Miles&Miles Away(Part5)

 I ran into the house and heard my mom talking to my dad.
“I’m telling you. He’s going to be so excited to meet her!” I overheard.
“Who?” I asked, barging in on them.
“Oh hey honey. Well, there’s a girl down the street. Her name’s Natalie. She just turned 7 so I figured we could introduce her to Bryce!” she told me excitedly. I nodded.
“That’s a great idea! He’ll love it,” I exclaimed and kissed them both goodnight. I turned the corner and heard them talking again.
“She seems pretty happy for someone who barely talked the entire way here,” my mom told my dad. I just smiled, ran to my new room and fell asleep. I woke up really early the next morning and ran out to the beach. I saw Miles sitting on a beach chair in front of his house. I ran over to him.
“Hey Miles!” I called to him. He looked up and did the cool “chin up” hello. I sat in the beach chair next to him.
“So I’m glad I finally have a good friend,” I told him.
“You’ve been here a day. You’ll make more.” He seemed really irritated.
“What’s going on? Come on Miles, you can tell me.”
“Aright fine,” he sighed. “My dad’s going back into the military and we barely got to see him after my little sister was born and now he’s just leaving so my mom and my little sister are really upset and I guess I am too.” I put my arm on his shoulder.
“It’s okay to be upset, Miles. I was in tears when I left my friends in Pennsylvania. You can be upset when your dad leaves too.” He turned and looked at me.
“Thanks. I guess you’re right,” he said. “I’m glad I told you.” I leaned closer to him but then something vibrated. I admit, I was going to kiss him. But then, I just awkwardly pulled out my phone.
“Not me,” I told Miles. He took out his.
“Oh sorry, it’s mine.” He picked it up and began talking.
“Hey Jess!” he exclaimed. “Nah, just hanging with my new neighbor. She just moved in yesterday. Yeah, I’ll call you later. Love you too. Bye babe.” He hung up the phone.
“Who was that?” I asked him.
“My girlfriend.” Those words made my heart sink.