Love Across the Sky
Chapter 1
Goodbye's For the Countryside
No one's POV
Corey and Laney were super pumped that Summer break finally started. However, there is one problem, they won't see each other for a while over the break.
Corey's POV
When I just got home from school, Mom told me that I'll be heading to Tennessee for the Summer. I got some relatives of ours that live there, seems like I would have a good time. Mom told me that we were leaving tomorrow, and I felt a bit agitated, or irritated at just learning that I was heading out of Peacevillie for the Summer at such short notice. And, to add insult to injury, Trina was heading with me too. Another downer of this trip, well, I don't think it would be as much of a downer till later, was that I couldn't have my phone with me, use the internet, or practically any type of technology. This will certainly be an interesting vacation.
The moment I got all this wrapped around my head, I went up to my room, grabbed a few duffel bags from my closet, and shoved some extra clothes in em, bla bla blaaaaa etc. etc. etc, and left my phone on my computer desk. As I flipped it open, my wallpaper was a pic of me and Lanes smiling. It then switched to another pic of us kissing. This pic was taken when we were on our "date" to pretend we were in love. Even though the picture looked real as can be, I wasn't sure how Lanes would feel if I wanted our friendship to be something more. Sighing, I shut my phone off, and looked at my small selection of pictures with thumbtacks. Pictures of me with the band, pranking my sister with a water balloon filled with hot sauce, man, her face was priceless as the sauce caused her eyes to turn red. She looked like she was about to explode. Pictures of me and Lanes. I ended up taking the two I had as my phone's wallpaper from the wall, and was about put them in a journal I'm keeping, but I put the pictures in my back left jeans pocket. When I was sure I had everything packed, I decided to see if I could get a hold of Lanes to let her know I'm heading out of the state for a while. Looking down from the stairs at the empty stage, I thought about all the jam sessions we had, those were the good times. As I slowly made my way to the kitchen, I was about to grab the phone, when Trina beat me to the punch.
"Sorry brother." Trina said shoving me out of the way
"But IIII have to let hunky Nick Malory know I'm leaving for the Summer break." Trina said
"Even if you didn't tell him, it wouldn't make much of a difference." I said
"Thiiiinnnkkk abbooouuuttt iiiitttttt." I said getting in her face as I slowly backed away
Her face went red and she went completely bonkers.
"Ugh! I WIIIIILLLLLL GET YOU FOR THIS!" Trina shouted as she dropped the phone storming out of the kitchen.
The phone swung from the cord. I dialed Lanes's number, the phone rang 3 times.
"Hello?" Lanes asked
"Hey Lanes. Its me." I said
"Hey Core." Lanes said in a sort of dissapointed tone
I heard her shut something over the line.
"Something wrong Lanes?" I asked
"Oh nothing, just heading out of Peacevillie for the summer. Its the same every year." Laney said
I heard a bag being flung onto what sounded like a mattress.
"You get hit with that too?" Lanes asked shuffling through some stuff and shoving it in a bag
I had no idea how she knew I was facing the same delima. My eyes went wide.
"How'd you know?" I asked
"I had a feeling. Plus it seems like everyone else is doing the same thing." Lanes said
"Y-Y...You want to meet up to say our goodbyes?" I asked trying to not sound sad
"Of corse goofball! You wouldn't think I'd leave town without saying goodbye would I?" Lanes asked laughing
"I wouldn't do the same either Lanes." I said
"Meet me at my place?" Lanes asked
"Sure." I said
"Sweet." Lanes said
"I'll head over when I get the rest of my stuff packed." I said
"Sounds good Core." Lanes said
She hung up, I clashed the phone on the wall receiver, and looked down at the floor.
I then headed back up to my room to finish packing my bags. When I finished packing, I went back downstairs, and went into a cubby hole underneath the stairs, and found an old guitar case. I took it out, and opened it up. It was my old acoustic guitar, I got this when I was about 10. I can still get my fingers on the frets and strum a bit, but its gotten a bit too big for me. I've been teaching Lanes how to play the guitar for the past few months, and she's improved massively. Hey, I even think she might be even better than me at times! I gave it the old once over as I took it out. I cleared the dust off, tuned it, and gave it a good shining. When I saw how much Lanes improved with the guitar, I got a custom green guitar pick made for her with "Lanes" engraved on one side and "Keep on strummin" on the other. I'm still yet to give it to her, might as well give it to her today.
