Chapter 22
The Big Time Rush boys, June, and Jo were all staring at the phone. Finally it rang and Jo jumped up and answered it.
"I got the part!" Jo said. Everyone jumped up in celebration.
"It's a three year movie deal?" Jo said. Everyone cheered again.
"It's shooting in New Zealand?" Jo said. Everyone looked shocked, except Carlos who cheered again. Everyone looked from Jo to Kendall, back to Jo.
"Oh lord." June said. Jo finished her call and hung up.
"You're going to New Zealand for three years?" Kendall asked.
"Well I don't know, my manager has to look over my contract with New Town High." Jo said. "So I might not even go."
"Oh okay." Kendall said. June shifted nervously in her seat. Looking from James, to her purse, where she had the letter. It had been 2 weeks since Prom, and June was officially James' girlfriend. She got the letter the day before prom, but had completely forgot about it all during the day of prom.
"What's the matter?" James asked as he sat down next to June. She jumped.
"Oh uh, I'm going to miss Jo if she leaves." June said. Jo gave her a look that said "you didn't tell him?!". June hadn't told James yet about the letter, but she told Jo. June shook her head at Jo and looked down. June looked back up and kissed James passionately. He was surprised for a second, but then kissed back. Jo left to go to a meeting with her manager and the boys left as soon as they saw tongue.
June finally pulled away when she needed air. They were both gasping.
"What was that for?" James asked. "Not that I didn't like it, just wondering."
"Uh, I just wanted to?" June said, more like asked. "I just really love you and I would hate if I had to move away for 3 years."
"I really love you too June." James said and kissed her again.
"So are you going?" June asked Jo. They were sitting in Jo's room.
"I don't think so, I can get out of my contract, but I don't think I want to leave Kendall. It's three years. No relationship can survive that." Jo said.
"You should go." June said. "James and I were separated for 2 years, and then another year here, and now were dating again! True love will find a way."
"Speaking of James, you didn't tell him, did you?" Jo asked. June looked down.
"I'm scared too. We just got together, I don't want our relationship to end." June said.
"Well it's not like you cheated or anything, it's just an internship." Jo said. June sighed.
"In Florida." June said.
"Well you're telling me to go for it with this movie, why don't you go for this internship?" Jo asked.
"I'm going for sure, I'm just scared to tell James. He was so excited for this summer. He said that we could all sorts of stuff because I was going to be off school." June said.
"When do you leave?" Jo asked.
"Day after tomorrow." June said quietly.
"Day after tomorrow!" Jo yelled. "You leave in 2 days and you haven't told James! You have to do it. Like soon!"
"I know, I know." June said. "I'm tired. I'm going to go to bed now. Tell me what happens tomorrow." June left Jo's apartment and went back to her own and passed out, thinking about James.
June hadn't really talked to anyone for the first half the day. She was walking around the Palmwoods Park, debating how she should tell James. She was leaving tomorrow. She needed to say something. She felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned around to see James.
"Hey June. I've been looking for you all day! I was helping Kendall with Jo, but now we can hang out like old times." James said. June half-smiled. James' smiled turned to a frown.
"What's the matter, and tell me the truth." James said. June sighed as the tears gathered to her eyes.
"I got an internship for school for this summer." June said. James smiled.
"That's great! Sure we won't be able to spend as much time together, but that's still great June!" James said, he moved into hug her but June stopped him.
"I did really awesome in school this year, and they said that I qualified for a better one. Only like 20 kids in the country get it." June said. James smiled.
"That's awesome June! I don't get why you're so sad." James said. June took a deep breath.
"The internship is in Florida." June said. James smile fell.
"For how long?" James asked.
"3 months, the whole summer." June said and looked down. James stepped forward and pulled her chin up to face him.
"Hey, it's okay. I'm so proud of you and this is a great opportunity." James said.
"You're not angry?" June asked. James laughed.
"Of course not." James said. They both went silent. "What do you want to do about our relationship?" James finally asked. June looked down and thought about her answer.
