Luke's Prov:
I cant stop thinking. It's now eight in the morning and I haven't slept at all. I cant stop thinking about Danielle and how this was the last night I was going to have with her for a long time. I couldn't stop thinking about how I wasn't going to see her everyday, or feel her soft touch. Or how I wasn't going to see her smiling face that just brightens up a room, or her laugh that literally makes everything so much better. But most Importantly I couldn't stop myself from thinking that I just got her back, she was finally mine again and she's leaving me all over again. How was I going to live without seeing her like I do now. Hell I thought her leaving to live at college was bad, but that was a half hour away at most, this is across the country. I just didn't know how I was going to do this. I kept a straight happy face around her when we talked about it, but secretly I was freaking out.
I felt Danielle stir from beside me bringing me out of my thoughts. She snuggled closer into my side causing me to smile. I loved when she did this, I loved almost everything she did to me. Which is why this was so hard for me. She rubbed her head into me more and sighed.
"Why aren't you sleeping?" She asked me in a groggy voice.
"I couldn't sleep was all." She poked her head up and looked up at me.
"Why what's wrong?" I shock my head at her words. I didn't want her to know how I was feeling. I didn't want to make her feel any way about leaving. She deserved this, she worked hard for this, I couldn't let her know how I was feeling. It would be beyond selfish of me.
"Nothings wrong baby. I just couldn't sleep was all." She gave me a look that said she didn't believe me. Danielle knew me just as well as Tabby did. They could read me in a way that I hated, because it was hard to keep things from them. I knew I had to put my fake face on so she would let this be. "Danielle I promise you baby I am fine, just sleep wasn't my friend today. And you know me, I'm use to waking up early so that's probably another reason as well." She looked at me like she was trying to figure out if I was telling the truth or not. She shrugged her shoulder some and smiled.
"Alright then, as long as you promise your okay." I nodded my head at her words.
"I promise. Now enough about me baby, it's your day. We should be worrying about you." I pulled her onto of me and she giggled as I did so.
"I don't want to think about that right now." I could tell she was sad and I hated to see her this way. I hated to see her be anything besides happy.
"What's wrong baby?" I questioned her as I sat up with her on me bringing her closer. I could see the tears forming in her eyes.
"I don't want to go." For a spilt second I got instantly happy from her words. She didn't want to go, she wanted to stay here with us. But then I instantly felt guilty, I knew she wanted to go, he just didn't want to leave everyone else behind.
"Danielle baby you do want to go." She shook her head at my words and started to cry.
"No I don't Luke, how am I going to survive without all of you? I love my life here, I love who I am here. I'm happy here Luke, I don't want to give that up." She wrapped her arms around me, and started to cry harder. I rocked her as I rubbed her back and shushed her.
"Baby your going to be amazing in New York, and your not going to be alone. Your always going to have me, and the whole family by your side. Think about how far technology has come. We are all just a FaceTime call away. Plus you'll see us on holidays and school breaks, it's going to be just fine baby, I promise you." With every word I said I wasn't just saying it for Danielle I was saying it for me as well. I needed to hear these words, I needed to be able to convince not only her, but myself that her and I were going to be just fine.
She rubbed her head against me and sighed loudly. She looked up at me and I smiled at her as I wiped away her tears. She smiled slightly at me. "Its gonna be really hard not seeing you all the time. Like actually seeing you and being able to touch you Luke." She admitted to me. I nodded my head at her words.
"Oh baby you have no idea. My heart aches just thinking about you not being here with me. Thinking about you being so far away from me kills me. I'm not saying this is going to be easy, because it's not. I'm just saying it's gonna be worth it, and that we can do this. There is nothing we can't do Danielle, you and I are unstoppable." I watched as she smiled at my words. Before I knew it she was kissing me, I instantly responded and started to kiss her back. I pulled her down with me so I was laying in the bed, and she was on top of me. I moaned as she moved herself against me, damn well knowing what she was doing to me.
She pulled away and smiled at me. "You have no idea how much I love you Luke. You always know what to say to make everything better." I smiled up at her.
"I love you to Danielle, more then you will ever know." She leaned down and started to kiss me again, but was more aggressive this time. I could feel how much she wanted me at the moment. But her flight was leaving for ten, and it was already eight thirty. I pulled back from her kisses, but instead of that stopping Danielle, it just made her want me more because she started to attack my neck with kisses and love bits, which she knew was a huge turn on for me. "Danielle baby we don't have time for time, we have to start getting ready." I moaned as she bit my neck most aggressively. I could feel her smile as I shivered.
