A.N: Yes, Nicole and the family know that he is going to New York with Amanda, but Ms. Bloom doesn't. I'm SO SORRY for the long wait. I was out of town, then had food poisoning, then I spent 2 nights on it for over 4 hrs each and it is finally up!! Again I'm SO SORRY for the wait. There wil be part 2 of the story coming later! I hope you have enjoyed my first ever fanfiction!

Chapter 16: Departure

"Amanda wake up…" Ms. Bloom whispered to her daughter as she gently shook her shoulders. Amanda groaned and she rolled over in bed.

"Honey, you have to get up. It's Friday." Ms. Bloom said a bit louder. And on that note, Amanda sprung up from her bed and onto her feet.

"Okay that's better Amanda…What do you want for breakfast?"

"Bacon, eggs, and a waffle would make my day." Amanda said with a smile. She only did it so that she would have enough time to sneak over to Kyle's house.

"Okay honey, you get dressed while it's cooking." Ms. Bloom said as she walked out the door. But Amanda didn't, she propped her chair underneath her doorknob and slipped out her window.

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"Kyle, its time to wake up. Today's the big day."

"5 more minutes…" Kyle moaned as he pulled up his covers.

"Okay 5 more minutes." Nicole whispered as she shut the door.

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Amanda's thoughts I hope Kyle is up; I really want to talk to him. Hey, why is his window open this early in the morning? Well now that I think about it, it's really hot right now. I walked up to his window and quietly slipped in. I then saw that he was in his tub sleeping. End

Kyle's thoughts As I was dozing off, I felt like someone was there in my room with me. I didn't know whom, so I listened to their heartbeat. It was Amanda. End

She sat down at the edge of his tub and just stared at him, looking at his motionless body. Then he opened his eyes.

"I thought you were here." Kyle said as he patted next to him, inviting Amanda to join him.

"Really? Wow!" Amanda giggled as she sat down in his tub right in front of him.

"I hope it's not this hot in New York! I don't think I could survive in heat any hotter than this." Amanda said as she fanned herself with her hand.

"It's going to cool down soon; it's almost the end of summer. It just flew by. I was going through some old pictures from the last day of school and you hair was so much shorter." Kyle said.

"Yeah, I've been trying to grow it out. Do you like it this long?"

"Mmm, of course." Kyle said as he twisted an end of her hair in his fingers.

"Okay, I have some good news and some bad news. Do you want the good or the bad first?"

"Good."

"The good news is… my mom still doesn't know and everything is going smoothly." Amanda smiled. "That's great news!" Kyle said as he took her hands and gave Amanda a kiss.

"Now the bad news…Okay, I talked to the dorm leader and we won't be together. I'm in dorm 11 and you're in dorm 12. But at least our dorms are next to each other." Amanda said, trying to not sound like everything would be terrible.

"That's sort of good…" Kyle said, trying to think of a way he could make Amanda as happy as could be.

"8:07" Kyle said as he looked Amanda in her eyes.

"Huh? I was gonna ask you what time- whoa, I guess you really are the mind reader!" Amanda giggled. "I have to go before my mom finds out I snuck out."

"Gate 32 at two o'clock." Kyle reminded himself.

"Correct." She smiled as he helped her out of his tub. "Love you baby." She kissed him softly.

"Love you." Kyle replied to the girl of his dreams.

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"Okay I have to let you go now. Call me when you land?" Ms. Bloom said as they stood at the security checkpoint at the airport.

"I will, I will." Amanda said s she gave her mom a big hug.

"Okay, well good luck sweetie." Ms. Bloom said as her daughter walked away and onto the other side where she could no longer follow her. A single tear dropped onto the floor.

"Bye mom." Amanda said, feeling kind of empty leaving her mother like this.

"Bye…" Ms. Bloom waved. She turned towards big double doors that lead her outside and walked away.

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"Okay Kyle, here is your bag, your extra shoes, your hair products, your-" Nicole said as she handed a whole bunch of bags to Kyle.

"Nichole!" Kyle interrupted as he tried to calm her down.

"Sorry, it's just I've never had one of my babies leave me before." Nicole said

"I'll be back. A semester isn't that long, a little over 172,880 minutes." Kyle told her.

"Okay. Call me when you guys land." Nichole stated

"I promise I will. I love you Nicole…" Kyle gave her the biggest hug he has ever given. Bigger than any of them he has given Amanda or anyone else. Nichole pulled away and wiped the tears off her face.

