Choose - Season 1 - Episode 68

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Choose - Season 1 - Episode 68

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“Luke why did you drag me all the way home?” I ask.

Luke told me there was something I should know, yet he brought me back to my house. I kept asking him to just tell me, but he refused.
“Because it’s not mine to tell.” Luke says as he opens the door to my apartment.
Luke takes my hand and leads me to Michael’s room. Was he on the phone with Michael this morning?
“Tell her, Michael.” Luke says.
Michael stands up from his bed once he sees us.

“Luke, what the f--k!” Michael shouts.
“She overheard our phone call, okay? I’m sorry but I can’t hide stuff from her. So you need to tell her now or else i’ll end up telling her myself, and I know you’ll hate me for that. So tell her.”

I guess it was Michael on the phone. But tell me what?
Michael sighs and then nods.

“I’ll wait in the kitchen.” Luke says as he leaves Michael’s room, shutting the door behind us.

“Michael what’s going on?” I dare to ask.
“First you need to know that i’m so sorry about the timing, it’s shitty I know, but there’s not much I can do about it.” Michael says.

“Do about what? Timing for what? Michael what the hell are you talking about?” I ask, extremely confused.
“Luke thinks it’s a bad idea, but I know it’s not. I hate that it’ll hurt you, but it’s what I feel like I need to do.”
“Michael spit it out!” I shout, getting impatient with Michael beating around the bush.
“I’m going to college.” He says.
“Wha-college? Mikey, that’s great!” I say, engulfing him in a hug.
I always knew Michael’s dream was college, he had just never found time to go. I’m so happy he’s finally put his mind to going.
“What are you going to study?” I ask cheerily.

“Engineering.” Michael says lowly.
“That’s great! That’s what you’ve always wanted to do! What college is it?” I ask.

Michael doesn’t reply.
“Why aren’t you more happy about this?”
“That’s just it, May. I got accepted into Penn State.” Michael says, looking up at me.
My breathes hitches. He can’t be serious. He’s joking around with me, he has to be.
“Penn State? As in…America?”
“Yeah. I accepted the offer already. I’m so sorry. I don’t want to leave you, believe me but after mom died, and I found out dad isn’t actually my dad, I feel like I just need a fresh start. I need to start somewhere new. Too much bad has happened here. I can’t stay.” He says.
I can’t believe what i’m hearing right now. My brother is moving to America?
“Michael, this is your home.” I croak.
“No, this is your home. It never felt like mine. I love you so much, May but, I need to go. I need to do something for me for once.”
I stand there, stunned. My brother is leaving me and so is Luke. How is this possibly happening?
“Say something.” Michael says.
I shrug my shoulders. “I don’t know what to say.”

“I’m so sorry, May. Believe me, I hate that this is hurting you. And I didn’t want to tell you because with Luke moving, and now me, I just figured it was too much for one person to handle.”……. He’s right.
“When do you leave?” I ask.
“Two weeks.” He almost whispers.
“Two weeks?!” I raise my voice.
How could he be leaving in two weeks? That’s barely any time. That doesn’t give me a chance to do anything I would want to do with him before he goes.
“You’re leaving in two weeks?! How could wait this long to tell me?” I exclaim.
“I just didn’t know how. I got accepted a few weeks after mum passed away. I’ve already postponed going for so long because I wanted to stay here with you. But you graduate in four months. So once you graduate, why don’t you come to America? We can get a place near Penn and you can go to college there too. We can start a life there, May.” Michael says.

This is all happening so fast. First he tells me that he’s moving to America, and now he’s asking if i’ll go with him?
“I-I don’t-what about Cora? And Cal and Ash? What about dad, Michael? How do you expect to just leave everyone behind?”
“I’ll come down for holidays, just like Luke is. And as for Cora, she’s coming with me.” He says.