"Luke I'm about to not be able to have you for a while, I'm gonna need my Luke fix." She admitted to me as she continued to kiss me and move herself against me. I couldn't help myself when she was like this, she knew exactly what to do to turn me on, and she looked incredibly sexy doing it.
I quickly spun her around so she was beneath me and I was above her. "Fine a quickie." She gave me a smirk that said I knew you couldn't resist. I leaned down and started to kiss her neck slowly, she moaned as I did so. I felt her squirm as I moved all around her neck until I was at her lips again. She started to kiss me back. I could feel myself growing harder and harder. I wanted her bad now, and nothing was going to stop me from having her.
There was a loud knock on the door, bringing us out of our trance. Before I could say anything Tabby busted into the room. "Hello my family." She said excitedly.
"Tabby were kind of doing something." She came over and sat down on the bed next to us totally ignoring my words. I couldn't help but shake my head and groan. I already knew that this moment was over with.
"Yeah well you get a whole extra week with Danielle, she's mine for now." Tabby responded as she crossed her arms.
"Tabby your lucky your my sister, and that you are carrying my family in there. Otherwise I wouldn't be so easy to give her up." Tabby smiled happily at my words and gave me a look that said I know.
"Well your the one who gets to go to New York with her for a week or more. I wont see her for forever." Tabby said with a sad expression on her face. I moved away from Danielle and to the side of Tabby. I could tell she was sad and so could Danielle because she sat up and moved to the other side of Tabby.
"Your right Tabby, so I'm gonna go shower and pack the car so you guys can have your time, okay?" She smiled brightly at my words.
"Your the best brother." I rolled my eyes at her words.
"You only love me when I give you your way." I responded to her causing her and Danielle to laugh. I walked over to my dresser and grabbed some clothes then walked over to Danielle to give her a quick kiss. "I love you." She smiled at my words.
"I love you too."
"Okay, okay you said she was mine for now, get out." Tabby half joked.
"Alright I'm going." I said as I put my hands up in surrender. I walked out of Danielle's room and into my room then into the bathroom. All I could think as I got in was I really hoped that when I came back to get Danielle they weren't crying. I hated to see them cry. And honestly with how I was feeling I don't think I could be the rock at the moment.
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Danielle's Prov:
Once Luke left the room I turned my attention to Tabby. She wasn't looking at me thought she was looking down at her hands. Something she only does when she is nervous or scared. I couldn't help but feel my heart break some. Tabby and Penelope were literally my sisters, I loved them so much. And the thing is Tabby has been there from the start. And we didn't start off so great, so to come as far as we did really means a lot to her and I.
"Hey." She looked up at my words. "What wrong Tabs?" I questioned her as I moved closer. She shrugged her shoulders.
"I'm just going to miss you so much Danielle. Like I honestly don't know what I am going to do. I know that I have everyone else, but its not the same as having you." I couldn't help but smile at her words.
"Tabs I'm only a FaceTime call away always. When those babies decide they want to make an appearance into this world, I will definielty be here. And for some reason if you and Greg are going to get married quicker then expected then I am going to be there. Plus it's only a few months, then I'll be back causing trouble with you and Penelope." Tabby smiled at my words.
"I know, it's just gonna be different. I've been with you since we became best friends. We moved into the same house together. We do like literally everything together. It's just not gonna be the same without you is all." She reponded sadly.
I reached and grabbed her so I was hugging her. She instantly starting crying in my arms. I rocked her some. "Hey you don't want to get all upset, it's not good for you or for the babies." I reminded her. She nodded her head in my shoulder, and tried to calm herself down. "Things will be different Tabby, I am not going to try and lie about that. But no matter what I have your back, plus you have Pen here with you. She's the other part of us, she will be right here for you Tabs." She pulled her head up at my words and nodded her head.
"I know your right, it's just these babies make me so damn emotional and hormonal. It makes you leaving ten times worse for me is all." She said with a laugh causing me to laugh with her. "Plus Pen is pretty amazing." I nodded my head at her words in agreement.
"Speaking of Penelope where is she?" I questioned Tabby, it was weird to me that she wasn't here.
"She downstairs waiting for us, or for me to tell her to come up. She told me that she knew I needed some alone time with you first. You two know me better then I know myself." She explained with a slight roll of her eyes. I laughed at her words.
"Tabby I love you with everything in me, but you are an open book." She laughed at my words.
"Whatever, sorry I'm not a cool writer going off to New York for one of the best writing schools. And to live an amazing life down there for a semester." Tabby jokingly said. I pushed her lightly and she laughed some.
"Alright, how about I get ready real quick and we go down to get out girl?" I stood up as I spoke and Tabby nodded her head.
