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the day had come for Grayson to leave. He woke himself as well as me up (reluctantly) and checked that he had everything packed up for his flight home. He was wearing the same pair of Adidas joggers which probably smelt really bad but I didn't mention it because otherwise he would've had to unpack everything. He put his laptop in his carry on and then carried everything into my mum's car because hers had a full tank and I didn't want to spend £100 filling up a giant SUV.

The boot of my mums mustard coloured mini was completely full up with Grayson's suitcase and his carry-on bag. The drive took quite a while because it was a Friday morning and people were going to work as usual.

"here we are again..." he started as I parked the car and looked at him, "I feel like all we do is say goodbye." He laughed and then scratched the back of his neck,

"but it means we can then say hey again," I said smiling at him

"true." He said nodding his head,

"I'll see you in a few weeks then..." I said as I got out of the car and he followed.

I made my way to the other side of the car to give him a goodbye hug and a kiss,

"love ya!" he said as he walked off with his bags,

"bye babe." I said back to him before getting back into the car.

I watched as he walked away and I knew that the next time I was going to see him would probably be at our wedding... but I had no idea what day that was.

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when I arrived home, there was another car in the driveway to my parent's house.

"hello?" I shouted as I got into the house,
"hey!" a voice from upstairs shouted,

"Josh?" I asked confused,

"yeah..." he said back as he started walking down the stairs,

"and this is Isabel."

"hi." She said quietly.

"uh..." I said looking at her, "hi." I continued becaue I was not sure why either of them where here.

"how are you?" he said as he got to the bottom of the stairs and pulled me in for a hug,

"what are you guys doing here?" I asked him,

"well... I'm taking a gap year." he said bluntly,

"you're in your last year... can you even do that?"

"they're letting me." He said and then Isabel started walking down the stairs too,

"what are you doing instead then?" I asked as Oscar came wandering through from the living room,

"cool... a dog." He said bending down to scratch him,

"focus..." I said to him,

"sorry... I'm moving to New York!" he exclaimed and Isabel smiled,

"moving?"

"well... going."

"you're going to New York?"

"yes..."

"for?"

"sport."

"you're moving to New York for sport?"

"yes."

"is this like a full-time thing?" I asked because I was still trying to register everything,

"potentially," he said lifting his hand in an 'I don't know' gesture,

"wow... congratulations!" I said hugging him, "but aren't you studying biochemistry? That has nothing to do with sport..."

"yeah but I'm on the swimming team and it was suggested that I went to train to maybe do it professionally..." he nodded,

"oh, that makes more sense."

"and besides... Izzy is going to come with me every step of the way," he smiled as he looked behind him and at her,

"I'm sorry," I shook my head, "I haven't properly introduced myself, I'm his sister..."

"you're dating one of the Dolan Twins... right?" and then my brother sighed,

"yes... I am." I said smiling but it was quite fake, "how old are you? If you don't mind me asking..."

"I'm 23,"

"ah... two years older than my brother..." I laughed,

"yeah, but he's great." She said as she wrapped her arm around him,

"do you want a drink or anything?"

"no thanks... I'm fine." She said as she shook her ginger pixie cut head,

I walked through to the kitchen to let Oscar go outside and run about and then I prepared myself a cup of tea. My phone buzzed and I saw I had a text from Grayson,

Grayson: I'm just boarding and ily... remember you're the one I want to wake up with and go to bed with and every single thing in between ;)

His text made me smile so I replied,

Me: can't wait to see you and your bad leg over in Jersey ;)

Almost instantly he replied back to me,

Grayson: can't wait for you to be my wifey xxx

His message sent butterflies through my stomach as I read the text over and over and over again.

I couldn't wait either...

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