Good To You {Marianas Trench}

“Please don’t leave,” Josh pleaded for the millionth time that day at the airport. “Please, Kat.” Tears were in his eyes and he didn’t bother fighting them back. He knew that he was going to cry, whether it was before or after Katherine left. Might as well let it all out now.

Katherine frowned. “Josh,” she sighed. “I need to go. I accepted their offer. I’m not going to turn it away now. If you didn’t want me to go you should’ve just said so instead of acting happy.” Katherine averted Josh’s gaze and stared down at the marble floors. She didn’t want to cry. “I-If you didn’t want me to leave you then I would’ve stayed.”

Josh choked on tears and wrapped his arms around Katherine suddenly. He didn’t want his best friend to leave him. Yes, he had Matt but Katherine had been with him as well. They were all best friends. The three muskateers. They couldn’t be complete with one third of them missing.

Josh loved Katherine. He couldn’t just let her slip through his fingers like sand. He needed her to stay. He needed her to keep him sane or lift him up when he was in the darkest of places. She was part of the reason why Josh was clean. He needed her.

“Y-you’re my best friend,” he cried into her shoulder. Katherine wrapped her arms around him and shed a few tears of her own. “And I want you to be happy. But I want you to be happy with me…” He mumbled the last part, hoping that Katherine didn’t hear anything but the first part.

“If you want me to be happy,” Katherine whispered into Josh’s ear. “Then you’ll let me go. We’ll still be best friends. Forever. We’ll always talk on the phone and write. I’ll come visit one day.”