The One That Got Away
Nine years
CIARA'S P.O.V
"No you can't go"
"I have to"
"No you don't! Stay with me don't go back"
"I have to!"
"But your my best friend you can't leave me!"
"My dad said I have to"
"CIARA HONEY COME ON ITS TIME TO GO!" My dad yelled from the car
"No you can't!" Ryan said wrapping he's eight year old arms around me
"Here" I said pulling off the necklace I got him out of my pocket and handing it to him before my dad got over to us
"We have to leave Ryan I'm sorry"My dad said walking over to us
"I don't wanna go!"I cried as my dad and mom pulled apart
"Come inside Ryan they have to go"Ryan mom Gretchen says taking him by the hand
"No momma they can't take her! Please don't let them take her!"He cried to his mother as my parents put me in their car with my brothers and sister as I cried to my parents as well
"I don't wanna go back! Please mom don't make me go!"
" Sasha calm your sister don't please"My mom said to my sister
"Ciara is okay, he's just a boy you'll meet others back him home"My sister said to me
"No! No!, No! It's not! I don't wanna go!" At the time my family didnt understand that later on dont the road that Ryan would be a big part of my life even I didn't know it at the time cause I was only eight but Ryan Allen Sheckler would change my life forever
(NINE YEARS LATER)
"I can't believe your going back"My Luka said we sat around the fire with my friend, tomorrow I was going back to California and to tell you the truth I was excited I was going to get to see Ryan again I've missed him so much over the year I need thought I'd be going back even though New Zealand was my home, my birth place my heart would always be in California with Ryan eight years old or not I loved Ryan he was my best friend we did everything to together he was teaching me how to skateboard before my dad broke the news that we had to go back to New Zealand, my sister and brother's was excited to go back but I had made a best friend and I didn't wanna leave him, yeah they made friends to but they didn't have a friendship like me and Ryan had
"Ciara are you listening to me?"Paul asked pulling me out of my thoughts
"What?"
"I said-"
"She wasn't listening to you Paul no one was"Andrew said making us laugh
"Haha very funny guys"Paul said sinking more into the sand
"I was listing"Anna said smiling at him
"Thanks doll"
"You was thinking Ryan wasn't you?"Massey said looking over at me, everybody says he has a cruse on me but I don't believe them Massey one of my good friends he's like a brother to me and I was gonna miss him as well as the other when I move back tomorrow
"You haven't seen him in ten years Ci how do you know he will remember you?" Jonesy said making Luka hit him on the back of the head
"He'll remember you Ci I promise" Luka said hugging me into his side
"Thank you luk" I said hugging him back as my phone started to ring I pulled out my phone seeing my mom was calling me
"Heyy mom"
"It's time to come home sweetie"
"Okay ill be there soon"
"Ok ill see you then"
"Mkay bye"
"Bye"
"Your mom?"Honna asked
"Yep I gotta go home" I said getting up
"Will walk you home"Megan said lopping hey arm in mine
"We're gonna look like a frecking clan walking down the road"Paul said walking beside Anna
"Yeah I'm a Bay-side bad boy" Andrew said pushing he's pants down past he's butt and starting watching like a pimp picking up a stick like it was his cane
"Andrew Chester Mins, Pull up your pants" Anna said to her little brother (By two minutes)
"Chester?"Paul laughed "Your middle name is Chester?!"
"Shut up Elwin" I said
"Elwin? He's middle name is Elwin?!" Andrew said laughing
"No his first name is Elwin"Luka said making everyone that didn't know laugh
"Why didn't you tell me that Paul?"Anna asked lopping her arm with his
"It's a family name!" He said pouting
"Aww Elwin"Anna said kissing his cheek
"Aww you two are so cute"Honna said walking Luka now
"When are you gonna get somebody Andrew?"I said
"When she drops out of the sky"
"What about you Mass?"
"I'm not getting my hopes up"
"Why not?"
"Cause I know she doesn't feel like same"
"Who is it?"Anna asked
"She's...uh she's you don't know her"Massey said looking away from us
"Bro I know a lot of girls what's her name?"Andrew asked but before he could say he's phone rang
"Hello.....yeah....okay I'll be there..yeah bye sis"
"I gotta go guys"He said turning back to go down he's street
"Massey wait!"I called out to him as he turned around I wrapped my arms around him
"I'm gonna miss you"I said hugging him
"I'll miss you to"he said hugging me back
"Ciara"he said
"Hmm"I said looking up at him
"Her name is Ciara and she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life"He said hugging me one last time before walking away
"What the hell was that!"Andrew yelled
"I'm gonna go home I gotta pack more"I said hugging everyone walking into my house
"Ciara you got everything ready?"My mom asked
"Yeah"I said walking up stairs and finishing up packing
"Tomorrow needs to get there fast"I mumbled falling asleep it didn't seem like I slept long at all until my brother came running into my room and started yelling
"CIARA WAKE UP!"
