Crash Land (An Alex Gaskarth/Sam McTrusty fanfiction)

Chapter 2

I walked into what seemed to be the busiest ever Starbucks. It was hectic - and it was only 10am! I looked hopelessly around until I spotted my cousin near the back.

"Urs! Ursula!" Vic stood up from the sofa and came running towards me; arms outstretched. I was so relieved to see him and I threw my arms around him and kissed his cheek.

"Heya, Sassypants!" I teased before sitting down opposite him on a purple velvety lounger. Vic offered me a peppermint mocha frappuchino which he had just bought for me and I thanked him graciously before continuing.

"You have no idea how good it is to see you, Vic. I've missed you so much!" I squealed and he chuckled.

"I know, I've missed you too! So how's things? How are you? How's the lovelife?" Vic was my best friend, but he also loved gossip and constantly being in the loop. Especially when it came to my relationships; only because I had some crappy boy troubles in the past and Vic was always there to fix them for me. Fair play, I guess...

"Well... Sam kissed me last night," I ran my hands through my hair and screwed my face to one side. Vic raised an eyebrow and he looked to me as if to say I know that look...

"Soooooooo...?" Vic shook his head impatiently at me; his big brown eyes wide with excitement of the news. He'd always loved Sam. Even just listening to Sam's accent would make Vic crack up into fits of hysterical laughter and they were constantly messing and joking around with each other.

"So... I don't know. I love Sam, of course I do. He's such a great friend! And he's Scottish and sweet and funny and kind and rediculously good looking and talented-" I began, but Vic cut me off.

"But not Alex. Am I right?" Vic's eyes became sympathetic as he sipped slowly at his caramel latte. I made a disgruntled noise neither in agreement nor disagreement.

"I don't know... I guess, yeah. I suppose you're right..." I sighed heavily.

"Oh Ursula..." Vic moaned at me. Lecture time. Woohoo.

"We've been through this before, Urs. I don't know what I can say or do to make you understand-" This time, I cut him off mid sentence.

"How dare you try and tell me that he'll never love me. You have no right to say that to me," I slammed my fist to the table. My childish instincts overwhelmed me and I became slightly frustrated with Vic.

"That's not what I'm saying," Vic's voice was even and calm despite the fact that I just had a go at him, "I'm just telling you that Sam is a great guy. Are you really willing to just toss him aside for some teenage-girl-hormonal-fantasy desire for Alex Gaskarth? Because firstly, that's not fair to Sam. And seconly, it's not fair to you. I've seen how Alex has torn you up inside. I've seen how hurt you can get and it scares me. I want you to be happy, I don't want you living your life in a state of depression just because he doesn't love you as much as you love him."

Vic made a lot of sense. And for once, it was actually kicking in.

It just hit me - Sam is the best thing to happen to me in a very long time. I truly loved him and I wanted to give our relationship a go.

"Ursula? Heyyyy there, earth to Ursula," Vic waved his hand in my face as I started drifting off into space.

"Sorry, I was just thinking... And you know what, you're absolutely right. I love Sam and I want to be with him," I smiled at Vic.

"Good! Now come on. It's time we got up and moving. There's a nice park near here - let's walk by the lake and you can tell me what else has been happening," Vic said.

So we walked and talked, just like old times.

But I still couldn't get Alex out of my head. This was it. I was letting go of him for good. But would it really ever be that easy?