"Good luck Kyle." Nicole mumbled as he walked away.

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Amanda sat her bags down and took a seat at gate 32. She looked her watch as it struck 2:00. And when she looked up, there was Kyle standing in front of her with the biggest smile ever.

"Hey Amanda." He smiled. She jumped in his arms and lifted her feet off the ground.

"I'm so excited Kyle!"

"Oh you don't know how excited I am. I've never been on a plane before but I've read a lot about them.

"Its going to be amazing Kyle! I can't wait!"

"I looked at our tickets, and our flight doesn't leave for another 45 minutes; do you want to look around?"

"Yeah! Sounds great!"

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"Awww! This place is so cute!" Amanda squealed as she sprinted into a little gift shop. "Look at these Kyle!" Amanda continued as she held up many tiny bears.

"Those are sweet! Which one do you like most? I'll buy it for you." Kyle said as he examined a polka-dot bear.

"This one." Amanda said as she picked up a bear; just about 10 inches long and it was white with little red hearts all over it. "His name is Baby." Amanda stated as she lifted up the tag that revealed his name.

"It's perfect." Kyle smiled. Then the intercom came on and said:

"Flight 734 to New York City is now boarding at Terminal A, gate 32."

"Oh crap!" Amanda said as she put her bag over her shoulder and jogged down the hall back to the terminal. "Hurry Kyle!"

"I'm coming!" Kyle called from behind her.

"Here." Amanda panted, handing the person behind the counter their tickets.

"Thank you, Miss Bloom and Mr. Trager." The ticket agent said.

"Come on Kyle." Amanda said as she gently held Kyle's hand and walked down the long tunnel. "Oh yeah Kyle!"

"Yes what is it?

"I call window seat!" Amanda giggled.

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"4-A and B? 4-A and B? Ah! Here're our seats!" Amanda mumbled to herself as she plopped down in the window seat.

"Your mom gave you first class? Wow." Kyle smiled as he lifted the bags up into the over-head carrier.

"She only did it because she knew how pissed I would be, and I guess she was right!"

"Well at least she was thinking about you…"

"Yeah… right. Well here we go!" Amanda exclaimed as she took Kyle's hand and felt the gravity push against her body as the plane tilted up and lifted off the ground.

"Whoa! I have a weird feeling in my stomach." Kyle smiled.

"It's okay, it's a good feeling." Amanda squeezed her hand tighter.

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Kyle twisted in his seat to look at Amanda. She was peering out the window and at the little ants on the ground. He got a brief thought of inspiration.

"Amanda?" Kyle whispered and she turned around.

"Yeah?"

"Are you okay?" Kyle asked as he put up the armrest so he could scoot closer.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Why?" Amanda said as she slightly tilted her head to the right.

"Oh, it's nothing. Just want to make sure your okay. That's all." Kyle said. She scooted closer and kissed his cheek gently.

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Kyle was half way asleep and Amanda grabbed a Sour Patch Kid from her bag. She smiled and tossed it at his head. It tumbled down into his lap. Kyle rolled over and returned a smile to her.

"My favorite." Kyle laughed. He pretended to take a bite, but tossed it back at her.

"Ahh!" Amanda squealed. She grabbed another one and threw it at him. This time he caught it with one hand; then he ate it. Amanda giggled.

A flight attendant walked down the isle and turned to face them. "Miss, you are getting quite loud. If you would, please quiet down."

"Sorry." Amanda whispered. When she walked off, Amanda scrunched down in her seat and laughed.

"If you wouldn't mind, can I draw you?" Kyle asked, eyes wide.

"Oh, of course."

He pulled up his paper and crayons and she looked out the window into the distance.

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"Tat, tat, tat, tat." Went Kyle's crayons; making dots one by one on a piece of paper.

"Almost done. I bet you're getting bored just sitting there." Kyle said as he finally looked up.

"Actually I'm fine." Amanda said, tying not to move.

"Okay. Here it is." Kyle said as he wiped of the residue from the broken crayons he used.

"Oh my god, Kyle. This is amazing! You even got the sunset in the background and everything!" She kissed him and pulled away when she heard this:

"Ladies and Gentleman, we have now arrived at New Your City airport. Be sure to set all your clocks forward 3 hours and I hope you have the time of your lives in the Big Apple. "