"Go away Estin!"
"Ciara we gotta leave in 30 minutes!!" Estin yelled jumping on my bed
"What?!"I yelled jumping out if my bed and running and getting into the shower then got dressed, I made sure I had everything pack and started carrying my stuff down stair
"QUENTIN!"
"WHAT?"
"I NEED HELP!"
"HOLD ON IM HELPING MOM!"
"Ugh"I groaned walking back up stair to get more box's I looked at my phone seeing it what three in the morning I barely got any sleep last night and I know this plan ride was gonna kill me
"Nannie Ci!"I heard as I was walking back down stair I dropped my box and as my Niece and Nephew ran over to me
"I'm gonna miss you guys"I said hugging them
"We gonna miss you to"They said hugging me back
"but hey guys I gotta finish getting all these box's down ill come see you all when I'm done I promise"
"Ok nannie" They say running off, it didn't take us long to get everything in the moving van we said goodbye the family and started are 13 hour plain ride to California which I slept the whole way when we landed and as on are way to our old house
"Wow this is our house? Awesome"My little brother said running out of the car
"Estin Daylong!"My mom yelled getting out of the car making use laugh
"Let's go to the beach"Quentin said pulling me out of the car
"Ciara lets go!" He said walking down the road
"I'm coming!"I yelled running after him
"Where are we going?"I asked waking beside my brother
"I don't know it's been awhile I don't know where anything is anymore"He said looking down at me
"Very true"I said lopping my arm threw his, me and him walked until we got to the beach and walked the side walk for awhile we had dinner at Sunny's as we made are way home we past the house next door as I seen a car pull in front of it as a boy got out of the car and I saw those green eyes I knew and loved
"Quinn"
"What?" He asked looking at me
"Ryan"he looked up seeing Ryan walking into he's house
"Go Ci before he gets inside"Quinn said I took off towards the house
"RY!" I yelled standing in the drive way making him turn around he turned around and looked at me funny
"If you want me to sign something I don't have a pen or anything"
"Ryan Allen Sheckler this saddens me that you don't remember me"Once again he just looked at me then walked a little bit closer
"If I've dated you before or signed something for you I'm sorry but I don't remember you"When he said that it brought tears to my eyes I reached into my shirt and pulled out the my necklaces just like the one I gave him nine years ago he looked down at the necklaces then back up at me
"Ci?"I shook my head whipping the tears from my eyes
"Oh my god!"He said pulling me into a hug making me wrap my arms around him
"I've missed you so much"he said into my hair
"I've missed you to Ry"
"I thought you'd never come back" he said pulling back but keeping me in his arms
"And I thought you forgot about me"I said looking up at him
"I'm so sorry Ci you've changed so much I didn't recognize you, your so beautiful"he said tucking some of my hair behind my ear
"Your not so bad yourself now ether"I said making him smile down at me
"Where you living at now? I saw a moving van at your old house when I got back from X-games and I thought someone moved into your old house"
"That's us were moving back next door"
"I'm glad your back but for how long this time" he said looking down at me with sadness in his eyes
"It's just Estin, me, Quinn, mom and dad this time Sasha has two kids now Hadley and Jersey and she's married they have there own place back in Zealand"I explained
"Sasha has two kids? And married now? Wow a lot happens in nine years huh wait who's Estin?"he said walking me over to he's porch so we could sit down
"Estin is my little brother my mom had him eight years ago"
"Awesome He can be friends Kane, my lil bro needs someone he's age"He said sitting down
"So how the family, I've missed them?"I asked sitting down beside him
"Uh mom and dad got a divorce"he said looking down
"Oh Ry I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have asked"
"No it's okay Ci you didn't know"
"But its getting late Ry I should get home and help unpack"I said standing up
"Wait"He said grabbing my hand making me look down at him he reached into he's pocket pulling out his phone and handing it to me I put my number in and handed it back to him
"Me and the guys are gonna hang out tomorrow do you wanna come ?" He asked standing up to looking at me
"Sure just text me or something"he smiled and pulled me into a hug
"Night Ci"
"Night Ry" I looked back at him as I walked over to my house I couldn't help but smile I had my best friend and I don't wanna loose him again
"No you can't go"
"I have to"
"No you don't! Stay with me don't go back"
"I have to!"
