Once In A Lifetime

Whatever It Takes

Mikey's POV:

"I'm moving back to Texas."

"You're what!?!" I yelled at her.

"You heard me!" She snapped.

"Lily! You're being absolutely crazy! Why do you want to move back!?!" I shouted.

"Because no one seems to tell me anything! No one wants me here! And this entire trip was a mistake! Happy!?!"

"No I'm not! Everyone loves you, why would you leave everyone like this!?!" I yelled at her my anger rising quickly.

There was a knock at the door.

"What's going on in here?!?"

I went over and opened the door. Harry was standing there looking very concerned.

"Your girlfriend is packing to move back to Texas that's what!" I yelled at him.

I shoved past him and went downstairs. I passed by Ash and Calm who watched me as I walked out the door.

I didn't even care that I still had all of my clothes on, I jumped in the pool.

I swam down to the bottom and just sat there, ignoring everyone who came outside to check on me.

Ash finally came outside and jumped in the pool with me. He sat down at the bottom if the pool, and we just sat there.

He pointed his finger up asking if we could go up. I nodded. I put my feet under me and pushed up. When I got to the top, I took a long breath. The air rushing into my lungs felt amazing.

Beside me, Ash popped up and was gasping for air. He finally could breathe normally.

"Okay. Now please tell me what's wrong with you." He said to me.

He put his arms on the edge of the pool and pushed himself up. I did the same. We sat there at the edge of the pool just looking at the water. A few minutes passed and I finally spoke.

"She's leaving." I whispered, but just loud enough to where Ash could hear it.

"What?" He asked me.

"Lily is leaving. She moving back to Texas."

"Why?"

"Because she thinks this whole trip was a mistake. She feels like no one wants her here."

"Why in the world would she think that? She's like our sister. We love her."

"That's exactly what I told her."

Ash stood up and reached down for my hand to help me up.

"We're going to change her mind. Whatever it takes. Deal?" He said to me.

"Deal. Whatever it takes." I repeated.

We walked inside and Maddie was at the bottom of the stairs crying. Ash automatically ran to go comfort her. He's so good to her.

I walked around the kitchen for a little bit. I finally decided to go talk to Lily again.

I walked back upstairs and knocked on her door. She replied with a very faint 'come in'.

I opened the door and walked in to find Lily and Harry. Lily was crying, and he was rubbing her back trying to get her to calm down.

"Lily? Are you okay?" I asked.

"I don't know..." She said through her cries.

She leaned on Harry's shoulder and calmed down a little bit.

"Umm... Wanna take a drive Lily?" I asked her.

"Sure. Give me a few minutes. I wanna clean up my face."

"Okay. Take as long as you need." I told her.

She walked into the bathroom.

"What are you doing?" Harry asked me.

"I'm going to do whatever it takes to get Lily to stay here. If you have a problem with that, why don't we just let her leave? I didn't think so." I said as I walked out of the room.

I kinda feel bad for talking to her boyfriend like that, but he should learn to trust me.

"Hey umm. Mikey! Wait up." I turned and saw Harry running after me.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't know what was going on. Umm. Thanks for trying to get her to stay. I honestly don't know what to do. I don't want her to leave, and when she told me she was leaving, my brain just... Like... Shut down. Sorry mate." He told me.

"Its cool. I understand. Sorry for talking to you like that, I'm just a little shaken about her wanting to leave."

"I think we all are." He said looking around.

I turned and saw that everyone was sitting on a couch looking stressed, and Maddie was crying her eyes out. Ash was still trying to comfort her, but it didn't look like it was working very well.

Lily came walking downstairs, looking really nervous.

Maddie looked up and saw Lily, which only made her cry harder.

"Coming?" I asked her.

"Yeah." She said.

I grabbed my keys, and we walked out the door. Niall followed us.

"Hey, umm... We may come back a little late, so don't worry if we aren't back before ten." I told him.

It was already about 5:00, and where I was planning on going would take about two hours.

"Okay. I'll let them know. Also, could you pick up some food?"

"Thanks mate, and yeah I will."

He shut the door, and I went and got in the car.

"So, will you tell me where we're going?" Lily asked me.

"Nope." I said with a smile on my face.

"Mikeyyyy..." She whined.

"Lilyyyyyy..." I mimicked.

She put out her bottom lip and tried her hardest to get me to tell her.

"Still not gonna tell you." I told her as I put the top down on the car.

Lily asked me if she could hook up her phone to the Bluetooth on the car. I nodded my head, and she started blaring my own music. I just laughed and shook my head at her. She laughed and turned it up a little more.

I started driving, and she put her hands up and embraced the fresh air as we drove. I put my hands up as well, and she screamed while laughing at the same time.

"Mikey! Stop!" She yelled at me, but she couldn't help but laughing.

I put my hands back on the wheel and smiled at her. She smiled back. She turned her head and started waving at people who recognized her.

I turned and looked back at the road preparing myself for two hours of driving, but it will be worth it if she stays.

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