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Noah walked down main street. He had never felt so alone in his entire life. Everything about this town, Seabrook, reminded him of Allie. She had only been gone one day, and it felt as if his heart had shrunk into a tiny wallnut. Even if she would have ended up leaving at the end of summer, he didn't want it to end like it had. They had both been miserable, and angry with each other. He never expected that she could hit that hard.

Six days away, so close to the year. I'm scared and reckless, and full of tears.

He'd spent all night with Fin and his father, drunk and talking about life. Fin was trying to sway his mind, to get to forget Allie. Mentioning more than once that it was only a summer romance and it couldn't have escalated to anything more. However, Noah knew more than that. The night at the Windsor Plantation, it was real. It was love. There was not way around it. They were truly in love and it was stolen from them too soon.

Noah passed the theatre, the location of their first date. They had seen Lil' Abner together. That was almost three months ago. He saw the cross walk they had both lied on, talking about life, hobbies and just watching the lights change from green, to yellow, to red.

It's my first day here alone, and I'm continuing to ignore the cold pavement that I lie on.

He walked into the street, lying face up underneath the street light. He tried to recall the smell of her hair, and the way she smiled at him that night. He heard her giggle, and he felt her arms around him. Noah closed his eyes to let himself be taken away in the memories of their summer together.