"But your my best friend you can't leave me!"
"My dad said I have to"
"CIARA HONEY COME ON ITS TIME TO GO!" My dad yelled from the car
"No you can't!" Ryan said wrapping he's eight year old arms around me
"Here" I said pulling off the necklace I got him out of my pocket and handing it to him before my dad got over to us
"We have to leave Ryan I'm sorry"My dad said walking over to us
"I don't wanna go!"I cried as my dad and mom pulled apart
"Come inside Ryan they have to go"Ryan mom Gretchen says taking him by the hand
"No momma they can't take her! Please don't let them take her!"He cried to his mother as my parents put me in their car with my brothers and sister as I cried to my parents as well
"I don't wanna go back! Please mom don't make me go!"
" Sasha calm your sister don't please"My mom said to my sister
"Ciara is okay, he's just a boy you'll meet others back him home"My sister said to me
"No! No!, No! It's not! I don't wanna go!" At the time my family didnt understand that later on dont the road that Ryan would be a big part of my life even I didn't know it at the time cause I was only eight but Ryan Allen Sheckler would change my life forever
(NINE YEARS LATER)
"I can't believe your going back"My Luka said we sat around the fire with my friend, tomorrow I was going back to California and to tell you the truth I was excited I was going to get to see Ryan again I've missed him so much over the year I need thought I'd be going back even though New Zealand was my home, my birth place my heart would always be in California with Ryan eight years old or not I loved Ryan he was my best friend we did everything to together he was teaching me how to skateboard before my dad broke the news that we had to go back to New Zealand, my sister and brother's was excited to go back but I had made a best friend and I didn't wanna leave him, yeah they made friends to but they didn't have a friendship like me and Ryan had
"Ciara are you listening to me?"Paul asked pulling me out of my thoughts
"What?"
"I said-"
"She wasn't listening to you Paul no one was"Andrew said making us laugh
"Haha very funny guys"Paul said sinking more into the sand
"I was listing"Anna said smiling at him
"Thanks doll"
"You was thinking Ryan wasn't you?"Massey said looking over at me, everybody says he has a cruse on me but I don't believe them Massey one of my good friends he's like a brother to me and I was gonna miss him as well as the other when I move back tomorrow
"You haven't seen him in ten years Ci how do you know he will remember you?" Jonesy said making Luka hit him on the back of the head
"He'll remember you Ci I promise" Luka said hugging me into his side
"Thank you luk" I said hugging him back as my phone started to ring I pulled out my phone seeing my mom was calling me
"Heyy mom"
"It's time to come home sweetie"
"Okay ill be there soon"
"Ok ill see you then"
"Mkay bye"
"Bye"
"Your mom?"Honna asked
"Yep I gotta go home" I said getting up
"Will walk you home"Megan said lopping hey arm in mine
"We're gonna look like a frecking clan walking down the road"Paul said walking beside Anna
"Yeah I'm a Bay-side bad boy" Andrew said pushing he's pants down past he's butt and starting watching like a pimp picking up a stick like it was his cane
"Andrew Chester Mins, Pull up your pants" Anna said to her little brother (By two minutes)
"Chester?"Paul laughed "Your middle name is Chester?!"
"Shut up Elwin" I said
"Elwin? He's middle name is Elwin?!" Andrew said laughing
"No his first name is Elwin"Luka said making everyone that didn't know laugh
"Why didn't you tell me that Paul?"Anna asked lopping her arm with his
"It's a family name!" He said pouting
"Aww Elwin"Anna said kissing his cheek
"Aww you two are so cute"Honna said walking Luka now
"When are you gonna get somebody Andrew?"I said
"When she drops out of the sky"
"What about you Mass?"
"I'm not getting my hopes up"
"Why not?"
"Cause I know she doesn't feel like same"
"Who is it?"Anna asked
"She's...uh she's you don't know her"Massey said looking away from us
"Bro I know a lot of girls what's her name?"Andrew asked but before he could say he's phone rang
"Hello.....yeah....okay I'll be there..yeah bye sis"
"I gotta go guys"He said turning back to go down he's street
"Massey wait!"I called out to him as he turned around I wrapped my arms around him
"I'm gonna miss you"I said hugging him
"I'll miss you to"he said hugging me back
"Ciara"he said
"Hmm"I said looking up at him
"Her name is Ciara and she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in my life"He said hugging me one last time before walking away
"What the hell was that!"Andrew yelled
"I'm gonna go home I gotta pack more"I said hugging everyone walking into my house
"Ciara you got everything ready?"My mom asked
"Yeah"I said walking up stairs and finishing up packing
"Tomorrow needs to get there fast"I mumbled falling asleep it didn't seem like I slept long at all until my brother came running into my room and started yelling
"CIARA WAKE UP!"
