Falling For Your Antics (Editing)

Chapter 40- Epilogue

Carter and I spent our eight weeks of summer exploring all of South East Asia. It was incredible! We went to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea. Words cannot describe how beautiful and magnificent every country was, and how many magical memories we made.

Going home was the hard part because Carter was going off to University. I wouldn't see him every day like I normally did because he got accepted into Loughborough University in Leicester, an hour away from Coventry, whilst I still had one year of school left.

It was the weekend before school started, and I had driven to his campus to say goodbye.

"Hey." Carter waved me over and I ran into his arms.

"I'm going to miss you so much." I spoke into his neck as he picked me up and carried me to his dorm.

"It's okay, baby, I'm going to miss you so much too. I'm going to go crazy not knowing if you're okay every second of the day."

I laughed and wiped away tears as he placed me down in his dorm room. It was really big, considering they were normally quite small.

"Why's it so big?" I asked him, and he winked.

"Perks of being a rich kid." I rolled my eyes.

Carter locked his door then grabbed my hand and pulled me to his king size bed in the middle of the room. "Lay with me." He said.

I shook my head, afraid that if I did, I would never want to leave. But he pulled me down next to him, and I instantly glued myself to his side.

"Thank you for the best summer ever. And thank you for the best year of my life, knowing you." I croaked out as I buried my head in his neck, fighting back tears.

"You never need to thank me. Thank you for coming into my life like the whirlwind you did and knocking the breath out of me at first sight. Words can't explain how much I love you."

"I know, I love you just as much." I clasped his hand and intertwined our fingers. "What's going to happen now?"

"You mean what's going to happen to us?"

I lifted my head out from his neck and nodded at him.

"Nothing's going to change-"

"But Carter, you're starting University. This is a whole new chapter of your life that I can't yet join you on. You live an hour away from me now, what are we going to do? Will there even be an us?"

Carter pressed his finger to my lips, silencing me. "I know all that, Raisin Bran, and it's killing me I won't be able to see your beautiful face every single day. But we'll make it work- I'll come and visit you every weekend and whenever else I can, we'll always speak every day and video call whenever you like."

"You can't promise me you'll see me every weekend...that's easy to say now, but what about your sports practice? What about all the new friends you'll make, and all the parties? Let's not forget all the new girls-"

"You're the only girl I want." He stared directly into my eyes, and I could see my flustered expression reflected in them.

"But you can't say that. You don't know if there's going to be someone prettier, someone hotter, someone smarter and funnier..."

Carter sat up, forcing me to as well. "There probably will be, Branwen, but only in your eyes. To me, you're the only girl I want and I've proven that time and time again. What are you so worried about?"

I opened my mouth then closed it, having to think about why I was so panicked. I should have known I had nothing to worry about then, I had shed my skin of paranoia and been reborn in self-confidence. "Um, well, I..." I was at a loss for words when they finally came to me. "You're too perfect for me, too good to be true. Everyone is going to want you." Yes, that was it. I had always felt everyone needed their own personal Carter in their lives, Lord knows I had.