As I packed up the guitar, I went back to my room, and grabbed the guitar pick that was on my dresser next to my computer. There was hardly any dust on it, so I only had to swipe it once. Once I had that in my pocket, I grabbed the guitar, and walked over to Lanes's place.
I walked up, and knocked on the door. Lanes greeted me as I saw her sweet smiling face.
"Hey Core! Whatcha got there?" Lanes asked noticing the guitar case
"Just a little somethin." I said
"Come in." Lanes said
She led me upstairs to her room. As we were walking up the steps, I thought I could crack a joke at this point and ask her if she needs my help packing her stuff. I chuckled at the idea.
Lanes heard my laugh.
"What's so funny?" Lanes asked
"Just something funny I thought of." I said casually
"Want to share with the class?" Lanes asked jokingly
"You might take it the wrong way." I said
We finally reached her room.
"Oh come on, I won't." Lanes said
I took the chance to say it, hopefully not offending her.
"I was...I was kind of going to crack a joke and ask you if you needed any help packing your stuff." I said slightly laughing
At this point, I thought Lanes was going to punch my arm, but she didn't. In fact, she laughed. I was expecting a playfull hit, but a laugh? Well, better than I expected.
"Oh yeeaahh. Like I need any help packing my-" Lanes was about to finish her sentence when one of her bags bursted open, and its contents flew everywhere. The bag its self looked like it was packed to the brim, and its locks were ready to break off. Luckily they didn't. I've seen worse, well, not worse in a bad way, I've just seen more stuff packed into tight spaces. Trina is practically the queen of that, but I think Lanes is the new "queen of overpacking". I mean that in a good and funny kind of way.
A blue and black striped short sleeve t shirt fell on her head and covered her eyes. She tried blowing part of it away from her mouth.
"Ok, you got me. It wouldn't hurt too much if you'd help me re pack my stuff would it?" Lanes asked
"Oh no, its fine Lanes. I'd be glad to help." I said
She then tossed the shirt on her bed. I set the guitar case down leaning upright against the door frame of her room.
"Allright" Lanes clapped her hands together "let's get started...again." Lanes said clearly not ready to start the whole chore all over again
As we sorted through the giant mess that was her stuff for Summer vacation, I was careful not to let the guitar pick slip out of my pocket. It almost did in fact, but I caught it before she saw it. Within minutes, we finally got all the stuff sorted.
"Now all we have to do is figure out how to stuff all this in the suitcase. Hopefully it won't burst open again." I said
"What did you do the first time to shut it?" I asked
"Simple." Lanes said taking a pile of her stuff
She tossed the pile in the suitcase, then another pile, then another. What she did next, I couldn't believe my eyes. Lanes practically pile drived the stuff in. Either Lanes was taking wrestling lessons and didn't tell me, I hiiiighllyy doubt that, or maybe it was an old family trick. Eh, I'd go with the old family trick.
"That sort of works." Lanes said
She was actually trying to flatten them, but they went back to the way they were before.
"For a few seconds." Lanes continued
"Why don't you just try organizing the stuff by type, and start from the bottom up? That's how I pack my bags, works every time." I said
"Alright Core, I'll try your method." Lanes said
She took my advice, and re did the process. I set my pile of her stuff on the end of her bed. As she finished her pile, mine was last, and it fit just like a glove as she snapped her suitcase closed.
"Well whad'ya know? It worked. Thanks Core." Lanes said
"You'rree welcome." I said enthusiastically
When I took another look at her suitcase, it was different from what I thought a typical girl's bag would look like. It was a shade of light red that matched her hair, that seemed to fade giving off its age, and on the other side, it was plastered with different stickers of the different states she's been to. Georgia, Florida, Ohio, even Tennessee! I looked at all the stickers, but I focused more on the Tennessee one.
Lanes caught my stare.
"Ya headin off to good ole Tennessee?" Lanes asked sounding like a southerner and pretending to tip a hat like a cowgirl
"Yess'm." I said
We laughed.
"Sooo what's in the case Core?" Lanes asked
I grabbed the case from the hall, and brought it in her room. Lanes put her bag next to an old brown dresser by her bedside window.
"A little going away present." I said snapping case open
Her eyes took in the beautiful view that was the acoustic guitar that she improved so quickly at learning.
