"I'm going to miss you so much," Zach whispered into my ear. I'm snuggled up against him on my couch while we watch TV. We're not really watching it but that's what we'll say we're doing. I turn my head to look Zach in the eyes and I feel like crying. He'll be leaving for Miami for good with the rest of Foolish 4 in just a week. Graduation was this Friday and him and Robert were leaving the day after. Austin and Alex were already there. They left a few days earlier. However, I would be stuck in Texas getting ready to go to college like a normal person. At least I was going to FIT in New York so I would be getting away from my parents. But I wouldn't be near my friends and I wouldn't be anywhere near Zach. Leah was going to Berkeley, Victoria was off to Princeton and Alexa was heading overseas to Oxford. I've always had an interest in fashion and was told that I had an eye for design. It was definitely a great and promising business to get into given the opportunity. FIT had always been my dream college and I was so happy when I got in a few months ago. But things were different a few months ago. No one knew for sure where they were going and Zach didn't have plans to move to Miami. We were all still living in a teenage fantasy and reality was just hitting us now. Of course, my friends and I still had the whole summer together but we would have to be without our boyfriends. We had all been friends forever but Victoria and Rob have been dating for a few months and Leah and Austin started dating just recently. But, me and Zach, we've been together since the beginning of 9th grade. This September will mark 3 years together. I wasn't sure about the others, but we were really going to try and make a long distance relationship work. We've been through so much together and we weren't going to break up just because we weren't living in the same state anymore.
I leaned in then and kissed Zach lightly. He kissed me back passionately. "What time did you say your parents are coming home?" He murmured.
I glanced at the clock and smiled as I turned back to Zach.
"We've got plenty of time."
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When my mom came home a few hours later, Zach was already gone. Even after all these years, my parents have never really liked Zach. They thought he was one of those wannabe thugs who isn't going anywhere with his life. I guess that was kind of true but since he was friends with Austin Mahone, he would have the chance to make something of himself. And even though he was their friend too my girl friends weren't all that crazy about him as my boyfriend either. But they didn't know the real Zach Dorsey. That Zach only existed when he was with me.
My mom walked into the kitchen and put the groceries down on the counter. "Help me with the groceries, Sam?" It sounded like a question but I knew it was really a command. I sighed and stood up from the couch. I headed into the kitchen and started taking things out of the shopping bags.
"What have you been doing all day?" My mom asks in that I know what you've been doing so don't lie to me tone of voice.
I just shrug. "Not much," I reply.
My mom just nods like this is an acceptable answer, which for her it's not. "Was Zach here at all?"
I knew it was coming. "Maybe," I say turning away from her. I didn't want the smile on my face to give anything away.
"Have you guys talked at all about the whole 'situation'?" She inquires. By the "situation" she means us moving away from each other and by asking this I know she wants to hear that we're breaking up. But of course, we aren't so I tell her: "We're going to stay together."
"You know long distance relationships don't usually work," she retorts. I roll my eyes. She always does this. I tell her something she doesn't want to hear and she tries to change my mind and make me feel like I'm wrong. It never works though.
