ROYAL MOMENTS | JEREMIAH HART³

Chapter Seventeen

[ Royal Moments ]

[ Chapter Seventeen: Miles Away from You ]

AGE: 18

[[A/N: Got this inspiration for this chapter when I was rewatching How I Met Your Mother when Lily and Marshall broke up when she left for San Francisco. {Season 1, Episode 22}]]

"I'M SORRY, JEREMIAH. I REALLY AM, I'm just too busy right now." I apologized to my boyfriend over the phone as I leaned against my chair 

"You told me you had a clear schedule today." Jeremiah reminded me and I sighed, lowering my head to my chest

"I did say that earlier this week, but this just came in today!" I exclaimed to Jeremiah with a huff coming out of my lips

"You know, if these schedules are interrupting us now, what do you think would happen in a few months? Maybe we shouldn't be dating at all!" Jeremiah snapped at me over the phone and I lifted my head, my eyes widening at his words

"Maybe not!" I snapped back at him immediately and there was silence, the only noise heard was our heavy breathing

**Royal Moments**

"How did we get here? A couple of days ago the biggest problem in our life was when Michael didn't know who to visit this time." Jeremiah reminded me softly over the phone, making me laugh

"I think it's your turn." I informed Jeremiah, glancing up towards the ceiling in hopes for us being able to salvage this relationship

"Oh." Jeremiah quietly said and I hummed, feeling the tears welling up in my eyes but I took a deep breath

"Look, Jeremiah, I know that this sucks but it's just stuff that I have to do for Genovia. I'm not asking you to understand, I'm not asking you to be happy about it, I'm just asking you to give me more time for all of these plans." I tried to explain to him, running a hand over my hair, pulling it from it's ponytail

"I want to, pretty girl, I want to. I really do but I just can't anymore." Jeremiah's voice sounded rough over the phone and I blinked a few times

"Why not?" I couldn't help but ask him quietly, the tears slowly trailing down my cheeks making me wipe them

"Because you're scaring me. What if you realize that I don't fit into your life anymore? And then, we'll go months without talking or having a proper break up. Can you promise that won't happen?" Jeremiah asked me, his voice wavering slightly and I couldn't help but close my eyes

"Jer..." I started to speak before I was quickly interrupted by Jeremiah which made me quiet down

"Because if you can't promise that, we should just break up right now. I'm not going to wait up until you're free because that could be months from now, even years and I really don't want my heart ripped out even more than it is right now!" Jeremiah exclaimed and his voice cracked making me cry quietly once more

"Jeremiah, I love you..." I whispered into the phone, starting to breathe heavily as my eyes opened only for my vision to be blurry

"Can you promise me that won't happen? Can you promise me that won't happen?!" Jeremiah cried over the phone and I stuttered, wishing I sitting down next to him

"I really wish I was with you right now." I cried out to him, not caring that I couldn't see through my tears

"I wish you were with me also, pretty girl." Jeremiah softly said and I started to cry, knowing what was going to happen soon

"We--we--we're pretty much over now, huh?" I asked him quietly, stuttering nervously as I did my best to stop crying

"We sure are, pretty girl." Jeremiah spoke up after a few seconds of silence, his voice raw and we stayed silent, listening to one another