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Bailey's pov

" Bailey?" Dad called my name to grasp my attention. With my arms folded and my gaze still outlooking the buildings we pass, I hummed in response.

I can hear dad's loud sigh and felt his eyes to shift me for a split second. " You've been in a slump since morning. Is everything okay?"

He wasn't wrong; I have been in a slump. Today is my birthday and I shouldn't have been. But waking up to no text from Kaleb distressing.

I can't remember the amount of times I checked my phone, hell I even brought my phone in the bathroom with me. I peed, bathed and brushed my teeth, all the while waiting anxiously from a text from my boyfriend.

I had been itching to text him too and ended up caving in and texted him a good morning. He didn't open the message.....which led to no reply. I was.....frustrated and sad. And admittedly even though I tried to smile my way through my family well wishes, I knew they could tell it was fake.

Even Bash who was there via video call could tell. But be