A Quarter Mile Away

17 - Umbrella

Fun fact about me: Strawberries dipped in chocolate give me life! 😍

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Please listen to Umbrella - Rihanna for this chapter.

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I was starting to get nervous, why did this person purposely park so far from the entrance? What were they trying to hide? Maybe they didn't want me to get caught from the teachers who might look through the windows? Just thinking that thought automatically had my head turning to the first window which was my English class, luckily you can't see Mr. Reid but you can just make out Lucas' and Jaxon's heads as they stared ahead.

I turned my head back towards my destination and slowly but surely persevered. It wasn't until I saw pieces of his tattooed sleeve on his left arm, that I knew exactly who it was and I couldn't stop the smile from forming on my face as I started to pick up the pace, until I was practically running towards him.

He stood up from the hood of his car with a wide smile on his features as he opened his arms waiting for me.

"Boo Bear" was all he managed to say as I practically jumped into his arms, easily catching me as I hugged him so tight that even I was struggling to breathe.

"Oh my God Isaac! I missed you so much! What are you doing here?! How did you get a note passed to my teacher? How did you know where I was?" I leaned back from our embrace and stared at him in disbelief.

He lifted his hand and placed a strand of my hair behind my ear "So many questions! I missed you and talking to you the other day made me want to come visit. I charmed the socks off a student here, little bit of flirting and she was happy to oblige and don't worry about how I knew where you were!"

I couldn't help but laugh out of excitement as I playfully slapped his arm "It's so good to see you!"

"Feel like skipping for the day to hang out with me?" he said with a cheeky smirk. My grin only got wider "Is that even a question!? Let's go before I get caught!"

He chuckled as he juggled his car keys in between his fingers "Let's go eat. I'm starving!"

I rolled my eyes at him but the smile was glued to my face and wasn't going anywhere any time soon. I missed him, he reminded me of the good things I had back at home. He didn't remind me of the bad memories, he reminded me of what it felt like to be loved and protected.

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"So? What's been happening?" Isaac's voice breaking me out of my thoughts, now sitting across him at a local cafe. I had zoned out while staring at him because I had so many questions about what's been happening, more specifically; what Noah had been up to. I couldn't help but lean over and hold his hand tightly and give him a sincere smile.

"I've missed you so much!" my voice cracked as I said the words out loud.

He leaned forward "I've missed you too, you're my baby sister!"

If someone heard us they would think that we were related but the truth is we aren't related in any way. I met Isaac through school when I was 14, being in the year level above me, he was assigned to show me around and be my unofficial "Big Brother."

After that it just stuck, he became protective over me, especially when it came to boys. So, you can imagine what he did to Noah when he found out about what went down between us which ultimately led me here.