CHAPTER 2:

Lucas was leaving tomorrow and who knows when I was going to see him again. I wanted to go to the party at least to say "goodbye" one last time. As I closed up the store I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Hey" he said as I turned around.
"Omgosh! Lucas you scared the living crap out of me!"
"Sorry" he said with a smile.
"What are you doing here? Don't you have a party going on at your house?"
"Well I snuck out for a little bit. I had to see why my best friend didn't show up plus a party isn't a party without your partner in crime" he said and we both laughed.
"I'm sorry I had to stay late at work as you can see so I couldn't make it and I was too busy to call" I said as we walked towards the car.
"Oh" he said. "I see that you finally got your grandparents car back" he said looking at my car.
"Yeah it was here when you dropped me off"
"Oh"

"And it's my car now Nicole got tired of having to drive me to school and work so she gave it to me" I explained.
"So...I guess I better get back" he said as I opened my car door.
"Yeah before they realize that you're gone"
"Are you going to go to the airport tomorrow to say 'goodbye'" he asked.
"Tomorrow's Saturday" I began to think. "No I can't I have to work"
"Then I guess this is goodbye" he said as he leaned in to give me a hug.
"No this isn't goodbye...more like see you soon" I said as he hugged me tight.
"Whenever that is" he said.
"Soon" I said as my eyes filled with tears.

"I'm going to miss you Is" he said pulling away.
"Me too Luke" I replied as he lightly kissed my forehead. "Promise you won't forget me" I said looking up into his eyes.
"How can I forget my other little sister?" he said as he flashed a smile at me.
"Easy" I smiled.
"Never"
"Stop I think ima cry" I laughed.
"As long as there's no goodbyes" he laughed.
"See you around"
"I can't take this...come here" he said pulling me into another long hug this time with sobbing and everything.

"I love you Luke" I whispered.
"I love you too Isabella" he whispered back.
"Promise to keep in touch" I said as I pulled away.
"Promise" he said wiping away my tears.
"Well I got to get going before my aunt calls me yelling about why I'm not home"
"OK" he said with a sad tone.
"Good luck in life"
"You make it sound as if I'm never going to see you again"
"Who knows" was all I could say without tearing up again.
"Whatever happened to 'see you soon'" he said quoting me.
"I just don't want to say goodbye. It hurts too much to know that my best friend is leaving and I might not ever see him again" I said as my eyes began to tear up again.
"You will see me I promise"
"What about if you become a famous successful doctor and forget all about me?"
"No matter what happens you'll always be in my life. I'll never leave or forget about you. You'll always be my partner in crime" We laughed. He always found a way to make me laugh.
"OK then see you soon"
"I'll call you when I'm settled in"
"OK and im me everyday"
"Oh wait I have to give you my new email address its live4music@aol.com"
"Wait let me write it down before I forget" I said reaching into my car for a pen and a paper but then my phone rang.

*ring*
*ring*
"Hello"
"Where the hell are you? You were supposed to be home already" Juliet yelled into the phone. She was my 15 year old cousin who thought she could run my life along with Virginia 18 and Nicole.
"I'm on my way" I said realizing I closed 30 minutes ago.
"Whatever hurry up!" she yelled then she clicked.

"I have to go Lucas"
"Okay I have your number so I'll call you to give you mine when I arrive"
"Ima miss you" I said giving him one last hug as we stood in the empty parking lot crying.
"Me too" he said as he pulled away and wiped my tears.
"I love you Lucas" I said as I got into the car.
"I love you too Isabella" he said as he reached in and gave me a kiss on the cheek and then closed my car door.

He waved as I turned my car on and pulled out of the parking space. I couldn't help but cry again. This is goodbye...at least for awhile. But again I was left alone. I arrived home a couple minutes later. When I entered the house there was Juliet waiting as though if she were my mom.

"Finally!" she said as I entered. "It's about time"
"Goodnight" I said walking past her.
"Where were you?" she questioned and I stopped.
"Working. Where else?" I turned around.
"You were supposed to close at ten. It's eleven-fifteen"
"And" I answered.
"You should have been here at ten-thirty the latest. So where were you?"
"Juliet" I stated seriously. "You're my younger cousin not my mom"
"But your living in my house...so I think I deserve an explanation to why your late"
"Actually this is my house but when my parents died your mom moved in with you guys so you don't any explanation" I said and she stayed quiet. BURNED!!!
"Whatever" she said as she rolled her eyes, turned around and walked down the hall to her room.

God I hate that spoiled little brat. She swears she can boss me around. I entered my room well my basement and laid down on my bed. No more school, no college, no Lucas. What is there to do now? Just work like I've done almost my whole life since my parents died. As I laid on my bed and looked up at the ceiling I remembered that I never wrote down Lucas' email address. I quickly got up and wrote it down. Luckily I still remembered it liveformusic@aol.com. I laid back down, closed my eyes and fell asleep. I had a long day ahead of me tomorrow.

The next day I woke up early around seven o'clock I had to work. I quickly got ready, ate breakfast and left to work. I called Lucas on my way and wished him good luck and a safe flight. After twelve hours of work I got home and tried to see if I could im Lucas to see how California was so far. I turned on my ancient computer which took forever to start up and I opened up aim. I typed in my username and my password and then typed in Lucas' email address and sent him an im.

IM For liveformusic
rockstar550:Hey it's me buddy how's California? I miss you! ='(
liveformusic:Hi...California's great but who is this?
rockstar550:It's Isabella your best friend. Did you forget me already?
liveformusic:I'm sorry I don't know who this is
rockstar550:Who is this?
liveformusic:My names Joe
rockstar550:Oh sorry! my bad I thought you were my best friend Lucas
liveformusic:No problem
rockstar550:He just left to California today and I guess he gave me the wrong email
liveformusic:Maybe you just spelled it wrong
rockstar550:Yeah maybe. thanx =D and again I'm sorry
liveformusic:It's OK. Good luck finding you friend.
rockstar550:Thanx