The Driveway

They had been together for over two years now. Best friend before that. They were the perfect match, always together, laughing, holding hands and finishing each others sentences. Every boy wanted to be with her and every girl wished they could be his. There was nothing wrong with their relationship, until they had to spend one summer apart.

She woke up and looked around, she was in the car and noticed that they were passing some really familiar streets. "Oh gosh, we're here already? Mom, can't we just turn around, I don't wanna go to home, I wanna go back to California." She moaned and watched her blond haired mom smiling to her and shaking her head. "No love, we need you here and you know it. And you'll see Nick again, isn't that super?" She grinned to her and started humming the song that was playing on the radio. "Oh yeah, really super." She murmured and started looking the familiar scene they were passing, only few more miles and they were back home.

"Miles, are you sure you wanna go? I'll miss you so much, I don't know what I'll do without you here with me." He said and stroked her hair as she laid in his lap and watched his face.
"Nick, you know I'd love to stay with you, but I just have to know what's out there. You know I've never been anywhere outside this state, I have to find out what it's like there." She smiled and took his hand to hers.
"Yeah, I know, I just hope I could come with you." He whispered as they both went back to their own thoughts.

A few minutes later Nick spoke again "Miley, promise me you won't forget me while you are away?" He watched her with serious eyes.
"C'mon Nick, how could I ever forget about you, you're the best thing ever happen to me. No one knows me the same way as you do." She said as if there was nothing to worry about. But she knew that they had never spent more than two days apart and that three months would be harder than anything. She was afraid for him to meet someone else, or just getting frustrated with the situation. But she kept herself strong for both of them, smiling as always. They laid there on her bed fore 15 more minutes, until her mom called her and said they had to leave. They kissed goodbye and hugged for awhile. "There's nothing to be afraid for, we're gonna make it" She said and let go of him, with sadness in her eyes she got up and run to their car to leave to the airport.

She jumped from the car and gazed the house that she had called home so many years, the house where she had grown up in. She took her bags and waited as her mom opened the door. She got up to her room and unpacked her bags and started looking around her room. Everything was exactly the way she left it, pictures of her and Nick in the park looked at her from the wall. She felt uncomfortable and took the pictures down straight away. She looked at the pictures that were now on her bed. The same bed she had her last conversation with Nick.

It had been long three months. When she first arrived she had send a few messages to Nick but never really got around to call him. He on the other hand felt like hearing her voice would be too hard. So they went on without any phone calls or messages. Then after a month they just didn't know if it was ok to call, and they didn't know what to say. So they didn't. And so the three months went on without any connection.

Miley looked at her cellphone, no calls from Nick, no surprise there, she thought. She was hoping that Nick would call her right away, but he didn't and surprisingly it was fine to her. She missed him, but there was a gap between them. She knew she needed to fix things, but wasn't sure if she really wanted to.