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The song he writes later in this chapter^

A COLLEGE BOY 2/2

We get back, and though I'm still in my dress Leo changed into clothes he's be more comfortable in for a plane, though he's keeping his stained pink shirt crumpled up in his large sweatpants pocket.

"Here..." he says, looking at the ring he took back from me and giving it to me once again.

"Whenever you drive... know I'm there.." he whispers and I swoon.

"god I'm gonna miss you..." I say and he chuckles, biting his lip and pushing my hair back, "You have no idea..." he mumbles, he leans in and hugs me again, "Just take whatever you want that I left in my room whenever. I made sure to leave you notes that you can find over the years." He winks and I smile. Leaning up and kissing his nose.

"I'm never gonna wash my nose now." He sighs and I laugh, taking a step back and smiling at him as I let Lucio step towards him.

"Look... I know you're angry at me and your mom-" Lucio starts but Leo grabs him tightly in a hug, "No. I want to thank you, you both were so kind to me and loving and made me not suspect and thing even though neither of you are blonde!" He jokes and his dad laughs.

"Thank you. I love y'all." Leo says and he dad lays his back, "I never imagined that when watching you grow up I'd see you become such an amazing man, Jace." His dad says and also smiles sadly, "I could do better for sure, but I know basic decency from you." Leo jokes and his dad shakes his head, grabbing onto him and hugging him one last time.

"Now that you're leaving I don't want you to go..." He sniffs and Leo sighs, "Yea... I wish I didn't have to but it's just such a good opportunity..." Leo says and his dad nods, "You'll he successful I know it."

"Thank you." He says before wale sing to his moms fragile little body.

"Oh god, Jace." Jemma says, wiping away her tears as she wraps her arms around him.

"I can't believe how amazing you are, son." She says and he smiles at her, "Same with your cooking skills." He says and she giggles, my mom grabs his shoulder. She kisses his cheek and sighs, "I watched you since you were eight and must I say, niiiice." My mom says and Leo smiles genuinely, high-fiving her as my mom actually says her thoughts.

"I'll miss you, Jace.." she says and he smiles.

Finally, Rose. Tears are in her eyes and her makeup is running down, thankful that the party is over. He looks at her. She looks at him.

And she runs into his arms.

He holds onto her and sticks his head into the crook of her neck, picking her up and holding her close. "I love you, Rosie. I'm sorry for all of the stupid times I didn't show it."

"I'm so sorry..." she cries and he holds on tighter. "Don't be. I took good enough care of you that you're not dead, and you did the same for me, so nothing to be sorry about."

She sighs, getting down from his arms and with red puffy eyes, putting her hand up and giving him the sign language sign for I Love You.

He smirks, stepping back and seeing Haze and giving him a lopsided smile. "Sorry man, just gotta be protective over my girls." He says and Haze nods, "I get that more than ever now."

"Take good care of them." Leo ensures and Haze nods as Leo backs up, and again he sees me. He sighs as we stare at each other.

He looks at me, and quickly steps forward, grabs my face, and kisses me. It's aggressive and needy, but sweet and gentle at the same time.

He pulls back and keys out a heavy, nervous and shaky breath. "I changed my mind about the kiss." He says and I laugh before he backs up and opens the door.

He looks around and smiles.

"I love you guys." He says and we all answer, even Haze, "we love you too!" We call. He grabs my hand and drags me outside with him.

We walk a few steps from the door and into the rain, his clothes getting wet but in no way does he care, he grabs onto my face and lets his tears blend into the rain.

"I love you." He whispers, repeating it over and over and over almost silently as he cries. "I know Leo... but this has to happen anyway! Even if we didn't get the last 8 months, we'll get those in four years! If I get into your college, two years! We have time! And god I'll wait forever for you. Forever." I say and he sighs, "I don't wanna go anymore..." he whispers and I let my tears run wild too.

