“My family and I used to live in Santa Monica. That changed when my parents decided to move. And that went something like this”

“We were all quietly eating this one Tuesday evening and then our dad dropped the bomb on my siblings and me.”

“What do you mean move?!” Phoebe shouted. “And England, seriously? Why don’t we just move to Iran!”

“Phoebe, your dad needs to go there for his job and it’s a lovely country.” Our mom said ignoring Phoebe’s ‘Iran’ comment.

Our mom was from England. London to be exact. You could see the excitement on her face when she told us about the move. I didn't mind moving. I mean I’m going to miss my friends here. But it’s better to see the positives rather than the negatives.

“What do you think Alexis?” Dad asked

“I think it could be great and a change of scenery is always a good thing.” I replied

“Oh of course she will agree. She would even jump from a cliff if you guys told her to.” Phoebe said crossing her arms.

“It’s not because you refuse to listen to our parents that Alexis has to do the same” Oliver told her. I don’t know what their deal is but they never got along. In the 17 years that I been alive they have never had a normal conversation.

“And what do you think about this move? Aren't you going to miss your friends and what about uni? Wait do you even have to move? I mean you could stay here if you want to” Phoebe said

“We are moving as a family Phoebe and I’m doing my last year at uni in London. And so is Faith, right Faith?” Oliver asked

“Yeah I am. I have already applied for a uni. I agree with you Alexis. I think that this family needs a change of scenery” Faith smiled

“And you kids can see Grayson” Mom added “He has decided to move in with us.”

Grayson is our older brother. He works as an lawyer in London. He lived there in an apartment with his girlfriend. He had met her when we went to visit mom’s parents. I wondered why he would move back.

“And what about school?” Phoebe asked

“You and Alex will go to a school there. You aren't in any position to fight us on that topic. You failed almost every class. You have to do your senior year over again.” Dad said getting angry

“Kids eat you dinner. We are moving in 2 months and that’s final” Mom said. Everyone went quiet and continued eating.

We watched a soccer match since it was Oliver's time to choice. Of course Phoebe threw another fit. Mom and dad ignored that. Both Faith and Oliver found it amusing. I however didn't. I found it sad how can we be so happy when one of us is clearing irritated by something. If Grayson was here, he would have comforted Phoebe. So I decided that it was my responsibility now. Phoebe went to her room and I followed her. I knocked on her door and entered.

"Hey" I said quietly. I didn't know if she would talk to me.

"Hey" she replied moving on her bed and making some place for me. I sat down next to her.

"They are not doing this to torment you Pheebs" I told her

"I know. It's just that they aren't even discussing this, they are ordering us" She said giving me a hug and letting a tear fall "I want to stay here. My whole life is here"

"I know sis. But you will make new friends there and didn't you always say that you wanted a British boyfriend?" I tried to convince her

"Yeah but....." She started

"Look Pheebs I love you. I get you but can we just do this for mom and dad. It's clearly important for dad's job and mom wants to go to the place were she was born. We can try, can't we?" I asked

She seemed to think about it but she wasn't fully convinced. I quickly thought of something "We can move back after we finish high school?" I said

"Really?" she asked

"Yeah If that's what you want I'm sure we could could talk to our parents about it." She smiled and agreed.

I stood up and went to the door. "I glad mom and dad had you" Phoebe mumbled loud enough for me to hear. I closed to door.

I bumped into Oliver and Faith in the hallway. "How is she?" He asked

"She good. She just needs some time" I told them.

"I guess I get where she is coming from. It's hard and I'm sure that no good boyfriend of hers has something to do something with this" Faith said

"Actually she broke up with him" I said and Faith eyes went wide.

"Yup she did. He apparently slept with some slut who also happens to be Phoebe her best friend. And they had a big fight. She slapped him and said they were over" Oliver told Faith

Oliver and I were watching a movie two weeks ago when we heard shouting outside. We looked out the window and saw Phoebe screaming at her boyfriend.

"Wow!" Faith said "Anyway lets get to bed it's late" we said our goodnights

I went to my room and laid down on my bed. 2 Months, 2 months was the time I had to pack up my life. I was scary to think about but yet I had a good feeling about it.

Notes

Chapter 2! Whatever the old Alexis says is in Italic. She will be the narrator for this story. Let me know what you guys think :) Oh and Harry will be in the story in the next chapter or the one after that.

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