OKAY GUYS, ALTHOUGH I WISH THIS STORY COULD GO ON FOREVER, IT JUST SIMPLY CAN'T. THIS WILL BE THE LAST CHAPTER OF THE STORY AND I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU ALL ENJOY IT. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU. WOULD IT BE AS INTERESTING IF I MADE A SEQUEL IN WHICH I MAKE A STORY OF THEM IN COLLEGE OR SHOULD I JUST FINISH WITH THIS ONE AND BE DONE WITH IT? IT'S UP TO YOU READERS. SO PLEASE, R&R AND TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK I SHOULD DO LOL. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING SO DEVOTED TO MY STORIES AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LAST ONE!!!! RANDY AND STACY FOREVER!! HAHA
The hot summer sun had slowly dipped behind the horizon as the shadow of night began to cover the pink and orange colored sky. The temperature had dropped just a tad but the air was still fairly warm. Waves crashed onto the soft white sand as the smell of a fire burning filled the night atmosphere.
"Yo Randy! I need some more wood!" Grant yelled out at his friend who was running with John to his truck to grab some more wood for their annual summer bonfire, except this time, it just wasn't the same with everyone leaving to go away to college soon.
"That fire's really going Grant." Aly commented to her boyfriend as she sat down on a bench that encircled the fire pit.
"Yeah, you guys did a good job this time." Torrie agreed, referring to last year's bonfire mishap.
"Do you remember that? When Randy and Troy added all that gasoline to it?" Stacy laughed, causing everybody else to.
"I can't believe we survived that." Julie shook her head, sitting between Jesse and Kyle.
"All I remember is a huge explosion behind me, so I looked back and like half the fire was spread all over the beach." Kyle chuckled at his two friend's adolescent stupidity.
"Got some more man." Randy said as he and John dropped a bundle of wood next to the fire.
"Dude, we were just remembering the time you and Troy practically blew up the beach last year." Jeff told Randy which caused John to almost fall over backwards from laughing.
"Holy shit! I remember that like it was yesterday." He announced as he tried to catch his breath. "You and You…" He pointed with his index finger to Troy and Randy, "Are some of the biggest idiots I've ever met."
"It was a good idea at the time alright?" Randy said as he tried to defend himself, even though he knew it was true, the idea was pretty damn dumb.
"Yeah, and besides….it had to get started somehow." Troy backed him up as he took a sip of his Red Bull and played with the sand between his toes.
"God, we've had so many memories these last four year haven't we?" Katie mentioned as she stared out at the dark blue ocean that glistened in the moonlight.
"Yeah….it's been fun at Jefferson." Torrie half smiled as she looked over at John who was sitting next to her on the bench. He wrapped her up in his arms and gave her a big hug, giving her a sweet kiss on her forehead, never wanting the night to end.
"Hey, do you guys remember when me, Aly, and Katie put all those dead bugs in Mrs. Henderson's desk back in like fifth grade?" Lindsey mentioned as everyone started cracking up at the unforgettable memory.
"That was the funniest thing I'd ever seen in my entire life." Jeff said.
"I just remember that she got so pissed off that they made some huge ass announcement about it on the TV the next morning." Stacy stated, sitting on the lap of her loving boyfriend.
"Yeah yeah yeah! And like Mr. Carter (the principle) was like, 'You kids these days need some structure and discipline in your lives so from now on, any mess ups will result in detentions,' Which I thought was hilarious because first of all, we were in fifth grade and I don't remember ever getting a detention in elementary school, and secondly, the fact that he was actually backing up Mrs. Henderson who is probably the biggest bitch I've ever met was unbelievable since just about everybody hated her."
Everyone laughed and couldn't help but concur with what Randy had said, except for Grant. "I actually liked Mrs. Henderson. She always loved me for some reason."
"Do you ever remember her touching you in an inappropriate way Grant?" John asked concerned but highly sarcastically, like he was some fake social worker.
"Shut the fuck up asshole." Grant said as he just laughed it off and shook his head.
