I have my mom a hug as she kissed my forehead.

"You guys really have to leave?" I asked her.

"It's only for three weeks, Iris. We'll be back soon. It is just a business trip. No worries."

I turned around to give my dad a hug, tears in my eyes. I had always been really close to my parents, and never had they been away from me more than a seven, maybe eight days. Three weeks, that was completely different. It was also the first time I had the house entirely to myself for nights on end.

"Bye honey! We'll talk to you soon!" My mom said as she closed the front door. I was all alone.

It had been two days since the party transpired, and I still felt weird about it. Nothing really seemed right about what happened. But I just ignored the thought of Andy "loving" me, he was too drunk to speak his mind. Atleast that's what I thought.

I got in my room and opened my history book, studying for the next test. This was going to be a few interesting weeks.

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It was 1 a.m. and I couldn't sleep. It was raining outside, and the constant noise it made was killing me. The loneliness triggered my tears. I guess it was because of the familiarity of the feeling, combined with the darkness. I lit my phone and texted Jenna, knowing that she always was quick to respond. She probably was with Phoenix, sleeping or lying bed talking to Nix via phone. The two had grown really close. "You're awake?"

My head moved back onto my pillow and I waited. The constant sound of rain against the roof was frustrating, and knowing that no one else was in the house it made me scared. What if someone entered the house and I wouldn't notice?

My phone lit up, signaling a response. "With Nix. You okay?"

"Yeah, just having a hard time sleeping." I thought of how much she liked him. She had wanted this to happen for years, I wasn't gonna ruin their relationship by being the "needy bestie".

I decided to not try to ruin the moment, leave out the "It's nothing" I wanted to send, typical girl talk for "Everything is awful".

"Talk to you in the morning. Have fun :)"

I turned over, burying my head in the soft pillow, letting out a loud groan. Why can't I sleep? Why do I have to be so lonely? Didn't I have anyone else I could talk to.

I lit the lamp and sat up in the bed, turned around, letting my long lean legs hit the floor, contemplating the thought that just hit me.

Andy. I could text Andy.

My fingers ran through my hair as I shook my head. I really shouldn't. But I bet he would answer, and the loneliness was killing me.

Barely even thinking, my hands reached for my phone and started typing. I didn't know how to begin. "I wish you were here"? Nah, that would make me sound desperate. "What's up"? Nah, that's more a daytime thingie, when you have nothing to say.

"Are you still awake?" was the final choice. I only had waiting left to do.

Pacing back and forth in my room, I realized how agonizing it felt being in my room at night. Putting on music might make it less uncomfortable, but that would certainly not help my situation regarding the loneliness. I wondered how my parents were doing.

The phone suddenly buzzed and I almost threw myself on my bed to see what it said.

"Yeah. Insomnia?"

My fingers moved quickly across the screen, so much that I had to stop myself several times from sending to correct my mistakes.

"Kind of. Well, not really. Loneliness."

"Let me guess, I'm not the first one you've tried talking to tonight?"

I hated this when it came to texting, you could never tell if someone was trying to be witty or simply rude.

"Second. First one was Jenna, but she was busy."

"I can't believe this! I'm your second choice! That's a huge upgrade, I used to be 7 billionth! ;)"

I laughed slightly at the text, and realized afterwards that I had no idea what to say. But I didn't wanna be lonely, so I decided to go radical.

"You wouldn't mind coming over to my place? Or atleast call me on the phone. I won't judge you if you're busy or don't wanna wake anyone up. I just need someone to talk to."

A minute or so passed by before I got the text. I took a deep breath before opening.

"Give me the adress, I'll be there as soon as I can."

The adress was sent to Andy, and I waited. I continued pacing, contemplating what I had done. Was this really such a good idea?

After only about 10 minutes I heard a car pull up on the driveway and the door bell ringing. I ran downstairs to meet Andy, completely drenched in water from the rain. His dark hair was dripping small pearls of clear liquid onto his pale skin, occasionally hitting his leather jacket. Had he just now started looking this gorgeous? Or have I just been blinded by the monster I thought was lying inside?

I closed the door, letting him get inside and immediately threw my arms around his neck. He quickly embraced me, pulling me close to him.

"I'm so glad you're here..." I said. He smiled.

"I'm so glad to be your second choice..."

Notes

I am quite satisfied with this chapter. I know there's lots of descriptions and that it is a long chapter for very little drama, but I still believe it is one of my favourites. More will happen soon.

The comments I've gotten on this story so far have been positive and they have made me so happy! Just hearing any feedback is really encouraging to me :) And it is crazy how this little story could get a thousand views in three days! Probably because of my ever so frequent updating. Enjoy it while it lasts, sooner or later I'll probably get writer's block, haha!

This particular chapter was written and also somewhat inspired by, even though not to a huge extent, the song "Story of My Life" by Automatic Loveletter. If you wanna capture the mood i was in while writing this, I suggest you listen to that song while reading this chapter. I've actually not listened to Automatic Loveletter before, but I enjoyed the song :)

I am thinking of adding pictures to the original characters as well, I think I could find pictures to fit them. Don't really have much else to say, so yeah.

I might update this once again before going to bed, but I've been up 'til 1:30 a.m. the past two nights just writing, so don't keep your hopes up :) Love you guys and thanks for reading!