"I don't want you to either, but I'm manning up and forcing you to. You're not happy here Leo.. you just need to take a second and be happy with yourself, nobody else. And I'd do anything, even sacrifice myself for you to be happy." I say and he withers from my touch, leaning us against the wall.

"What if I can't be happy without you?" He whispers and I shake my head.

"You'll still have me! I'll call you everyday, I'll send you pictures! Me and Rose we're thinking of moving to the beach house with Haze so I'll get some pretty good beach pics.." I say as I poke his chest and he laughs.

"You make everything better." He says with a laugh and I smile. "I try."

"Don't forget about me, Roxanne."

"I promise, Leo."

"Say my name one more time..." he begs, pouting.

"Leo?" I say and he smiles, "One more?" He asks and I nod.

"Okay... Leo." I say and he groans.

"Oh god I can't live without you..." he says and I shake my head. "You gotta... and you gotta go catch your plane and start writing songs about me being thousands of miles away." I say with a wink and he laughs.

"You're staying so positive.."

"Well I gotta be when you're around because I know you're right, you have to leave and be happy with yourself. Why would I stop you from doing that?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Remember this moment forever, and remember that I said I LOVE YOU!!!!" He screams the end at the top of his lungs into the rain and I smile, my wet hair sticking to the sides of my face.

He grabs onto my face, straightening up and putting my hand on his stomach, feeling along his toned abs. "Remember how these feel." He jokes with a wink and I bring my hand up and flip him off. He grabs it again and puts it on his bulge, "Remember this too."

This time I don't move my hand, I squeeze harder and laugh. "Why are you hard!"

"I always am around you!"

"Let me suck it." I joke and he laughs, but partially whines, "I gotta go!"

"Shut up." I say with a roll of my eyes and he chuckles, leaning in and kissing me deeply. For one... final time.

"I love you." He whispers and I breathe ragged, "I love you too, Leo."

"Now go inside so I can leave without seeing you cry, because if I do, I will come back in."

I laugh, backing up and looking at him for a second.

"We'll be together ultimately, Lee."

I grab onto his hand and feel every single one of his fingers, trying to remember the feeling of his calming touch.

And I slowly back away, and walk into the house.

The last thing he says, is when I'm going to open the door, he screams after me from the end of the driveway.

"Remember, as soon as I feel happy with myself and know I can love you to my full capacity everyday, I will come to you and propose immediately. I love you soon-to-be Mrs McClure!" He screams and I smile at the door.

And I put up my middle finger for him, knowing that we changed it to that when we put up our middle fingers... I wanna kiss him.

Cause every time before we knew we loved each other, I would flip him off when I would want to kiss him.

I did it at every family dinner, where he would come down while Rose and I set the table and he would make fun of what I was wearing and I would ruffle his perfect blonde hair.

I would touch his stomach and trial my fingers along his abs, staring into his blueish green eyes that towered over me, but still looked down at me. He would trail his tongue along his set of upper teeth as he looked at me, his hand settled on my waist as he squeezed three times.

What we said when I was in second grade meant that we wanted to say something, or we were happy. And I would take his hand and squeeze three times. He thought it was because I was happy but really I would squeeze his hand because I wanted to tell him I loved him.

I love him.

So I know ultimately we'll be together.

"I love you too, Leo..." I mumble before walking in.

I don't look back, because that's not the type of person I am, but I already hope... that soon I'll be able to see his beautiful face again.

And then he's gone. His headlights shine over windows that cast shadows to grow and grow before disappearing as he backs out.

And just like that, my positivity is gone too.

I knew it was coming, and I know I'm lucky enough to be around his family all the time, but it still hurts knowing he's gone for so long.

So I quietly walk up the stairs, the whole house silent and watching me, walk into his room, slowly as if I was sneaking. And I see it.

I see my first note.

