Chapter 3: Pinky Swear

3 weeks later - Ricky's POV

Today, was graduation day. The first day of the rest of our lives. I have been so ready for this day to come but now that its here, I so badly want to go back because it feels as if everything just flew by before I could even get a glimpse of it. I'm gonna miss high school. I'm gonna miss being the football star. And I'm definitely gonna miss seeing Amy everyday. She's going to Yale. I'm going to Louisiana State. I'll be 1, 448 miles away from her. I know it may not seem like a lot but its a lot for me. If I can't get to her within 10 minutes, its too far away. Graduation is in an hour. I was on my way to go pick up Amy and we had to get to the school before 11 to get lined up. Then afterwards was my graduation party. Amy's was tomorrow because we didn't wanna have them on the same day. Soon, I had pulled up in Amy's driveway. I got out and knocked on the door.

"Ames! C'mon, its 10:45!" I said while still knocking on the door. Amy's dad opened the door.

"Come in Ricky." Amy's dad said to me.

"No need. We really need to get going. Our class is probably lining up now. And you know since Amy's valedictorian, she has to be first." I said to him. He nodded.

"Amy! Hurry! Ricky's waiting and you guys really have to get going!" her dad yelled.

"I'm coming!" Amy said walking downstairs.

"C'mon Miss Valedictorian." I said smiling.

"Bye dad." Amy said kissing him on the cheek. "See you after graduation. You coming to Ricky's party right?" He nodded.

"See you guys later." he said and we walked to my car and drove to the school.

After graduation, in the parking lot with Ramy and their parents

"I can't believe you guys have graduated! I'm so proud of you two!" my mom said to us.

"That was a great speech, Amy." her mom told her. She smiled widely.

"Thank you mom." she said. I embraced Amy.

"So what's next for us?" I asked her. She grinned.

"Well college first. Then we'll get married. Get jobs and have kids. And all that good stuff." Amy said wrapping her arms around my neck. I smiled and kissed her softly. "Promise me we'll call each other everyday when we go to college."

"I promise you, we'll call each other everyday." I told her reassuringly.

"Alright lovebirds. We got a party waiting for us!" my mom said to us. They all got in the car. Amy and I took off our cap and gowns and hopped into my car.

At my house

We walked into my house and out of no where, people jumped out.

"Surprise!" they said. It was most of my friends and family. Then music was started. I pushed my way through the crowd with Amy behind me and we went into the kitchen.

"More people are here than I thought it would be." I told Amy. She smiled weakly.

"Yea. Can I just go up to your room?" she asked looking down. I lifted her chin gently.

"Why whats wrong?" I asked her.

"I'm just not feeling well." she told me as her voice cracked. I looked at her sadly but unconvinced.

"You sure?" I asked her. She nodded.

"Yea." she said. "I'll be down when I feel better."

"Okay." I told her. I kissed her lightly but quickly on the lips. She walked upstairs and I went back out in the main area of my party. I greeted everyone and they all told me congrats. All I was worried about was Amy. I hope she's okay. I grabbed a plate of chips with a hamburger and sat down on the couch. Then someone sat beside me.

"Where's Amy?" Jack asked me.

"She's upstairs in my room. She's not feeling well." I told him.

"Oh okay well, I think that's where Grace went because I can't find her." he said.

With Amy, Amy's POV

I don't why I'm feeling like this. Its not like we're not gonna stay in touch. He said we'd call each other everyday. I don't why I've let this feeling on for so long. I just need to stop thinking about this. We're gonna be okay.

"Knock knock. Its Grace." I heard her say from outside.

"Come in." I said wiping my face. She came in and closed the door. She came and sat on the bed beside me.

"Hun, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Grace asked.

"Its nothing." I said.

"C'mon Amy. You're my best friend. And I wanna know why you're crying. I mean its okay to cry but I want to know why you're crying. Its Ricky isn't it?" she asked. "Because you never cry over anything, unless its Ricky."

"I don't know if we'll survive a long distance relationship." I said quietly.

"Amy, you cannot be serious about this. I mean its you and Ricky for goodness sake." she told me. "The power couple. The couple that can get through anything."

"I don't know this time. What if he finds someone else?" I asked sobbing.

"Okay first, stop crying. Secondly, Ricky is like head over heels in love with you. Thirdly, you two have been together for a long long time, like since the ninth grade and a little before that. I doubt he'd let some other girl interfere with that." she said to me.

"I know. I just can't help but have these thoughts and doubts." I told her.

"Have you told Ricky this? About how you feel?" she asked me. I shook my head. "Well you need to. He's the only person that can get you through this. And Louisiana and New Haven is only a day and an hour away. You two really can see each other more than you think."

"Yea, that is true." I said smiling a little then I started to frown once again. "But you know how much a plane ticket costs? We can't keep going back and forth."

"Well if you keep finding excuses for this then maybe you two won't survive a long distance relationship. I'm done trying to comfort you." she said then walking out. I put my head into Ricky's pillow and started sobbing again.

With Ricky and Jack, Ricky's POV

I was still sitting on the couch waiting for Amy to come back down. I saw Grace come back down and was anxious to hear something.

"You seriously need to go talk to your girlfriend." Grace told me over the music. My face immediately clouded with worry.

"What wrong with her?" I asked.

"Don't ask me. Just go talk to her. You're the only one who can comfort her. I tried to talk to her but it didn't help." Grace said to me. I nodded and stood up. Grace sat in my spot and I went upstairs to my room. I closed the door behind me, making the music muffled. Amy was lying on my bed turned on her side. I got on my bed with her and wrapped her in my arms.

"What's wrong baby?" I asked her. She just buried her head into my chest and continued to cry. "You're gonna have to tell me. Sooner or later. You know that right?"

"I can't." she said quietly.

"Why?" I whispered.

"Because." she said.

"Ames, we tell each other everything, right? And you know you can trust me with anything, right?" I told her.

"Yes." she said.

"And you know why we tell each other everything and why we trust each other?" I asked her rhetorically.

"Because we love each other." she said still crying. I smiled a small smile.

"Yea. So just stop crying babe and tell me what's wrong. I don't like it when you cry." I told her stroking her arms. I gently wiped her tears away.

"I'm scared that we're gonna break up when we go off to college." she said. I frowned.

"Why?" I asked her.

"You might meet someone." she said. I held her hand up and kissed it.

"Why would I want another girl? I mean, seriously, who could compare to you? You're perfect." I told her, smiling.

"But what if you meet someone and she's perfect too?" she asked.

"There's only one perfect girl for me and that's you. When I first laid eyes on you, I knew you'd be the one and we'd be together forever." I told her intertwining our fingers.

"Really?" she asked as a barely apparent smiled creeped on her face.

"Really. You're my girl. Now and forever. I'm not saying we won't hit any bumps in the road but in the end, its us babe. It will forever be us." I told her. She kissed me softly on the cheek.

"You pinky swear that in the end, it'll be us?" she asked.

"I pinky swear." I said as we pinky swore.

"I don't know if this completely gets rid of the feeling I'm feeling about this long distance thing but you definitely made me feel better. Like always." she said then kissing me on the lips.

"Well that's what I aim for. But seriously, stop all of this worrying and doubting and we'll be okay." I told her. She smiled.

"Okay." she said.

"Now lets go downstairs. You're missing the party." I told her. We both stood up and walked downstairs holding hands.

So that's it for Ch. 3! Hope you enjoyed it:) Please review! I love reading reviews. So what did you think about this chapter?