Heart Savers

Chapter 9- Decision

"Okay honey, we finally made our decision..."
I was just standing there in front of both my parents, waiting for the answer. I started tearing up because I had no idea if they would let me go or not. My both hands were shaking and I tried hard not to blink.
"We really love you and trust you, honey. You have amazing grades and study really hard. We haven't had a lot of time to think about it. But, you're not a child anymore, and what I wanted to say, is that whatever happenes, we are here for you."
I didn't understand what all of this was meant, but all these things that my mum had just said were really emotional and it felt like I just had to cry.
"So... can I go?" I asked, shaking even more.
"Yes, you can," both my parents said at the same time. I couldn't believe it. They let me go. I started crying. I was so happy. I was going to go to California. I was going to see Tal! This was the best thing that my parents have told me since my eleventh birthday. I just couldn't swallow everything. I needed time. But I had to tell Tal too.

I gave my form to my parents to sign. They filled it in with my details and told me to enjoy myself as I'll be there for a really long time.
"Thank you, mum. Thank you, dad." I said to them and kissed them on their cheeks.

I rushed upstairs to hide the form and took my phone out my bag.
-"Hey Tal 👋😁" I texted. I wondered if he'd text back. It was 4:32pm here in the UK, so it must have been 8:32am in California. I wondered if he was awake, but probably not. He barely sleeps because he makes awesome video's for us. So I said to myself that I'll wait. But I didn't have to wait too long. He immediately replied:
-"Hey Karol, how's it going? 👋😄"
When I got the message, it felt like a million butterflies just entred my stomach.
-"Amazing!😁 You'll not believe this! I have great news to tell you!😆😆"
-"Well, I wonder what it is...😏😏"
-"MY PARENTS LET ME COME TO USA!!! 😁😆"
-"Great! 😁That's amazing! I will book up the flights today.😊"
-"OMG, I still can't believe my parents let me!😁 I'm so excited!😍"
-"Yeah, me too!😁"
-"Wait. Tal, why aren't you sleeping?!😂😂"
-"Oh, I couldn't sleep...😂😴"
-"Well... don't drink too much coffee before going sleep then! 😂😂"
-"😂😂😂"
He made me laugh. It felt amazing talking to him from time to time, but I wish we did it more often...
"Sweet dreams then, Tal.😘🌛 Even though you may not even go back to sleep...😁😂"
-"Sweet dreams to you too, Karol. 😁😚Even though it's only afternoon in UK. Love you.😍😘"

He said 'love you'... WTF? Tal said 'love you'. What was going on? I didn't know what to reply... should I answer 'love you' back?