Dear Ally,

I'm not going to beat around the bush. You left me behind, in the dust. When you moved to Texas last year you promised to call every day, write every week, and text me all the time. Yeah, well how's that working out for us? When you left you told me to try to be the me without you. Yeah well I'm nothing without you. It's like driving in a car with no wheels, flying in the sky with no wings, trying to light a fire with no spark, no matches, and no fuse. When I do anything I think about you. Anything. For example when I do my math homework I think of how smart you are and how you used to chew your bottom lip when thinking about a problem. When I'm doing morning wake up routine, I think of how you used to run your hands through my hair when we kissed, or how you told me you like old spice better than axe. When I took my driver's test this week, I thought of how you used to scream when I turned on a corner or how you kept yelling, we're gonna die. It brought a smile to my lips and I almost swerved off the track. Thanks for almost making me fail. I'm just being sarcastic. I never could be mad at you. It wouldn't matter if we would never speak again, if you broke my favorite guitar, or if you were allergic to pancakes so I couldn't eat them. I can't be mad at you. It's physically and mentally impossible. Sure, we used to have little arguments but we always got over them didn't we? When you started going out with Dallas *insert shiver here* I was upset, but I wasn't mad. I wish I was with you now. I'd hold you in my arms, tell you nothing that went wrong was ever your fault and that when, not if, you come back we'd revert to our old ways. We would laugh and cry and sing and feel all those feelings we've missed so much in the last year. I'm never going to forget you, so I'm going to apologize now for not being able to go back to my Austin Moon ways. You know how I do. You were always so jealous when I went on dates with other girls. I'm sorry for putting you through that before we went out, but let's face it you did it too with Dallas. You knew I'd be jealous. Life isn't always rainbows and butterflies you know. We had to compromise and we had to jump off that cliff. If we hadn't where would we have been today? I know I wouldn't have been writing this letter to you. I might've been on a date with some random girl, who in MILLONS of years would never compare to you. She wouldn't have had as much talent as you have in your pinky finger. It's so sad that no one will ever even come close to you Als. I thought I could get over you but you know what? I'm not. I'm not even close and I never will be. I want you to know that I love you, okay? I have one last question for you. How does it feel to be the you without me?

Love, Austin