The Missing Gem

25 | Bye - Bye

Nicole

The deal we made was far from ideal. I didn't want to spent six months away from Lucas, something about it seemed... off. But being in a relationship is all about compromising and finding solutions to our problems and that's what we did. Six months will go by fast, I hope. 

I know the last few weeks have been going fast. 

"Nicole?"

"Yes?" I answered as I walked with Lucas by my side while we took a walk with little Lexi at a park in Hampstead, near a small pond. 

The green scenery around me made a feeling of homesickness rush over me, almost as if I was gone already and missing this cozy little town. You don't have places like this in California. 

"I was wondering... when you come back from LA after Christmas, you could come to Bristol and meet my parents."

Meet his parents?

To say his proposal caught me off guard was an understatement. 

"Uh... I guess I could. If-if that's what you want, sure. I would love to meet them."

I knew his parents and Lucas and Melanie had a strained relationship, kept from afar and with wishes to stay that way.

But if Lucas was their son and he wanted me to meet them, how could I say no?

"Yes, of course. I'll change my arrival as soon as I get home."

With the end of the year approaching, so was my time at the apartment I rented back in September so, today, Lucas and Lexi joined me and helped me pack everything I had brought back into my large suitcases. 

Of course after lunch we lost our willpower to get anything done anymore so I braided the young one's blonde hair as per her request and she helped me braid my hair into a braided ponytail, that turned out to be a loose and crocked long braid that fell onto my left shoulder. 

After the rain stopped and the the little rays of sunshine tried to peak through the white clouds in the sky, we decided on leaving all the packing for another day and take a walk in the park near by. Lexi was more than thrilled to go jump on the recent made rain puddles and even happier that she got to drag me with her. 

My white converse all stars were not happy and neither were my cold and wet feet, but at least the five year old was happy and having fun. 

"Lexi, aren't you getting hungry?"

"A little." The blonde girl answered her uncle while splashing little droplets of water all over us. 

"A little? Come on, it's been a couple of hours since lunch. Wanna go to Magic Beans and get some donuts?"

"Oh, I'd love some donuts!" I said enthusiastically, trying to convince the little one to want some too.

"Yay, donuts!"

With her hand in Lucas', the three of us made our way out of the park and to Magic Beans, the place I would definitely miss the most once I leave for America for good.