It was a dark, rainy, dreary summer day in North Carolina. We slowly pulled into the driveway of our new house. My parents seemed all excited, but I wasn't feeling it.
I was actually extremely depressed. I wanted to be back in Atlanta. Where I had some of my most loyal friends I had ever met, and my amazing boyfriend Cameron. I just wanted to be in Georgia. Not here.
"Claire! Get out of the car, we're going to need to start unpacking soon!"
I got out and trudged into the house, where I sat down on the floor of the soon-to-be living room, and got on my phone to check my texts. I had 1 from my friend Caroline.
She texted me,
'Are you in NC yet? I miss you.'
'Yeah...I'm sad. I miss you too.'
I replied.
The text made me even more sad. I couldn't even accept the fact that it came from the place that I wished I could still call 'home'. And I wouldn't be able to visit for a while. And Caroline and I wouldn't be able to be together to have another exhilarating summer there like we'd done almost all the years before this one.
Suddenly, I got snapped out of my sweet thoughts of my hometown as my mom called to me.
"Claire! The moving truck's here! We're going to try to start setting up!"
I looked up from my phone and into the rain-smeared window at the front of the room, where I saw the moving truck.
"Okay mom!" I replied to her.
I started to get up and see what my parents were doing but then I heard my phone start to ring. It was a FaceTime call from Cameron. We could definitely do a long distance relationship.Nothing could pull me away from him. Not even being hundreds of miles apart.
I answered the call and waited for my phone to connect. He popped onto my phone screen and I smiled.
"Hey" he said.
"Hi" I said back.
"How's it feel in North Carolina?" He asked me.
"Horrible. I hate it. I feel away from everything I love."
"Claire, it's okay. You had so many friends here, I'm sure you'll find a ton in North Carolina."
"I hope so." I say. "But I doubt I'll ever find a boyfriend as perfect as you."
We continued our FaceTime for a little while longer, then ended it with "I love you." I hope it would stay that way.
