Believing in Forever (One Direction FanFic)

Chapter 2~ Final Goodbyes

I heard the doorbell ring and I rushed down the stairs to answer. I opened the door to reveal Matt standing with flowers in his hands. I had divided the time I had left so far between hanging out with Taylor, spending time with Matt, and occasionally packing, but this was completely out of nowhere.

“What are you doing here?” I asked. I realized I was just wearing a tight tank top and a pair of old sweat pants and folded my arms in front of my chest.

“Well we said we were going to spend as much time as we could together, so here I am.” Matt smiled.

“Why didn’t you call first? I mean right now Ben and I are packing. You know we are leaving tomorrow right?”

“I know. That’s why I wanted to spend today with you.” I couldn’t help but smile. “So can you come?”

“Sure! Just let me change. Come on in, you can wait in the kitchen.” I said unfolding my arms and opening the door wider for him to come in. He stepped inside and handed me the flowers, giving my a little peck on the cheek. He slipped off his shoes and sat down at the kitchen table. “I’ll be right back.”

I ran up the stairs and rushed into my room. As soon as I shut the door, I started to dig through my suitcase for something cute to wear. I found a olive green shirt and a pair of jean shorts and quickly put them on. After wrapping a brown scarf around my neck, I slipped on my brown flip flops and grabbed my purse off the chair.

I went back downstairs to see Matt trying to talk to Ben, but Ben was ignoring him. I made a mental note to to talk to Ben about that later. “Ready,” I said with a smile.

“Lets go!” He said jumping up from the chair and wrapping his arm around my waist.

“So what do you have in mind for today?” I asked.

“Well I was thinking that since it was your last day in New York, you could pick.” He said. “So what do you want to do?”

“Hmmm,” I thought for a moment. “I know this might sound boring but can we just walk around Time Square? It’s just it’s going to be my last time for a while and I’m really going to miss this city.” I explained.

“We can do whatever you want.” He smiled. It was about a 15 minute walk to Time Square from my apartment. Matt and I walked the whole way hand and hand, like a couple that had been dating for months.

After about ten minutes into the walk, I decided to fill the silence with a question that had been on my mind since I had found out we were moving.“So what is going on with us?” I asked. I was dreading to have this conversation but I knew if we didn’t talk about it today then I would leave without knowing how Matt actually felt about me.

Matt’s face grew serious and he pulled me over to to sit at a nearby bench. “What about us?”

“Well what is going to happen now that I am leaving tomorrow? Are we going to try to make it work long distance or...” I let my voice trail off. I didn’t want to even consider the other option.

“I don’t know. All I do know is that I want to make this work. And I really like you Alex.”

I looked up at him, “I really like you too Matt. So will you wait for me? I will visit during the holidays and be back for the summer.”

“Of course. Maybe I could even visit you at your school. I will do whatever it takes to make it work.”

“Really?” I asked surprised.

“Yeah. I want us to be together.”

“Me too,” I said smiling. I didn’t expect this conversation to be so easy and Matt was being so sweet saying he would come visit me when we had just talked about we were both running low on money. I reached up and gave him a peck on the cheek. “Now let’s get going!” I said standing up and pulling Matt up with me. We continued to walk to Time Square. I pulled out my camera from my purse, glad that I remembered it, not that I ever forgot it because I needed more pictures of Matt and wanted to remember my last full day in New York.