“What? She is?” I ask.
“Yeah. After a lot of crying and yelling, we both decided that we can’t be without each other. And she’s going to apply to get into Penn next semester.” Michael explains.
“She’s willing to just leave everyone behind? Even her family?” I ask.
“Well she’s an only child. Her dad died when she was really young, and her mum moved to Adela!de with her new boyfriend. So Cora really doesn’t have anyone she’s leaving behind.” Michael tells me.
Maybe I should go. I mean, Luke’s going to England, Michael and Cora are going to America, and Calum and Ashton will probably go to some college around here and make all new friends. If I don’t go with Michael, i’ll have no one.

But, I can’t leave. Australia is my home. I wouldn’t feel whole if I was anywhere else. Plus, I can’t move away from my dad. Sydney was far enough as it is, I can’t move all the way to America without him.
I run my hands over my face.
“You don’t have to decide if you want to come now. You have four months to decide. And if you decide you want to come, then Cora and I will already be there waiting for you. If we’re all in America, then Luke can just come see us there.” Michael says.
This can’t be happening. Why can’t everyone just stay in Sydney? Why did Liz have to meet a man that lives all the way in England? Why does Luke have to go with her? Why does Michael have to go to school in America? None of this is fair.
“Can’t you just go to school in Sydney?” I ask, in hopes that by some miracle, he’ll decide to.

“I can, but in all honesty May, I don’t want to. I want to start fresh.” He says.
“And you feel like you need to do that thousands of miles away?!” I scream, tears now falling from my eyes.
“May, please calm down.”
“Don’t tell me to calm down! My brother and best friend are moving to America and my boyfriend is moving to England. And i’m left here in Sydney all alone. I have no one.” I cry.

“You don’t have no one! Calum and Ash are still here. Maybe dad can move out here, too. Or, you can just come to America with me.” Michael says.
“What? Do you expect me to just say yes and change my whole life around simply because you ‘want to start fresh?’ That’s not fair to me Michael and you know it.”
“What happened to you and I always? What happened to ‘we’re all each other has?'” Michael says.
“Don’t use that one against me right now. You’re not just asking me to go on some vacation, Michael. You’re asking me to move across the world. You can’t just expect me to decide something like that in minutes.” I say to him.
Besides, if i’m willing to just pack up and move to America, why can’t I just pack up and move to England to be with Luke? He says he can’t take me away from my life here but, without him and Michael, I don’t have a life here.
“Please just think it over, okay?” Michael asks.

I nod my head. I know that there’s no chance in hell i’m going to America, but I don’t want to fight with Michael. I need to process everything, and right now i’m not exactly in a state to discuss topics like moving across the whole world. If I was ever to move out of Australia, it would be with Luke to England.

I walk out of Michael’s room and walk over to Luke who’s leaned up against the kitchen counter, typing on his phone. He looks up and sees me and immediately puts his phone in his back pocket.

“Are you okay?” Luke asks with worry.
I break into sobs as I bury my head into Luke’s chest.
“I’ll have no one.” I sob.
“Shh.” Luke tries to comfort me as he strokes my hair.
“You’ll be gone, he’ll be gone, so will Cora. Everyone will be gone and i’ll be alone. What am I supposed to do?” I cry.
“I think Michael’s right. You should go with him.” Luke says into my hair as he leans his chin on the top of my head.
I pull away from Luke and look up at him. “What? How did you even hear him ask me that?”
“You guys were screaming at each other, and the doors aren’t exactly sound proof.”
“How could you even say that? You think I should go with him, yet you can’t let me go with you because you think you’ll be taking me away from everything? How does that even make sense, Luke? If Michael’s moving, I see no reason why I can’t come with you.” I say.

“I do. I can’t ask you to come all the way to England with me. If we were to ever break up, you’d be stuck in a country with no one else. If you went to America, you’d always have your brother. There’s never a chance of losing him, so you’d never be alone. I just want you to be happy, May. And I think you’ll be happiest if you go with Michael and Cora to America. You can apply at Penn State too and then you can all go to the same college.” Luke says.

He does have a point. I’d always have my brother with me. And even though i’m certain Luke and I will never break up, if we did, I would be alone.
Maybe the best thing for me really is to move to America.
“Maybe you’re right.” I say under my breath.
But, maybe he isn’t……………….
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