And I flip the channels when this life brings some sitcom, be sure to watch because it’s the final episode and guaranteed to be a tear-jerker, but we’ll still be friends long after these nine seasons have ended because baby, we’ve come such a long way,

>so I cross my legs and turn down the volume;

!as the boy races through airport security, dodging luggage and strollers until his face brightens in realization that she hasn’t left (yet) and he shouts her name¡

She turns, the surprise/shock of it all written plainly on her face (she lost the script and didn’t see it coming)
And he grabs her hand on the boarding ramp and declares, breathlessly

i LOVE you! And I always have.. and whatever happens, I just couldn't let you leave without knowing!

She smiles, the tears already down her cheeks and says-

>b l a c k. the screen flickers and goes dark, and I toss the remote on the ground. I don’t want hope, when her hand still holds the plane ticket… when he screams the words I’ve only whispered to the long-dead static; cause babe I know what you’re going to say, and I can’t stand to hear it

(you don’t have to fly ‘round the world to find me when I’m right here)

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and always will be