𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞 | 𝘋. 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰

Chapter 4 - Part 1

One thing I hate is early flights and Mondays, this combination just so happened to come into place this morning as it's the only flight available for a long journey back home.

I could have caught a few hours of sleep before having to get ready to leave but I can never sleep the night before a flight. I ended up wasting time on my phone up until 1am before getting out of bed to have a shower. The boys had fallen off to sleep easily and so peacefully long ago.

I had a shower and got dressed in a navy camouflage print sweatpants and a matching cropped sweater, paired with white Adidas sneakers. I packed the last of my things such as toiletries, makeup and clothes that were laying around. I didn't even go shopping so their was no need to worry about excess weight.

Once I zipped closed my luggage I turned back to both of them sleeping. So cute. I really had the urge to say goodbye or even a peck on the cheek before leaving and not seeing them for a while but I didn't want to disturb them.

As I tried carrying my luggage off from my bed, my clumsiness got the worst of me and my luggage fell onto the floor with a loud thud. Oof. Both of them surprisingly waking up from their sleep. "Oh gosh I'm so sorry, go back to sleep" I said in a hushed tone. "What are you doing at this time of the morning ?" Daniel asked as he lifted his head from the pillow to have a better look at what happened. "What did you drop this time ?" Michael asked.

"Don't worry about it, sorry for disturbing you guys" I said as I lifted my luggage from the floor. I slung my backpack onto my shoulders and was making my way towards the door. "Oi ! How can you be so rude and not say goodbye" Michael yelled. "Do you want us to drop you off at the airport ?" Daniel offered as he sat up against the headboard. Wow just for dropping my luggage everyone's awake. I left my luggage by the door as I sighed and walked over to Michael. "No worries about dropping me off, I'm going with my parents" I smiled at Daniel.

Michael stood up and engulfed me in a tight hug. I wrapped my arms around him, "I'm going to miss you" Michael said into my hair. "I'm gonna miss ya too" I said with a smile as I then looked up at him. He smiled back at me as he then kissed my forehead which caught me by surprise but I let it slide like it's nothing.

"Have fun back home without me and just cause I'm not around, doesn't mean you guys can forget about me" I said playfully as I walked backwards to the edge of Daniels bed. I then turned around to face him and was already engulfed in yet another tight, warm hug. "How could we forget about you ?" Daniel asked whilst looking down at me. Well, Jessica is basically my replacement so that's how Dan. "No idea, good byes haven't changed in the past few years and it never will in future" I shrugged my shoulders. He too then kissed my head which was an even bigger surprise. Is this even real ?

"Are you sure you don't want us to drop you off ?" He asked, still wrapped around his arms. "I'm sure, really" I reassured him. He then released his grip off me and got back under the covers of his bed. "Have a safe flight and message us just before take off, and after landing" Michael said as he too was back underneath the covers.

"Don't worry, I will. And also, hope you both have a safe journey back home" I said, grabbing a hold of my luggage. "We'll message you-" Michael said but was cut off by Daniel, "or even call you" he finished. "Okay great ! See yah" I waved them off as I walked out the door. "Byeee" they said just before I closed the door behind me.

Is it too soon to say that I already miss them ? Yeah it is. I made my way down stairs to the lobby where my parents were already waiting for me. "Morning" I chirped at them. "Ready to go ?" My dad asked. "I guess so" I pursed my lips. My mum then rubbed my arm as we walked together outside. I guess this is goodbye for now.