Save Me. {A Joe Sugg FanFiction}

twenty-eight

It's Monday.
I stand in Joe's flat at 4 in the morning, leaning against the counter with my bags packed.
I check my travel bag: my laptop, my portable charger, my scarf and a book.
Joe is racing around the house checking for anything missed.
We left a 'goodbye' note on Caspar's door: he didn't wake up when we went in.
Alexa stands next to me, twirling patterns on the counter top.
'Alright, I haven't left anything we're good to go.' Joe says, panting slightly.
Alexa grins, but there's a slight sadness mixed in as if she's letting go of something she's managed to hold onto for so long.
I can feel tears welling up inside my eyes. I blink and a few streak down my face. I sniff meekly.
'I'll miss you so so much Emma.' Alexa says, her voice barely a timid whisper.
'Oh god it's like we're doing this all over again.' I smile sadly.
We stand still and stare at each other before I pull her into a hug.
'I'll miss you Emzy.' She sniffs into my shoulder, I've always been taller.
'I'll miss you too Lexy poo.' I smile at the new rhyme I made up.
'Oi.' She laughs.
I pull out of the hug and look at her with my hands place on either shoulder.
'You look after yourself ok?' I say, my voice cracking between speaking and crying.
'I will. You too you know?' She says pointedly. I nod, getting what she's on about.
I hug her again.
'You look after my Emma alright Sugg?' She says jokingly, but I know in reality she ain't messing around. Joe salutes her and smiles.
'I will do my best. I promise you that.'
She nods and sniffs.
'Now go get on that plane!' She says, her voice thick from crying.
I grab my bags and Joe grabs his, he puts his arms around my waist and I smile up at him. 
'Goodby Alexa.' I wave.
And we walk through the door, closing it behind us and also closing behind so many good and bad memories made.