After the graduation ceremony, Emily and I were standing in the parking lot, she said she wanted to soak it all in before we got in the car and drove out of the lot forever. I wasn't soaking it in though, I was on my phone, texting Jared while she was leaning against the car across mine and soaking it in.

I diverted my eyes to look at her, she had her eyes closed, her head leaning back on the car and she looked peaceful.

Like feeling my eyes on her, she opened her eyes and looked at me.

There was just something about the way we made contact. I didn't know how to explain it but it was something... ecstatic.

"Hey, loves." Charlie came from nowhere and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, I narrowed my eyes at him and shoved his hand away.

"Still hating on me, Bro?" He asked in his cocky tone.

"Fuck off." I hissed.

"So, you guys gonna do that long distance shit?" He pointed between us before resting his hands on his hips.

"So I didn't break your face in the cafeteria?" I remarked, Emily giggled.

"Anyway, I just wanted to apologise for all the shit that happened between us, you won and I'm sorry I kissed-"

"We don't talk about that, bro." I cut him off.

"Right, I'm gonna go now." He pointed back to his friends across the lot.

"Bye." I rolled my eyes, looking back at my phone.

He held my jaw and smashed a kiss on my cheek. I shoved him and moved to stand next to Emily, she snorted a laugh.

"He fucking kissed me." I wiped my cheek in horror.

"Charlie, how dare you." She said playfully.

"It was a farewell kiss," he shrugged, "and please, do invite me to your wedding, I want to give a long ass speech about how I'm the reason why you two are together." He said, I showed him the finger.

"That also means don't put his name on the list." I whispered in Emily's ear, she smiled at me and I smiled back.

"Okay.." He said, awkwardly clearing his throat, "I guess I'll see you at the reunion." He smiled at us before walking back to his friends, Kim waved at us, I raised my middle finger at her. She smiled.

"Fuck you very much, Kimi!"

"I'd fuck me too, Adrian!" She responded. Bitch.

"You do realize that she was being nice right?" Emily whispered to me even though there was no one else around to hear her.

"I don't give a shit."

"Oh my God, Emily!" Her noisy friends were heading towards us in their graduation gowns.

Fuck me.

They did some kind of group hug as soon as they reached her, I moved to lean against my car again.

"I'm gonna miss you guys." Said Stacey through her sobs and then like someone just told them that Michael Jackson died, they all broke out in tears.

I rolled my eyes.

It was a funny sight.

Until I got reminded of the fact that that was going to be Emily and I right after summer.

"If I ever end up meeting 5sos, I'm gonna kiss Luke Hemmings for you Emily, I promise." Stacey cried out, Emily laughed through her sobs.

"Who's Luke Hemmings?" I asked but no one was paying attention to me.

"Will you kiss Ashton for me?" Asked Gina.

"No. I might faint." She responded and they all broke out in laughter followed by silence.

"Goodbye you guys." Jessica whispered softly.

"I once read in a book-"

Emily was cut off by her friends groaning and whining, I smiled. I guessed she bragged to them about her books too.

"Oh my God, hear me out." She said to them.

Jessica sighed, "Go ahead."

"I once read in a book that people don't say good-bye unless they want to see you again." She said to them, I narrowed my eyes while the rest of them just looked at her with blank expressions.

"That makes no sense." Gina laughed, Stacey and Jessica nodded in agreement while Emily rolled her eyes.

"I love you guys so much." Jessica giggled a laugh and then they stayed like that for a while, I didn't think it was funny anymore, they were actually genuinely sad.

They finally pulled away, wiping their tears and suddenly started giggling. Okay...

Girls be weird.

"And Adrian." Stacey turned to me, striding towards me and wrapping her arms around me then she started crying into my chest. I battered my lashes down at her.

"Stacey, Emily is gonna kill you." Gina informed her.

"I really am." Emily responded playfully.

She pulled away and sniffled, her nose looked red and so did her eyes.

"I just want you to know that, I was highly terrified of you before you started dating Emily.." She said to me.

Emily laughed, "Me too."

"Is she high or something?" I ask, gesturing to Stacey.

"Very high." Jessica dragged Stacey's arm and they started walking away.

"Goodbye, Emily." She waved, they all waved, maybe they even cried some more.

Emily walked towards me and rested her forehead against my chest.

"You and I are not doing that." Her hands clung to my shirt.

"Not doing what?" I placed my hand on the side of her neck.

"Saying goodbye and getting emotional. That was too much for me and I don't want to think about how saying goodbye to you will feel like."

"I thought you said people don't say goodbye unless they want to see you again." I said.

"Yeah but that doesn't guarantee that they will see you again, it's just faith." She responded, I wrapped my arms around her.

"I have faith."

"We're not saying the word goodbye." She gritted her teeth, glaring up at my me. I smiled and kissed her forehead.

"Okay. No goodbyes." I whispered.

"Good, now let's get out of this shit hole." She said.

We got into my car and I pulled out of the parking lot. I picked a cigarette from the console and placed it between my lips as I searched my pockets for the blue lighter. Emily snatched the cigarette and tossed it out the window. I gave her a baffled stare and she just shook her head.

"Who's Luke Hemmings? And what's 5sos?" I looked at the road.

"No." She gasped dramatically.

I chuckled, "What?"

"Adrian, I think I need to educate you everything there is to know about everyone in Hollywood." She said.

"So is 5sos like a person's name?" I asked.

"No, stop." She facepalmed and laughed.

"Educate me, baby, c'mon." I teased, she huffed.

"Our favorite boy band."

"And Luke is..." I trailed.

"Guy in the boy band." She responded lazily.

"Of course." I laughed, looking out the window. "I bet they suck." I added.

"You suck." She slapped my arm with the back of her hand.

"Wow. Literally picking this boy band over me." I said.

"Adrian, I'd even dump you for Luke Hemmings and I'm not even kidding." She said in a serious tone, my lips loosened into a smile.

"That's why you're never gonna meet him." I responded.

"Stacey will, she'll kiss him for me, that's if she doesn't faint just by looking at him." She sighed.

"She's definitely gonna faint."

"I know."

Silence.

"Are you ready for the best summer of our lives?" I asked, looking at her briefly before returning my gaze on the road.

"Nope."

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because it marks the beginning of the end." Her words made my heart hammer against my chest.

The beginning of the end, that's what best explained our relationship at that point. That's where we stood.

I parked my car on the side of the road and turned to her.

"Emily-"

"I know I know, I just don't want time to screw us over, okay?" Her eyes looked sad. I grabbed her hand and brought it to my lips, kissing it.

She looked out the window.

"Emily, look at me." I said, she shook her head, I knew she was about to cry, "Please?" I whispered, she slowly turned to meet my eyes.

"I love you, you know that, right?"

She shut her eyes and tears rolled down her cheeks, I looked out the window and tightened my jaw.

There was just something about seeing her cry that didn't settle very well in my chest.

"One of us is never gonna heal from this you know." She uttered. I didn't turn to look at her, I couldn't look at her but I knew exactly what she meant.

I'd be damned for life if that person turned out to be me.

I started my car again, focusing my eyes on the road as we both stayed silent for the rest of the drive.