"I'm willing to try if you are." June said. James smiled.
"I will defiantly try." James said. He leaned down and kissed her. "How much time do we have?" June rubbed her arm.
"My flight leaves tomorrow afternoon." June said. James eyes widened. "I'm really sorry I didn't tell you sooner, I just didn't know what to say and I thought you would be angry and-" June was cut off by James lips landing on hers.
"It's okay. Let's just spend the rest of the day together, being happy, and well say our goodbyes tomorrow. Okay?" James asked. June smiled and nodded.
"I would love that." June said.
"Let's go to the pier and the beach." James said. June nodded and took his hand and they ran off.
"Just plain vanilla for you, and chocolate for me." James said as he handed her one soft serve cone and took the other. June took it and they sat down. She took a bite as they looked around the boardwalk.
"Thank you." She said. He smiled.
"Anything for you." James said. June leaned over and took a bite of his.
"Chocolate is pretty good." June said. James smiled and shook his head and took a bite of June's.
"So is vanilla." James said. James took a bite of his own. June looked down at her ice cream. She wasn't really hungry, but this shouldn't go to waste. She took the ice cream and pushed it in James' face, so it was on his nose and mouth. She laughed at his shocked expression. He was about to wipe it off when June grabbed his hand.
"Wait, don't. Hold on." June said. She ran over to the nearest booth and quickly bought a disposable camera. She ran back out to James and took a picture.
"Oh that's cute." James said sarcastically. He took his ice cream and shoved it in June's face. In her moment of shock, James snatched the camera from her and took a picture of it.
"You know, as much as I love chocolate and vanilla, twist is my favorite." June said. She took the camera from James and leaned in and kissed him, holding out the camera to take a picture. They pulled apart and June licked his nose.
"Your nose tastes good." June said. James licked her nose.
"So does yours." James said. The couple laughed. They threw away the ice cream and wiped off the ice cream.
"What should we do now?" June asked as she took James' hand.
"I'll buy a camera and then we'll use all the pictures up, just doing whatever." James said. June looked up.
"I like that idea." June said. The spent the rest of the day at the boardwalk taking pictures and having an awesome day. They were laying on the beach when the sun was setting. James had a passing person take their picture with the sunset behind them.
They went and laid down on the sand. James laid down first and June laid next to him, fitting her head into his neck. He wrapped his arm around her.
"My camera is out." James said. June check hers.
"I have two left." June said. She lifted up the camera and they both smiled and she took the picture.
Then he took the camera and adjusted himself so that he was kissing her cheek, and he took the picture. He put the camera down and moved his lips to June's. James moved so that he was hovering on top of her. He slipped his tongue into her mouth and she opened it a little more. He pulled away for a second to catch his breath. June pushed him back down and kissed his cheek and planted kisses down the side of his face and neck. June then recaptured his lips and each kiss got more and more intense. James then trailed kisses down June's neck. After what felt like forever, they finally broke apart and looked at the now dark sky.
"Maybe we should head back." James said. June groaned.
"I don't want to leave you." June said as she snuggled into his side.
"Alright, well go back to your place, and watch a movie or something, and then I'll just spend the night there." James said. June smiled.
"I like that, is Mama Knight going to get angry though?" June asked. James pulled out his phone.
"I'll just send the boys a text." James said. June took his phone.
"Allow me." She quickly wrote a message and sent it.
"What did you say?" James asked. June cleared her throat.
"This is my lovely girlfriend June's last day here for 3 months, so I'm gonna spend the night at her place. Not like that, get your head out of the gutter." June read out loud. James laughed.
"I like it." James said. June laughed.
"So do I." They got up and walked back to the board walk, which was brightly lit. June stopped and James wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. June took a picture with her phone and set it as her contact for James. She had an iPhone, so she set it as the home screen. She showed James the picture.
"I like it. Send it to me." James said. June did so and put her phone away. She leaned up and kissed James.
"James, stop. I need to pack." June said while laughing. June was standing over her suitcase on her bed and James had come up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and started to kiss her neck.
