"Allie, Hurry Up!" Anne Hamilton called loudly through the halls of the house they had rented. The maids were running around busily trying to gather up all the items for last minute packing. She climbed the stairs carefully, making sure that her dress did not catch in the shoes she wore; she turned towards her daughter's bedroom and went in. The maids were hurriedly pulling dresses out of the cupboards, the household was running late that day and they had to leave in an hour.

"Allie!" She called, making her way round the room, careful not to step on any of the boxes on the floor. She turned towards one of the maids, "Where is my daughter?"

The maid shrugged and curtsied respectfully. Anne nearly cried out in exasperation as she noticed the window was open. Anne knew she was going to have problems getting Allie to leave. She'd spent the whole of spring and most of winter with the boy. Anne knew that it wasn't a schoolgirl crush, it was more than that. She also knew though, that it if they didn't leave today, her daughter might never end up leaving.

"Tell her when she gets back to get ready as fast as she can!" She called back to the maid as she rushed outside to help with the stripping of the beds.

"I have to go." Allie murmured quietly, not daring to open her eyes just yet. She leant back further and wrapped Noah's arms around her a bit more.

"I know." He responded sadly, neither one made a move to get up from where they were leaning against the Oak tree in the park. The afternoon air was still crisp from where winter had passed but warm enough to be able to sit out in it. Allie knew she should be getting home soon; she and her mother were due to leave for Southampton at seven o'clock that evening.

"I really have to go Noah." She said quietly sitting up straight, turning around to look at Noah, his eyes were open and he was looking sadly at her.

"I'll walk you home." He responded, standing up behind her and extending his hand out to her. She took it, smiling gratefully up at him and stood next to him. She glanced around at the park; it was emptier than it was when she and Noah had first come, a couple of hours earlier. She realized that this was probably the last time she would ever come to this park, well perhaps she would come here when she was older, but that wouldn't be for a long time. She linked arms with Noah as they made their way from the shaded area underneath the tree. As the passed the entrance and stepped into the expensive area of town, Noah immediately straightened up, imitating those couples walking past him. Allie dissolved into a fit of giggles at this. The posh couples started to look strangely at her; kind of like that she didn't belong there. She put on her serious face and straightened up to her unimpressive height of 5'2", she gave them a look saying that she did. They entered the gated community that Allie was staying in and she saw straight ahead the gates that led into the property that the Hamilton's had rented. He didn't want to walk her all the way up to her door, for he was afraid that Anne Hamilton would take her daughter in before he had had a chance to say goodbye. He was just going to pretend that they were saying goodbye and that he would see her the next day, like he had done for the past few months. He stopped just inside of the gates where he could see the stables to his right and the garage of their large, expensive cars on the left. These made him feel worse, just seeing all the things that she was used to upset him. He would never be able to give her everything she wanted or everything she was used to.

"Noah?" Allie called, breaking him out of the world of his own that he had buried himself in. He shook his head and turned away from the horses. She smiled sadly at him, the tear beginning to fill up in her own eyes. Noah looked away; he couldn't bear it if she began to cry. She gently tilted his face back towards her, he saw that the tears stayed in their places, she was refusing to let them fall, for fear of not being able to stop if she did.

"Allie..." Noah trailed off not knowing what to say, what could he say? He had fallen in love with this girl, and now she was leaving, he knew there was no chance of him ever getting out of London.

"Noah, I Love You." Allie said sadly, smiling weakly through the tears, threatening dangerously to fall. She hastily wiped her eyes on the back of her hand. She hadn't planned on telling him that, knowing that it would just make parting worse.

"I love you too Al." Noah said, he pulled her towards him and lifted her up pressing their foreheads together. He closed his eyes, wishing for time to stop and to stay in that moment forever. He only opened his eyes when heard the faint sound of a sob, pulling back slightly, he saw that Allie's eyes too were shut, but every now and again tears would leak out and she would whimper.

"Allie." Noah said, setting her back on her feet, "Allie, no, please don't cry, don't cry. I love you Allie, come on, stop now." He wiped her eyes gently on the sleeve of his shirt.

"Noah, I don't want to go." She said looking up at him, her eyes were red from her crying and tears were streaking her cheeks.

"I don't want you to go either, but it's not like we'll never see each other again." He lied, he knew there was no hope of ever meeting Allie Hamilton again; but he lied just so she would stop crying, "I'll move back out and we can visit each other, when you're a famous artist."

"Really?" She asked, her eyes showing a glimmer of hope that Noah knew would be crushed when he never came, "I mean, you'll really come and visit me, when I have a job and all?"

"Of course."

She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly to her. He took this opportunity to remember every last detail he could, the way her hair felt against his cheek, the way it smelt in the morning, afternoon and evening. The way her arms would hold onto him as if she was leaving him forever. He knew that she was but she'd always held him like that.

"Allie?" A voice called. He recognized the voice, it was her Mother's. Anne Hamilton, he'd never got onto well with her, she seemed to think that he was trash. Poor white trash. He knew he wasn't much more but to hear someone say hit him hard.

"Noah, I have to go." Allie mumbled into his neck. He nodded and released her. Anne Hamilton came around the corner just as they had parted. She gave Noah a sorrowful look before taking her daughter by the hand and leading her back up to the manor. Allie turned back and waved to him. He waved back, timidly; she laughed silently and blew him a kiss. He pretended to catch it and throw it back. She mouthed something to him, but he couldn't quite make out what she was saying.

'I love you'

He caught on quick and replied hurriedly, they soon would be turning into the path away from him. She said one final thing before disappearing from his view.

'Don't forget about me Noah'

How could he, she was imprinted in his brain forever, he wouldn't be surprised if she was all he thought about for the rest of his life. He sometimes thought it may have been better if he could forget about her. He was lost, he didn't know what to do, so he sat and waited for the car to drive past, on its way to Southampton, perhaps maybe so he could get one last look at the girl who had stolen his heart but hadn't given it back.

Allie Hamilton.