my eyelids slowly start to close. i use all the strength in me to open them. i've been doing this the whole meeting.
i sometimes wish i didn't drop out of college. i could've had many opportunities but...
i couldn't live our dream without her.
ucla was supposed to be our thing, and i couldn't get past the first few weeks without thinking about her.
the whole reason i even agreed to go was hoping i'd see her there. i got my hopes up though.
last i had heard of her was when sky bumped into her at the park.
a small smile appears on my face thinking of that moment.
sky went on all day on how he finally had a friend.
my daydreaming was soon interrupted by my co worker shaking me softly.
"glad you can join us, mr. dolan." my boss gives me a fake smile and rolls his eyes.
my cheeks turn a light shade of red. i look to the co worker who shook me and give him a soft smile.
/—\
iinsert my key into the lock of my apartment.
opening the door, brent greets me with sky in his arms.
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"man thank you so much you're a lifesaver." i take sky from his arms and we do our handshake.
brent was one of the few friends i made in my short period of college.
he really one of my only friends, to be honest.
since i lost all of my 'friends' before college even started.
"dad, how was work?" sky asks me. he was playing with a toy car. the wheels touched my shoulder as he pretended they were the road.
"okay," i reply and he gives me a pout. i chuckle, "how was school?"
"good." he says before yawning and stretching his arms.
"okay, i think it's nap time." i signal brent to wait up as i head to sky's room.
i gently place him in his bed and kiss his forehead. i looked at him one more time before leaving and turning off the lights.
i jog to the kitchen, where brent was sitting in one of the stool.
i open the refrigerator, "want a drink?" i look back to him and he nods. i grab two beer bottles and give one to him.
"how'd he behave?" i say taking a sip of my drink.
"man, that kid is an angel." brent says as he opens his drink.
sky was an angel. he was nothing like me... at all.
the pile of mail in the corner of the counter catches my attention. i grab the pile and start looking through it.
bill,
bill,
another bill,
invitation?
i open the envelope and unfold the paper. it was titled:
HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
i roll my eyes and set that to the side.
brent grabs the paper curiously, "oh cool, you should go man."
i look at him seriously, "yeah and see the faces of everyone i hate?" i shook my head, "no thank you."
"come on! maybe you'll see that girl you're always talking about," he wiggled his eyebrows a bit.
"s-skye?" i thought about going for a second but the idea rapidly left my mind, "she's probably not even going."
his phone buzzes and he looks at it. he stands up from his seat and gives me a tight smile. "i gotta go but..." he pats me on the back, "if i were you, i'd take my chances."
he left and i stood there thinking.
should i go?
A/N ;;
DA SEQUEL!
so what'd you guys think? the next chapter will be on skye getting the invite ;)
