47. Last date

Chapter 47: Last date

Kelsey's POV

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Two weeks had passed since Ethan, Noah, and Meg found out that I was moving. I had every chance in the world to tell Lara and Ellie that I was moving in those two weeks, but I could not get myself to it. Every time they looked at me with their beautiful big eyes, and the big smiles on their faces, the courage I would have given myself to tell them about it all quickly dissipated.

"You have to tell them Kelsey, it's been two weeks you can't hide it from them," Ethan told me as I talked to him about my dilemma.

"But they'll be so upset. I'm a monster," I pouted. The thought of upsetting those two angels hurt me. They had done so much to keep me with them when their mother was mad at me, and I knew that they wouldn't have taken the news of me moving so well.

"You're not a monster," Ethan chuckled, wrapping his arms around my waist. "Princess, when are you planning on telling them? When you're off to New York? Send them a letter?" He asked, his voice becoming sadder as soon as he mentioned New York.

Ever since I told him about my move, he had been trying to spend as much time as possible with me. Neither of us wanted to accept the fact that we were going to be miles away from each other, and that there was the chance of us not getting to see each other again except for some holidays. Most of all, neither of us wanted to accept the fact that we would have to break up once it was time for me to leave.

We had talked about it a lot, and despite neither of us wanting to, we realised that the best thing to do was to break up. It was going to be hard being together when we wouldn't even have time to see each other, and thought that it would be better to end things on good terms now, than do it on bad terms later when we feel like our relationship is degrading.

"Yeah, you're right," I sighed before we both went downstairs to the living room, his hand in mine.

I gulped as I saw both girls watching T.V in the living room, their cute, innocent faces nearly making me choke up again.

"Girls, Kelsey has something to tell you," Ethan said to get their attention, knowing that I would have never done it on my own.

They both turned to look at me, a smile on each of their faces as I sat down next to them, placing Ellie on my lap as I rested my head on her shoulder, preparing myself for what I was about to say.

"Of course, what is it Kels?" Lara smiled.

"Okay, so this is something really difficult for me to say. I love you girls so much and you've become so important to me," I said, easing them into the conversation.

"Aww, we love you too," Ellie said as she cuddled into me.

"Thank you baby," I told her before continuing with what I had to say. "Okay my little cuties. So my daddy found a job, but this job is in New York, and I can't leave my daddy alone, so I have to move there with him," I said, ripping off the band aid.

Both of their heads snapped up to look into my eyes, searching for whatever answer they wanted. I sat there and watched as they looked at each other and their eyes widened, both of them getting up from the couch and turning to look directly at me.

"What?" Ellie asked in shock.

"No, please tell me this is a joke. Ethan?" Lara said turning to her brother, her eyes full of tears which started streaming down as soon as Ethan shifted his gaze to the floor, not even he being able to look his sister in the eyes.

"What are we going to do without you? What about Elsey? She's your dog too," Ellie cried, taking my hand in hers and squeezing lightly.

"You'll always have Elsey to remind you of me," I said gently, trying as hard as I could not to cry.

"But we don't want a reminder of you. We want you," Lara sobbed before running up to her room, the door audibly being slammed.

"I don't want you to go," Ellie pouted before going up to Lara, their reactions making my heart shatter.

"Well that went well," Ethan sarcastically said as I walked into his arms, wanting his reassurance.  "It wasn't going to be easy princess," he said as he rubbed soothing circles on my back whilst I snuggled my head in the crook of his neck, wishing I could just stay like that forever. I was going to miss his hugs once I moved. I was going to miss a lot of things.

In that moment things didn't look as serious because I was still there with them, but I knew that once I went on the plane and flew out of their lives, the sadness would all come crushing down on me.

"Kelsey," Noah said as he ran down the stairs, stopping in front of me as he places his hand on his knees and tried to get his breath back after running down so quickly.

"What is it?" I curiously asked, wanting to know what was so important that he had to run down like a maniac for.

"Why don't we move with you?" He said, still out of breath, but with a hopeful smile on his face. "That way you wouldn't have to leave us."

I smiled at his innocence, yet wishing with all of my might that that could have truly been an option. I wished that they could move to New York with me, but I knew that they couldn't. Their whole lives was there, and I wasn't going to ask them to throw it all away just for me.

"Noah, as perfect as that sounds, I can never ask you to do that. You have May to take care of, she can't move with me too, not everyone has the money you guys have. Your whole lives are here, your friends are here. You can't come with me baby," I said hugging him.

"What if I come with you?" Ethan suddenly asked, making me turn around to face him. His face looked so serious, as if he had been thinking about that far before Noah even suggested it.

"Ethan, you have to take care of your siblings. I don't want to be selfish and take you with me when there are so many people who need you," I said.

