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I grinned "Yeah? Awesoed in her to make her so laidback lately, maybe it was the fact that I wouldn’t see her for a year Whatever it was, I was grateful for the change

She rolled her eyes and headed into the kitchen I peeked into the lounge to seeTV "Hey," Isheepishly, waiting to be scolded

"You’re in trouble," he whispered, leaning in and flicking his eyes to the hallway "Mo out the word for draed and nodded "Yeah I know Sorry"

He sainst hiht, Pumpkin?" he asked

I didn’t really knohat to say to that to be honest Parts of htmare that I would probably relive once I was in bed alone "Yeah I guess"

Myup frory that I could easily eat a horse "Not sure what it’ll taste like heated up, you should have coood," she stated, shrugging

I sratefully "Thanks, Mo fried rice and kung pao chicken She s in my food like it was my last meal I moaned at the taste of it - Jamie would love this, this was his favourite and what he always ordered

I hung out withsmall talk about the party and stuff

No oneaway, o quiet and look in the other direction I had the distinct i to uess I’d better go finish packing," Isorted into piles but I hadn’t even started putting it into a case yet Ja that would hold a few days’ worth of stuff too The plan was to store the larger cases at the airport as we arrived there, and just use the lighter bags because ould bearound a lot We could then just swap the clothes and stuff every couple of weeks so that eren’t wearing the saenius really, and was a total brainwave of Jah I tried to take the credit for it of course

My mom frowned and nodded at the saood at packing," she offered

I s and could neverthat Jamie was better than me because he’d have to sort reat"

My dad grinned at rateful for some reason as he kissedhow my dad winked at my mom and squeezed her hand supportively She followeddistastefully at the mess that was all over the place Well, it wasn’t really aI wanted to take was in piles covering the carpet I s it on my bed

"You haven’t even started? Ellison, you shouldn’t have left this until now!" she scolded, i the for you to offer your awesoain I’d beena real effort lately, and so had she It was nice in a way that we’d started to bond - it was just such a shaet us to be more than just ‘housemates’

A smile twitched at the corner of her lips as she picked up uess you’re lucky I offered then," she replied

I grinned and sat down on the bed, deciding to let her do it all because she was a bit of a control freak anyway and I’d only end up doing it wrong if I tried to help She smiled sadly to herself as she refolded all ofwith all of

I watched her in silence; she took soin there, see When I passed her my photo of us all froely "You’re taking this with you?"

I nodded in confir what you look like, can I?" I joked

She looked a little taken aback for some reason She chewed on her lip as she looked at the photo

"You know, I loved this vacation You taught Kelsey to dive that year, I was so proud of her for learning to do it, and I was so proud of you for being able to teach her so well," she said quietly, tracing her thuht in my throat at her words She’d just said that she was proud oflike that come out of her mouth before, she was always so prim and proper, she wasn’t one for affection or declarations of love, it sounded so strange to coht

"Kels is a quick learner," I choked out around the lu in my throat