Snowboarder Imagines

Scotty James: Close As Strangers

Are we wasting time

Talking on a broken line?

Telling you I haven't seen your face in ages

I feel like we're as close as strangers

Won't give up

Even though it hurts so much

"Hello?" I answer coldly. I'm in an awful mood...again.

"Hey! You finally answered! Were you busy or something?" Scotty says cheerfully. I don't want to fight with him, but I'm upset.

"Nope. I just didn't want to talk to you." I admit. I hate starting conversations like this.

"What did I do this time?" Scotty asks me.

"You haven't called me in four days, Scotty! I know you're busy, but you promised." I say. I sound like a whiney girlfriend and that kills me, but this is what our relationship has come to.

"Babe, I'm sorry. It's the stupid time zones! I'm so jetlagged and I've had practice all week. I texted you once! Did you get it?" Scotty says in his defense.

"Is this what our relationship is now? A single text every four days?" I say with serious attitude.

"I'm sorry! You know how crazy my schedule is right now. We talked about this before I left." Scotty answers. We had discussed how difficult it would be to keep our relationship alive while he's in the middle of a big season, but he swore we'd make it work. He said he would call every day and that we'd Skype twice a week. We promised we'd talk constantly until he got back in four months, but none of that has happened. He's been away for two months and we barely speak. Scotty only ever has time for 3 minute long phone calls and the occasional 'I miss you' text.
"I think this is harder than we expected." I say quietly into the phone. Scotty takes a deep breath.

"What are you saying, y/n? I know it's hard, but we only have two more months apart and then I'll be back to you. We can do it!" Scotty says into the phone. He's trying.

"I don't think I can. My life revolves around me waiting for you to call, and then when we finally speak I'm too upset to have a real conversation with you. This isn't healthy." I tell Scotty.

"What am I supposed to say? I want this to work, but I can't change anything. I want you to be happy and maybe you can't be happy with me...I wish you could be though." Scotty says with a shaky voice.

"I wish you didn't leave." I reply. It's a horrible thing to say since he didn't really have a choice. He had to go. Snowboarding is his job and it requires him to travel, but I really wish he never left.

"So this is it for us?" Scotty says after a long pause.

"Yeah. I think so." I mumble.

"Goodbye, y/n." Scotty says. I can tell he's trying not cry. I'm doing the same.

"Goodbye, Scotty." I say before hanging up the phone.

Two week later, Scotty calls me. I ignore it. I know that if I hear his voice, then I'll just fall back into him. I need to give myself time to get over him.

"Y/n?" My mother says as she walks into my bedroom with her cellphone to her ear.

"What?" I ask her.

"Umm...Scotty's on the phone." She says as she holds her phone out for me to take.

"What? He called you?!" I ask her. She nods.

"Should I tell him your busy or something?" She asks me.

"No. I'll talk to him super quick." I reply as I grab the phone from her hand. "Hello?"

"I need to talk to you." Scotty says instantly. "Don't hang up!

"You can't keep calling me!" I tell him.

"I wouldn't have to keep calling you if you would answer your phone the first time I called you! Now please just hear me out." Scotty says.

"Ugh. Fine. What's up?" I ask him.

"I love you. I hate being broken up and I hate being apart from you, so I'm coming home tomorrow." Scotty tells me.

"How?" I ask. I'm suspicious.

"I'm going to skip some contests so I can spend time with my favorite person in the world." He says.

"No! You can't skip that stuff for me!" I respond.

"I already have my plane ticket and everything. I'm coming home to you. I need to. I need you in my life. I know we have problems and we need to work things out, but I'm not giving up on us and I won't let you either." Scotty says.

"So I get to see you tomorrow?" I ask quietly.

"Yeah!" Scotty answers excitedly. "You okay with that?"

"I love you." I say as my answer.

And I know everything has changed

But tomorrow I'll be coming back to you