Holding On Forever - Hillary NGO (a court of thorns and roses ebook free TXT) 📗

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!?" Aqua cried.
"I mean I don't think we should hang out anymore Aqua," replied Shay as he rubbed the back of his neck trying to soothe the ache forming there. "People are assuming we are together and I don't want that. I mean I'm older than you and all."
"You stupid jerk! You're telling me you're breaking up our friendship just because of some inferences people are making. Plus I'm only 12 and in 7th grade, while your 13 and in 8th grade."
"Listen Aqua, it's better this way..."
"Just forget about it!" Aqua screamed as she stopped him in mid sentence.
"Aqua..."
"No!" croaked Aqua on the verge of tears. I won't let him see me cry, I won't waste my tears on him, I won't risk anymore of my time with him.

I started to turn and run away. As the sight of him disappeared from my view, I let it all out. I ran and ran until I saw my big two story house come into view. I walked toward the big iron gate guarding my house and inserted the numbers in so the gate would open. The gate beeped once and the gate slowly swung open revealing my parents' black 2010 Hummer truck. I slumped and walked toward the huge wooden front door. Before I could even grab my house key, the door swung wide open revealing my parents with concern in their eyes. Only one thing was certain. Bad News.

I woke up with sweat pouring down my face. It's okay I told myself it was all just a bad dream except it actually happened.

I can't believe I would be moving back to the terrible forsaking place after 5 years. I still remember coming home with tears falling down my face from what happened earlier before the day and finding out that my parents were being transferred from Oceanside, CA to Phoenix, Arizona for their job. I gladly agreed to moving to get rid of the huge ache located where my heart is and a week later I found myself at the new Arizona house. Nowadays, I completely tried to forget about my past as much as possible, but of course the past has to catch up to you because my parents are moving me back to Oceanside, alone. They are spending too much time away on trips so they are sending me back to where they think I belong most right now and in the spring of my junior year too!
I quickly lifted myself off my baby blue queen bed, slipped into my slippers and then headed off to my bathroom. I quickly stripped off my pajamas, threw it into the hamper and walked into the glass shower chamber. I lifted the knob and warm water poured onto my tan hazel skin. I grabbed the the shampoo and quickly started to rub it into my long brownish, black hair letting it stay for 2 minutes before letting it wash off from the water. Next, I squirted the jasmine smell conditioner into my hair and rubbed it in for 5 minutes before washing it off. I stayed in the shower for another 2 minutes before walking out and grabbing my light blue and white towels. I wrapped the light blue towel over my body and the white one for my hair. I went over to the sink and squeezed the minty toothpaste onto my toothbrush. I inserted the toothbrush into my mouth and brushed for another 5 minutes. After, I opened the bathroom and walked over to my closet. I quickly opened the closet door and shuffled through my clothes that were being left behind with my parents. I put on my white panties and a matching bra and scrambled to find my green v-neck shirt. Once I found it, I put it on along with my dark blue varsity jacket with the letter A, my white ripped skinny jeans and tied it all together by slipping into my 2 inch white high heels.
When I finished, I went over to my brown vanity table and smeared my eyes with a light blue eye shadow, brushed my hair till it was straight, applied light pink lip gloss and added a quick touch of lavender blush to my cheeks. Done. I nodded at my look in the mirror before leaving my bedroom that might be mine for the last time. I shut the door of my bedroom and walked down the long hallway. I stepped downstairs and looked for my parents. When I reached them, they were leaning on the island counter with their eyes mesmerized on their iPhone 5's.
"Hi," I greeted my parents as I entered the modern sleek kitchen.
"Hi Aqua," replied my mother as she put down her iPhone 5 to look at me.
I smiled back and opened the fridge to get a glass of orange juice.
My dad interrupted by saying, "Hurry up Aqua! The stuff we bought you for your trip is in your car and the jet is about ready to take off."
With that being said, I quickly swallowed down the juice and rushed out of the kitchen. I kissed my parents on the cheek as a form of goodbye and raced down the steps to my powder blue car. My baby was all ready for me to leave. Just a few months ago I looked at my car with teary eyes and now I'm doing it all over again.
I can't believe my car is already being taken away from me. I mean I'm 17 now and I'm still that goody two shoes Asian my parents raise me to be, but I get frustrated by the fact they don't trust me driving the streets of Oceanside, California.

