We finally arrive, knowing that it is goodbye. Dad and Derek must leave because if they stay any longer, I’m sure they would have weakened, which isn’t happening anytime soon, not without my power of convincing them that everything’s okay.
“Guys, I promise I’m fine,” I tell them, assuring Derek, who looks like a maniac from how much he worries about me and at dad, which doesn’t look so sure of my statement.
“She’s right, you need to go.” Leanne says, before receiving a small kiss on her lips by Derek.
I stare at them: could they be a couple already?
They both chuckle at my expression. “I’ll be back for you,” he tells Leanne, who seems pleased to hear this from my brother.
“I will miss you,” Mikala and I say at the same time, laughing at our timing.
They both smile, fading into thin
