Wendy's POV 6 years ago There is little time. I have to do this now. I have to leave. I have to go with my Francisca and I'll finally be happy. I'm packing my bag right now. I'll soon go to Francisca's room and pack hers. It's a good thing that Zach is on a business trip. He made things a lot easier for me. I finish packing my bag, I don’t bring many things, just the essentials, and I head to Francisca's room. She's sleeping peacefully while I pack her bag. I know that what I'm doing is right. It has to be. I'm not happy here and if I'm not happy then my kids won't be happy. Especially my girl. She's so small and fragile and innocent and if I'm gonna leave, it's not gonna be without her. I've been miserable for years now with Zachary. We fight all the time. I can't remember the last time we had a proper conversation without one of us screaming at the other. So this is for the best. It has to be. I head to Fran's bed to wake her up. "Hey baby," I say softly "it's time
Francisca’s POV 6 years later It’s the last two weeks of summer vacation and Mathew just dropped a bomb on me. “We are moving to New York in a few days, um Brooklyn specifically,” he said. I honestly don’t know how to react to that. So, I only manage to say “what?”. Mathew sighs, sits up straighter, and starts talking again. “I got a job, and it’s a pretty good job, it pays well....and I know it’s gonna be hard for you to change schools and to move to another state but...” he pauses for like 5 seconds then starts talking again. “The company I’m working at is having a bit of a financial crisis and it hasn’t been able to afford to pay our full salaries for two months now and they are beginning to let people off”. He pauses and looks at me. “If I don’t take the job in New York...I’m gonna be out of a job”. He speaks. Mathew is waiting for me to say something, anything. He looks tired, I can see the bags under his eyes. He’s doing the best he can and I’m so grateful for him. He has
Francisca's POV "I can't believe you're leaving," Jenny says. I'm sitting in an ice cream place with my two best friends Jenny and Lori. I've known Jenny and Lori since we were 13. Someone was picking on Jenny so I kind of sort of got in between them and punched the kid who was making fun of her braces at the time. Don't judge okay, Ivan - my brother - always told me to stand up to bullies and I did and I'd do it again. Even if it got me in a lot of trouble with mom haha. Jenny and Lori were already friends so I kind of just joined their group. I was lucky to find them. Can’t imagine my life these past years without them, I just told them about Matt's new Job and us moving to New York in 4 days. They're not taking it well. “I was so excited to start our new year as sophomores together man" she frowns. I smile sadly at her. "Yeah me too," I say. "We can still video chat like every day! And visit!". "But that's not gonna be the same" Jenny pouts. "Honestly, as s
When we finally reach New York, when we are finally in front of our brand new apartment , the apartment in which I'm supposed to live in from now on. Matt wakes me up. He shows me around and the apartment is pretty good, it's awesome actually and I am super excited to see my new room and to decide how I'm gonna decorate it. The moving truck comes shortly after us and we begin setting some stuff up and get settled in a bit. We set up the couche and some kitchen things.After we're done with most things I ask Matt if I could go exploring for a bit. He shakes his head "this is New York Fran, you're not going out on your own this late" he says. Oh man Matthew sees the disappointed look on my face and sighs. "I'll go with you tomorrow and you can do all the exploring you want" he says. And I grin and jump up and down happily while he laughs.The next day Matt and I do get out and explore the city. I see the Statue of Liberty from afar.We even go to Central Park.It's a good day.
Francisca's POV This can't be happening, This can't be happening,This can't be happening, This can't be happening. Ivan and Dan are here, together, at my school, we're going to be attending the same fucking high school. Jenny was right. Oh god Jenny was right! The universe IS trying to get us to reunite. I can already see her smug face. And I can already hear Lori laughing at me because of this....strange strange situation. Dan is saying goodbye to whoever is in the car while Ivan seems to be just walking away, annoyed. And then I see him.My dad. He's right there.Just a few feet away from me. I haven't seen him in so long. He looks...exactly the same. I can feel the tears in my eyes beginning to spill, but I try to blink them away. He's right there after all this time. I could go right to him right now and...I don't know hug him, just stay in my dad's arms for as long as I can. I really want to do that, but I just look at him, stunned, and watch him drive away. I see
Ivan's POVWhile I'm eating, Clair can't for the life of her stop talking. I don't know who told her that being this clingy when were are not even in a relationship is cute because it definitely isn't. She keeps touching me in inappropriate places and I normally wouldn't care but honestly I am debating reminding her that we're at freaking school and not a freaking night club. "Would you stop fucking touching me, Clair I'm trying to eat here" I say gritting my teeth. She immediately stops and her face reddens in embarrassment while others at the table snicker. I am eating my food when I look at Daniel eating opposite me and inhaling his own. We make eye contact and he sees the look of disgust on my face when we hear a commotion at the other end of the cafeteria.Both Dan and I look over at the commotion and see a girl I haven't seen around school before arguing with Ashley Ross I think her name is and Clair's sister on the ground. Looks like the new girl is defending Violet. I
Francisca's POV It's been about two weeks since the new school year started, two weeks since I've seen my siblings in. Real. Life. Two weeks of seeing dad a couple of times from afar when he's dropping off Ivan and Dan, two weeks since Jenny and Lori last laughed at me when I told them that I was going to the same school as my brothers, two weeks of hiding the fact that I do go to school with my brothers from Matt, and on a lighter, more positive note, two weeks since I became friends with Violet. It's been kind of a slow process but I feel like we are getting closer and closer everyday! I noticed some things about her like she doesn't really like me touching her, she said she doesn't really like most people's touch in general, I also kind of noticed that she doesn't really understand my sarcasm lol such I'm not used to with Jenny and Lori but she has some pretty funny reactions to them haha. I kept actively avoiding my brothers at school of course, they seem to not have noticed me
Francisca’s POV She needs Clair? I was pretty sure that what Ashley said about Clair is the thing that triggered this panic attack, would bringing her really be a good idea? "Are you sure?" I ask "Yes.....please" Violet says. "Okay...okay I'll be right back okay, don't worry"I leave the bathroom quickly and head for the cafeteria hoping to find Clair at her usual spot....which is with my brothers...ugh the universe really doesn't like me. But I can't think about encountering my brothers right now, Violet needs me to bring her bitch of a sister to her so that's what I'm gonna do. I open the cafeteria doors and head for my brothers table only to not find neither Clair or Ivan, only Dan and their usual friends that I always see them with. "Um excuse me" I say. A couple of people stop their conversation to look at me and see what a random sophomore wants from them including Dan. I make eye contact with Dan and he looks at me confused and suddenly I'm not as confident as before.