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Imagine: You and Edmund break up after 6 years together because he moves away to America for university and he says he doesn't want you to waste your life on him

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Imagine: You and Edmund break up after 6 years together because he moves away to America for university and he says he doesn't want you to waste your life on him. You're going through old film and find so many cute videos and you reminisce and remember why you fell in love with him.

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"We can't keep doing this (Y/N)." Edmund sighed, "I'm moving away to America, I don't want you to waste your time waiting for me when you could be so much happier living your life."

"Edmund, you don't understand. I want to be with you. Take me with you. I don't care, just don't leave me like this." You looked at the boy getting into his car.

"Look, (Y/N), you deserve so much better than me. You deserve the most perfect guy in this entire world, not some Harvard Law student." He looked at you and you couldn't stop the tears that started to fall, "(Y/N/N) please don't cry..."

"No Eddie. Get in your car and go. I can see I'm not going to change your mind. I don't even know why I'm here." You looked at him in disbelief and ran to your car, starting it up and not looking back, even as he called your name.

   You got home and ran up the stairs into your bedroom. You lied on your bed for an hour before doing anything else. You eventually got up and opened your closet. The first thing in it was Edmund's favorite gray sweatshirt, one you'd grown to love too.

   You cried a little more as you put on the sweatshirt. It smelled just like his cologne. It was clean, professional, but teenage goof ball all in one. You sat down in front of your small television and saw a VHS tape propped up against the television's base.

You looked at it and picked it up to read the title. For When I Have To Leave :( Love, Eddie.

   You pushed it into the VCR and watched as Edmund's cute, 13 year old face popped up on the screen. You covered you mouth and began to sob uncontrollably.

"H-Hi...I love y-you..." Your 13 year old voice came over the audio in a shiver.

"Oh baby, take my jacket." Edmund smiled, and threw a jacket around you off camera.

   The next video appeared and the next and the next and the next, until Edmund was 14. A video of spin the bottle shot up across the screen and you smiled. He spun to you and you leaned across the bottle to kiss him. The video wouldn't catch it, but you two couldn't stop kissing after that.

   10 videos later and you were 15 year olds. He was video taping you watching the water in a beautiful gown. You two were going to a formal together. Your hair was in tossed curls and your dress was a soft, deep purple.

"Babe..." his voice was high pitched back then.

"Eddie..." you'd laughed.

A nickname was born.

   The next video showed up and it was here that you began to sob harder than before. Edmund was playing guitar in this one. A friend had stolen his camera and gotten footage of the two of you. You were sitting next to him, your head on his shoulder.

   Twenty videos later you were seventeen and he was slipping a corsage on your right wrist. You were grinning at him and could hear your Mom sobbing off camera.

"Mom!" You'd laughed and Edmund smiled.

   The videos that followed contained: Prom, late nights, pictures of us cuddling around his house, and graduation. The tape seemed to be over, but then Edmund's nineteen year old voice came over the audio.

"Hey (Y/N)...I love you. I'm always going to. And honestly, I don't want to go to Harvard. I want to be here with you, but my Mom wants me to do something 'better' with my life. But (Y/N), there is nothing better than you. And you probably ran away from me hating me today. But I want you to know that I love you baby. Please don't leave me." He said.

Just as the audio ended, your doorbell rang. You ran down the stairs and opened the door.

"Did you see the-" Edmund began but was cut off when you tackled him and kissed him. "I'll take that as a yes."

He smiled and embraced you.

"So you're not leaving?" You asked.

"Actually...I thought maybe you'd come with me. I...I wasn't thinking earlier when I broke things off. I didn't think I could ask you, but I'm confident now. Will you...I mean if you'd be up to it...uh...marry me?" He asked, getting down on his knee.

"I...yes!" You sobbed and hugged him.

   No matter would happen, all you needed to know is that you had Edmund by your side through it all. If not for him, who would you be?

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