"But I'm gonna miss you." James said as he straightened back up. June turned around and put her head in the crook of his neck.
"I'm gonna miss you too." June said. "But I have too. At least it's only three months." June said as she stepped away and walked to her closet. She looked through her stuff and grabbed a couple tank tops.
"I have to go check in with Mama Knight, but I will see you before you leave. I promise." James said. June turned back to him and nodded. She gave him a hug and a quick kiss and he left. She finished packing her stuff. She grabbed her plane ticket that her school sent her and all the directions.
"Alright Justine. I have to go now. Jo is bringing me to the airport in the limo she's taking." June said to her sister. Her sister came and gave her a big hug.
"I'm going to miss you little sis." Justine said.
"I'm going to miss you too. Call me everyday. And tell me if people are giving you shit." June said.
"Shouldn't I be telling you that? You are the younger one." Justine said. June shrugged. They both laughed. June checked the time.
"Well I have to go now. Bye Justine." June said. They hugged again and June grabbed her suitcase and wheeled it downstairs. She walked out to the limo and saw Jo and Kendall talking. June gave her suitcase to the chauffer and he put it in the car.
"June." June turned around and saw James. He had some stuff in his hands.
"Hi James." June said. James walked up to her.
"I brought some stuff for you, so that when you are missing me, you have them." James said. June smiled. "So I brought a pair of my sweatpants, one of my hockey jerseys, and a hoodie." James said as he handed them to June. She was smiling the biggest smile that she had today. Then James handed her two envelopes.
"And these are the pictures from yesterday and from Prom." James said. June could feel the tears in her eyes. She put the stuff in her purse and stepped forward to hug James.
"I would give you one of my sweaters, but that would be weird." June said into his chest. James laughed.
"Yes it would be weird. But I have another copy of all those pictures so that will be enough. And I will call you everyday. I promise." James said. June smiled.
"Thank you James. This is the sweetest thing ever. I love you." June said.
"I love you too." James said.
"Miss. Taylor, Miss. Cooper, it's time to go." The chauffeur said. June pulled away.
"I guess this is goodbye." June said. James shook his head.
"It's see you later." James said. June smiled big.
"See you later James." June said.
"See you later June." James said. June followed Jo into the limo. June checked in one of the mirrors, and saw that her make up was kind of messed up.
"Well that was emotional." June said as she wiped her eyes. The car started moving.
"I know." Jo said. "At least you still get to be with James. Kendall and I broke up, I don't know if he's going to wait."
"Yeah, I guess you have it worse." June said. Jo sent her a glare. They were almost at the airport when Jo realized something.
"We forgot the goodbye kiss." Jo said. June's eyes widened.
"So did James and I." June said. "But it's worse for you two. That's your thing."
"Well I guess it's too late now." Jo said and sighed. The limo parked and June and Jo got out. They grabbed their bags out of the truck and rolled them into the airport. They went and checked their luggage in. They walked over to security. They stood in line with their ticket and passports out.
"I'm gonna miss you Jo. I promise that when you come back, I'll still be here, waiting to be your best friend again." June said. Jo smiled and hugged her.
"And I'll be ready to be your best friend." Jo said. They broke apart and stood there. Jo was next and she was about to hand over her passport when they heard something.
"Wait!" Kendall yelled. He ran up to them and stood right next to Jo. "We forgot the goodbye kiss."
Jo took a deep breath. "I know." They were about to kiss when some guy yelled from down the line, telling them to knock it off.
"Shut up!" June and the security lady said. "Sorry kids, finish up." The security lady said. June watched them kiss and sighed.
"You didn't think I forgot too?" James said from behind her. June turned around and saw James. She immediately leaned up and kissed him. Once they were out of breath, they pulled away.
"I love you." James said.
"I love you too." June said. Then she turned and followed Jo and gave the lady her passport. They went through and June took one last look back. She smiled at James and waved. He smiled and waved back. June took James' hoodie out of her bag and put it on. She smiled at him and he smiled back. She turned back around and headed to her gate.