"Hey, does anybody want marshmallows?" Aly asked as she grabbed a bag of white fluffy marshmallows, setting them down on the bench.
"Ooh ooh I want some." Jesse said as he reached over, grabbing a stick from the wood pile and placing a marshmallow on the end of it.
As everybody got their marshmallows and continued to talk, the feeling of friendship and unity soon enveloped them all, causing some people to almost get teary eyed. Jokes, old memories, recent memories, fun times, past surprises, exotic vacations, and random stories were the main conversation between everybody that night, never once causing a dull moment. However, the reality of everyone leaving each other really hit them all as the time for the bonfire to be extinguished was drawing near.
"Well, I hate to disturb this fun time we're all having but…my flight for Texas is early tomorrow morning so…I gotta get some rest." Jesse mentioned as everyone's faces soon turned from joyful to gloomy, knowing that once one person left, everybody else would slowly begin to leave as well.
"Awww we're gonna miss you so much Jesse." Stacy sadly said as she gave her friend a big hug like he was a giant teddy bear.
"Hey Jesse, could you possibly give me a ride back to my house? Julie brought me but her house isn't really close to mine so…" Katie asked from across the bonfire.
"Yeah sure." Jesse smiled as he continued to receive goodbyes and hugs from everybody.
"Katie? You're leaving too?" Torrie asked, not wanting her hilarious longtime friend to leave either.
"Yeah. I gotta finish packing cause my flight leaves tomorrow night so…" She answered disappointedly. "I hate leaving!"
Everybody sort of laughed but couldn't have agreed more on what she said. They were all beginning to miss each other so much, although ironically everyone was still there.
"I'm gonna miss you so much Katie." Julie stated as a few tears ran down her face while giving her friend a long hug, which resulted in pretty much all of the other girls crying too.
"You ready?" Jesse asked Katie as she nodded her head and walked next to him.
"Take care you guys! We love you!" Aly shouted as they walked up to the parking lot through the sand, waving back to everybody and screaming goodbyes.
"This is so damn hard." Torrie declared as she sat back down next to John, resting her head on his muscular shoulder, listening to the sniffles that cloaked the bonfire.
Soon after, more people left, causing tears and goodbyes to become more frequent. Julie and Lindsey left shortly after Katie and Jesse. Then Jeff, Troy, and Kyle departed which left Grant, Aly, Randy, Stacy, John, and Torrie to tend to the bonfire.
"So whose car are we taking tomorrow to the airport?" Torrie asked as everyone looked over at Grant who had the large SUV which was perfect for everybody's luggage.
"We'll just take my car." Grant assured them all, holding onto his brunette girlfriend just a little bit tighter, knowing that tomorrow he was going to have to do one of the hardest things he'd ever have to do in his entire life, say goodbye to his girlfriend for the last time.
"Stace. I dare you to run out into the water bare-naked right now!" Randy dared his blonde girlfriend, trying to lighten up the mood a little bit, but Stacy just shook her head and giggled.
"Like hell I'm gonna do that." She simply answered like he was crazy, even though he was sort of crazy; crazily in love with her.
"Come on," He whined even though he knew she wasn't gonna do it, "It'll be funny."
"It would be funny until I'd come out with pneumonia which probably wouldn't go over real well my first week of college."
Randy just chuckled at his girlfriend's humor, loving everything about her at that moment. She wore her hair in a wavy beachy ponytail with a pair of short khaki shorts, a pair of white Abercrombie flip flops, and a yellow Jefferson Cougars sweatshirt. Her beautiful brown eyes were extenuated by her black eyeliner and mascara along with the amber and red flames of the fire.
She half smiled and looked into his eyes now, admiring his handsome features and absolutely adorable face. He wore a pair of baggy khaki shorts, a white Billabong long sleeve shirt, and a black Hurley hat with black flip flops to match. He was looking extra sexy which definitely turned on Stacy, making her ponder on the thought of them doing it for a third time that day.
"You guys' flight is at eleven, right?" Grant asked the four, soon to be, University of Maryland freshmen.
