I'll reply when I can." I say softly
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"But who's gonna proof read my fanfics?" She asks sadly.
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"Tony can." I say.
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"Oh hell no." Tony protests and I laugh at that.
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I look back to Sarah. "You can send me a draft and I'll proof read it from there."
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She nods before finally stepping back.
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"Could you guys help me take my bags downstairs please?" I ask them.
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Sarah immediately nods and heads over to the plastics with all my snacks and grabs them heading out the room.
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I look to Tony. "You can act tough all you want, but I know you'll miss me."
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He smiles back at me. "Never." He teases, I laugh and he opens his arms again.
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I was a little shocked because Tony had never been the one to initiate physical affection but I smile regardless and hug him.
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"I'll miss you." He says softly.
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"I'll miss you too." I say and pull back. "Make sure Sarah doesn't kill anyone please."
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He laughs and rolls his eyes. "Like I'd be able to stop her." He says before walking to my bags and taking two of my suitcases and leaving the room.
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I close the door behind him and grab my backpack which I left empty.
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"Okay Seph, it's safe to come out." I say.
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He slithers out from under my bed and flies over and lands on my shoulder.
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"You need to get in here, I've made air holes, so you should be fine." I say to him and he makes a hissing noise.
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I roll my eyes. "You're being dramatic, you won't suffocate I promise, now please get in the bag before Sarah or Tony come back in."
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I don't miss the hint of attitude he gives me, he purposefully smacks his tail into my face before hopping into my backpack. I close it up and put it on, just to make sure Tony and Sarah don't pick it up.
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I grab the last of my suitcases and head downstairs.
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Everyone was at the bottom of the stairs, all looking up at me with sad faces.
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"You guys are being extra." I laugh as I make it to the bottom. Caleb grabs my bags and takes them outside to the rest of my stuff.
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Annie was already in tears, Craig's arm draped over her as she cried.
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I could feel my own façade crumbling down when I saw even Milo in tears.
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"Aw guys..." I say and that's when they pull me into a hug. I could feel my own tears streaming down my face as my world wide hugs me.
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We stay like that until we hear a car pull into the driveway and honk its horn.
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I pull back and look at everyone.
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"I'll be okay, it's not like I'm being taken to prison." I say to try and lighten the mood.
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Everyone steps back. Annie and Craig were coming with me though, to drop me off.
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"I guess that's my ride." I say softly and everyone nods solemnly.
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"Guys, please, I'll be back in a month and a bit." I say, Ethan just pulls me into a hug.
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"Three months without bullying my favorite twink." He cries dramatically and I laugh tearfully.
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I hug him back and press a kiss on the top of his head. "I love you guys, so so so much." I say to them.
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Ethan steps back and wipes his tears, I walk to Milo and get on one knee to get to his level.
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"You promise you'll try and share the tv?" I ask him.
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"I don't want you to go away." He says tearfully. I smile and pull him into a hug. He hugs me back, his small arms wrapped around me. I kiss his head before looking at my older siblings.
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"Don't do anything I wouldn't do." I say and they smile, Caleb putting me in a playful headlock and Jordan ruffling my hair.
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I laugh and push them away, touching up my hair before hugging Cece.
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"No drugs." She says again.
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I laughs. "What is with you and drugs today?"
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She smiles and pulls back. Annie speaks up.
"Come on bub, we need to get moving." She says to me.
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I nod and we all make our way out to the curb.
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The car was a black almost limo like car, but a little bigger. My bags were being packed by a man that was covered head to toe, with a black veil. It is odd, very odd and the man caught the attention of Sarah and Tony and they looked at me a little alarmed.
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I walk back to her. "Call me if anything happens, or if you just want to talk, even if you just wanna randomly vent about how Mrs. Smith's plays are always overly complicated and stupid. Or even if you just need an ear, I'll be there. Or I'll try my best to be." I say to her. Then I look to Tony.
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"You too." I say to him.
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Sarah's eyes fill with tears again. "Goddamnit Leon, I just got my tears under control." She says as she pulls me into another hug. I pull Tony by the collar into the hug as well.
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"I love you guys." I say to them softly.
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"Love you too." They say back.
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I pull back and look to Craig and Annie. Annie holds out her hand and I take it.
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"We'll be back latest tomorrow morning. Caleb, Cece, make sure Jordan and Ethan don't burn the house down please. And make sure Milo is in bed on time." Annie says, they all nod while Jordan and Ethan roll their eyes.
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We walk over to the car, I take my backpack off and hold it. I look over to my siblings and my friends and wave tearfully.
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They all smile, with tears brimming at their eyes and wave back.
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Craig pats my back as he and Annie get into the car. With one last look, I get into the car and close the door.
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I look out the window with my backpack on my lap as the car starts to drive away. My family and friends wave as they start to slowly disappear from my line of sight.
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I look back to Annie and Craig who are looking at me with soft looks. I give them a small smile and Annie who was sat next to me and Craig opposite us, rubs my back soothingly.
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New adventure, here I come I guess.
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