Ghosts Aren't Real. sapnap

16. the goodbyes

“Thank you guys for such an amazing past five days.” Clay says as we get closer to the airport. “Alex you were so nice to meet. We all should get together another time when I can stay longer than five days.” We pull into the airport parking lot. The air felt sad, “George when do you leave again?” I ask, trying to figure out times.

“Tomorrow.” He says. I frown.

“You guys are all the best,” I say as we get out of the car and unload Clays stuff. I pull out my camera. “It’s the goodbye of Mr World Record.” I say trying to lighten the mood as we get closer to the building.

“What was your favorite part of this trip Dream?” I ask. He shrugs.
“Everything. It was a last minute idea and the other two surprisingly went along with it. If I’m going to be honest George falling asleep then cuddling me was the funniest thing ever.” We all share a laugh as we enter the building. I put the camera away.
“I’ll miss you Clay.. you’re actually pretty cool.” I say giving him a hug, over the past months he would go to me when he just can’t stop simping over streamers.

“Give patches some pets from me.” I try to word out. Tears fill my eyes. As the single hug turned into a group hug.

“Man it sucks you have to leave but we will see each other again.” Nick says. “Text us
when you land so we can play minecraft.” He says breaking off from the hug.

“Thank you for letting us recreate that one fanart. (yes that one) It was so fun meeting
you in person. You are surprisingly prettier than I thought.” George says. We all give each other a glance as his flight is called for boarding.

“Bye Clay,” I say with tears in my eyes. His eyes started to water. He waved and turned around. As he was a good distance away he looked back and smiled. I turn over to Nick and he gives me a hug, George crying and joining in the hug.
“You just cry so much.” He joked as we started our walk back to the car. The ride back home was quiet. Filled with comfortable silence. When we got back to Nick's house we ordered McDonalds. We decided to stream before George had to leave the next day.
“Hi chat!”

The night was bright. The moon shined over the clearing in the back. “It feels almost perfect… with you here.” Nick said. He's not one to show affection besides platonically. I look up at him. We were stargazing, laid out on the ground. My head was on Nick's stomach and George was in the house watching a movie. He smiled and I just laughed.
“I kinda feel bad.” I started. “Clay had to leave so quickly. What if I edited the vlog and released it? I originally just wanted to have it for us.. But Clay wouldn’t want that. He knows what we do is all for the fans and because we love it.” Nicks hand grabs mine and he sighed.

“I hate that you're right.” Nick says. I move up to him and give him a kiss. “Hey that cured my sadness that Clay left.” He joked. We both laugh sitting upland going in the house to find George passed out on the couch. I pat his head like a dog and we go to Nick’s room. Falling asleep quickly. Dreading tomorrow to arrive. Another goodbye to somebody I love.

“Alex… we gotta take George to the airport.” Nick says gently, shaking me. I wanted to leave right there. I drag myself out of my body and grab my camera for the goodbye of George.

The ride to the airport was quiet and tiring. We make it to the airport and grab George’s stuff. I wanted to go with George or Clay, they were so much fun to be around. Nick it’s different with him. I know I can do anything with him and feel safe. I turn my camera on and start recording the walk to the doors.
“George is leaving us today…” I say trying to make the situation not as sad. “Since I
asked Dream this...George what was your favorite part of this trip?” George had stayed quite for a few seconds.
“Probably tag. That was a lot of fun. I loved it when you got dragged in the pool as well.” He says smiling. We make it to his gate and we sit there talking for the vlog. His flight was called not so long after. We all share a glimpse and I set my camera down to an angle so you could just see our group hug.

“Bye George.” Nick said running his hand through his hair. I look over at George.
“I won't miss you at all.” He says laughing.
“See you later gog?” I ask and he shakes his head.
“See you later Alex.” We share one final hug and he was gone.

TW- implied suicidal thoughts

“It’s just us now.” Nick says breaking the silence. I was editing the vlog on his pc. I look over at him.
“Yeah..” I feel sad. More than sad I just, I don’t want to die but I don't want to be here. Clay and George are such great friends it sucks they had to leave so soon. “What do you wanna do?” I ask, taking a look at the time.

11:49pm. Oh. “You can go to sleep. I wanna finish this part of the video.” I say diverting my attention to the monitor.
“Alex you’ve been working on it all day you need a break.” He says. He's right, I do need a break. I just want the video to be perfect. I save where I'm at and stand up to stretch. Nick smiles.

“Wanna go watch something?” He asks, I shake my head no.
“We should go ghost hunting.”