A/N- I apologize for that angry review I submitted in reply to the review about the whole punctuation thing and for my bad spelling of the word punctuation lol. I've had really angry few days so far which ended up with me getting sent off in soccer for swearing at the ref (gotta hate PMS). If next time you could please include an email address when you submit an anon review it would be much appreciated. Please enjoy the rest of the story.
Chapter 5- Farewell and Good Luck
One week after Marshall and Corrine's little talk, things had become relatively normal between them, well they were speaking at least. But somehow Scott was beginning to seem more distant, not just from Marshall or Corrine but everybody. He was quiet and tense almost all of the time and whenever his phone went he would take the call privately. By Friday night Marshall was worried and went to see what was wrong.
"Dude, it's me open up," he called as he knocked on his friend's door.
Scott came to the door, looking as though he hadn't gotten much sleep
"Hey man, what's up?" he replied
"Can I come in?" Marshall asked
"Uh…" Scott said hesitantly looking back behind his half-closed door
"I guess," he finally decided, sounding as though he had just admitted defeat.
He opened the door the rest of the way, reveling that the room was full of cardboard boxes loaded with Scott's things, his clothes were in an open suitcase and everything else was sitting on his bed waiting to packed.
"Are you going somewhere" Marshall asked confused
"Um…yeah, something's come up" Scott said quietly
"What?" Marshall asked even though he knew what was coming; it had been a huge part of Scott's life for as long as Marshall had known him.
"Mom's really bad, she's been in hospital all this week" Scott said, looking at the ground
"Dude I'm so sorry" Marshall replied sincerely, putting his hand on Scott's back
"It's ok, it's just important I be with her right now is all" Scott said a bit more strongly
"What are you going to do about Corrine?" Marshall asked
"Not sure, we were basically done for anyway" Scott answered
"Seriously?" Marshall said trying to sound calm.
"Yeah, she awesome but she's always had her mind on other things" Scott smiled
"Oh yeah?" Marshall smiled back
"Good luck man, I always knew there was something between you two" Scott laughed
"Thanks" Marshall smiled "When are you leaving?"
"I've got a 9pm flight" Scott replied
"It was good while it lasted" Marshall laughed, "I'll miss having you around"
"You too" Scott said as he pulled Marshall into a hug, not a man-hug but a proper hug that showed each of the boys that the other one cared deeply for the other.
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"Corrine!" Scott yelled down the hall as he saw Corrine walking to her room
"Hey" Corrine said back once he had ran to catch up with her
"I really need to tell you something" he said breathlessly
"I think I know what's coming, it's ok I don't mind if you want to break up I was kind of expecting it anyway" she said quietly
"It's not that, well kinda, I guess. My mom has gotten worse and I'm needed back home" Scott replied
"Oh," Corrine couldn't think of anything else to say
"I'm flying out tonight and probably not coming back" he continued
"And I need to say goodbye" he continued
Lost for words, Corrine just wrapped her arms around him. Finally, once they had broken apart she managed to whisper "Bye"
"Thanks for everything" he said, holding both her hands
"I'll miss you," she said, finding her voice
"Yeah, you too" he said, gave her another quick hug and turned to walk away.
He turned around once again, starting to walk backwards and smiled the smile that made every girl swoon. "Oh, and good luck with Marshall, I'm expecting an invitation to the wedding," he winked, turned back around, and just like that. He was gone.
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A/N- Hmm I felt this chapter could've been longer but didn't want to drag it out too long. Please review, I promise there won't be any angry replies this time. Lol.