Prologue
"Goodbye, Partner."
How much time had gone by since he said those words to me? I snapped back to reality and realized that I was still standing there in the middle of the airport like a complete idiot. Tears were streaming down my face and my heart was beating into my ears.
Then I saw his back as he was walking away from me. He was still clutching that stupid, empty suitcase and the ticket that I made for him. There was no way he could actually board the plane.
It took me awhile to realize that this was his way of leaving our relationship. This is how he wanted it to end.
No, I thought to myself. It can't end this way. I won't let it. I need this boy in my life. He's completely changed my life, and I can't let him walk away like this.
Suddenly my feet moved from underneath me, and I found myself running after him.