I woke up with a smile.

Paris is truly magical...

"Morning love." Alex moaned as he woke up as well.

"Goodmorning sir." I giggled as I saw his hair all messy.

He slapped my arm softly.

I gave him puppy eyes.

"Are you excited for today?" Alex asked.

"Very." I smiled and leaned in for a kiss.

Alex hand met my hand and intertwined his fingers with mine, while kissing.

We slowly pulled away and looked in each other's eyes.

"I love you." Alex said while his eyes were sparkling.

Those beautiful eyes...

How am I supposed to survive without those?

Sure we will visit each other as much as we possibly can, but I don't know...

Can our love cross boundaries?

What if life happens?

Will he stick by my side?

I can't lose him...

I already miss him.

"Bella?" Alex looks concerned as he sees that my eyes started watering.

"Huh what?" I got out of my own thoughts.

"Is there something wrong?"

"No, I am fine." I shook my head and wiped my eyes.

"I am not going anywhere unless you tell me what's going on Bel." He stared into my eyes.

"I just love you Al." I said. "And I am scared to lose you."

"I am not going anywhere." I cupped my cheek.

"But that's the whole point." My eyes start watering again. "You ARE going somewhere."

"What do you mean?" Alex looks confused.

"How on earth are we going to make this work?" A tear falls down my cheek.

"Bella don't-..."

"Have you ever seen a long distance relationship work out?" A couple more tears fell down my cheek.

Alex' eyes started watering too. "I thought we already sorted this out?"

"I love you more than anything, but we need to be realistic." I look in his eyes.

"How realistic?" Alex asks.

"Just a little." I say. "I just want you to know that, if anything happens... if life happens, just know that no matter what, I'll love you."

"You are the love of my life, I will always love you Arabella Brown." A tear fell down his cheek.

He pulled me into a tight hug, and we stayed there for a while. Our tears were flowing down our cheeks.

"I love you." He whispered in my ear.

A smile appeared on my lips and we pulled away.

I gave him a warm kiss on his cheek and we stared in each other's eyes.

"So, coffee?" I joke.

"Sounds good." Alex smiled.

...

...

...

The day passed by, and Alex took me on the best date ever.

"Where are we going?" I giggled as Alex held his hands over my eyes. "You'll see, just a couple more steps."

I stumbled a bit more.

"Here we are." He slowly took his hands of my eyes and I opened them.

The Eiffel tower... right in front of me.

"Good lord, it's is big."

(That's what she said, Sorry...)

Alex giggled.

"How high is it?" I ask.

"I don't know, wanna go and find out?"

I turned my head to face him, and smiled.

"Really?"

"Yes, come on!" He took my hand and we went.

...

We stood on top of the freaking Eiffel tower and the view was probably the best I've ever seen.

Alex tapped on my shoulder.

I turned around.

"I want you to have this." Alex pulled a ring out of his pocket. "It's a friendship ring. I have one too!" He smiled.

It was a silver simple ring with our initials carved in the inside of it.

"That's the sweetest gift ever." I kissed him and he placed the ring on my finger.

"Promise me you'll never take it off."

"I promise." I smiled and looked in his eyes.

"Don't worry, you will get an engagement ring someday when the time is right." He joked.

I slapped his shoulder and giggled.

"Can't wait."

After our trip to the Eiffel tower, Alex showed me around Paris a bit more. He went here numerous times with his parents. He showed me every little bistro he used to love, and we had dinner is his favourite restaurant. We even visited the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa.

It was a day to never forget.

We returned back to my apartment and sat on the sofa watching some Netflix.

"So... tomorrow huh?" I looked at Alex, while I was playing with his fingers.

"Yeah... not looking forward to it." He smiled and rolled his eyes. "I don't want to leave."

"And I don't want you to leave." I giggled.

"When would we see each other again?" He asks.

I took out my phone and looked at my schedule.

"I will come and see your house in LA, within... 25 days..." I said and looked down.

"We can work with that, can't we?" He looked at me.

I nodded.

"I'll call you whenever I can, okay?" He grabbed my hand.

"I will too." I kissed his cheek and laid my head on his shoulder.

...

...

...

Time is a bitch.

It was the next day already and we were on the airport.

Today, Alex would fly back to England.

Well... within 15 minutes actually.

"Call me when you get home." I said while we were hugging.

"I will Bel." He kissed my cheek.

We pulled away from our hug and stared in each other's eyes.

-flight 372 is boarding now-

He cupped my cheek and tucked my hair behind my ear. "That's me."

My eyes start watering. "Go get 'em tiger." I giggled.

He smiled and gave me a warm kiss.

"I love you."

"I love you too." I smiled softly.

He moved his hand away and grabbed his suitcase.

A tear rolled down my cheek as he walked away.

"Don't forget about me."

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