Last chapter!!! Honestly thank you so so so much if you've managed to get this far. Yes this is only my second full story but thank you.
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The day was here. The day everything I had been used to for the past forever, was going to change. I wasn't at all ready for what the future had for me, mostly because I never believed there was a future for me. Yes that probably sounded sad as hell but I don't know, it's just the way I've always been. I always put on this tough act and pushed away the people near me. Maybe it was cause I wanted to build this shield over to protect myself from getting more hurt that I already had.
Even as a kid I never had friends or if I did, they'd run away fast as they could just so they didn't have to deal with the bipolar mess I am, let alone with my family. My first real friends came along with Dom after he took me in; obviously I became unseparated from Jeremy and got really close to George as time went on. They didn't judge me for my past or for the way I was and acted, because let's be real... we all have our own shit that we deal with and are ashamed of, but having friends that one can share that all with is unreplaceable. And I'm so sad that's all going away now.
Yes I have Andy now but it's not the same, even nearly. He doesn't know every single detail of my past yet and still deep down I'm scared that when he will, he might pack up his shit and leave. It also scared me that we had known each other for only months now and here we were; flying off together across the bond.
If I was to count all the times I had cried this morning whilst packing with Jeremy and George, I'd reach more than my fingers could count. I wasn't the only one who shed tears, Jer and George were right there with me. It truly felt weird tearing all of my things down and putting them in suitcases. Obviously I couldn't take that all with me to America so the rest went to Andy's house to wait for our return, whenever that was. I even stopped by Mrs. Hatterfields' flat to say my goodbyes. She was sad to see me go just as we had found a connection through the past but she wished me all the best of luck in life and promised that we were still going to meet again someday. I really hoped so.
Now with Andy's hand locked in mine and all of my friends from last night right behind me, walking towards the entry of Heathrow Airport I nearly felt like maybe, just maybe everything could turn good despite the shitty situation. Or maybe that was what I was just trying to tell myself to calm the nerves. Even Thomas had stopped by this morning at our flat to say his goodbyes. Still no sight of Dom though. I had tried texting and calling but nothing was going through. I really hope he'd show up today.
"I really can't believe my best friend is leaving me like this, I'm going to miss you so much Maxi. I love you so so sooo much, please never forget it." Jeremy cried, throwing himself into my arms. To be quite frank, I didn't want that hug to end. "Also just call me if Mr. Doctor-guy over here fucks up even the slightest, I'll hop on that plane to San Diego in a heartbeat to beat his ass." Jeremy whispered in my ear, making me chuckle lightly.
"I don't know how the hell hole of a rehab will allow phones, but I promise I'll find my way to keep contact. Love you Jer and thank you." I smiled with now tears fogging up my view. "Just be the good kid I know you can be and it will all be alright, I promise."
After my hug with Jeremy ended, I moved onto George – opening my arms and pulling his small body closer to mine. "Going to miss you Georgy-boy, who will I bully now 24/7?" I chuckled light.
"I'm sure you will find someone soon, don't worry though I'll miss you too. You were like the big brother I never had and I'm happy I got to know you." George spoke quietly in my ear. I smiled sadly to myself, "Love ya lil kiddo. And good luck with your girl, I'll be waiting for the wedding invite."
Saying goodbyes to my friends felt truly and utterly awful. It felt like this heavy rock pressing down my chest so I could hardly breathe, it felt suffocating. Constantly trying to fight against the tears from streaming down my face was not easy either.
"Max, we should go check-in before it's too late." Andy said, shaking me back to reality again. I nodded smiling sadly, "Guess so... bye guys, I'll miss you-u..." I sighed. And before I knew both Jeremy and George hurdled me into a big group hug that lasted for a good five minutes until we pulled away tears in our eyes.
I waved my goodbyes and started walking towards the check-in desks with Andy by my side.
"Max! Max Young!"
A faint voice shouted out from somewhere behind us. I turned around to scanning around the huge airport. Right next to Jeremy and George stood Dom. His usually clean and fancy suit was now wrinkled and not buttoned properly; even Dom's hair was messier than ever.
We both started making our ways towards each other until we met right at the middle. I stared at Dom; his eye bags had gotten huge and dark, the whole look on his face was very exhausted.
"Dom- what's going on?" I questioned with concern. He just shook his head and pulled me into a hug. "I'm sorry Max. I never intended to send you away like this, I just can't let you get hurt and this was the only way to protect you from everything."
"Everything? What everything? What do you mean?" I asked even with more concern and confusion. Dom just smiled at me warmly, humming to himself, "Sorry kid I can't tell you. What's important now is that you just get on that plane and don't look back. Don't try getting into contact with me once you get there; just forget that you ever knew me. Just please get better and remember I'll always love you. I'm so proud of you Maxi, I'll miss you more than you'll ever realise."
Dom's eyes started shining with the tears slowly forming in his eyes and I just kept staring at him with no words to even think. "Now go, and please stay safe." He said before twirled me around and lightly pushed me to walk back over to Andy. I looked back at Dom as he just stood there smiling warmly at me.
"Dominic Reece!" I heard another shout from coming out of the large group of people. Dom imminently turned his head towards the voice and I was left staring at him.
A man in a dark navy suit made his way over to Dom with three police officers trailing right on his heels. "Dominic Reece; you are under arrest for running an illegal prostitution business, fraud, several assaults, carrying illegal weapons and lastly but certainly not least, murder."
"This time I wouldn't try fighting against us, just come with us so this doesn't need to get so nasty." The man smirks before pulling a pair of handcuffs out.
My eyes widened and I dropped the bag I was carrying down onto the floor. I started making my way over to Dom but a hand pulled me back. That hand was Andy's.
"Dooom!" I screamed, fighting against Andy's tight grip.
The man who just had handcuffed Dom, moved his gaze to me, "Do you happen to know this kid, Dom?" He smirked again, "Is he possibly one of your workers? One of your little sluts?" Dom just huffed, "No, never seen him in my life. Now let's just go."
Dom didn't even look my way when he said that, which only made the jab in my heart even stronger. Tears streamed down my cheeks as I watched them take Dom away. Now if ever, I felt like I couldn't breathe. I dropped onto my knees and sobbed with my head in my hands.
"Maxi!" Jeremy's voice echoed from the distance and soon felt a pair of familiar arms hugging me again. I couldn't wrap my mind around this, how could Dom get caught? He always had been so careful with all of his doings – I just could not understand.
"Shhh Max, it'll be okay." Jer whispered. I could tell he was shaken up and confused from what we had just witnessed too. "You really need to go, I'll figure out what's going on but just go before it's too late." Jeremy assured, pulling away from the hug and wiping away my tears.
"And Andy, please take extra good care of him." Jeremy said as we got up from the ground. Andy nodded and wrapped his arm around my waist, giving me a quick peck on the top of my head.
Andy and I started making our way over to the check-ins again, I quickly glanced behind to see Jeremy smiling and waving at us. I felt so bad leaving, I didn't want to but I had no choice anymore.
I didn't speak a word until we made it into our airplane. And then I just curled up closer to Andy and sobbed quietly into his shoulder till I eventually fell asleep.
I felt confused, broken and worried all at once; a mix of wondering what was going to happen to Dom, how were Jeremy and George doing and how was I going to survive through all this, again.
All I ever thought of was; how to survive?
But I still hadn't found the right answers to it.