To Go The Distance

Chapter 1: Where we met

I stood by the old Lilly pond hidden in Apple Grove, he told me to meet him here. I fiddled with my charm bracelet, he had given it to me for my birthday. The charms hit against one another making a soft twinkling noise, I looked up to the red sky as the sun set hiding it's self away from me. I could hear the crunch of twigs and the autumn leaves. I turn to see his face, but I know something is wrong. I can see it, he doesn't have that smile he always wears, or that happy sparkle that is constantly in his eye. Why?

"I'm sorry..." His words sounded almost as if they were painful to say. "I'm sorry..." there it was again. He was in pain as he spoke. I then saw something fall from his face, then another. It was his tears, gleaming in the afternoon sunset.

"What is it? Please tell me." I spoke with concern lacing my voice. I took a step forward and he took a step back.

"I can't, us, we can't, I'm sorry November but this is goodbye." His voice was shaking, I could only stare blankly. It was as if I had no control over my body in that moment, my lips wouldn't move and I couldn't form a single sound.

"November please say something." his voice now concerned.

"Why? Why are you doing this?" I feel to my knees, I clutched at leaves and dirt. I could feel the hot tears forming in my eyes, my world seemed to be falling to pieces. He was telling me goodbye for the last time.

"I can't love you anymore because I'm leaving." I look up to him, he's just as broken as I am right now.

"Why did you have me meet you at the place we first fell in love?" The question pained me to ask but I had to.

"Because this is where I want you to be whenever I remember you." I could tell he was just as heartbroken as me. I got up and stumbled over to him, I fell into his strong arms and he held me close to him, I inhaled his sweet scent for what I fear is the last time.

"Maybe I'll see you again." I whisper into his chest.

"I hope this isn't our last goodbye." he says back, he gives me one last squeeze then let's me go. "Bye November."

"Bye Hunter." My voice barely a whisper, I watched his back as he left me by the old Lilly pond hidden in Apple Grove.

6 months later

I sat in class, the last of the snow was melting and you could see patches of green grass peaking through. The room was anything but silent but I honestly couldn't hear a thing. I pull out the photo I had taken with Hunter a month before he left. I felt tears trying to escape but I squeeze my eyes shut and quickly shove the photo back into my pocket.

"You really need to get over him already November. Your letting it control your life." I look up to see my best and only friend Katie. She looks honestly concerned for me, I've grown use to this look of concern I always receive from her.

"I'll get over it when I get over it, just leave me alone about it." I snap at her, I was tired of everyone saying that I needed to get over Hunter. I didn't want to get over him, that day at the Lilly pond wasn't our last goodbye.

"What ever November. I just want you to be happy again." I look away from her, the only person who can fill the aching hole in my heart is Hunter and Hunter alone.

"I'll be happy once I see Hunter once again. He promised me we'd meet again." Her face drops, she pulls out her phone and taps away at it for a moment.

"I think it's time I showed you this." she said then handed me the phone, it was Hunter's Facebook page and there was a picture of him kissing some blonde girl. The caption read "My beautiful sweet girlfriend." I put the phone down and bolted out the room.