A/N: Hey! I haven't written in awhile, haven't I? Oh, well. As if you care. :P But anyway… this is a fic of the ending to iLove You. The whole lot of you definitely wanted to see what happened for the next 90 minutes, considering they decided to call it quits at midnight. Don't you want to know how they said goodbye once that clock said 12:00 AM? Yeah… I have your attention now, don't I? ;)
So… enjoy! I hope it's not too suckish. Haha.
Oh, and you should watch the ending of iLove You first before you dive into this. Just to give it some more effect.
(Freddie's POV)
"But… y'know… maybe one day, if you get a little more normal…" I said, turning towards her, leaning my shoulder against the wall.
"Or… you get a little more abnormal," she suggested with a wave of her hand.
I turned back towards the elevator doors, a small moment of uncomfortable silence consuming the atmosphere. We both stared off into space, but before I could say anything, Sam vocalized exactly what I was wondering.
"…So did we just break up?" she asked.
I looked up, feeling a sort of heat rise to my cheeks and ears.
"Feels like it…" I trailed off, looking at her scornfully, hoping to see some sort of reaction, worried as to what she may be feeling. She nodded slowly, a look of… I guess you could say disappointment in her face.
Hoping to confirm that we were on the same terms, I asked, "But… it was… mutual… right?"
"Yeah," she said with a small chuckle, "but I'm still gonna' tell people I dumped your butt and broke your nerdy little heart."
I felt the corner of my lip turn up. 'Sam sure picked a great time to be cracking jokes right now,' I thought to myself. I would have made a witty comment back, but I decided to keep the suddenly thick atmosphere in the room a little lighter.
So I replied, "Fair enough."
I looked back towards the elevator doors. I heard a small sigh from her, and she finally moved from her spot from the corner of the elevator.
"Oh, well," she said, flipping the switch on the elevator to power it up again.
The small smile that was originally traced on my lips suddenly disappeared.
(A/N: Start listening to John Mayer's "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" right at this moment. I promise I will have you crying by the end of the fic if you listen to it. C'mon, it won't take that long. Just pull up YouTube… Or how 'bout I put a quick link you can copy and paste? Here: youtube . com / watch?v = wvxdxiox4Pg. Just remove the spaces. Please. I beg of you. You have to listen to this song while reading the next few parts. But let the intro play for like ten seconds, then start reading.)
Time seemed to slow down then, as realization took over me… I had just broken up with the girl I was completely, utterly, and desperately in love with…
I looked up, an unfamiliar sting rising up beneath my eyelids. Before I could do something, I felt a wetness brimming up between them and a lump rising in my throat, threatening to choke me. I looked to the side, hoping to prevent anything from pouring out my eyes. When that didn't work, I closed them, biting my lip. In all that time, I didn't know that I could fall so hard, so fast for this girl. And I'd forgotten to say something to her… something I should've acknowledged for a long time.
I heard the elevator doors open, and I quickly opened my eyes, so that Sam wouldn't see the trance in my eyes and confliction displayed on my face. I sighed heavily, watching Sam's slow footsteps out the elevator door. She was looking down, avoiding my gaze the whole time…
(Sam's POV)
I walked out the doors of the elevator, avoiding Freddie's gaze. I didn't want to come face-to-face with what could entirely make me break down and releasing all of the apprehension, confliction, and sadness that was slowly collecting in the oceans of my eyes and the lump in my throat. All too suddenly, Freddie said something that stopped me completely in my tracks.
"I love you," he said firmly.
I blanched. My ears perked up. I raised my eyebrows, surprised he'd finally said it. His scent suddenly grew stronger, and I'd realized he had walked right up next to me, looking at me expectedly, looking for the response he wanted. For a second or two, I debated on whether to keep walking and leaving him standing there, or staying there and saying it back. But that would only make the slight ache in my heart grow stronger. Wait… what is that? I've never felt this before… I don't know. It feels sort of familiar. And for some reason, a vision of my father flashed through my mind for a second.
~ Flashback ~
"Where are you going?" my mom said to my dad, who had a briefcase in one hand and a fairly large bag of luggage in the other, his coat draped over his left forearm.
"I'm just going somewhere for a few weeks. Y'know… to get my mind off of things," he'd said slowly, not meeting my mom's gaze.
"Well… where are you going?" my mom asked quizzically.
"Not too far," he said, avoiding the real question.
"But where is 'not too far'?" my mom prodded him.
"Don't worry. I'm coming back. I love you… both of you," he said, looking at me pointedly. "I won't leave you guys."
And for some reason, he tricked both of us into thinking that. For the next few weeks, my mom was a hopeless wreck. She kept telling herself that he would come back soon. That he'd said he would come back. That he'd told her not to worry. And then, she just gave up altogether. It took her about a year to get over it. Finally, we'd stopped going to the store every day to grab a new box of tissues, for both me and my mom…
~ End Flashback ~
I was only four years old. Yet, I can still hear his voice in the very deep recesses of my mind, where no one else has ever been or even knew about.
And to be standing here, and hearing this boy, this wonderful boy I had come to know and love, tell me that he loves me…
It filled me with a stark sort of happiness and overjoy that made me just want to leap up in the air and just start dancing, and flying, and jumping across rainbows, and just weep endlessly with pure ecstasy.
And finally, I turned towards him, a small, shy smile played on his lips. I had to swallow the lump in my throat to avoid making it come out shaky.
"I love you, too," I said, my voice faltering a bit at the end.
His shoulders suddenly relaxed, signaling he was relieved that I felt the same way, and he looked down at the ground, biting his lip and looked back up at me again. I had to follow suit, because if I looked into his eyes right at this very moment, I think I would've just lost it and broke down right in front of him. And Pucketts don't just cry and lose it like that.
But I realized with a huge amount of sorrow that we had already agreed to give our new relationship some time, before we went and pushed it into something more. We'd be a lot closer from now on; that was sure. We would act a lot more like friends. And then, when the time is right, we'll get back together again. And he'll take his time breaking down the walls I've always hid behind.
But I couldn't resist. I had to kiss him. I just simply had to. I'd just said the three words I've never told anyone else before, and you can't just tell someone you love them without sealing it with a kiss. And I did. I loved him, both as a friend and as a boyfriend, even though we already decided to break up.
So, I leaned forward, taking hold of his shoulders, (as usual) and I gave him a simple, quick kiss on the lips. I held his gaze for a few seconds with my hands still clutching onto his shoulders, when he pulled out his PearPhone.
(Freddie's POV)
"It's only 10:30," I said suggestively.
I tossed the thought around in my head for a few seconds. And I made a deal with him.
"Want to break up at midnight?" she asked.
Who was I to argue with that?
"…That works," I said, a smile coming to my lips.
"Okay," she said, as I shoved the PearPhone back into my pocket, thankful I checked the time.
And then, as the elevator doors closed, we kissed again.
A/N: Okay. I will get started with the rest of the story. Just give me a few hours, possibly a day. Possibly. Not so sure yet. But I'll definitely have it up tomorrow at the LATEST. So, in the meantime, press that 'Follow Story' button and hang in there! :P