"Yeah. So we should get there at like 9:30 just so we can get through security and not have to wait in a huge ass line." John suggested.
"Yeah that sounds about right." Grant agreed as he looked back at his girlfriend and smiled, admiring her beauty.
"Well…I think we should call it a night." Randy proposed, seeing as though it was eleven o'clock and everyone needed to get a good night's sleep for the long flight tomorrow.
"Yeah I agree." John said as he started to kick sand onto the fire to extinguish it.
The girls just collected all of the blankets and food that were there and the guys carried the heavy coolers and chairs to the cars.
"Alright. We'll see you guys in the morning." Grant and Aly pronounced out of the silver SUV's window.
"Alright. Later you guys." The remaining four answered back as Grant pushed on the gas pedal and sped out of the sandy parking lot.
"Night baby." Stacy softly spoke to her boyfriend with her arms wrapped tightly around his strong neck.
"Night." He smiled back, giving her a small sweet kiss, causing butterflies to envelop both of their stomachs.
"You coming man?" John shouted to Randy from inside his truck, since he and Torrie had already said their goodbyes.
"Yeah I'm coming." Randy answered as he looked back at Stacy and gave her one last kiss. "I'll see you tomorrow sweetheart."
"Kay." She said as she unraveled her arms from around his neck and got into Torrie's BMW.
"Don't have too many dreams about me now." Randy arrogantly said as Stacy just shook her head and rolled her eyes.
And with that, Torrie pulled out of the parking lot, leaving the California beach for the last time and leaving John and Randy to do the exact same thing just moments later.
LAX Airport
"Please please please text me tonight when you get in okay?" Grant begged Aly as he held her in his arms, not wanting to budge from that position.
"Alright." Aly answered back with tears falling down her face, causing her eyes to turn pink.
"We'll be okay Aly. I promise." He assured her as he gave her one last hug and a passionate farewell kiss.
During their goodbye, Randy and Stacy had walked a little ways away from their friends just so they could talk in private for a moment. But Stacy was far from fine as she tried to hold back the tears that were continuously rolling down her soft tan cheeks. She raked her hand through her wavy beachy blond hair in frustration, since this was the last moment she would be with her boyfriend for an abnormally long amount of time.
Her heart was pounding rapidly, anticipating the last quick moment in which she would see her boyfriend's handsome face for the last time as she continued through security and down the long walkway towards her gate. The fear of not having him around was chewing away at her bit by bit. How was she going to be able to live like this for such a long time? How could she be apart from the one person that she loved the most in this world?
"Stacy. I know this is gonna be tough….and….I know that….this is really gonna suck," he said, sort of making her giggle although she was far from happy at the moment. "But I want you to know something. I love you more than you'll ever know. And….I will be here for you as long as I live okay?" His eyes started to tear and he began to get slightly choked up but he tried to suck it up as best he could. "You are my everything. And when I say everything……I mean everything. You're all that matters to me Stacy and that will never change, no matter what happens. You're my angel."
Stacy couldn't keep it together after that. She was so deeply in love with this guy that it felt like someone was ripping out her heart and pushing her off of a cliff at that exact instant. She knew he was deeply in love with her and she knew that he wasn't lying about what he had just said. The butterflies invaded her stomach once more as she looked intensely into his baby blue eyes, the eyes that made her melt.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and cried profusely into his neck and collarbone, damping his blue shirt quite a bit, but he didn't care. He gave her a sweet kiss on top of her head, smelling the sweet scent of raspberry shampoo that he was badly going to miss.
She lifted her head back up to peer into his eyes once more. Ever so slowly, he dipped his head and captured her lips with his. But it wasn't a sexy, exotic, tongue wrestling kiss. It was a soft, sweet, passionate, and extraordinarily romantic kiss that truly sealed the love they both shared for one another. Stacy didn't want to break it off, not even for a split second, but she knew she had to, she knew she needed to. She finally broke off the amazingly tender kiss, sniffling and trying to wipe away her tears.