"Sounds good to me, especially since I don't think I can take anymore crying at the moment." Tabby admitted. I laughed at her words some.
"I'm gonna take a quick shower, and change then I'll be down." I explained to Tabby as I stood up and walked over to my dresser to pick up some clothes.
"Okay, I'll go see what Pen and everyone else is doing. While silently dying because one of my best friends is going to be leaving me for a few months. She's gonna get new more amazing friends, and forget all about me." Tabby joked as she stood up. I laughed at her words and rolled my eyes.
"Oh Tabby you are one of a kind." I said to her as I walked over to where she was. "How could I ever forget about my amazing overly dramatic best friend? And how could anyone else ever make me forget about you? Your my best friend, you legit own a piece of my heart." I couldn't help but tear up some as I spoke. I had kept it together pretty well with her, but for some reason right now it was hitting me hard.
Tabby gave me a side hug and smiled. "Hey, hey now, I am the one who is suppose to be overly emotional. We can't both be crying like babies, we have to save that for these two." Tabby explained as she rubbed her stomach. We both laughed at her words.
"That's true, were going to have enough of that when these two trouble makers come out." I rubbed Tabby's stomach as I spoke.
"Yeah were gonna pass the trouble torch off to them. Someone has to keep our legacy going." I nodded my head at her words. "Okay hurry up and shower, times a ticking and I'm not letting you waist any of my Danielle time." I laughed at her words, as she pointed to the bathroom.
I put my hands up in surrender as I walked towards the bathroom. "Okay, okay I'm going." I walked into my bathroom and set my clothes down and started the shower. Tabby alone was scary, but a pregnant Tabby wasn't something you wanted to mess with. Especially when she was overly emotional. like she was today. I undressed and quickly got into the shower.
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I walked down the stairs and I could hear everyone talking. As always everyone was in the kitchen/ dinning room area. As you can tell this family likes to eat. I walked in to see everyone talking.
"All I am saying is I get the most of Danielle's time when she is in New York, I need her the most." Tabby said as she crossed her arms looking at Luke with a stern face.
"And all I am saying is your not going to get all of her time because she is going to be busy with me." Luke countered causing Tabby to huff.
"I am getting married and having twins, I am pretty damn sure I am going to need her more then you."
"Yeah well I am loosing the love of my life for a few months so yeah I'm gonna need her as well." Before Tabby could speak Luke continued. " Plus you have Penny as another best friend, I don't have another girlfriend to help me out." He leaned back and crossed his arms like Tabby had, and gave her a victorious smile. But Tabby only smirked more.
"Who do you think she would rather talk to? Her man who she will no doubt miss, and want to talk to. Or her overly emotional best friend who is freaking out about her being gone and needing help with planning the wedding plus planning for her future babies." Luke shock his head at her words.
"I can't wait till those two pop out so you can stop using them as an excuse." Tabby laughed at his words.
"Trust me man, you and me both. I can't win any situation, all she has to do is mention our unborn children and she has already won, add the wedding in and I'm definitely done for." Greg joked causing all the men in the room to laugh. But Greg got serious all of a sudden and turned to Like. " And now she has Danielle leaving to add to the list, thanks a lot man."
Luke put his hands up in surrender. "Hey man trust me no one wants her not to leave more then me. I wish more then anything she was staying." Suddenly the atmosphere in the room changed. It went from fun joking around, to a serious sad note. I knew Luke was putting on more of a brave face for me, but I honestly didn't realize how much it was effecting him. I decided to lighten the mood some.
"My god guys I haven't even left yet and your already fighting over who gets my time more." I joked. My aunt and grandmother laughed.
"They have been going at it ever since Luke finished packing the car. Thank god your finally down here to stop the commotion." My grandmother explained as she walked over to where I was and side hugged me.
"I can tell, it wouldn't be the first time they have done so. Remember when they fought over who was going to put the star on top of the tree when we were done decorating it?" I questioned.
"Or the time they fought over what movie we were going to see for over an hour." Dan added.
"Omg please don't bring up that memory. We almost missed the show times because of it. And you know how serious I am about my superhero movies." Penelope addressed. It was true she loved the movies just about as much as I did. Maybe even a little more if I was being honest.
"What about the time they fought over what exit to take when we were going on our little trip at the end of the summer, we ended up getting there two hours later then planned because we took a completely wrong turn, and we were lost for forever." My aunt said.
"Yeah we get it Luke and I fight a lot." Tabby explained.
"That's just because you can't admit that I'm always right." Luke responded causing Tabby to roll her eyes.
