Scenery I Create

Alley POV

When I found out Ace had gone to Seattle early my heart felt like it literally shattered. Every day that passed I prayed more and more he would be home for Christmas. Usually, the three of us spend Christmas break together. Ace always had some charities to attend to, but was never gone for more than a day.

I sent so many messages to him that I knew I was bordering pathetic. I had so much I wanted to say to him but he wouldn't listen. If we didn't have a screaming match soon, I would surely explode.

Christmas Eve, I spent in bed with movies playing in the background. Derek offered to stay home with me but I just wanted to be alone. Layla, Ethan and Katie had their family events to be at so I took this time to just wallow in self-pity. Besides my mom barely knew what day it was let alone it was a holiday so there wasn't much else to do. Even if she did, I would be the last person she wanted to spend time with and I was thankful for that.

My phone was on my pillow with Ace's m