We tried to make the rest of this day as fun as possible considering we didn't really have the slightest clue when we would be able to see each other again. The four of us got back into the vehicle and decided that we would spend the rest of our time in Niagara Falls, since the boy's haven't really been out of the town.
We drove down the highway, blasting the music. Rachel and Max sat in the back of the car this time while Josh and I sat in the front. Josh wouldn't let me drive, so to be difficult I refused to hold his hand while I stared out the window. Our usual play fights.
When we finally arrived in Niagara Falls, we pulled into a parking lot behind a hotel and began walking around. The plan was to go into as many attractions as possible and then have dinner.
Josh walked over to me and gripped my hand before looking down at me.
"Want a piggy back ride love?" He asked, smiling brightly.
I nodded as he bent down and I jumped on his back. He held me close as we walked to catch up with Max and Rachel who were walking hand in hand down the street.
We walked a couple blocks before coming up to a haunted house.
"Let's do it! Let's do it!" Max chanted, nearly jumping up and down like a little boy in a candy shop.
Josh gently placed me down on the ground and pulled me close to his side.
"Can we please!?" He looked at me, his smile as wide as Max's.
Rachel and I exchanged a glance; neither of us seemed overly thrilled to go into a haunted house but if it made them happy…
"Fine," I sighed, my face unsure as my hand met Josh's. We all walked up to pay to get in and then went inside.
It was extremely dark and the sound effects played loudly over a PA system. Max and Josh would occasionally jokingly push each other and crack jokes along the way. For the first little while it didn't seem to be that bad until the employees started grabbing at your feet. There were smaller hallways, we turned down one of them and ended up getting chased by a guy and a chain saw. I ran with Rachel, screaming until we found a safe zone. Max and Josh were behind us, slowly catching up, laughing.
When they managed to catch up to them I lightly punched Josh in the shoulder. I hated haunted houses and was almost allowing my emotions to get the best of me. I felt like I was going to cry, as I began to hyperventilate, Josh pulled me towards him in a tight hug.
"Shh, shh baby its okay" He whispered in my ear, as his hand rubbed my lower back.
"I want to get out of here. I want to find a chicken door." I said as I started to pull away.
"Let me go with you." He volunteered and pulled me closer.
"I want to stay" Max complained before looking at Rachel. "You won't leave me right?" he smiled
"I guess not…" she said nervously before taking his hand and heading off to find the main exit.
Josh and I walked hand in hand down another hallway; at the end of it we found a chicken door. I opened it and was greeted by the fresh air. We stood outside waiting for the other. Roughly ten minutes later they came out of the exit.
We continued to walk the around for a while longer, checking out some of the museums and gift shops before we decided that we'd go for a quick bite of food. We stopped at Subway and grabbed some food.
Once we had finished eating, we sat down on a bench to relax before deciding to do something else.
"Actually girls, we've got a surprise for you." Josh smiled and pulled some pieces of paper out of his pocket.
"Josh and I, we paid for us all to go on the sky wheel!" Max said as he pulled Rachel closer to his side.
We walked hand in hand to the sky wheel before getting into it. By this time the sun had mostly set. Max and Rachel had got in a separate booth than me and Josh. Once inside, I sat down next to Josh, snuggling into his lap. As the fairiswheel began to take off and we slowly approached the top, fireworks had started to go off over the falls.
The view from here was brilliant, it was the perfect moment and I wouldn't have wanted to spend it with anyone else. Josh looked down at me with such love as he kissed me sweetly.
"I'm really going to miss you. I hope you know that. I'm so used to having someone to snuggle with and now you'll be gone love." He whispered sadly as he grabbed my hand gently.
"I'll miss you too, but you know you'll see me soon." I said reassuringly. "Let's take a picture yeah? Something for you to set as your phone background, something for you to look at." I laughed as he handed me his iPhone. He placed one of his hands under my chin and kissed me softly as I took the picture.
"See? We're pretty cute." I said playfully and leaned my head against his shoulder.
"Mostly you love," He laughed and set the picture as his phone background and then texting it to me.
We sat there together in silence, wrapped in each other's arms and enjoying the view of the city. Occasionally we would glance up at each other and smile. But for now I tried to focus on the fact that he was here in this moment with me, holding me tightly in his arms where I seemed to fit so perfectly. It was like I was meant to be there and I wouldn't have asked for a better moment. Though everything in this moment was perfect I still had to try my hardest to ignore the fact that in the next twenty four hours he would be on his way back to the UK.