try again || nelson neumann

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nelson, taylen, and jake were all
playing street ball at the park, jabari being ox, and the ref.

they were all laughing until a car rolled by, slowing down at the park and rolling its windows down.

"i'm home bitches!" dawsin tucker yelled as she leaned out the window, everybody gasping in shock before they drove away.

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everybody greeted her with a big hug,
seeing her suitcases everywhere.

"hey nelson" the girl smiled.
"hey dawsin" nelson waved with a grin.

she looked good. she always had.
nelson knew that better then anyone.

but tucker did look a lot older.
even though she wasn't.

and now that she was back in houston,
this meant so many things.

maybe they could get back together.
and she'll be here for a while, so they'll learn how to do long distance.

and maybe this time they'll have
a happy ending.

nelson loved that idea, sophia made him realize that.

but dawsin just left at that,
and walked away, leaving him with
only dreams.

dawsin shared those dreams.
she didn't need sophia to know that.

but she knew she had to keep sleeping because it wouldn't work.

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later that evening everybody was eating tacos in a bag, like the very first time nelson came over, bringing him back.

"so, what do you think we'll turn your room into tuck?" mrs oaks asked her daughter that stood up to go make another bag.

nelsons eyebrows furrowed.
"huh?

the table kinda died down talking.

"you don't know honey?" penny asked the blonde. nelson shook his head, looking over at dawsin that was staring right back.

she looked nervous.

"dawsins moving to georgia, to film her big break show!" her mom cheered.

nelsons heart dropped.
so did dawsins.

he struggled to find a reply, remembering back to the night she told him about it.
"when?" was all he could get out.

"tomorrow night, so she can get her new apartment moved in. only for about a year or two. we've got an uncle out there that's going to look after her next door."
penny smiled.

the boy took a deep breath, trying to sort his thoughts. but he couldn't.

nelson fake looked at his phone, then stood up with his plate. "shoot my mom texted me, i gotta go. thank you for the meal!"
he put his paper plate in the trash quickly.

"oh-anytime honey!" mrs oaks called out as he basically jogged out of the house,
dawsin was quick to follow behind him.

"nelson wait" she called out, running out the front door as it closed behind her.
he shook his head, and kept fast walking
in the direction of his house that wasn't far.

"nelson!" she called out, before stopping.

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it was later that night,
nelson hadn't replied to anybody's texts.

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nelson can we talk please
read

please
read

i'm sorry i didn't tell you
i just didn't know how
message failed to send

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"fuck!" dawsin threw her phone off her bed before putting her face in her hands.

was she making the right decision?

it felt like it, but she knew her a month ago would've of never even considered this.

but she had nelson then.
a reason to stay.

when she made that decision she didn't.
they were in terrible terms.

now they weren't, everything was coming back to the two.

after all, they were fifteen.

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"fuck!" nelson knocked soemthing off his desk before sitting down in his bedroom couch, his head in his hands.

why would she do this?

does she realize what she's doing?

this is so selfish.

why is he so mad about this?

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