Defeated (D.J.S)

Despedidas

"Zachary!"

"Don't call me that!" Zach pouts, drawing out the word 'that'.

"Then give me my luggage back!" I say, drawing out the word 'back'.

"But why? If you don't have your luggage then you can't leave." He says crossing his arms.

"Really Zach? Come on. I told you I'm going to keep in contact!" I argue.

"You could keep in better contact if you were actually here." He says stubbornly.

"Come on Zach give her back her luggage." Isabella says rolling her eyes while smiling.

I was close with all the boys, but just like Corbyn acted like my older brother, Zach acted as my younger brother. He was also dating one of my best friends, so that made us closer as well.

We had finally made it to the airport and I'm surprised to see how calm it is. I guess that is a benefit of having an early flight. Although I'm now extremely tired. To the point where I'm zoning out every 30 seconds if I'm not talking to someone.

"Fine. Just know that I'm still sort of mad at you." He says rolling my luggage back.

"Zach! Don't be mad. Please?" I half plead, making a pouty face.

"I could never be mad at you Issa... Just don't be M.I.A? Okay?" Zach says giving me a hug.

"I won't." I say, letting go of him and moving to hug Jack.

"Don't change on us too much while you're gone, alright?" Jack says giving me a hug.

"Says the guy who just cut and dyed his hair." I say sarcastically. He gives me playful glare.

"I got it. I got it." I say returning his hug, then going to hug Gabbie and Lavender.

"Hey pumpkin." I smile, as Gabbie passes Lavender over to me.

"I need you to stop growing until I come back, got it?" I say trying to be stern. She just giggles and puts her head on my shoulder.

"Thank you for everything Gabbie." I say, giving Gabbie a side hug as Lavender is still in my arms.

"Of course! I have to go visit family down there soon, so maybe I can meet up with you while I'm down there." She says smiling.

"You don't even need an invitation to come visit me, girl." I say handing Lavender back.

"Jonahhh!" I say moving down the line and giving him a hug.

"Isabellll!" He says, returning the hug. "Whenever you just need to talk to someone, let me know." He adds as we pull away.

"Of course. You know that I depend on you for a lot of things. Including making my coffee." I say, laughing. "You will have to teach me how you make it one day."

"I will definitely do that. Why don't we just do it over face-time at some point?" He suggests.

"That sounds perfect! We should probably do that sooner than later because... I need my coffee."

"Alright." He chuckles. "Stay safe Issa."

"I will." I say smiling and moving to talk to Lottie.

"I'm gonna miss you." I say giving her a tight hug.

"Not as much as I'm gonna miss you." She says sadly.

"Aww Lottie! Don't make me cry. Next time I leave to another state I'm taking you. And the others, of course." I chuckle.

"Yes please!" She says, giving me one last squeeze.

"Chev!" I say going to Corbyn.

"You're unbelievable, you know that right?" He says as he brings me into a hug.

"Yeah yeah. If you're gonna tell me that I can't go, I'm just going to tell you that I have to." I sigh.

"I'm not going to tell you that you can't go. But I am going to tell you to be careful. And I know that sometimes you have to do something different to be your best self. So I understand why you are doing this. Just promise me you won't forget us?" He says, his eyes showing sadness.

"I promise Corbyn. And plus, how could I ever forget the greatest man band in the world?" I say sniffling, hoping that I don't cry.

"You never know." He says pulling me in for another bone crushing hug. "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you too bean." I say giving him a squeeze and going to the last person I have to say goodbye too. Who knew that goodbyes were so damn hard? It's taking everything in me to not burst into tears right now.

"Isabella," I start, but am immediately cut off by her hugging me. I wrap my arms around her and just stay there, swaying side to side with her as we hug.

"I swear. If you don't call at least once every two days I will come to brazil myself- or to wherever you are going." She says letting go of me, and I giggle.

"I'm just going to Florida."

"That's still too far." She whines. "Just take me with you! Nobody gotta know..." She whispers smiling.

"Okay. Stop." I laugh. "I will call you at least once every two days, you can count on it."

"Okay. You won't forget me, right?" She asks. I look at her confused.

"Alright. You guys, I'm just leaving for a few months. I will NOT forget any of you! Okay?" I announce, half yelling, to the whole group in front of me. They all nod.

"Alright. I love all of you, and I'm gonna miss you all. But it's only for a little bit." I say.

"And we should get going before we miss our flight." Jazmyn says. She's such a party pooper. But in this case she's right, and I don't wanna cry in front of my friends right now.

"Bye guys." I say as everyone joins in a group hug. I turn and start walking through security, knowing that if I look back, I'm just going to start crying.

I wave one more time to everyone after I pass security, and a tear runs down my cheek. Dammit. I was trying to avoid that.

I turn around pulling my carry-on luggage behind me.

I'm glad I didn't look back again. Because if I did, I would have noticed Daniel sprinting over to our friend group from the entrance of the airport, asking where I was.

But I didn't.

A/N: The puns in this one... just... WOW.

There are at least 12 Why Don't We song puns. Did you find them all?

Also, for those of you who don't know, Despedidas (the chapter title) means goodbyes, or farewells, in Spanish.