I'll be right here, waiting for you

Chapter 1

Jasmine

His voice went heavy with tears, his eyes were bright with opportunity but heavy with sadness, it was time. As we waved goodbye to my friends who had come to say their final goodbyes, I couldn't help but feel regretful, regretful that we'd chosen different colleges, regretful for deciding to go early for the summer program. As my eyes met his, I truly realized how much I loved this man standing in front of me, the way his brown hair swayed in the wind, the way his eyes lit up when he can within ten feet of a puppy, the way he was always optimistic when it can to anything at all.

His hand gently brushed across my cheek, he ran his hand through his gorgeous hair, he laughed but it couldn't hide the sadness that we shared. "I'm going to miss you, I love you more than life itself" he said, his words lifting what seemed like weights off my shoulders. "Why'd you have to be so smart?" He asked with a smirk on his face, "I know you could have gotten into Yale if you tried" I said with a smile, I knew he could, he just didn't have faith in himself. 

"Pff who wants to go to Yale anyways?" He said, knowing damn well that I've wanted to go since I heard about their excellent medical program in tenth grade. " I can't believe my smarty pants girlfriend is going to Yale" he said with a smile on his face. "I can't believe I have a genius boyfriend whose attending university of Toronto" I said with a grin that felt like it covered my whole face. "Hmm, who knew, maybe I'm too smart for you" he snickered. " Probably, all I am is a sad school girl, all I've done is gotten a full ride scholarship to a school of my choice that's nothing right?" I said with a tone of sarcasm. "Okay smarty pants" he said as he wrapped his arms around my waist and leaned in for a kiss, I kissed him back without a second thought to cross my mind.

What were we doing? Travelling across the world to take part in college and universities when the one thing we loved the most in the world isn't gonna be there to support us. I tried to savour the scent of him, how his hand felt in the palm of mine.

"Rolls Royce I'll love you until the end of time" I said, his eyes widened slightly as he took in the sum of what I said. He knew it was true, I knew how true my words were, I'd know since the day he proposed, I'm still not sure if I made the right decision by asking him to wait awhile. It would be nice to be tied to him in a way that was more permanent. But he knew that I loved him and I truly hoped that was enough to get us through college without drifting to far from each other. His hand reach up to my face to pull a small piece of my dark brown hair out of my face, "My only wish is that you never forget how much I love you" he said, with a small smile. "Never in a million years Royce" I said as I reached up on my tippy toes to kiss him, I hoped that this kiss would last forever, his gentle lips against mine, I knew it wouldn't but I just wanted to be close to him for a second more before I had to leave.

He pulled away, I looked at him with an expression that would probably scare little kids. "What's wrong princess?" He said, his eyes wide with worry, "I don't want you to leave, without you, I feel empty" I said as I pushed my lip out in a way that made me look like a pouting 10 year old. "Hey, it's all going to be OK, I'll try my best to visits as much as I can, I would visit everyday if that was feasible, I'm not sure how your new college friends will feel about me taking you away everyday" he said "Oh, I'm sure they wouldn't mind one bit" I said as I pulled him in for one last kiss before my mom would rush out that door ready to send me off. His lips moved with mine, I gently pulled away as I heard the beep of my moms car as she unlocked it from the inside of the house. "I expect phone calls everyday, I can't go a single day without seeing your face" he said and he moved his head forward and kissed the tip of my nose. How was I ever gonna survive without him? I knew no one at Yale, my heart sank with the thought of knowing no one, what if I can't make any friends?

"What's the likelihood of you staying here an extra week just to make sure your packed and have everything"Royce said quickly with a smirk, "unlikely" I said. I wanted to stay with him more than he knew, but how would I be able to stay here with him and pursue my dream. " You better come visit for thanksgiving" I said to him. "You know the ticket is already booked" he said with a final smile. Suddenly I hear the door fly open, it's my mom, no surprise, she seems very flustered. "Jasmine, you have to go, Yale waits for no one" she called hoping into the front seat of the car with my brothers trailing slowly behind her, gently elbowing each other while trying to be discrete. All of my stuff was already piled in the car so I had no excuse to stall any longer. "Good luck, I love you, I am and will always be your biggest fan" Royce called after me as I hoped in the back of the car. My dad quickly sprinted from the front door to the car, "Bye Royce" he called. "Bye Royce, I love you" I called back to him as the car pulled out of the driveway and left my high school life behind.