I heaved a sigh at the thought while sliding into my car seat and inserting the car keys. My powder blue infiniti G convertible purred to life as I sped down the neighborhood street to my family's private jet.
When I got there, I saw my butler waiting in front of the white jet ready to do anything that I please. I stepped out of my convertible and grabbed my luggage that I would need for the time being. My butler, Jonathon, rushed over to my side and heaved the luggage into the plane. I entered the jet and as usual it was the best money could buy. I went over to a seat and plopped myself down waiting for takeoff. After a few minutes of waiting, everything was ready and prepared. I text my friends and told them that I was finally leaving and they all text back 'goodbyes', 'I'll miss you' and all those farewell types of things where they promise to visit me soon. Then the pilot told me that we were about to take off, so I turned off my phone and buckled my seat belt. I laid back on the seat an pull out a magazine from the rack and started to doze off. An hour later, I woke up to the pilot informing me that we were about to descend. I put the magazine that was on my lap back into the rack and waited for the plane to land. I looked out the window and saw buildings stretching for miles and miles and the crystal clear ocean. The plane descended slowly onto runway and a few minutes later I was able to leave. I walked sleepily out of the plane and my eyes popped wide open.
My car! My baby! I rubbed my eyes to see if it really was my convertible and it was. My powder blue convertible was right before my eyes with a note attached from my parent's. The note read 'We know it's hard for you to go, so we thought something from home would make you happier. Signed, your parents'. I swiftly sat in my car and started it up. I followed my car's GPS system and I couldn't believe my eyes. I was living here! The house was amazingly huge with an iron gate protecting it. I opened the gate with the numbers my parents gave me to enter and it seemed like a fairy tale. The house was 3 stories high with a huge fountain smacked in the middle, and clear freshly cut grass stretching as far as my eyes could see. I parked my car into the front of the house and walked up the steps towards the front door. Two middle aged couple walked out of the house and introduced themselves. The man, Jesse was around 40 years old and he said he was the caretaker of the house and the butler. The lady introduced herself as Jessica and she was the cook and maid. They helped me bring my luggage in and gave me direction to my room. I walked up to the second story and I opened my new room door and was blown away. Right in the middle of the room was a seashell white colored poster bed, the walls were painted caribbean blue with white swirls. I looked around my room again and saw that the dresser had a pop out flat screen TV and my closet was about the size of my parents master bedroom.
I'm home I thought to myself as I plopped onto my bed falling into a deep sleep.

The next day I woke up to the sound of Jessica announcing that breakfast was ready. I scrambled out of my bed and stumbled into my bathroom. Wow! It was as big as the closet with 1 huge bathtub/jacuzzi in the middle, 1 shower chamber on the left and the right, a wall mirror the size of my bed, two toilets on both side and 2 sinks for each side also. I hastily got ready and walked downstairs towards the delicious smell wafting through the air. I found Jessica setting the mounds of food onto the dining table and directing me to sit down. She grabbed a plate and scooped up some bacon, scrambled eggs, sausage, pancake, toasts and hash brown and gently gave it to me. I smiled and thanked her and sat down at the table to eat. As I was eating, I admired the looks of the house so far. There was a basement that was converted into a cinema, 2 pools, a huge basketball court, a tennis court, a 6 car garage, 2 guest bathroom on each floor along with 4 bedrooms on each floor with their own bathrooms. I finished the meal and Jesse came to take it away. As I was about to head back to my room, Jesse came back and gave me a credit card.
"What's