Distant Love

Chapter 9

Yes! Of course! Always! Forever! I love you!

"Poppy! Reply!" Kira shouted a whisper.

"Poppy, maybe I'm just being stupid." he mumbled, "We haven't even met yet..."

"Yes." Simple is sometimes effective.

"I shouldn't have aske- wait. Yes?" He sounded so much more cheerful that time.

"Yes! Yes Troye! You don't know how long I've wanted this!" I think I may be sounding like an obsessive fangirl but then again.. I have a blog and twitter dedicated to him. I felt like I was literally floating on a cloud of Happiness in the Valley of Love.

"Aw Poppy. Thank you. You're so perfect in every way. I went down your whole tweets last night, you know? I see all." He laughed. I felt a bit embarrassed now that I know he's seen my "TROYE LOVE ME" tweets.

"You're the cutest out." he laughed. Yeah, he's definitely seen them.

"No you're perfect and I can't wait to meet my adorable boyfriend." It was true. I felt like I needed to pinch myself. Troye is my boyfriend.

"Boyfriend?!" mum scalded as she walked in from the front door. She was home early from work.

"Yeah.. Do you wanna talk to Troye?" I gulped, trying to make it all seem real, which it was but it just didn't feel real. Mum laughed at me and shook her head sideways.

"Good on you. Don't you hurt her Troye!!" she slightly shouted to make sure that Troye could definitely hear her.

"He said he won't mum!" I shouted back to her. She smiled and walked through to her room, probably to shower or something. I looked over to Kira who looked possibly more happy than I was.

"Poppy, Tyde is calling for me. He needs helps with homework or something. I'm sorry." he laughed.

"It's fine, I have Kira here anyways. I'll text you later."

"BuhBye my gorgeous princess." he said quite proudly. I said my goodbyes as I hung up the phone. My head fell on Kira's shoulder, "Kiraaaaaaaa'' I groaned, "Thank you"

"See I'm always right." she laughed and pushed me off herself and regained balance. I sneered at her and threw a piece of burnt toast at her.

"OI!" she screamed. "Oh it's on bitch." She giggled as she grabbed the piece beside her. My phone found the back pocket of my pants as I started dodging the crumbly toast. The burnt toast smashed into my face and fell down my top. Clearly I'm no good and avoiding things, as in dodging them. I'm perfectly fine at avoiding cleaning my room and people.

"Why don't we handle this the only way we can..." I grinned, ear to ear. Kira smirked, ''Oh it's on!" We both ran to my room and got changed immediately into some bikinis. We each filled our water guns with icy cold water and prepared ourselves out in the backyard. The summer sun was heating up our backs as we stared down each other, waiting each others attack.

"Hey Poppy, isn't it your birthday in four weeks?" Kira questioned. I paused thinking about it, "Yeah," I let my arms hang with the water fun in one hand, "Wait! You already know thi-" she blasted me with freezing cold water before I could finish my sentence.

"You!" I squealed.

"Me..." she flicked her hair. Meanwhile in her little display of fabulousness, I sprayer her with water and ran as fast as I could. We chased each other around until we had no water left. Our bodies fell to the ground laughing hysterically.

"You know," Kira began, "For 17 year olds, we're not that mature..." we laughed together.

"No. Not really!" Our laughter was caught by my mum, "Do you girls want an ice cream?"

I glanced over to Kira who was looking at me. We both silently agreed and ran back to the house to receive the delicious treats from my mother.

We got ourselves cleaned up after a swim in the pool, just around the corner of the house. I glanced over at the white alarm clock beside my bed. 4:37 P.M.

"Are you staying again tonight?"

"It's school tomorrow though?" Kira pondered.

"Think again... What time of Summer is it?" I laughed.

"OHHHH!" she laughed, "Yeah I'll text mum and let her know."

"Okay, well we're going out for dinner when dad gets back from work so do you wanna drive back to yours and pick up something nice?" She nodded.

"Right. I'll grab my keys and lets go!"

We drove down to Kira's house as soon as we parked in her driveway Kira looked as if she'd seen a ghost.

"What?" I exclaimed. She screamed at the top of her lungs. "POPPY!!! BERTIE IS COMING TO PICK ME UP FOR DINNER AT 6 AND IT'S 12 NOW!" My jaw dropped to the floor, "LETS START GETTING YOU READY THEN!" I pushed the car door open and dragged her with me. I found the spare key above the door -- I knew where everything was in this girls house, we are family -- unlocked the door and dragged her up the stairs to her bedroom. I stared down her poster covered wall of bands and her three white walls. Kira crashed onto her double bed, face down and mumbled, "What do I wear? Poppy! Heeeeellllp!" I ran over to her cupboard, "Shower. Get in it. Clean." I went through all her gorgeous dresses. Dress after dress I finally found the perfect one for Kira. She emerged from the shower; one towel covering her up and another wrapped around her hair.

"Found something?" she questioned.

"Sure have..." I have her a smirk as I showed her a gorgeous white and gold cocktail dress.

"You always were my savior" she laughed. "Quick! Get it on then! you have only an hour for hair and make-up!" She grasped the dress and ran into the bathroom to slip it on. She returned looking absolutely stunning in it. Bertie is definitely a lucky boy. I lead her over to her dresser where her make up was and carefully applied it for her. It was just enough to look fancy yet natural at the same time. I then continued to blow dry her hair and curl it. There was a knock at the door. "Quick! Quick! Quick! Finish the curl!" Kira squealed. I simply laughed at her and went downstairs to answer the door.

"Kira will be here shortly, she looks absolutely stunning!" I told Bertie.

"As alway...s-wow..." Bertie choked on his words and Kira gracefully walked down the stairs smiling at her loving boyfriend.

"You look... just... absolutely beautiful... I-" Bertie managed to get out which managed to make Kira blush. They were born to be together, I swear.

"You two have fun tonight, but not too much fun now." I teased.

"Yes mother." Kira mocked. Bertie walked Kira to his car as I walked to my own. I waited for them to leave first so I could pull my car out of the driveway. My phone buzzed.

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Troye<3

Skype time gorgeous? xx

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I couldn't reply because I was in the car so I pulled over at the nearest car park to reply.

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as soon as I'm home baby xx

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I started up my car again and drove home swiftly dodging all the traffic lights to get home before dinner to Skype my boyfriend. Calling Troye my boyfriend was a strange feeling; new and exciting considering I've fallen in love with a singing random from Perth on the Internet. All the way home I ignored the music playing softly and pondered about Us. Knowing that my mum probably will never let me fly all the way across Australia to meet him disappointed me the tiniest bit. Skyping won't always do somedays. What happens if Kira leaves me and I have no one to be there for me? Troye can't hug through a laptop screen. Well, he could but it just wouldn't be the same if he was here with me. "I think way too much" I whispered to nobody.