Waves Of Love [Completed]

t h i r t y s e v e n

I needed to be on my own, I can't rely on my parents forever. It makes me even more guilty because I chose not to be part of the family business, and yet they still gave me a very generous allowance every month.

"You're right," I responded. "I'll miss you guys a lot. Especially you, you know?"

Addie patted me on the back. "I knew you're also sappy."

I pushed him away and flipped him off, causing him to laugh. "Okay, okay. Your flight's in three hours. We have to go."

I nodded, exiting my room for the final time.

We walked downstairs and put our shoes on. I wore my comfortable slip-on white vans. There was no way I'm wearing sneakers for ten hours.

I was also wearing grey sweatpants, a fitted white t-shirt, and I black zip-up hoodie. Thankfully, I didn't have to worry about my hair and tying it since I got a haircut a week ago. I had short hair again.

When it came to traveling, comfort came before anything.

We left the house and got into Adrian's car, which was a 2019 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class.

Our parents were in Germany, so they couldn't see me off at the airport.

"Good thing Ryan's mom offered her SUV for your luggage."

Dianne, being the absolute angel she is, offered her car for my three suitcases and carry-on. My car was being shipped to Hawaii, and Adrian's trunk was full of random things, it couldn't fit all my stuff.

"Damn right."

"In honor of it being your last day here, you're free to play your own music," Adrian said, starting the car and exiting the garage.

"You know damn well I was going to play my music anyways."

"Yeah right," Adrian said sarcastically.

I shushed him and connected my phone to his car's Bluetooth, shuffling my liked songs.

And the rest of the drive was spent comfortably listening to music and jamming out when needed.

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"I'll miss you, bro," Ryan said, pulling me in a tight hug. "Don't make new best friends."

I chuckled. "I won't, that's a promise."

"Good."

I pulled away from Ry, then said goodbye to Sky, Nate, Addie again, and then Lilly.

"Thank you for everything, Lilly," I whispered. "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for that night with you."

Lilly smiled. "There's no need to thank me," she said. "We're all so proud of you."

I smiled and nodded, moving on to Riley. "Ri . . ."

She had a sad smile on her face. "Lee . . ." she whispered. "Come here."

She opened her arms and immediately walked over, pulling her close to me. "God, I already miss you and I didn't even leave yet."

She chuckled into my neck. "Call me as often as you can, please."

"You don't have to ask, baby."

We lingered for a few moments, then had to pull away because I was about to be quite late.

" Have a safe flight, man," Nate said. "Call us when you get there."