Been Here All Along xx

Chapter Sixteen - 16

I looked at Liam as there was a knock on the door. I got up and walked toward the door. I looked through the miniature peep hole and saw Nathan. I opened the door and he smiled at me.

"Hey." he said and kissed my cheek.

"Hi... what are you doing here?" I asked him and he shrugged. "So, you don't know?"

"Well, Joe and Cass are getting on my nerves. Being all in love and stuff. And I heard you were home and taking care of Liam." he said and walked inside. "I thought I'd stop by and help out. You're only seventeen, a baby."

"I'm not a baby." I said and smacked his arm a little.

"Oh, no! The baby hit me! I'm gonna die!" Nathan said and I glared at him. "I'm sorry. I upset little Lanie Wanie."

"I'm going to smack you. Go away." I said and started walking upstairs.

"Where are you going?" Nathan asked me and I pointed upstairs. "Why?"

"Because my life is up there, obviously." I said and ran up the stairs.

"Fine then! Poo on you!" Nathan shouted and I rolled my eyes as I got upstairs. My phone was ringing and I walked over to my nightstand and saw that Connor was calling me. I answered.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

"Lanie!" I heard Connor say. "Hi!"

"Hi... how are you?" I asked him.

"I'm great, how are you?" he asked me.

"Just Lanie..." I said, starting to feel a little awkward.

"You okay?" he asked.

"I'm fine..." I said and I heard him sigh.

"We're moving back." Right as the words left his mouth, I fell silent. I just looked in front of me. "And I wanted you know that first... because I just feel like you deserve to know... My dad kind of just realized that he didn't like his job here." Connor said and I only breathed quietly. "Lane?"

"Yeah, I'm here." Just hearing him call me 'Lane' made me want to die. I'm not getting back with him, I'm sure he has a girlfriend. He's absolutely beautiful and muscular and... beautiful and... muscular. "That's uh... great. When are you getting back?"

"I'm actually at the airport..."

"Oh, so you are about to get on the plane?"

"No... I just got off it."

"Oh, you're already here." My heart rate increased to a maximum and I thought I was going to die.

"Yeah, alone too." he said and sighed. "Is there any chance you could come and pick me up and I could like... stay at your house... Jesus, you're never going to let me do that." Yeah, I never will. Ever.

"No, I can do that." What?! No I can't. "Why are you alone?" Why do you care? He left you alone... on Valentines day...

"Oh, really? Yes! Thank you. And, my parents and my sister have a different plane than I do. They probably just left." he said and I nodded to myself.

"Well, okay. How did you know I wouldn't be in school though?" I asked him, my heart still beating furiously.

"I didn't even think about school, to be honest, why are you at home? Do we have a little skipper?" he asked me and I laughed a little.

"I'm taking care of Liam, he's sick, and Nathan's here." I said and I heard him sigh. "But since Nathan's here, he can take of Liam."

"Okay, well, I'll see you soon. Love you." he said and I coughed and he gasped a little. "I mean as a friend. Alright, bye." he fake laughed and i think we both gulped at the same time. I don't know if I ended the call, or if he did.

I slowly got off my bed and walked downstairs. I walked into the living room and both Nathan and Liam looked at me.

"You okay?" They both asked me and I nodded.

"I have to go pick Connor up from the airport..."

"Connor?!" They said simultaneously.

"Lanie, no, you aren't going." Nathan said and Liam nodded.

"I don't care that you guys have been talking, no."

"Stop. I'm going and I don't care if you want me to or not. Okay, I loved him once and if I want to pick him up from the airport, you let me." I said and ran back up the stairs. I threw the shoes I had on earlier back on and headed to the bathroom. I quickly made sure that I didn't look too bad and I grabbed my purse and walked back downstairs. After all of this, I realized I don't have a car and I've only had my license for about thirteen days. I walked to the living room and stole Nathan's car keys off of the coffee table.

"What are you doing?" Nathan asked me.

"I'm using your car... considering I don't have my own and my moms isn't vacant at the moment, nor is it here." I said and started walking back to the front door.

"You can't use me car. Use Liam's!" Nathan said and I opened the front door.

"Fine." I put Nathan's keys on one of the key holds and grabbed Liam's. "Goodbye," I ran outside and got into Liam's car. I took a deep breathe and put the key in the ignition. I backed out of the driveway and started my way toward the airport.

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"Alright, Dylan Farley. You need to stop freaking out. It's going to be fine. Everything is going to fine." I said to myself and looked up and saw Connor about fifty feet away. "Aw, Jesus. I'm going to die. Why did I do this? What the hell am I suppose to do?!" I said to myself. As Connor got closer, I oddly became more and more calm. I unlocked the door as he was about four feet away.

"Oh my God. You look great." Connor said as he got into the car, after putting his stuff in the back. He kissed my cheek and I smiled. Butterflies go away, I've always hated you.

"Thanks, you don't look too bad yourself." I said and he smiled. I started the car and drove out of the parking lot. "How was America?" I asked him and he shrugged.

"I didn't really do much. I didn't make any friends, well, I had a few like stalkers and they all kind of just asked me if I knew any YouTubers. I told them I knew uh, what's the one you like again? Alfie?" he asked and I nodded. "Yeah, I told them I knew him and they lost their shit." he said and laughed. I laughed and looked at him. "It's really great to see you." he said right as we got to a red light. "And I'm really sorry about... how I broke up with you... I'm a jerk, I really am."

"It's fine." I said and smiled at him the best I could. He found my hand closest to him and squeezed it a little. He started rubbing the back of my hand with his thumb and I couldn't speak. I've missed him so much. Words can't even explain and now he is here and I think I'm going to die. He looked at me and tilted my chin up a little more and slowly kissed me. I carefully placed my hand on his cheek and kissed back, I could feel him smiling in our kiss. As we pulled away, our foreheads were touching and we were a little breathless.

"I miss you, I truly do." he said and I smiled and I kissed him again.

When I woke up on my bed next to my phone, I just about started crying.

That never happened?

~A/N~

OOOOOHHHHHH SNAPPPPPPPPP.

Sorry if you had a mini heart attack. Sorry.

I LOVE YOUUUUU. I TRULY DO.

"I miss you, I truly do."

BYE BEAUTIFULS!

~Emmaaaaa.