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Azalea fell asleep as Ce-Ce and Bre helped back some of her clothes.
Azalea came to a conclusion that night that there was no way she would be accepted to any other colleges, so she had Ce-Ce call Ms. Ross and tell her that she would be attending Myth Academy. Ms. Ross told her that she would be leaving the next day so that she would have a chance to catch up to the rest of the students before Thanksgiving break, which was literally right around the corner. She said that for Thanksgiving break they’d be able to go home for a few days but the point of coming in today would be so all of their dorms would be set up for their arrival after the break.
When Azalea woke up Ce-Ce was laid out in her sitting room and Bre was back in her closet. Azalea sat up completely feeling a little bit better, just a little sore here and there but for the most part she was fine.
“Hey,” Bre said walking over toward her and sitting on the edge of her bed. She looked over toward Ce-Ce and said, “I told you she’d come around. She heard about you and Llorel’s situation she felt bad for the way she had treated you. Of course those weren’t her words but it was something like that, but I definitely heard an apology somewhere in there.”
“Well apology accepted but I don’t want her feeling bad for me.”
“Well,” Bre said changing the subject. “You are all packed and ready to go and… Ce-Ce, Dylinn and I are all ready to go to!” They squealed in excitement. Azalea couldn’t believe they were all coming too. They screamed and they accidentally woke Ce-Ce up in the process.
“Why the fuck are yall screaming this early in the fucking morning?” Azalea and Bre smiled sheepishly and apologized.
“I need a shower,” Azalea announced hopping off of the bed and walking over toward the clothes that Ce-Ce had laid out for her the night before.
“We’ll go get dressed too and we’ll all meet down in the dining hall to say good-bye,” Bre said before walking out of the room.
“Hey,” Ce-Ce called before she had left. “I’m pretty sure loose tongue Bre told you that I felt bad for the way that I treated you, but I wanted you to hear it from me. I’ve been in your position; in fact I’ve been exactly in your position so I probably have a good feeling on what you’re going through. Me and Caleb were imprinted before, if you didn’t know. It was a choice we had made together unlike you and Llorel’s choice which y’all seemed to have no say so in. But I know what it’s like to be imprinted and to feel as if you’re somehow responsible for what has now become your other half. Just keep in mind that you can’t make everyone happy as long as yall are happy that’s really all that matters. Me and Caleb weren’t like you two we didn’t have the world on our shoulders, we didn’t have some big decision to make, we just thought that it would be nice to make our relationship permanent but nothings ever permanent. Llorel’s a hard ass but he hasn’t always been that way, but in all fairness you’re a hard ass too. Trust me Llorel would protect you with his life if given the choice, so don’t stress over the choices you will have to make just try and enjoy it, if possible,” she said before she left. Azalea laughed to herself without much humor, Ce-Ce said Llorel would protect her with his life, but when it came down to her or his life he chose his life.
Azalea took a long and soothing shower before putting on the t-shirt and jean skirt Ce-Ce had picked out for her to wear. Azalea hasn’t worn a skirt in a long time, ever since the attack on that Halloween night she hasn’t really worn anything that showed off her legs or arms whenever she was out in public. The t-shirt was black with silver sequence all over it. Azalea slipped on the black boots, tied up her hair and made her way to the dining hall. Everyone was there to see them go and it made Azalea very happy. Though they’d only be gone for a day it was still nice to know that everyone would still miss them. George was standing near the stairwell with a pan of pie in his hands and a giant fork.
“You better not eat all of that pie, I wanna see a piece left for me when I come back,” she told him as he smiled down at her.
“Well let’s just hope you don’t come back then,” he said. When Azalea walked over toward Mrs. Sarah she had tears in her eyes, and it almost brought tears to her own eyes.
“I’mma miss you honey,” she whispered on a sob.
“I’m not going to be gone long,” Azalea tried to assure her.
“Yea I know honey but the next time you won’t be saying that, next time you’ll be gone for good.”
“I’ll come and I’ll visit,” she promised.
“You better,” she said trying to laugh through her tears.
Azalea gave Nay-Nay a hug and made Nay-Nay promise her that she’ll hang out with her when she got back until she left for good. She didn’t seem to have a problem keeping that promise.
“I’ll be right here, and I’ll even take care of Bucky for you.” Azalea smiled down at the sweet and innocent face before giving her a big hug.
“Who’s gonna tell Nicky and Tosh?” she asked.
“You can, you can be my little messenger.”
“Or why don’t we just make it a surprise?” she asked in her excited voice.
“I like that, but you gotta remember to keep it a secret until they find out themselves.” She made the universal ‘my lips are sealed’ sign and it made Azalea laugh.
After saying good-bye to everyone Azalea realized that Llorel wasn’t here to say good-bye, and it hurt her more than she wanted to admit.
Thank you for reading All That Remains: A Whole New Me; I hope you enjoyed reading it just as much as I enjoyed writing it.
The End of Part one if you would like to continue this book, Part 2 All That Remains: Strangers Feeling it is coming out soon.
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