Chapter 1

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"Last call for 7423 to Orlando" the flight attendant said over the speaker, announcing my plane. I was sitting at my gate with my ear phones in, I had some tear stains from my mascara on my cheeks, I never thought it would be so hard to leave Uncle Brad and Daisy, who is now 8. I grabbed my bag and wrapped my ear phones around my neck as I handed the flight attendant my ticket. "Hey aren't you Delilah Renee?" The flight attendant asked me smiling, I guess she was a fan. "Yeah" I said smiling at her as she handed me my boarding pass back. "Have a safe flight now, I'm a big fan" she said smiling brightening my mood, I signed a piece of paper that was on her desk and then walked down the gate onto my plane and sat down and started down my list, I put my seatbelt on as tight as it would go, put my phone in airplane mode and the I took out my notebook and placed it in the pocket. I then put my head phones back in and put on my BYE and Braiden playlist, me and toby may have broke up but I'm still a huge fan of the boys and I'm so proud of everything they have accomplished. I looked over because I heard some shoveling in the seat next to me and I saw a guy with short blonde hair and blue eyes sit next to me. He seemed to be about 20 or 21, "hello" he said pulling me out of my stare, "haha sorry you looked like an old friend of mine" I said awkwardly, he looks just like Connor but he had different eyes. "It's cool" he said laughing, "why are you heading to Florida?" He said smiling at me, "Uhm I sing and some one decided to manage me down there." I said stuttering, this dude looks just like Connor it's creepy. "That's cool! I'm actually in a band." He chuckled. "Okay I swear I'm not a stalker, but is your name Connor McDonough?" I asked nervously. "How did you know that?" His eyebrows went together as he laughed. "Connie, it's me Delilah" I said smiling at the small reunion we had in a plane. "Holy shit" he said covering his mouth when he realized that he said shit causing me to laugh at him, this boy is 21 and he doesn't cuss or drink and I have done both many times. "How have you been?" He said excitedly as he wrapped me in a hug. "Good" I said lying through my teeth. After I moved away, I lost contact with the boys after a year because my music and Angie. In that period my depression flared up again but I never self harmed again. "Are you still clean?" Connor asked with a little frown which has always been one of the cutest things he does. He's so caring and thoughtful, "I'm actually three years clean because of you guys today." I said shyly looking down at my hands, I looked over and saw Connor jumping in his seat and clapping his hands in excitement like a 10 year old. As we started taking off, Connor held my hand and sang in my ear as we started going off. Connor is one of the only people who know about my anxiety, which planes spike. When we reached a steady flight he let go and we got our drinks. We had a 5 hour plane ride ahead of us and we decided to talk the whole time. We talked about our lives and our music and everything you could ever imagine. We were 4 hours into the flight and we were sharing ear phones as we watched a scary movie together, "hey Connor" I said not taking my eyes off the movie, "yes?" He said kindly, he kept his eyes on the screen because he knew that I hate when people stare at me. "How's Toby?" I asked shyly, we have been skirting around the topic this whole plane ride. We talked about riley, miss Joan, mark and my little cousin Daisy but I knew he felt that I still cared for toby, causing him to avoid the topic. "Uhm Tobes is good, he's been really focused on music lately, he's still a little poop" he mumbled under his breath in a serious tone. "Connor, did you just call your 19 year ok brother a little poop in all seriousness?" I said giggling at him. He looked over at me with his usual Connor smile and giggled with me.(authors note: I know Toby's 17 but this is in the future so their both 19. Carry on😊😂) "wait why aren't you with Riley and Toby?" I said now thinking about it. "I was visiting my girlfriend" he said smiling, "oh yeah how are you and Sarah doing?" I said smiling. "We're good" he said blushing thinking about her, "already miss her like crazy but we make it work" he said as he shrugged his shoulders, he handed me his phone so I could see all their pictures together. "You guys are the cutest." I said as I looked at all the pictures. Connor held my hand as we landed, he knows how to make somebody feel comfortable. "Hey Delilah" Connor said after we landed, "yeah" I said looking at him. The thing about Connor is you can't just look at his face, you end up looking into his deep blue eyes no matter what. "Toby still loves you, he just has trouble showing it." He said in a serious tone. "I know he left when you needed him, but he was falling apart without you, he was crying almost everyday in his room and he was separating himself, so Riley and I told Toby that you guys needed to give each other space. He was gonna come visit you this year, but I guess you beat him to it." He said, letting out an awkward laugh. "It's totally fine Connor thank you for being honest, I thought you guys hated me honestly." I said sadly remembering how alone I felt. "Not at all we love you so much! Riley and I didn't text you because toby missed you so much and we didn't want to let your name slip. It was so hard not texting or calling, we missed you so much!" He said patting my back. "Hey Delilah do you have a place to stay?" Connor asked as we walked out of the gate. "Nah, I was just gonna stay at a hotel." I said looking at the ground. "We would love to have you stay at our house, our apology for dropping contact." Connor said smiling at me. "Oh no I couldn't intrude like that! I can stay at a hotel." I said as me and Connor walked to the parking garage. "I can't let you stay at a hotel for who knows how long, that's so expensive! Please stay with use it will be our treat. I won't take no for an answer!" He yelled as he threw me over his shoulder and ran to his car. "Connor this is kidnapping!" I screamed while hitting his back and laughing. He put me into the seat and buckled me up and ran to the driver side door. "Fine Connor I'll stay at your house!" I said laughing.

*Toby's POV*

"CONNOR'S COMING, HOME CONNOR'S" me and Riley said as we ran around the house. It's been 2 weeks since Connor left and you can say that me and Riley missed him, we are a lot closer than most siblings. "Riley Thomas and Toby James will you two get in here and actually help?" "Coming momma!" Riley and I screamed as we heard our mom. We're cooking Connors favorite spaghetti and a side of garlic bread. Connor will be here any minute so we helped set the table. We heard the doorbell ring and me and Riley looked at each other and than ran to the door. I opened the door and the next thing I knew I was laying on the grass laughing, I heard a laugh that I've only heard in my dreams for the past three years, I say up and looked over and I saw her laying on the grass laughing and I couldn't believe my eyes.
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