stay | H.S

prologue

His green eyes meet mine after I finish my sentence,

"You can't move away Maya, not now at least," he says, his voice soft,

"It's not up to me, it's up to my mum" I reply, not really sure of how to approach this.

I know it shouldn't be this hard, I've known him for a while and we've been dating about 8 months now but I think it's just the thought of being away from him that makes me so uneasy.

"I'll come with you"

"You know that can't happen, as much as I wish it could"

He scoots closer to me as my stomach begins to flutter. It's funny how after all this time, my body still reacts like this whenever he gets closer to me. He brings his hand to mine and looks up at me, his eyes glossy and I can't help but look down, knowing that if I keep looking at him I'll break into sobs.

"What's going to happen with us?" he breaks the silence,

"I don't know" I truthfully say. I really don't know what's going to happen but I just hope we stay together despite the distance.

"You know long distance never works," he says as if he knew what I was thinking. I know he's right.

"I know," I say, still looking down,

He brings his free hand to my chin and tilts my head up to look at him,

"we will get through this" a tear is now rolling down the side of his face.

I've seen him emotional before, many times. He's a man that likes to show emotion and not hide it, which is one of the many reasons I love him, but he doesn't cry a lot, it takes a lot to make him cry.

I bring my hand up to his face and with the pad of my thumb, I wipe his tear.

"I love you, Harry"

"I love you, Maya, so much" he responds, "please stay."

I give him a look and get up from the bed, still holding his hand. It's almost 11. I didn't realise the time and I know my mum is going to be mad if I'm not home soon.

"I really should go, it's late" I tell Harry as I watch his expression get even sadder and a frown forms on his beautiful face.

"Can you stay the night here, with me? please" he begs.

I hate saying no to him and as much as I want to stay, I have school tomorrow and I can't afford another late night. I'm not sleeping well at the moment, sometimes I don't even sleep at all. I just lay in bed thinking of Harry and thinking of how I'm moving away in two months. The thought of not seeing him everyday haunts me.

"Maya?" Harry says, breaking me out of my thoughts. I must have zoned out not answering him.

"Oh, sorry. I really shouldn't. As much as I want to I have school tomorrow and you know how my mum is" I reply.

"Please" he begs again, "I'll talk to your mum if you'd like, I really need you here right now"

I can't help but say yes to him, I know he needs me, I can see it in his eyes, despite the words coming out of his mouth.

"I'll call her, but I'm speaking, " I say, knowing that if he speaks it won't go down well.

A small smile forms on his face as I walk to get my phone and dial my mum's number.

"Maya, it's past 11. Where have you been?" she says immediately,

"I'm at Harry's, you knew that. Would it be okay if I stay the night?" I ask her,