-Abby's P.O.V-
A few hours later, everyone left my parents house.
"So when are you gonna leave?" I asked John while we said goodnight to everyone on the front porch.
"I was actually hoping to stay?" He said with a hopeful smile.
"Let him stay Abby!" Katie called out from behind the door.
"Alright, you can stay." I replied.
"John's staying?" Kyle asked as soon as we got back into the house.
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"Cool. John, do you wanna play some video games with us?" Kyle asked John.
"Sure, what are you guys playing right now?" John replied.
"MW3. You game for it?" Kyle's friend Justin asked.
"Anytime." John said while following the two boys into Kyle's room.
"Come on Katie, time for bed." I called out.
"But I'm not sleepy." She stated, right before she could yawn.
"Yeah, sure. Come on."
"Can you stay with me until I fall asleep?"
"Ofcourse. Go change into your PJs." I said before she could go running off to change her clothes.
5 minutes later, she came running back and jumped into my arms.
"I'm ready." She said with a big smile.
"Let's go then."
"Can I sleep in your room til' Mom and Dad get home?"
"Sure." I said while taking her up to my old room.
My parents were supposed to clean out everything, but my mom didn't have the heart to. She always said that it would be no point because she knew I would come back. I couldn't argue with her. I go back to my parents house occasionally and stay there for a few nights or so.
"I can't sleep." Katie said while lying down on my bed, as I turned off the lights and turned a night lamp on.
"Just try, love." I said after pulling a blanket over the two of us.
"But I can't. Let's talk."
"What do you want to talk about?" I said, while playing with her hair.
"Are you and John going to get married?"
"What?"
"You guys are in love aren't you?"
"Well, yeah, but I don't know."
"Why? Don't you want to marry him."
"Katie, it's not that I don't want to marry him. It's just too early for marriage."
"But you guys have been together forever!"
"Forever? Just a few years, Katie."
"Yeah okay but you guys have to get married!"
"Why do we have to?"
"So that you can have pretty babies and I can be an aunt!"
"Okay, Katie. If I promise you'll be an aunt someday, will you try to get some sleep?"
"Yes."
"Good girl. Close your eyes."
"Goodnight. I love you Abby.
"I love you too." I said while kissing her forehead.
Truth is, I don't know whether I want to get married. I love John, don't get me wrong. But I don't know what's stopping me from marrying him.
"Abby?" I heard a whisper from outside my door.
"Yeah?" I said while sitting up.
"Sleeping?"
"I'm talking to you, aren't I? Open the door."
"Hey." John put his head through the door and smiled.
"Done with MW3?"
"Yeah. They beat me." He said while shaking his head.
"John?" Katie called out.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did I wake you?" John asked.
"Nope. I was still awake. Come join us." Katie said while making place for John on the empty side of the bed next to her.
"So why can't you sleep?" John asked Katie, while getting into the bed and putting the blanket over himself.
"I dunno. I just can't." She replied.
"She refuses to try." I stated. She simply stuck her tongue out at me and cuddled upto John.
"You're so soft" John stated while she hugged him.
"So are you!" She replied.
"Sleep, my dear." I told her.
"Sing me to sleep." She turned to me with hopeful eyes.
"What day is it? And in what month? This clock never seemed so alive. I can't keep up, and I can't back down. I've been losing so much time. 'Cause there's you and me and all other people, with nothing to do; nothing to lose. And there's you and me, and all other people, and I don't know I can't keep my eyes off you.." I started singing You and Me by Lifehouse. It was the song Katie and I used to listen to when we were alone at times, and we wouldn't speak. We would just listen and hold each other. It was in those times when either one of us was sad. She started singing along slowly and softly, while John stared in awe.
"I can't keep my eyes off of you." I stopped singing and noticed Katie had fallen into a deep sleep.
"That was beautiful." John said.
"Thank you." I smiled. "You should try to get some sleep too."
"I can't."
"Why not?"
"There's way too much on my mind.. Can we talk?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"Come here." He said while getting off the bed and sitting on the floor. I followed and sat next to him and we put our backs against the bed.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing." He said plainly, and put his arm around me and pulled me closer.
"John, something's bothering you.."
"There's nothing bothering me really, I'm just thinking."
"About?"
"You."
"Me?"
"I love you. So much. You're the only person I want to grow old with. I know we're still young, but I can see both of us being with each other for the rest of our lives." He said. I held his hand in mine, gave him a quick kiss, and put my head on his shoulder, while he put his head on mine.
"I love you too."
"Promise me something?"
"Anything."
"Promise me you'll never let me go. I need you more than my next breath." He repeated the words said before we broke up.
"I promise."