"Alright enough you two, I have to say goodbye to my granddaughter before she leaves, at the rate you two are going this could last hours." I smiled at my grams words. "So your place is all set. Your aunt and I already made sure to pay off the rent while you are there. Your account has more then enough money in it. If you need anything else or run out of money you know to message us right away right?"
"Or if something happens to you, or your in any danger, you call us." My aunt added as she walked over to where I was.
"Yes, yes that as well. And a car is already waiting for you at the airport. It's also paid off, and insured so if anything happens your covered. Plus we thought you would like to be able to get around easier."
"Oh and we gave Luke a few cans of pepper spray and an advanced Taser so you have some extra protection with you." My aunt explained to me. I couldn't help but laugh at how overly prepared they were.
"Okay guys I think we have everything handled. I can't think you enough for how much you guys helped with this. I'm gonna be just fine because of you two." I said to them causing them both to cry. "Come on guys I wont be gone for that long only a few months. I said to them as I tried to console them.
"We know, it's just that we are gonna miss you so much. It's gonna be a lot different without you her." My aunt explained to me.
"It just sucks not being able to just drive a half hour to see you. We'd have to book tickets if we wanted to see you now." My gram added. "But we are so proud of you and so happy your doing this. Your so smart Danielle and you deserve this. We wouldn't let you miss it for the world." I got teary eyed at my grams words. I wrapped my arms around them both and hugged them closely. They squeezed me back and we all just stood there for a moment hugging each other before we broke apart.
"Baby it's already nine ten we really need to get going if we want to make it to the flight one time." Luke said to me only making the reality of what was happing even worse. I walked away from my aunt and gram and over to the gang.
"Well since were on a time limit." Greg said as he walked over to me. He picked me up and hugged me as he spun me around. "I'm gonna miss you kiddo, hurry back so Tabby doesn't kill us all from the loss of not having you."
"I'm gonna miss you too Greg, and I will. I'd be careful if I was you though because you'd be first on her list."
"Damn right." Tabby yelled.
Dan walked over to me next. "I know these two behind me will kill me if they don't get the last goodbyes so I'll go next." I couldn't help but laugh at his words. I hugged Greg to me tightly. "Take care of yourself down there Danielle, hurry home were you belong." He whispered to me as he squeezed me some then let go.
I took a deep breath and looked to my two best friends. Besides leaving Luke they were going to be the next hardest to leave. I mean of course I was going to miss everyone just Tabby, Penelope, and I did everything together. We told each other everything, we helped each other with everything. Not having them in New York with me was going to be really hard. I wasn't going to find friends like them down there.
"I'm gonna miss you guys so much." I confessed as I walked over to them and hugged them both. I couldn't help but start crying. All of these goodbyes were killing me and making me leave even hard. They both hugged me back.
"Were gonna miss you to Danielle, more then you know." Penelope spoke with a sniff.
"You already know how worked up I am over this Danielle, but your grams right you gonna be amazing in New York. You'll become an even more amazing writer if that is even possible." I pulled back at her words.
"Yeah you'll rock the writing school down there, and the time will fly by. Before you know it well all be back together and it will be amazing." Penelope added. I nodded my head at their words.
"And summer will be here so many more crazy adventures await us."
"There ya go that's the spirt." Penelope said with a smile.
"Baby it's nine fifteen now." Luke said from behind me.
"We get it captain time!" Tabby yelled back at him. I hugged them both again and stepped away from them.
"Okay, I'm coming." I walked over to where Luke was and looked back at everyone who was in the room. " I love you guys so much, and I can't wait to see you in a couple months." I said to them. They all smiled and said their I love you's back. I looked up at Luke who was already looking down at me. "Let's get going." He nodded his head at my words and we turned around to walk out of the kitchen. I notice everyone followed us as we walked through the house and out the door. They all stopped at the porch though as we continued to the truck.
They all wanted to come to see me off, but I feel like if they were to do that I wouldn't be able to leave. My anxiety would hit me all at once, and I wouldn't be able to leave them. Having them all there would be way to hard. I got into Luke's truck, buckled my seat belt and Luke did the same. He started up the truck and looked over at me.
"You ready?" He questioned me.
I looked back at the people who I loved, they were all smiling and looked happy. I know they were doing for me, because they knew how hard this was going to be for me. But that's what made my heart fill up with some much joy. I knew they would be here for me when I got back, and that they were still always there for me.
"Yes." I turned to Luke and smiled. "I am ready. As long as I got them and you, I can do anything." Luke smiled at my words and started to drive off. I waved back to everyone and turned back in my seat. And all I could think was New York here I come, I hope your ready for the new and improved Danielle.
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