the one that got away (h.s)

Chapter 1: New Beginnings

***Author's Note: pls read this! I know the first few chapters are rough but it gets better I promise:(

I put the key in the hole and opened the door. I breathed in the new apartment smell and smiled. To new beginnings.

"Hey... ugh- can you at least help?" Derek said while carrying in two huge cardboard boxes stacked on top of each other.

I giggled, "I'm sorry babe, I just got really excited." I grabbed the top box from him and exposed his face. It glistened with sweat, but he still smiled and leaned in for a kiss only to be held back from the boxes.

We went and sat the boxes in our empty living room and stood in comfortable silence as we took in our new home.

Derek sighed "Well I guess we better go unload everything else or we're gonna be sleeping on the floor tonight." He always had a dry sense of humor, but he still made me laugh.

"I love you," I said and went in to wrap my arms around his torso.

"I love you too." He said.

We stood there and hugged for a while before finishing all of our unpacking we needed to do. We were finally fulfilling our dream of moving out to Los Angeles and our new beginning was happening together just how I imagined.

*a few hours later after unloading everything*

"I can't believe we actually did this." I turned over to look at my boyfriend in bed who was scrolling through twitter.

"Well this is what you wanted, I'm just here to make you happy babe." He raised his eyebrows and started to kiss my neck.

I pulled away though because I was exhausted from moving and unpacking all day.

"No I'm being serious. I never thought we could actually do this, but I'm so happy we did. I've always hated change but this feels so right." I look at Derek and scoot closer to him in the bed and nuzzle my head in his neck.

He kissed my forehead and I could hear him drift to sleep. I'll never know how boys fall asleep so quickly.
I was so tired from today, but I still managed to lay awake and think about my life.

Derek and I are high school sweethearts and have been dating since we were 16 years old and we are currently 23 years old. I know it's surprising we aren't married yet, but we both didn't feel a rush in getting married until we settled for good and I finished graduate school.

We moved out to LA because I'm gonna be attending UCLAs graduate school program for psychology and Derek found a really good job out here as a real estate agent. School was never his thing, but that's not how success is defined so it never bothered me that he didn't go to college. I felt my eyes get heavier and I drifted off and finally fell asleep.

***This is a short chapter but it's my first fanfic. Any tips are appreciated :)***