Only Temporary

Time To Let Go

Last day of the tour
Angie POV

The day I had been dreading had finally arrived, by the end of the day he would be on a plane and out of my life forever.
Sitting in my hotel room surrounded by my packed up belongings I let out heavy sigh, he would be here soon so that we could say goodbye. I has tried to convince him to just go to make it easier but he wouldn't listen.

A knock on the door shakes me from my thoughts, opened the door and seeing Drew standing there I could feel a lump forming in my throat.

"So I guess this is it?" He says as I let him in the room

"I guess so" I say fighting back the tears

"You know it doesn't have to be" he says "Angel I don't want this to be over"

"What are you saying?" I ask confused

"Angel will you be my girlfriend?" he asks taking my hands in his "we can make this work"

Looking up at him and seeing in his eyes just how much he wanted this i felt my heart shatter, I couldn't give him the answer he wants becuase I know and I know deep down he does too that it would never work.

"No I'm sorry Drew" I say as he let's go of my hands "it would never work, I know that and deep down you know that too"

"Or maybe you just don't care enough about me to try" he says moving away from me

"That's not true, I do care but we'd never see each other" I say reaching for him but he moves out of my grasp

"After all the dates we went on I honestly thought you felt the same way I did but I guess I was wrong" he growls before grabbing his bag "goodbye Angie"

For I can say anything else he leaves the room slamming the door as he does. Falling to my knees in the middle of the room I finally allow myself to break, how could he think I didn't care? He had no idea how much it hurt me to turn him down, to turn down the one thing I wanted more than anything.

The thing that really stung was him calling me Angie, he had never in the whole two months called me that he always called me Angel, his Angel.

"Hey why is your door......oh sweetheart what happened" Jeff says crouching down and wrapping his arms around me.

"He thinks I don't care" I sob

"Why would he think that?" He asks rubbing my back as I bury my face in his chest

"He asked me to be his girlfriend and I said no" I sob into his chest

"Do you love Drew?" He asks and I look at him shocked

"How did you?" I ask

"Lexi mentioned he was the first person you met, you'd told me about meeting Drew so I put two and two together and I'm hoping I didn't get five"

"No you didn't" I say "and yes I love him, I love him so much" I say bursting into another fit of sobs

"Then why did you say no?" He asks

"Becuase it wouldn't work, he's travelling everywhere and I'm here" I say

"I see you're point" he says "but where there's a will there's a way, I've got to go catch my flight, will you be alright?"

"Yeah I'll be fine" I say giving him one last hug "and thank you for being my friend these last two months"

"Hey you're not getting rid of me" he laughs "friends for life, you're stuck with me and Lexi"

Stephen POV

The drive to the airport had been silent, Drew didn't want to talk and I knew better than to push.
Taking my seat on the plane next to Drew I watch him shift in his seat trying to get comfortable.

"You ok there fella" I ask

"Yeah just something digging into my leg" he says reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small box.

"You didn't ask?" I ask concerned

"I asked her to be my girlfriend and she turned me down so no point asking" he said looking out of the window

"You told me you loved that girl when you came to talk to me" I say "so why the hell are you giving up so easy?"

"Because I can't make her care about me" he snaps "I can't make her love me"

"In other words she said no, tried to explain and you walked away" I say and he rolls his eyes "you're too stubborn for your own good Galloway, I hope for your sake you don't regret this"

Drew turns away and looks out of the window, and that's when  I see it, a single tear fall down his cheek, telling me that he was heartbroken and that he did indeed regret it.