Begin Again - Taylor Swift
Epilogue
Word count: 1740
Because I passed my AS exams and I won't be here to post it later, here it is now!!
I wanted to feature lots of moments, this is going to be a montage of them. So there will be time skips :)
"Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery"
- John Ruskin
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Day 1 of Road Trip
"Findlay! There is no way we're taking your chameleon with us!" I shout at him, staring wide-eyed at it. The little thing hisses at me, giving me a death glare.
Findlay rolls his eyes and brings his pet up to his face. "Aww, ignore the mean Hollywood star." He makes smootchy faces and kissing noises. I stifle a laugh, shaking my head at his antics.
"Well," Casey pops her head up from the car door. "You guys all set?"
Excitedly, I nod my head. My heart is jittery and my muscles tingle with excitement. I am so ready for this trip. I couldn't sleep a wink last night because my head was rolling in thoughts of the trip. When my alarm sounded, I sprung out of bed like it was on fire, heading straight for the shower.
From the corner of my eye, I catch the gang heading over to us. Brock has his arm around Hannah's shoulders casually. Callum and Ares chuckle at something and Athena furiously types something on her phone. They all stop on the public path, all wearing sad expressions.
"I'm going to miss you," Hannah states, giving me big, sad brown eyes. The sly girl is trying to guilt trip me into not going. I just know it. "I need to spend more time with you."
Mentally shaking my head, I embrace her for a hug first. "We can talk every single day, I promise. And its only for a couple of months, you'll see me soon." I whisper into her ear and she tightens her hold on me in response.
Next, it's the twins.
Ares and Athena both lunge at me, squeezing me so tightly I couldn't even breathe. Not that I cared though. Close to my ear, I caught the sound of Athena sniffling. She pulls away last out of the both of them, with watery eyes. I smile sadly, placing my hand on her shoulder.
"It's not like you're never going to see me again," I tell her softly.
Athena rubs her eye and shakes her head. "It's just..." She sighs, collecting her words. "It feels like your leaving us again. It's like two years ago all over again."
The feeling of anguish ripples throughout my body despite my extremely happy and excited mood. I'm not going to lie, a part of me does feel bad for just upping and leaving - even if it's for a short amount of time. But the knowledge that I'm going to be back here is what's keeping me up. And it's whats going to keep them going.
"I know, I know," Athena says, raising her hands up defensively. "I'm overreacting too much, it's not like you are going to Antartica and never coming back but...the doubt is there."
With understanding, I nod my head. "How about we make a deal where you have to text me every day?"
Athena eagerly agrees. "Deal."
When Callum comes up to me, we hug without a second thought. It's nice to know that everything between us is okay. He's going to be okay. We are going to be okay.
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