2 weeks had officially passed since Maddy had seen David. She understood that he was busy with youtube, but with the amount of times she had asked him if he wanted to come over or do literally anything, it was starting to upset her that he hadn't even put in the slightest bit of effort to pop in after filming or editing. In all fairness, she had been busy herself during most days, sorting out brand deals and planning vlogs. On the 14th day, she decided to try one more time.
Maddy: Are you free at all tonight? I think i'm gonna watch a movie if you want to come over
David: I have to film a bit at Jonah's house for my vlog then Zane needs me to come over for his, then I have to go to Jason's to record the podcast then edit and post those, i'm so sorry Mad I promise things will slow down soon
Maddy: Gotcha lol
David: Night in though? I'll send a pizza (:
Maddy: Yeah lol but don't worry I have some leftovers I was gonna eat
Fuck it. Maddy thought, checking the time on her phone. 3pm. She got in her car and drove the 2 hours to La Jolla. The whole time she debated in her head whether or not she was crazy for being upset about not seeing her boyfriend for 2 weeks. She came to the conclusion that she wasn't, and needed to confront David. Then she talked herself out of that. She cried for a little after thinking What if David doesn't like me anymore? What if he started regretting posting the video announcing we were dating after he posted it?, and then arrived in La Jolla feeling awful, wondering if he was avoiding her because he was going to call it off. She grabbed her bag and tossed her phone in the bottom of it without even checking to see if she had gotten any messages while she drove. She walked to the cove, took out a book, and sat on a rock.
David arrived at Maddy's apartment 2 hours after she left for La Jolla with a bouquet of flowers and an envelope. He walked up to the door of her apartment and knocked on it. She didn't answer, and David thought she might be napping. He took his keys out of his pocket and flipped to Maddy's apartment key, opening the door.
"Maddy" He called, to no answer.
He looked around and realized Maddy, her keys, and her wallet were gone.
"Shit" He said, pulling his phone out and beginning to call people.
Maddy didn't answer her phone or her texts. Nobody was with Maddy, and nobody seemed to know where she was. He waited another 15 minutes before realizing where she probably was. He checked snap maps on his private snapchat and saw her car heading vaguely southbound, although still in LA as of a few hours prior.That's gonna be a fucking risk if she's not there. He thought. Then he thought Fuck it and hopped in his car to begin the drive.
2 hours passed before Maddy heard her name. Her head snapped to the left, where she saw David jogging down the steps.
"David?" She laughed.
"Maddy, I am so sorry. Are you ok? You don't seem ok" He said, as Maddy stood up.
He took her hands in his.
"I went to your house" He wheezed.
"David, here, sit and breathe" Maddy laughed softly.
David nodded and sat on a rock, catching his breath.
"I went to your house because I've been planning a surprise. I have to be honest, the night of that party I went to Liza's" David said. That was a really bad way to start this. David thought to himself, but decided to keep going anyway.
Maddy's slight smile dropped. She loved and trusted both Liza and David, and the thought of either of them breaking her trust alone made her feel nauseous.
"What... were you doing there?" Maddy asked, her head spinning.
"This is going to sound crazy" He said, and Maddy braced herself for bullshit. She didn't think David was like that previously, but she wasn't so sure now. "I was convinced I could convince the immigration office to let me go on a trip with you to Bora Bora"
"What?" Maddy laughed at how unexpected that response had been.
"I got offered a brand deal to go to Bora Bora, and I was going to blow it off until I realized I'd be a fucking idiot to, because it would be my chance to finally leave the country with you. I was talking to my immigration lawyer the whole night at that party and trying to find all this... fucking asinine documentation, and then I realized I needed some forms that I hadn't seen since I went to Brazil for the olympics. So then I started freaking the fuck out thinking I lost them, and then I remembered that Liza and I had all of our travel documents in the same folder on that trip. So the immigration office was telling me I had to be in by 7:45 in downtown LA with the forms, which were at Liza's house. So I had to run to Liza's house that night, where I think I interrupted her and Keegan having sex, which was so fucking awkward, and get them to make sure I had time to battle LA traffic downtown to the immigration office where they told me to come to another meeting. But I didn't want to tell you this whole plan in case it worked, and, i'll get to it, but it fucking failed dramatically"
David stopped to catch his breath.
"So I come back for this second stupid fucking immigration hearing and they tell essentially tell me there's no way they're approving it. So I said FUCK immigration, and I booked a trip to Hawaii instead. I couldn't hang out last week because I was in Chicago and New York and at fucking... immigration hearings and sitting in my lawyer's office, but this week I was half planning and half making sure you didn't see me or our friends because, let's be real here, one of us would end up spilling, but it was such a stupid idea, it was so dumb, I should have came to see you-"
"David, it's ok" Maddy smiled, taking his hand. "I was upset because I didn't think you were making an effort to see me but I didn't even want to confront you about it. That's why I came here, I didn't want to make you upset in case you weren't doing it intentionally"
"I feel so bad, and I hate that you bottle stuff up like that"
"Don't feel bad, and I don't bottle stuff up, I have my own outlets and I was going to talk to you about this anyway if you hadn't shown up here"
"I love you"
Maddy paused. David prayed to God that he hadn't just jumped the gun.
"You do?"
"I do"
Maddy grinned.
"I love you too"
David kissed Maddy.
"Now we really need to get going, our flight to Hawaii leaves in" David checked his phone. "3 hours"
"Wait, holy shit, I was so focused on... wait what the fuck? David? We're going to Hawaii? And like... today?"
David took Maddy's hand, grabbed her bag, and started jogging towards his car.
"Yes, I packed a bag of stuff for you, I don't know what I threw in there but i'll buy whatever you're missing when we get there. I have your passport because I didn't know if you had ID. When I got to your house and you weren't there and weren't picking up your phone and literally nobody had seen you I thought maybe we weren't going" David laughed.
"Fuck, David" Maddy said, stopping.
"What?"
"My car"
"Fuck that, i'll bail it out of car jail when we get back"
Maddy laughed and continued following David.
"Since we're saying it now, I love you"
David stopped in the middle of the street and kissed Maddy.
"I love you too"
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So the first book is over. The amount of people reading this has absolutely blown my mind because i'm a bit horrible at writing. I know this ends in a bit of a weird place, but I think it's kind of cool that there's no solid answer on if they catch their flight or how their trip goes because it doesn't matter. It ends with one of their first milestones PLUS there's a sequel! The first part is gonna be up now-ish (depending on how fast you're reading this after I posted it) it's called "Home" :)