"It's just as beautiful as when I first played it." Lanes said awestruck by its shine and how it reflected in the distant sunset that peered through her window
"I thought it would be the perfect gift for you seeing how much you've improved with playing the guitar. Just don't get too good, or we wouldn't need me in the band anymore." Corey said as he started to laugh a bit
"Oh, I also had this made for you." I said reaching into my left pocket
I took out the guitar pick, and handed it to her.
She read the engravings on both sides.
"I love it Core!" Lanes said hugging me tightly closing her eyes
I was about to hug her back, when I took my beanie off ,and plopped it on Lanes's head. Her face had a look of confusion as she felt it slip over her thick, beautiful red hair. I then hugged her back.
"What're you giving me your beanie for?" Lanes asked me
"To keep those ears warm." I said
Lanes laughed.
"Where are you heading?" I asked as we let go from our embrace
"Oklahoma. Heard its nice during the Summer months. I don't think I'll need this though Core." Lanes said as she tried puttin the beanie back on my head
We continued to laugh a bit as she tried getting it back on me.
"Keep it. Heard that the weather in Oklahoma can get kind of chilly at night." I said
"Fine. I'll take it with me." Lanes said happily
She grabbed a light blue shoulder bag outlined in green along the edges, and put it in as she flipped it open, then snapped it shut.
"I love your gift Core! But, I'm sorry I don't have anything for you since you're going away as well." Lanes said
"Hey, don't worry about it. Just seeing you before I leave and saying goodbye is enough for me." I said
"Awww you." Lanes said blushing
"Oh wait I do have something for you that you can have. Well, I actually have two gifts." Laney said as she walked over to her dresser to grab something for Corey
"What is it?" Corey asked as he started to get a little nosy.
"Here I want you to have this, since we're off in different places for the summer." Laney said as she put a picture of her and Corey sitting on the beach
"Aaaahhh I remember when we took this!" Corey said as he hugged Laney
"Thanks Lanes, you truly are my best friend." Corey said as he hugged Laney one last time.
Friend, that word rang through Laney's ears. It felt like her heart was being ripped out.
She really wanted her and Corey to be more than just friends, but she thought that that would never happen.
But what she didn't know was that Corey felt the same way about her. They were both just afraid that they didn't like each other back. But they will find out soon enough.
"I remembered that we wont be able to use any electronics so I thought that a picture of us would be cool for you to have!" Laney said as she smiled
"Speaking of which, that reminds me. Here's some pictures I saved for you for your trip." I said taking the pictures from my pocket and handing them to her
"I-I LOVE THESE CORE! THANK YOU! " Lanes said
When Lanes saw the pic of us kissing, it seemed like she had a bittersweet look in her eyes, but I didn't see it.
"O-Oh ya, I got you something else too!" Laney said as she pulled out something from her desk. It was a necklace in the shape of a guitar. On the back said "To the best teacher I ever had! Love Lanes."
"Laney I cant believe you got this for me!" Corey said as he went up to Laney a big bear hug!
"You deserve it for being my best friend and for being a awesome teacher." Laney said as she got squeezed by Corey's bear hug.
"I'm going to miss you Lanes." Corey said as he looked down to his little rock star.
"I'm going to miss you two Core!" Laney said as the two continued hugging.
"I better be getting home." Corey said as he let go of Laney.
"Ok I'll see you tomorrow. I don't have to leave until Monday." Laney said as she waved goodbye to her best friend.
"Ok come over to my place at noon and we can hang out for the rest of the day!" Corey smiled while just thinking of tomorrow.
"Ok I'll see you tomorrow!" Laney said as she waved goodbye to her best friend.
"Huh if only you knew." Laney said as she whispered to herself. Laney has had a crush on Corey for a long time now.
But What she didn't know was that her best friend had feelings for her too. But they will find out soon. Yes very soon indeed.
"See ya later Lanes!" Corey said as he started walking back to his house
"See ya Core. Have a great Summer!" Laney said as she waved goodbye to her best friend
"You too Lanes!" Corey said as he walked through the door to his house.
What they didn't know that was they would be dreaming about each other tonight. As they slowly drifted off to sleep.
Well, that's the first chapter. This was a bit overdue, but I hope you all liked it so far. Shoutout to CoreyxLaneyForever for helping me with the ending! Stay tuned for chapter 2. Thanks for coming out everyone!