Blue Hearts

Chapter 2

I slowly walk over to the ringing doorbell, still completely shocked. I open the door to see Chandler with a tear stained face. He quickly walks in and embraces me in a hug. That's when the tears came. It seemed like they wouldn't stop.

"There's n-no other way? Y-you have to go?" I stutter while I ask.

"Believe me, I tried. I tried so many times. I asked everyone involved with this show. I asked if we could film here, or even if we could film closer, or if I had to be gone for so long...I tried everything Audrey. I really did." He sniffles while he speaks.

"So..is-is this..it?" I ask, not wanting to hear the answer I already knew.

"What's it? What do you mean by it?" He sounds confused, as if he doesn't know that there's no way we can still be in a relationship while he's in LA.

"Us...are we, is this all...ov-" I get interrupted before I can finish.

"No. No, this isn't it. It's not over. We can make it work. I don't care how far I am. I will love you even if I'm on the moon, and I'll never stop. A few thousand miles can't change this. I'll call you everyday, I'll text you every second, this stu-" He stops before finishing.

"LA will not ruin us." He chokes out before tearing up again.

I hug him tighter, as tight as I can.

"What time does your flight leave?" I look up at him.

"11 tomorrow morning. Will you come to the airport with me?"

"Of course. I'll wait there until I see your flight leave." I try to smile. He smiles back, and a few minutes later I drift off to sleep in his arms.

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I wake up a few hours later and look up to Chandler to see him passed out. Crying does take a lot of energy out of you.

I quietly get up to go get a drink and check the time on my phone. It's already 5pm, so my "nap" lasted for about 3 hours.

After I make myself some tea I come back to my room to see Chandler still sleeping. I smile to myself and sit on my grey beanbag chair. I scroll through Instagram, noticing I was tagged in a picture 2 hours ago.

@chandler27_ - i'm going to miss this beautiful girl falling asleep in my arms.

Followed by a picture of me sleeping. I tear up a little at the thought of no hugs from Chandler for 7 months. No hanging out, no sitting next to me on the bus - basically 7 months without my best friend. This is one of those days I wish would last forever, so he wouldn't have to leave.

"Baby?" I'm startled by a sleepy Chandlers sudden voice.

"Hey," I say as I start to walk over and plop myself on the bed next to him.

"What time is it?" he asks.

"5. Only 18 hours left with you." I say sadly, looking at my hands in my lap. He chuckles before laying his head against my shoulder.

"What's funny about that?" I say, kind of getting annoyed.

"You say it like it's a bad thing. That means we have 18 more hours to do something crazy." He says as if it was obvious.

"Okay, Mister I'm Now Outgoing All of the Sudden, what do you mean by something crazy?" Where was this Chandler when I wanted to go bungee jumping off a bridge with him a few months ago?

"You know that river in my backyard? Let's go swimming in it." He says excitedly.

"SWIMMING? IN A CREEPY OLD RIVER? Chan, that river could have alligators in it! What if our last 18 hours together are spent in a hospital because we got attacked by alligators?!" I laugh at his crazy suggestion.

"Never say that again." He says sternly, looking me straight in the eyes with his blue ones. I always loved his eyes - they seemed to change color. They were like an icicle blue when he was angry, an ocean blue when he was calm, a bright, turquoise type blue when he was happy, and a dark blue, almost grey-ish colored, when he was sad. Right now they were the icicle color. Was he mad at me for laughing at his crazy thought that I'd go swimming in a random river with him? What could I have possibly done to make his eyes turn from the beautiful ocean on a warm, sunny day at the beach to the color of the icicles I knock off my car window after a blizzard? I mean, they were still beautiful, but I'd prefer a beach over a blizzard.

"This isn't our last 18 hours together." Oh. Yeah, I could've worded that differently.

"I'm coming back. I'm just-" He pauses. "Just going on a really long vacation. Just think of it like that okay? I'll be back. I will be back and when I get back I'll hug you and nev-" I shut him up by kissing him.

"I know you're coming back. I love you Chandler."

"Please wait for me. I don't want to leave but you know I have to.. you know right? I love you so much and I don't want to loose you while I'm gone. A good boyfriend wouldn't leave like this. You don't deserve me Aud-"

"Just be quiet Chan. Of course I'll be waiting for you. And I know you have to go. I'll watch every single episode of your show, I'll text you after each one saying how great it is, I'll support you in everything you do in your life. How many people do you know that would ask their girlfriend to swim in a random river in the middle of September with them? Not many. But it's because you're special. You're the kind of person that you get the opportunity to be with once in a lifetime. I'll never leave Chandler. And when you get back in 7 months, I'll be at the airport waiting for you with a huge neon sign and glitter everywhere, cause I'm that type of person that thinks when people go out of their way to make you happy, you should do just that for them. I love you."

"I love you more." He says while holding me tightly.

If only these 18 hours were 18 years.