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"I'm okay, if you guys want a minute."
"Oh, no. Roman couldn't take any more of my crying. I'm just going to miss my baby boy is all."
Roman smiles sadly.
"I'm sure he's going to miss you too," I say, my voice cracking.
Roman opens the screen door and steps outside. He instantly wraps me in his arms. I go willingly, wrapping my arms around his back and holding him tight.
"I guess it's time," he says.
"I guess so," I whisper.
The guys have already loaded up their things, and I watch as Cypress and Goldie grab Roman's bags and guitar, loading them up in the van.
I guess it's only Roman now.
He goes around, giving his mom and dad one more hug. Then he goes up to his sister, whispering something in her ear, and I watch as she nods and cries on his shoulder. He gives my mom a hug next, and my mom is the one who whispers in his ear this time. He nods his head, looking so sure and certain with whatever she's telling him.
Then he turns toward me.
The guys get in the van, and my mom and Roman's parents walk off toward Roman's deck.
Roman walks up to me, wrapping me in his arms once again.
"Tell me to stay," he tells me.
"You need to go." Even though everything in my heart is telling me to beg him to stay, I know that would be wrong of me.
"Come with me then," he pleads.
I shake my head against him, knowing that I want to, more than anything, but that I can't. I have my own dreams. And he would never take me away from them. Not really.
"I can't. You know I can't," I sigh.
"I know, this just sucks." He slides his fingers under my chin, tilting my face up until I'm looking him in the eyes.
"Now and always," he tells me.
"Now and always," I echo.
"I'll call you once I get to Los Angeles. Whenever you miss me, look out at our lake. Dance to a song. Know that I'm standing next to you. Maybe not here, but in here." His finger grazes below my collarbone, right next to my necklace.
"Please be my soulmate in one year," I beg, tears flowing down my cheeks.
"I was your soulmate when we were seven and six. I am your soulmate today, just as I was yesterday. I'll be your soulmate next year, and fifty years from now. Now and always."
"Now and always," I sob quietly.
He wraps me in his arms once more, and I clutch him to me, feeling like I'm breaking straight down the middle. My fingers grip his back, holding him as closely as I can to me. If I had a stethoscope, I swear I could put it against my heart and feel it shattering into a million pieces. I feel so broken, so unrepairable, and he hasn't even left yet.
I hear him sniffle, and feel a drop touch my forehead. Looking up at him, I see tears of his own flowing down his face.
I bring my hand up, brushing his face dry with my fingers. "Now and always," I repeat.
I grab his cheeks, bringing his face down and give him a kiss. He kisses me back and doesn't stop until I'm breathless and my knees are weak.
Then he stops.
