promise | j.g

2.0 || i'm always overthinking

I'm gonna be doing the next few chapters in Elena's POV.

I might switch it up occasionally, it all depends...

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// Elena //

{2 years later}

Jack has been sending me letters everyday to tell me how he's been. I occasionally write back, but I don't really know what to say.

His most recent letter said that his base captain was gonna release him in a few months. Meaning, his time of serving was up and he was coming back.

That was the last letter I received from him and it came in a month ago so I was getting worried but then again he is fighting and training so he's not free 24/7 to write me letters.

The thing that never left my mind was the fact that he would write to me everyday, and all of the sudden it stopped.

I was just over thinking things and should stop. I didn't really know if Jack and I were still together, even though we didn't formally break up. I sorta just assumed we did, but I haven't laid eyes on any other guy since.

I promised Jack I would wait for him even if he didn't want to be with me and that was a promise I was willing to keep.

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It was January 8th and it was snowing in Omaha. Jack was coming back in March. His letters would always get dropped off at my house around noon.

It was currently 11:15am. I got out of bed and took a quick shower. After fifteen minutes, I wrapped my body with my purple robe and went into my room to pick out an outfit.

I grabbed my phone and quickly texted Ally to see if she wanted to hang out. We hadn't hung out in a while.

Ever since Jack I've unintentionally shut people out and Ally was one of them.

Me:

Hey, I was wondering since it's been a while, you wanna hang out today?

Ally:

sure! I'll be at your house in 30 min.

She didn't live that far but I'm assuming she was gonna get ready.

Me:

perfect! drive safe.

I threw on a peach colored knitted sweater and light denim wash skinny jeans with my grey vans.

I decided to leave my hair down since its naturally wavy. To top it off i added a grey beanie since it was kind of chilly out. By now it was 11:40 and I still had 20 minutes till Ally got here, so I decided to watch some TV.

Ally and I met in the 6th grade in middle school, she was in my math class and we were assigned as partners.

Since then we've been inseparable.

Don't get me wrong, like all friendships, Ally and I have fought so much I don't even know how we managed to stick together for so long.

Not to mention we are complete opposites. She is the girly girl in the friendship and I'm the tomboy. She's patient and I'm not. She's a planner, I'm spontaneous.

When it came down to parties and stuff, Ally was the one who would drink like there is no tomorrow, so I would be there to control her, but there were times that she would be the one who would remind me to get loose and have fun.

Guess it keeps us balanced.

I used to have alot of friends back in California but I lost contact with all of them when I moved to Omaha, including Ally.

It wasn't till a few months ago that Ally had moved to Omaha, but I was still so hung up on everything that happened with Jack that we barely hung out.

I told Ally everything, I told her about that night with me and Jack and how he had enlisted, up until how I am today.

She was my rock, she was there to comfort me every night over the phone when I would cry over Jack. She would stay on the phone with me till 3am till I would fall asleep.

The doorbell rung, ripping me out of my reverie.

"Mhm she's a bit early" I said to myself.

I grabbed the tv remote and shut off the tv. Walking to the door, worry creeped up out of nowhere. Shrugging it off, I opened the door and instead of seeing Ally, I was greeted by a pair of familiar blue eyes.

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here's an update.

-n.m