My mom was there when I got home and to my surprise, my dad was too. I found them in the living room chatting over two cups of tea and a faint smile lingering on my dad's face. My mom probably found it unnoticeable, but to me it was the most obvious thing. And for a moment I saw hope for my dad-- that maybe he had been missing her all along and would be willing to throw aside his sinful ways of the past just out of fear of losing her again. I wish Luke and I would have been like that.
I didn't hesitate to join them because I had a lot to catch up on with my mother. So that's pretty much how the rest of my evening went: talking about my mom's job as a lawyer in New York, telling her all about the college I was planning to go to and the majors I am interested in, my dad trying to make himself sound like he was still cool...
The entire night I carried on without thinking about Luke. Not on purpose, I was just too busy catching up with my mother.
It finally caught up to me at night as I laid in my bed in the dark. I thought about how I would miss his dorkiness. I would miss him passionately talking about his band. I would miss watching him preform in a small crowd of people who hadn't even heard of 5 Seconds of Summer before and yet I knew all their songs. I would miss the way he ran his fingers through his hair when he was nervous. And the way he laughed. I would miss his band. I would miss exactly everything about him and there wasn't much I could do about that. I wondered if he would miss me that much, too.
Just as I was about to fall asleep, I heard my phone vibrate. I rolled over to check it, opening only one eye. I peeked at the screen to see a message from Luke. Luke and I had each other's numbers but we almost never texted. There was no need, we were always with each other.
Below his name I read the text: I will always love you Hal... no matter what happens... just know that <3
I smiled and clicked the screen off again and placed my phone back on my nightstand.
I stared up at the ceiling for a long time until I rolled back over and grabbed my phone again. I unlocked the screen and opened the text again. And I will always love you, I responded.
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Oh my gawd its been a while since the last update so oooops ive been so BUSY im srry
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the promise ➳ hemmings
Fanfiction| Promises are just very sincere lies. We make them thinking that we'll keep them. But in time, our motivation to keep them fades-- just like the hope and trust others had in us that they wouldn't. It's just sad to think that's what our relationship...