Having Ethan come live with me in New York sounded like bliss, but Ellie and Lara needed him, and so did Noah. There were going to be more instances where his parents were going to be out of the country, and his job was to be there. I couldn't ask him to move away from Jake either, who had been his best friend for years. If Ethan were to leave everything and come with me and we would end up falling out for some reason, he would surely regret it.

"I know, I just don't want to lose you," he sighed

"I don't want to lose you either," I honestly said before he hugged me.

*****

I laid in bed that evening with all of my messed up thoughts. There were so many instances where I longed to call my father and tell him that I didn't want to move, and that I wanted to stay there, but then I thought about what he would do if I were the one who had asked him to leave everything to move so far away for me. He would certainly do it in the blink of an eye, just like he had always done everything else.

I could never love and respect anybody as much as I loved my father, the first man who I had ever fully given my heart to. He meant everything to me, and I could never leave him alone when he needed me around the most. I had to be there to give him my support, and that was exactly what I was going to do.

"Kelsey, can I come in?" Lara asked, gently knocking on my door before creaking it open.

"Yeah of course," I replied with a smile, happy that she was even talking to me.

"I'm really sorry for running off. I know it's not your fault that you're leaving me," she said as she sat down next to me.

"It's okay, I get it. You know, I'm really going to miss you baby girl," I replied as she hugged me tightly.

"I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay here and give me boy advice and cheer me up when I'm upset, and take me to the funfair," she said as she looked up to me.

I smiled at her, my heart feeling as if it were going to explode as soon as she mentioned that she wanted me to be there for her to give her boy advice. I had treated Lara and Ellie as my own sisters for as long as I had been there, and hearing her say such things only made me think that maybe, just maybe, they thought of me as their older sister as well.

"I would love to do all those things, but I can't leave my daddy on his own. He needs me," I replied as she nodded sadly, seemingly trying to understand where I was coming from. "Hey, don't be sad! We still have a whole week together, let's make the most of it. We can go to the funfair, we can go bowling and do anything you guys want."

"Will you let us have a goodbye party for you?" She asked, her big eyes looking hopeful as she patiently waited for my answer.

I smiled at her, knowing that she would love to help organise another party for me, which was why I nodded, telling her that I was all up for it if it was what she wanted. I was proud of my answer as soon as I saw her eyes shining once more, a gleeful smile on her face, clearly ecstatic with my answer. If it were any other occasion, I would have told them that I did not want a party, and that I did not want them spending so much time and money on me, that time, however, was different. The party was going to be for them as much as it was for me, giving them all the chance to give me one last goodbye before I left.

"Okay then," she replied before embracing me one more time.

"Sorry, am I interrupting something?" Ethan asked as he peeked his head from the door, a cute smile on his face.

"No, it's fine," Lara replied as she smiled at her brother.

"Cool, can I steal Kelsey for a while?" He asked.

"No fair, you've been hanging out with her non-stop, she's always with you," Lara pouted before bringing her little arms around my waist.

"Well, she's my girlfriend so she loves me more," Ethan said, sticking his tongue out at his sister childishly and making me roll my eyes at his immature reaction.

"That's not true, right Kelsey?" Lara pouted as she looked in my directio.

"That's right, I love all of you equally," I said, receiving a playful glare from Ethan.

I was going to miss the little fights they would all normally have, most of which bringing out the childish side of Ethan which I found myself to love so much. No other person except for my father had ever made me feel as loved as the Walker kids had, and I would forever be grateful towards them for that.

"Whatever, Kelsey, I want to show you something," Ethan said, extending his hand for me to take.

I smiled at him curiously, not knowing what to expect from the thing which Ethan wanted to show me. Nodding my head at him, I turned to face Lara, promising her that we were going to get to hang out very soon. I was glad when she nodded, seeming to understand.

"Only because I ship you two, I'll allow it," she grinned, making my cheeks turn pink.

That was how I ended up blindfolded, literally trusting Ethan with my eyes closed as he guided me through their huge backyard. To say that I was curious of our destination would have been an understatement, and even if I did not want to ruin his surprise, I also could not take the curiosity any longer.

"Ethan where are you taking me? I huffed, feeling my legs starting to get tired.

"Just be patient," he chuckled. It was as if I could sense him shaking his head at me as he was probably thinking about how I was unable to wait.

"I've been patient for the past three minutes!" I said earning yet another laugh from him, yet no direct answer.

We walked in silence for a couple more seconds before Ethan stopped me from walking. I could hear him stepping closer to me as the weight of the tied blindfold loosened slightly before it was removed completely.

I looked in front of me and let out a small gasp as my eyes instantly landed on what he wanted me to see.  A big wooden tree house stood there on top of a tree, split into two parts which were then connected with a bridge. It was one of the most beautiful tree houses I had ever seen, and I couldn't help but stand and gape at it.

"A tree house?" I asked as I turned to look at him.