Dear Roxy,

Okay, so this might be weird but these notes are just everything I couldn't say over the years, whether it was written in a journal, or something I never told you, or maybe I continue the reasons were meant to be together, just so you remember. This letter, is just everything I couldnt say to you when I left without bursting out in tears. Though I still might have, I don't come from the future.
     So here.
Roxanne Rosinchy I love you more than I knew I could love anybody. I love you more than my entire family, I mean goddamn I grew up with you too. I just want you to know that no matter what happens, I'm marrying you. No matter if you get a long term boyfriend you love. I'm better and I'm kicking his ass. No matter if you hate me, which I'm thinking may be a possibility since I'm leaving you for so long. I'll get us together. Don't worry.

Don't worry.

Love,
    Your soulmate Leo McClure

Also, don't forget your reading glasses.

Right next to the note was my reading glasses, on his favorite black sweatshirt. It was his favorite because I sewed a purple rose in the middle, signifying his two favorite girls.

It smelt heavily of him, everything in the room did, but it felt so empty and cold without him here.

I kneel, stuffing my head into his soft plush sheets, and sob.  Letting everything out that I couldn't when he was there. I had to be strong for him even if it hurt.

My wet dress surrounds me and creates a puddle of the ground, but I grab onto his sweatshirt and hold it to my nose with everything I had.

He was gone...

Rose comes in and wraps her arms around me, holding us together.

And I know what I'm gonna say when I see him again.

"You forgot your sweatshirt..."

And you know what he was thinking at the same time?

That when he saw her next... he was gonna say.

"I forgot my sweatshirt..."

:;:;

...2 Years Later...

Roxy (17, 18 tomorrow) Leo (19, 20 in three days)

"Jace got the top song on the radio with Ultimately..." Haze says.

I laugh as I sit on my surfboard, Rose and Haze sitting on his with her sitting in between her legs. I've heard them have sex way too many times to not know that they love each other.

"Of course he did..." I roll my eyes, "Didn't he make that sing about what you said to him?" Rose asks and I nod, "He makes a lot of his songs about me." I say, a smile erupting on my face from just thinking about it.

"Cute.." Rose says.

Haze didn't go to college but actually took over his best friend's grandpa's diner, it was called Roundabout and was decorated in pristine red, black, and white.

So he stayed with her, and she decided that she was gonna stay and go to the college here. I mean, she did always love the warm weather here.

I hold the letter I got from NYU in my hands.

"I'm scared.." I mumble and Haze shrugs. "just open it!" Rose says excitedly.

"You don't understand!" I say and she chuckles, "Yeah because my boyfriend has the job of a dead 80 year old man." She says and I chuckle as Haze growls, "Well at least I don't have the sense of humor of an 80 yea-" she stops him midway through speaking.

"You do not wanna go there." She says and I nod at Haze squinting my eyes and mouthing, "You do not wanna go there."

He shakes his head, rubbing circles on Rose's stomach.

"Okay..." I mumble, hearing my mom from the shore screaming, "Open it!!"

She moved down here with us, along with Rose's family too. Though we still kept our house up in Jaydelin. We just wanted a new start.

"Okay!!" I scream as Jemma walks over and whispers something in my mother's ear.

I slowly rip open the letter's seal and take out the typed words.

"Dear Mrs Roxanne Rosinchy," I start, reading the note in a presidential tone, "I would like to congratulate you-" I start but I hear my moms voice call down the water,

"Jace is calling you love!" She screams and I do too, jumping into the water and grabbing my board, careful to not get the letter wet.

One I get on shore I drop my surfboard and start sprinting.

"WHAT?!" Rose screams and I gasp, trying to run as quick as possible. "I HAVE A STREAK GOING OF PICKING UP HIS CALLS! ITS A GAME WE PLAY!" I scream and she laughs, "BUT YOU GOT IN!" She says as she claps, and I get just out of ear shot.

I see the house, opening the door with a red face and my lungs that are out of breath.

But I don't hear the phone ringing... I see the one who was supposed to be on the other side of the phone.

"Leo..?" I whisper, I haven't seen him in six months, and he wasn't supposed to come back in a year since he was doing summer work in New York.

"Roxy?" He mocks and I gasp, jumping onto him.

