Sorry for such a long wait! This is the second last chapter! I will hopefully have the final chapter up later tonight, I just have to go over it again! Sorry for such a short chapter. The next one will make up for it! :)
Chapter Nine
"Last night was..."
"Phenomenal."
Clare laughed as she kissed my lips.
Today was our final day in Miami.
Last night we had all went out to party and we all got pretty bad hangovers.
Marc had decided to spend the night at Lowes with Darcy, which Clare and I did not mind.
She had come to spend the night with me in my hotel.
It was weird realizing that we were all going home.
I didn't have a doubt in my mind that Clare and I would be able to stay together.
Same for Darcy and Marc, they seemed the happiest when together.
The girls' flight was leaving at 7 am tomorrow morning, but the shuttle was picking them up from their hotel at 3:30am
Our flight didn't leave until noon tomorrow.
By the time Marc and I land and get back on the road to head home, Clare and Darcy would have already been home for a while.
The next time I would see Clare, would be in Toronto.
It's hard to picture Clare in the big city, I pictured her more as just on the outskirts, which really she was, but her job was in Yorkville Mall as a sales manager.
It never occurred to me how well she managed her time between school, work, and seeing her family every other weekend.
"You had better make sure you call me tomorrow night." Clare smiled, snuggling into my side.
I kissed the top of her head.
"You had better pick up when I call."
"I can't believe we leave tomorrow." She whispered.
"Well, we had fun, didn't we?"
"We did." Clare nodded. "We had lots of fun."
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"I mean it, Eli!" Clare said, her face serious.
I held either side of her face and looked into her eyes.
I kissed her lips softly and smiled.
"I promise I will call right when I'm home."
Clare nodded slowly. "Okay."
"Just don't go finding any boyfriends for the 6 hours I wont see you." I smirked.
Clare rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Don't go finding any girls, Mr Goldsworthy."
I pulled her into a hug.
Her curls had fallen from her hair, makin it wavy.
She wrapped her arms around my waist as we squeezed each other good bye.
I looked over at Marc and Darcy.
He was holding her, just as I was holding Clare.
He looked like he was ... about to cry.
I tried to contain my amusement.
Darcy lived in Downtown Toronto in a condo she shared with her girlfriend.
However, Darcy was going with her parents back to Wasaga so she could finish her volunteering at a youth camp.
Although she would only be gone for 3 weeks, Marc treated it like 3 years.
He didn't own a car and Darcy wasn't bringing hers since she was staying with her parents.
Have they ever heard of the internet?
I sighed deeply and released Clare.
She needed to go catch her flight.
"I'll see you soon, alright?" I smiled.
Clare nodded and stood on her tippy toes to kiss me.
"I'll see you soon." She smiled.
"You all set to go?" Darcy asked coming towards us with Marc behind her.
His eyes were looking red and watery now.
Who knew there was a sappy man under all that?
"Yeah." Clare smiled.
"It was nice meeting you Eli. I had a blast with you guys for the past few weeks." Darcy said, coming up to hug me around the shoulders.
I gently hugged her back.
"You too. You better keep Marc in line." I said.
Darcy laughed and pulled away from me. "Don't worry, he's a good guy."
I looked over to Marc who was handing something to Clare.
Clare and him laughed as they quickly hugged goodbye.
Darcy walked over to him and gave him one last kiss.
"Right when you land, call me." Darcy smiled.
Clare looked over at me and smiled as her and Darcy pulled away with their suitcases behind them.
Marc waved goodbye.
He sighed heavily as they went climbed into the shuttle.
I hit Marc on the back.
"Common man, let's go grab some drinks while we still can."
He nodded slowly as we made our way back to the hotel.
"Hey, what did you give Clare?" I asked him.
"Nothing." He shrugged.
I glared over at him.
His eyes were gleaming in the moonlight.
He was really choked up about saying goodbye to Darcy.
When we got to the hotel we went straight to the bar.
We went to the 24 hours snack bar and grabbed some drinks then headed to sit by the pool.
No one was swimming right now.
In fact, no one even seemed to be alive.
It was just us, both thinking about the two girls we had put onto a plane and kissed good bye.
Only a few hours apart.
It wouldn't be the end of the world.
Maybe for Marc.
However, I knew that Clare and I would find a way to work everything out.
We had to.
Taadaaa ! Not too exciting. But I will have the next chapter up soon! Promise! :)
