•megan•
"don't gooooo." i pouted, tugging on jonah's arm as he held one of his few suitcases. he chuckled before i let go and crossed my arms.
"i'm sorry. we have to." he smiled, pulling me into a hug.
"i know." i muffled into his chest, becoming limp in his arms as i tried to hold back my tears. he rubbed small circles into my back with his large hands as we hugged for what seemed like hours.
"we gotta go jo." daniel said, peeking his head through the open front door. corbyn beeped the horn as jonah laughed and pulled away from our hug. i quickly waved to daniel and the rest of the boys in the car, for i had already said my goodbyes to them.
"we'll facetime every night and i'll text you when i can." jonah promised, holding out his pinky. giggling quietly, i linked my pinky with jonahs.
"you better not replace me with some chick on tour." i ordered as i dropped my pinky from jonahs.
"no one can replace you love." he smirked as i lightly hit is arm.
"come on!" jack screamed from the car as corbyn honked one more time.
"have a safe flight." i whispered as jonah pulled me into one more hug.
"take care of the house." he whispered back. i smiled as he kissed my cheek and led onto my hand. our arms extended as much as they could before my hand fell out of his as he walked away from the house. he soon was running to the car to join his annoyed friends.
"bye baby." zach hummed to alex. i hadn't even realized the couple had been next to jonah and i the whole time. zach gave alex a quick kiss before trotting after jonah, leaving me and alex standing by the front door. the two boys lifted their hands above their heads in apology to their three band mates for being late. zach hopped into the car after blowing alex a small kiss, causing her to smile and blush. jonah soon got into the car after zach, but not before sending me one last small smile before closing the door. i wrapped my arm around alex's waist as we watched the van drive away. she gave me a quick smile and held my hand as we watched. a tear slipped past my eye as i realized they'd be gone for months. alex, who had already started crying, squeezed my hand once more as we entered the house.
it already felt empty. without the boys the house was so quiet, you could hear every step we took on the cold wooden floor. i let out a deep breath as i looked at alex. she looked exhausted, for her and zach stayed up all night talking. i know she's happy with him, and i know it'll be hard for her without him. as for me, i'd be fine without jonah. or any of the boys. who am i kidding. i'll most likely be a mess.
•jonah•
the second i stepped out of the house i felt emptier. the second i let megan's hand fall out of mine i felt lonelier. i knew this tour was going to be nothing but fun and that it will be great for the boys and myself, but i'm really going to miss megan. i'm going to miss walking into the kitchen to her dancing and singing as she cooks. ill miss how our home is pretty much hers now. i shook my head, trying to make the thoughts temporarily leave my mind, as the van drove away.
'it's not like we're together' i thought, failing at keeping megan out of my mind. i don't know why i'm going to miss her presence so much.
"ready boys?" corbyn happily hummed, interrupting my thoughts, as he grinned cheekily from ear to ear. the uber pulled into the lax drop off loop and corbyn paid for our ride. we thanked the man as he helped us unload our luggage. sending him a smile, we walked into the chaotic airport.
we were almost immediately greeted with a couple dozen fans, all smiling brightly at us. i pulled on my best fake smile as i took pictures with the group of fans, as did the boys. once the airport speaker announced our flight, we said goodbye to the fans, who graciously let us go.
"what's wrong jo?" corbin whispered as we arrived to our seats. i looked at him confused before shoving my bag in the carrier above our heads. the blonde rested his hands at his waist before pouted and raising his eyebrows.
"you know what i mean." he hummed, sitting down in the seat right next to me. i looked behind us to find zach starting a movie, daniel scrolling through instagram before posting himself on his story, and jack already sleeping. it was safe to talk. i sat back down as corbyn looked at me impatiently.
"i'm going to miss her." i sighed, giving into my feelings that have bugged me since we left the house. corbyn gave me a sympathetic smile as he rested his hand on my shoulder. i looked down from his eyes as i fiddled with a ring on my finger.
"we all are man." he whispered before putting in his earbuds and closing his eyes. i looked across the row to see my three other friends sleeping. zachs head rested on jacks shoulder as jacks head rested on daniels shoulder. i laughed quietly before quickly snapping a few pics. i slouched back down in my seat before opening my messages with megan. i sent her the pictures before waiting for her response. a couple minutes later she responded with 'how cute' and some laughing emojis. i smiled before tucking my phone into my jacket pocket. i put in some earbuds as i listened to a playlist megan and i made a couple days ago. it has all our favorite songs. i smiled before falling asleep to the night we met by lord huron.
authors note
i hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. i'm sorry for being kinda inactive lately. stuffs been going on. question of the chapter: what's your favorite thing the boys have ever put out, like merch or songs or the book. i personally like the book. make sure to vote and comment anything you want.
thanks, the author