"Don't cry Stace alright? It'll be okay. Trust me." Randy confidently assured her one last time as he hugged her once more and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He grabbed her hand once they broke away, giving her his sexy smile which always made her feel better, and walked with her to their other four friends.
"Take care of yourselves alright duschbags?" John asked jokingly as his two guy friends just laughed it off and each gave him a manly hug.
"Let me know how the partying is out there alright man?" Grant asked as John nodded his head and looked at his two best friends.
"I'm gonna miss your asses." Torrie said crying, which made everybody sort of laugh even though she didn't. "You boys take care of yourselves okay? And by the way…" She began to whisper as she leaned in closer to their ears which were practically right beside her mouth, "You two better be faithful to them or else I'll come back out here and cut off your balls okay?"
Randy and Grant's face were laced with fear but then again, they knew that Torrie had nothing to worry about and that she was always kidding about that stuff anyways, hopefully.
"We promise Tor." Randy smirked as Torrie just smiled back at him and Grant, giving them one last big hug.
"I love you guys." She said one last time, biting down on her lip to try not to cry.
"You guys have a good flight alright?" Grant stated as Aly gave him one last hug and kiss, so badly not wanting to let go.
"I love you." She said.
"I love you too." He answered with a cute little smile. "Just text me when you get there alright?"
Aly just giggled at how persistent he was about her texting him, but she just smiled and nodded her head, soon turning her slight smile to an unwanted frown.
"Everything will be alright sweetheart. I promise." Randy softly spoke with his forehead pressed up against Stacy's.
She just stood there, her arms wrapped tightly once again around his neck, wanting him so badly to just say, 'No! You can't go! You have to stay!' but she knew he wouldn't do that. She knew that he wanted the best for her and the best for her now was to go. Her sniffles and tears made Randy want to just hold her forever, but that wouldn't be possible. He just lowered his head and gave her a small sweet kiss, tasting her lips for the final time.
Stacy just held onto him as tightly as possible until they both mutually ended the kiss. "I love you so much Randy." She whispered with her eyes still closed, not wanting to look into his eyes or else she'd start crying all over again.
"And I love you Stacy." He smiled back, placing a soft kiss on her cheek and finally letting her go. "Have fun out there alright?"
Stacy could barely look at him without a wave of complete depression and misery taking over her. But she tried to act strong as she gave him a half smile, making her way through security and to the other side where the rest of her friends were.
"It'll be okay Stace. I promise." Torrie confidently assured her, as the four of them looked back at their two friends and waved goodbye, before slowly turning around and heading down the long concord towards their departure gate.
"You ready man?" Grant asked Randy as he stood there still looking past the security and towards the direction of where his girlfriend had just left.
He looked over at his friend and took a deep breath. "Yeah man. Let's go."
And with that, the two guys slowly headed off to the parking garage, got into Grant's SUV, and drove back silently to the place they called home.
An hour later…
She leaned her head against the plane window, watching the soft white clouds pass by as if they were moving and the plane was standing still. She looked back inside where she peered down the aisle and saw Torrie holding onto John as they rested in each other's arms, noticing how much they really did love each other and how nice it must be for them to both be going to the same college.
But the memories of Randy and herself soon interrupted that thought, causing her to look back out the window and look down at the ground below her, wishing that she could just get off right now and go back and rush into his big muscular arms that kept her safe and warm whenever she needed somebody.
All of a sudden, a song came on her iPod that surprised her; You Get Me by Michelle Branch. She smiled and immediately thought about Randy's face and his everlasting smile, his gentle and caring heart, her love for him and his love for her. The last of her tears stopped dead in their tracks right then and there, as she just smiled a little bit wider, realized that everything was going to be okay, and finally looked forward to landing in College Park where she'd be living for the next four years as a legitimate college student.
The End
I REALLY HOPED THAT YOU ENJOYED READING THIS STORY AS MUCH AS I DID WRITING IT. BUT PLEASE, R&R AND PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK I SHOULD DO! LOL EITHER CONTINUE WITH A SEQUEL, OR LEAVE IT. THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU READERS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT!