Top Gun: Bringing Back That Loving Feeling (Maverick x Author)

Chapter 17: The Frozen Yogurt Shop

I wasn't tired that night, and I couldn't sleep. I really don't know why, but I swear it wasn't because of Maverick. Nor was it of Goose or Carole or anyone else. I couldn't sleep because of pretty much everything.

I wasn't actually worried over everything, I was just upset over some things. My recent breakup, Charlotte getting mad at me, Charlotte getting married to my crush, and I could go on. I honestly didn't know that one little friend relationship can cause so many problems in life. I guess I should've listened to my parents when they told me about love.

As I laid down in my bed, I couldn't help but pick up the bag of pretzels I had in the room. It was already half empty because Maverick and I were eating those while we were watching TV. I just stared at the bag, remembering every single moment of our dinner. Then, I just threw it to the other side of the room.

Maverick is never going to love me.

As I leaned over to my nightstand to grab my book, I noticed my phone charging on my book. Something in myself made me want to grab my phone and look at some photos on there. I couldn't resist the temptation, so I unplugged my phone and brought it over to me.

I opened up my phone and got blinded by how bright it shone. I opened the app with my photos in it. I had a lot of photos from the past years, but what hurt me was that most of my pictures were of Johnny and I when we were together. I got all of the memories back the moment I saw them, and I had to close my eyes so I wouldn't start crying.

Don't worry... don't cry... I thought. You have Maverick now... he's better than that delinquent....

I then opened my eyes.

The pictures of Johnny were still there, haunting me.

I couldn't help but watch a video that I recorded on my phone that was (kinda) about Johnny. It was a really funny video that my cousin recorded when I was thirteen. I was sleeping over at my cousins' house once when I was thirteen, and they made me watch a movie called The Karate Kid (another great movie btw) while I was there. My cousin knew that I had a crush on Ralph Macchio, and he made me watch that movie for fun. But, because the same actor in that movie played Johnny in (I don't even want to say the name because of all of the bad memories it gives me), I knew I was going to freak out while watching it.

Even though I've already seen that movie, I acted like I never did. But what really caused me to get set off was the fact that Daniel, the main character in the movie, gets a girlfriend. And because I had a crush on him, I would go crazy every time. And what's worse is that the girlfriend in the movie... is Ali.

So Ali somehow found the other character that Ralph Macchio played and fell in love with him instead of Daniel. What kind of world do I live in? Well... I don't know. Everyone on Earth doesn't know. A crazy one, you can call it. Where every character from imaginary worlds exist. I don't even know why I live in this world. In fact, everyone does. They just have to believe in it.
(Okay honestly this world is confusing—)
(Guys don't believe in it I swear—)

I started watching the video that my cousin recorded on my phone back when I was thirteen. It was about my reaction over the Daniel and Ali kiss scene in the movie. That scene in the movie always made me moan and whine and weep. And when I watched it at my cousins' house, it got worse than ever.

"Okay yeah so," my cousin, Owen, was saying in the video. You could hear me screaming in the background as my other cousin, Brady, tried to make me watch the kiss scene, even though I didn't want to.

"Madison right here has a crush on this guy," he zoomed the camera into Daniel in the movie. We were watching the movie in their cool new movie theater room, and they had a huge movie screen, where the movie was being shown at.