He looked the exact same as from high school except now, he looked brighter, and his smile seemed more real.

"You scared me I thought I was gonna lose my streak!" I say, gasping for air as he picks me up and chuckles.

"I like how that's what you say to me first," he jokes with a deep laugh that I love.

The house is quiet but my heart is still racing as I wipe my tears and jump down.

"Do you remember what I said when I told you I was leaving?" He asks and I shrug, seeing his music posters hanging from my bedroom just out of his sight.

I need to take those down before he sees them...

"You said a lot of things, a lot of I love you's-"

"No shut up!" He says sarcastically, sticking his hand in his jean pocket.

They were light colored jeans.

I won that battle.

"Guess again." He says and I roll my eyes, leaning against the wall and holding his other hand.

"I don't know because I'm too focused on the fact that I really want to smell you and kiss you." I say and he laughs.

"Well first, come here," he says, bringing me in for a hug and I pull myself back.

He hasn't kissed me since he left because he said he wouldn't be able to leave again... but he pulls me back in and kisses my lips, aggressive and needy.

"Oh my god.." I mumble, grabbing onto the back of his hair and kissing him back, our lips moving together in sync. "I missed your lips Lee.." I say and he smiles against mine, running his tongue along his upper set of teeth just like before.

"Second," he starts while pushing back. "Was that the answer was that I'd come to you and propose as soon as I felt like I could handle it-"

"Wait..." I start and he smile, taking his hand out of his pocket to down a small box, and inside is a ring with two stones, a dark emerald and an amethyst.

Green and purple.

"Oh. My. Gawd-"

"Roxanne Rolly Rosinchy will you marry me? I know you're not eighteen yet and you might be scared because you've never been with any body else but-" He asks and I choke on my own spot, jumping into him so we are both laying in the ground.

"Leo I got in!" I scream and he holds onto me tight.

"Is that a yes?" He asks and I nod profusely.

"YESYESYES!!" I scream and he laughs.

"What about Rose? Isn't she staying here?" He asks and I roll my eyes, "If I went two years without you to keep her in tact and I think I can go a year or two without her. As long as we move down here after you finish college, and then I can transfer down here." I say and he sighs.

"I'm sorry this is so complicated-"

"it's FINE!!" I scream, holding onto him and he smiles, sniffing my inner neck.

"I have to tell my fan base of teenage girls that I'm getting married. They'll think I'm like 30!" He complains and I point at him, "It was your choice!"

"You said yes!"

"YEA CAUSE I LOVE YOU!" I scream and he smiles wide, pushing me into him and peppering kisses all over my face.

"I finally get to say it again..." he says and I smile, "Then do.."

"I love you, Roxy, my soon to be wife." He says and I kiss the tip of his nose, leaving again a slight pink tint on his skin.

"And I love you, Leo." I say, pushing the ring he gave me onto my finger.

And just like that, as I'm straddling him on the ground as he looks up at me with the sweetest smile, and beautiful bright eyes, Rose walks in, holding Haze's hand.

I turn my head to her and give her my biggest smile, holding up my hand as Leo stares at me.

"Yalls way of loving each other is way too aggressive..." Haze mumbles jokingly, looking at how I pushed him down to the ground.

"WERE GONNA BE SISTERS!!" Rose screams and I jump up, running into her arms while Leo and Haze greet each other. They're better friends now, some would say best friends.

Reed got demoted when he tried to break up Rose and Haze because of jealousy. He should've just dated her in the first place if he wanted her so bad, but also now she has Haze so I'm in no way complaining.

"Dude I have to plan a wedding!" Rose screams and I laugh.

And I back up once again as my mom walk in, holding the stuff we left on the beach as I smile.

"I GOT IN!!" I scream and she claps.

"Oh yea and I proposed-" Leo says, wrapping his arm around my waist.

Our moms gasp,

"WHAT THE FU-"

THE END

Okay, I love y'all and it was really fun if you read through all of this. I hope you enjoyed!

Love,
      xoxo coconut