"Go away Estin!"
"Ciara we gotta leave in 30 minutes!!" Estin yelled jumping on my bed
"What?!"I yelled jumping out if my bed and running and getting into the shower then got dressed, I made sure I had everything pack and started carrying my stuff down stair
"QUENTIN!"
"WHAT?"
"I NEED HELP!"
"HOLD ON IM HELPING MOM!"
"Ugh"I groaned walking back up stair to get more box's I looked at my phone seeing it what three in the morning I barely got any sleep last night and I know this plan ride was gonna kill me
"Nannie Ci!"I heard as I was walking back down stair I dropped my box and as my Niece and Nephew ran over to me
"I'm gonna miss you guys"I said hugging them
"We gonna miss you to"They said hugging me back
"but hey guys I gotta finish getting all these box's down ill come see you all when I'm done I promise"
"Ok nannie" They say running off, it didn't take us long to get everything in the moving van we said goodbye the family and started are 13 hour plain ride to California which I slept the whole way when we landed and as on are way to our old house
"Wow this is our house? Awesome"My little brother said running out of the car
"Estin Daylong!"My mom yelled getting out of the car making use laugh
"Let's go to the beach"Quentin said pulling me out of the car
"Ciara lets go!" He said walking down the road
"I'm coming!"I yelled running after him
"Where are we going?"I asked waking beside my brother
"I don't know it's been awhile I don't know where anything is anymore"He said looking down at me
"Very true"I said lopping my arm threw his, me and him walked until we got to the beach and walked the side walk for awhile we had dinner at Sunny's as we made are way home we past the house next door as I seen a car pull in front of it as a boy got out of the car and I saw those green eyes I knew and loved
"Quinn"
"What?" He asked looking at me
"Ryan"he looked up seeing Ryan walking into he's house
"Go Ci before he gets inside"Quinn said I took off towards the house
"RY!" I yelled standing in the drive way making him turn around he turned around and looked at me funny
"If you want me to sign something I don't have a pen or anything"
"Ryan Allen Sheckler this saddens me that you don't remember me"Once again he just looked at me then walked a little bit closer
"If I've dated you before or signed something for you I'm sorry but I don't remember you"When he said that it brought tears to my eyes I reached into my shirt and pulled out the my necklaces just like the one I gave him nine years ago he looked down at the necklaces then back up at me
"Ci?"I shook my head whipping the tears from my eyes
"Oh my god!"He said pulling me into a hug making me wrap my arms around him
"I've missed you so much"he said into my hair
"I've missed you to Ry"
"I thought you'd never come back" he said pulling back but keeping me in his arms
"And I thought you forgot about me"I said looking up at him
"I'm so sorry Ci you've changed so much I didn't recognize you, your so beautiful"he said tucking some of my hair behind my ear
"Your not so bad yourself now ether"I said making him smile down at me
"Where you living at now? I saw a moving van at your old house when I got back from X-games and I thought someone moved into your old house"
"That's us were moving back next door"
"I'm glad your back but for how long this time" he said looking down at me with sadness in his eyes
"It's just Estin, me, Quinn, mom and dad this time Sasha has two kids now Hadley and Jersey and she's married they have there own place back in Zealand"I explained
"Sasha has two kids? And married now? Wow a lot happens in nine years huh wait who's Estin?"he said walking me over to he's porch so we could sit down
"Estin is my little brother my mom had him eight years ago"
"Awesome He can be friends Kane, my lil bro needs someone he's age"He said sitting down
"So how the family, I've missed them?"I asked sitting down beside him
"Uh mom and dad got a divorce"he said looking down
"Oh Ry I'm so sorry, I shouldn't have asked"
"No it's okay Ci you didn't know"
"But its getting late Ry I should get home and help unpack"I said standing up
"Wait"He said grabbing my hand making me look down at him he reached into he's pocket pulling out his phone and handing it to me I put my number in and handed it back to him
"Me and the guys are gonna hang out tomorrow do you wanna come ?" He asked standing up to looking at me
"Sure just text me or something"he smiled and pulled me into a hug
"Night Ci"
"Night Ry" I looked back at him as I walked over to my house I couldn't help but smile I had my best friend and I don't wanna loose him again
