Grace and Olympia (lesbian story)

Goodbye Jeremy

The next few days were chaotic. We had decided we would leave as soon as we could, so all the arrangements had to be made. Olympia wrote to her family letting them know that I'd be living there and that we'd be getting married. News they were thrilled to receive. I had to pack everything and decide what to do about my family.
One part of me loved them unconditionally, but I also knew that they had hurt me in ways I would never fully heal from and that I deserved to leave and finally be happy. So after many conflicting thoughts I decided to write them a letter and give it to them before I left. It explained Why I was leaving and all the harm they brought me, But I ended it saying that they would always be my family and if they ever came to terms with me being my true self then I'd be ready to start forgiving them.
The only thing left to deal with was Jeremy. The day before I left i passed by his house.
The whole way there a knot formed in my stomach as I knew I'd have to tell my best friend I was leaving. As I knocked at the door I almost broke down crying, but I had to stay strong.
He opened the door looking tired as he always did, wearing simple baggy clothing.
"Grace? What's up? What are you doing here?"
"Hey listen I-" I could barely bring myself to tell him "We need to talk, can I come in?"
"Yeah of course, you don't look well, what happened?"
I sat down at the big table in the middle of the room. He sat across from me.
"Well, I came here to tell you something." I needed to get the words out, so I did it quickly. "I'm leaving."
He looked at me, confusion clear in his eyes.
"What? What's that supposed to mean?"
"Me and Olympia are leaving to go live in her kingdom. We're getting married and I can't believe this is all happening, but she is the love of my life. This was the hardest choice I ever had to make, and leaving you is the thing I want less in the world, but this is something I need to do. For myself." I was in the verge of tears, what he said next could change everything.
"It's okay. I've known you your whole life. Even if you never said it out loud, I know you always wanted to get away. Now is your chance. Don't you dare miss it because of me. I'll be okay. And you can always visit right?"
That was the last straw, I started sobbing while I hugged him, and this weren't sad tears, they were from relief and longing even though I hadn't left yet.
"Thank you, thank you so much Jeremy. I'll write to you every day. And I'll visit whenever I can. I couldn't be more grateful to have you in my life and I'm just so glad this isn't the end."
I stayed with him the entire afternoon while we reminisced about old times, I was going to miss him so much.