"Yeah, its kinda Noah and I's secret hideout. We were really good at hiding it," he said with a dimple smiled as he took my hand in his softly, the interaction making my heart skip a beat. No matter how much time I spent with Ethan, he would never cease to have an affect on me with just one touch.

"Then why are you showing me this?" I asked, wanting to know the reason behind him showing me something so personal to him and Noah.

"Because Noah and I talked and we agreed to show you our special place. I thought it would make a cool spot for one last date before you're all busy packing," he said as he started dragging me towards the tree house and climbed up the ladder.

I stood there at the entrance as I saw the amazing effort Ethan had put into all of it. There was a mattress in the middle of the spacious tree house, with three blankets on top of it and a bunch of pillows. Multiple bowls filled with different kinds of snacks stood on the floor, and his laptop was on top of the mattress, already switched on and ready for us to watch a movie.

It was all so impressive, especially the fact that he managed to get internet up on the tree house. It have been so much more beautiful if my mind didn't keep reminding me that that was probably going to be my last date with Ethan, making me emotional.

"Ethan, this is beautiful," I breathlessly said as I walked towards the mattress and sat down on it, loving how comfortable it was.

"Only the best for my princess," he said with that adorable smile of his.

"We could have just done this in the living room though," I said, feeling bad that he went through all of that effort just for me.

"And where's the fun in that?" He smirked as he laid down on the blanket and took a slice of the mouth-watering pizza from the box which was laying in front of the laptop.

"Come on, I'll let you choose the movie," he smiled as he started scrolling through the endless list of movie titles while I simply stared at the gorgeous boy in front of me and wondering how he could possibly get anymore perfect than he already was.

*****

Six hours later, and Ethan and I had devoured nearly every edible item in the room whilst watching three amazing movies. I loved laying there in his arms, feeling as if nothing and nobody could ever hurt me and bring me down. It was honestly the best feeling in the world, and I wondered how I could ever spend a day without being around him.

"This was perfect, thank you," I said, kissing his cheek as the credits of our final movie started rolling.

He looked at me with a smile before giving me a quick peck on the lips, his eyes never leaving mine as he spoke. "I just want you to not forget about me when you're gone."

I found myself thinking if such a thing were even possible. Ethan had turned my entire world upside down, and I wasn't even mad at him about it. I used to be a person who loved planning every single second of the day, but with someone as spontaneous as Ethan, such a thing could not be done, and I wouldn't want to have it any other way.

Every day with him was an adventure, and I knew that once I moved to New York, my life would be a lot less brighter without him. In that moment, he was the glue which was keeping me together, and as soon as we were torn apart, I was afraid that I would find myself feeling lost.

"Like I could ever do that," I said in all honesty.

"I will miss doing this with you," he sighed as he tucked a strand of my hair behind my ear.

"Yeah, me too."

"Everything's so perfect with you, I can't imagine the days full of torture where I won't be able to see you, or kiss you, or hold your hand, or watch movies with you," he said, every single word he said feeling like daggers being shot right at me.

"We can still video chat every night," I said in an attempt to try and cheer him up, despite knowing myself that video chatting was not the answer either of us wanted.

I could not put seeing him everyday in the same category as face timing him everyday. The thing which hurt the most was that when we would have to resort to face time, he and I would no longer be together, making things a hundred times worse for either one of us.

"It won't be the same. I will miss the feeling of having you next to me, holding you, making you smile, being able to call you mine," he sadly sighed, making my heart tighten.

"I love you Ethan," I replied.

"And I'm so in love with you its unreal," he answered, making butterflies erupt in my stomach before kissing me.

I knew that I was going to miss all of that, and I found myself questioning why my dad's job had to be so far. It would have been perfect if he had been accepted to a similar job which was only an hour drive, but those people were not able to realise how talented my father was, making him turn to a job so far away from there. The people in the next town thought that my father wasn't ready for the job, and I, well, I was certainly not ready for the move.

A/N: Hey jellybeans, haven't used that in a while. So this is it, Kelsey's really leaving. Its not a joke, it's not a stupid dream. She's flying all the way to New York. But don't give up just yet, nothing great ever happens when you just give up right?

Anyways I'm sorry that maybe it's not that good, I'm kind of in one of those moods today where I don't feel like doing anything except for lying in bed watching some tv, but then I got bored of watching TV and tried to get my writing on because writing always makes me feel a lot better so here I am.

Nonetheless,  I hope you guys loved the update. I'll see you guys next Wednesday and i hope your week started off great....I should have probably put this in the beginning but meh I'm too lazy to to it. It's too much work so.

P.s sorry if there are any typos, I wrote this on my tablet and the Auto correct is stupid (I normally write on my laptop) If there are any mistakes feel free to point them out for me.

Anyways, like always, stay perfect,

Love

~M