Wonderwall- (1D/Niall Horan)

Chapter 14

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I stood there with the handle of my suitcase in hand, my backpack hung on my shoulders.  Everything was packed by my bed.  I scanned the room, making sure I hadn’t forgotten anything.  The cots lay bare, stripped out of their sheets and blankets.  The floor lay naked of strewn clothes, footwear and accessories.  The hut was nothing but enclosing walls, a few scattered beds, and a grass-woven roof.  It saddened me to look around at this very hut I called a temporary home, so full from the summer and bursting with life, our lives to be exact.  It once was filled with the memories, tales and laughs we shared, but now it just lay there, bare and uncovered, being stripped of the very things that made it as we took them with us, leaving room for more memories, tales and laughs to be created and exist.

With one final glance around the room I said a silent goodbye to my summer home and everything that existed within its walls.  My suitcases were in tow as I walked towards the entrance way, glancing back one last time over my shoulder.  I carried my heavy heart along with my luggage out of the hut and to the beginning of an endless list of goodbyes.

I stepped outside glancing about, squinting due to the brightly lit sun.  As I placed my sunglasses on, I searched for Scarlett and our ride to the airport when I caught sight of Niall not too far off.  He stood underneath a tree, protected by the shade as he conversed with the other boys.  They were all laughing and looking as if they were just having a jolly good ol’ time.  Well, bloody great for them.

I thought about going up to them and saying goodbye.  My feet even started stumbling their way towards them a couple feet but I commanded them not to, planting them firmly where I stood.  I still loved them all and they were my friends, but an awkward situation would manage to present itself and I didn’t have the capability to deal with it today-- not with what happened and everything else that was going to.  I didn’t want to go to Niall either.  Not after what I said to him last night.  The image of his heartbroken face constantly replayed in my mind after last night.  I could not get it out of my head or shake the complete and utter feeling of guilt it evoked.  So I remained there, looking on like an outsider, peering into the lives of the group I was once a part of.  Belonged to.  It pained my heart to see them and to not be a part of it; to no longer share those moments filled with laughter and utter joy but to just remain there motionless, looking on yearningly.

“Jay! Come on! Our ride’s about to leave.  It’s just parked over there,” Scar called to me, breaking me out of my reverie.  I turned towards her voice, seeing her stalk towards me, gesturing wildly with her hands.  I was lucky to have her disrupt my outright gawking because otherwise I’m pretty sure one of them would have surely caught me staring at them soon enough.  And that would not have ended well…

I adjusted the straps of my knapsack, securing it onto my back as I trudged on towards the car.  My suitcases trailed behind me along with the fleeting moments of this summer; all falling away from me and vanishing into dust.  And yet another goodbye.