ONESHOTS ⇒ DIZA

break the distance.

liza unlocked her phone, smiling at the overabundance of texts from her favourite contact.

bubba 🚀: 9 new text messages

read liza's home screen. she clicked the imessage icon, reading her baby's texts.

baby. i have really good news
liza!!! wake up b
this is important
babeeeee
it's 9:00am where u are goddamn
i don't wanna wake you but
LIZA!!!
elizabeth shaila koshy where tf are you
pookie!!

liza smiled at the nickname, before beginning to type out a reply.

babyyy i'm here. what's up?

she sent the message, and no more than a second after the whoosh signaling that the text had sent cane out of her phone, david facetimed her. he had a huge goofy grin on his face, and upon looking closely, liza could see what looked like tears in his eyes. "liza. liza oh my god. liza i-"

"david, baby, spit it out." liza said, confused.

"i'm moving. i'm moving to la." david said, that was the last thing liza heard before she begun to feel tears of happiness and excitement flow down her cheeks. "well, sort of. there's a moving truck on it's way to la, and i uh, more or less gave them your address the other day. and i convinced my mom that i couldn't deal with university anymore, not that that's a lie. the only problem is, i don't have a place to stay, but i was thinking that since we've been swinging this long distance for nearly three years, maybe we could uh, live together?" liza didn't think she had ever smiled as big as she did in that moment.

"are you stupid? you'd be moving in with me whether you had a place or not! kristen, scott and gabbie do live here, though." liza exclaimed.

"baby i know. you've introduced me numerous times." david said, smiling almost as widely as his girlfriend.

"david. i can't believe this shit. i really can't. this'll be our first time hugging, kissing, uhh... you know what else." david smirked at that slightly. "wait, when are you coming?" liza questioned. rather than answering with words, david flipped the camera, displaying that he was sitting in an airplane. liza practically screamed.

"liza, what the fuck?" david heard a female voice yell. gabbie, he presumed. he smiled and shook his head.

"sorry. it's g-"

"gabbie." david finished with a smile. "i know pookie." liza looked behind her at the stuffed elephant that david had mailed to her on their first valentine's day as a couple. liza heard the intercom notify david that they'd be taking off, and reluctantly ended the facetime. looking about her room, she realized that although that was tidy, the rest of her house certainly wasn't. and she decided she'd make sloppy joes for david's arrival, since she knew that those were one of his favourite foods. she smiled at the memory of when she learned that. it was one of the first things she'd learned about david. they first met on omegle, and really hit it off, talking about foods that they liked and didn't. sloppy joes came up in that conversation, of course. she used her postmates app to order the ingredients she'd need to her door, and began to vacuum the living room rug.

"liza what the hell was that scream? and why are you cleaning at 10:00 in the morning with such a huge smile on your face? you're cleaning for god's sake." gabbie said, walking into the room with her hair thrown up into a messy bun and pyjamas on.

"david's coming. david's coming to california, and he's gonna live here."

"liza! oh my god liza this is fucking amazing!" gabbie said with a smile, being incredibly happy for her friend. "what can i do to help?"

++

liza didn't know what time david's arrival would be, or how bad traffic would be, all she knew was that she'd be able to hug and kiss david before nightfall. and she couldn't wait.

it was about 2:00, and david was anxiously shaking his leg in the back of the uber, seeing that the gps was saying they were five minutes from liza's house. the driver seemed to notice, asking david what he was on his way to do.

"i'm on my way to see my girl. after three years of waiting, i'm on my way to see my fucking girl." david, replied, giddily. after the longest five minutes he had deemed possible, he payed the driver, and usain bolted to the front door. he rang the doorbell, and watched as the driver pulled out of the driveway, giving him a small wave. david heard footsteps scrambling down what sounded like stairs, and running up to the door. the knob turned, and in front of him stood his love. david pressed the play button on his phone, before looking up and making eye contact with her. for the first time, there was no screen separating them. he truly had no words for the goddess standing in front of him. he saw gabbie in his peripheral vision, filming the two but he couldn't care. the chorus to the song he had played — their song — drawing david back to the real world.

buckets of water, millions of clouds, miles of road just to get where you are

he reached his hands out, cupping her face in them.

oh i wish it wasn't so far

he stepped through the threshold of the door, eliminating the space between them.

thousands of dollars, millions of clouds, miles of road just to get where you are

she, too, cupped his face with her considerably smaller hands.

oh i wish it wasn't so hard

both david and liza sighed audibly.

but maybe one day we can break the distance

the couple kissed. passionately moving their lips against each other's, david moved his hands down her back while liza proceeded to wrap her arms around his neck. after what could've been seconds or hours, david broke the kiss for air. he lifted liza into the air, spinning her. "holy fucking shit. i love you so much baby. so fucking much. these past three years were so worth the wait." he hadn't noticed he was crying until he saw the wet spot on her shoulder. he set her down, taking her in once again. "oh.. my god. babe you're so beautiful. even more than i could've imagined." he sighed. "the most beautiful girl i've ever seen." he said, this time a whisper. tears streamed down liza's face as well. she hugged him again, wetting the front of his shirt.

"i love you so much bubba. i cant fucking believe you're here. i cant believe we've done it. we've broken the distance." he rubbed his hands up and down her back.

"yeah we did baby."