Genre: Boyband Member + Ordinary Girl = Long Distance Relationship + Drama
Status: FINISHED
Book #1 in the Never Series
"I'm one of the world's most desired men, but I'm also one of the world's least wanted boyfriends."
My heart immediately breaks...
When I get to the Montecristo, Aden is pacing back and forth on the phone. I don't even care, I go straight for him, wrapping my arms around him and burrowing my face in his shirt. I can almost feel him looking down at me in confusion. He tells the person on the phone that they'll continue the conversation tomorrow and hangs up to hug me back.
"Hey, you okay?"
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"I just witnessed the ugliest fight between Danatha and JD. I was only there to support her, and they made up in the end. But the whole thing drained me so much."
"I'm sorry."
"They're not us, right?
"You're afraid we'll end up like that?"
He pulls me away from his body to get a good look at me.
"No, we'll end way before that. But even in knowing that, I've been imagining us having some sort of future together. If they can't make it work with four years under their belts, then we don't stand a chance. I guess it's a good thing we'll wrap it up early."
I sigh again and go to the bed. Aden comes closer and he makes me look at him then.
"We're not them."
"No, why do you say things like that when you don't see a future for us?"
"I have hope. No, I have faith in us because I have faith in you."
I shrug. He doesn't get it.
"Can we go out?"
"Where?"
"Just out. I could use some fresh air."
Aden doesn't object, so we catch a cab to a nearby old collection of trees out of town. It's beautiful in the afternoon sun. I soak in the light, pretending it's a pseudo-entrance into an eternity with him by my side. As if to taunt me, we eventually find a sort of vine forming a bow shape that could almost pass for a wedding arch amongst the various trees.
It was around trees like these that I had wished for a grand love like the beautiful one between that woman and her partner. If only I'd known painful it can be, I'd never have wished for a love without mentioning that I want it to be possible in the real world - not just grand.
So, standing here with Aden is beyond tough. We'll never have any of this. We'll never have anything. But you wouldn't think so with some of his statements. In fact, there is something I want to ask him now.
"Why did you say you have faith in us?"
Aden just blinks, clearly not recalling his words from earlier.
"We're breaking up, right?"
He nods quietly and my heart sinks, even though it was highly unlikely that he would change his mind so suddenly.
