"Are you excited?" Mom asked cheerfully as eyed me through the rear view mirror of the car. The excitement was very evident in the tone of her voice. I shrugged as an answer clearly showing that I was not interested.

There wasn't a reason for us to move not until Mom was decided to be moved to the province by her agency. I was against the idea of moving because it meant that I had to leave everything behind. My old school. My friends. Some enemies. And my old home where I spent 18 years of my life in.

"Could you at least pretend that you're happy?" She sighed shaking her head. I looked at her blankly and showed her the fakest smile I could force my lips into for not more than 5 seconds before looking back down on my phone. My phone vibrated showing one notification, a message from our group chat.
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