We were at the airport, standing in front of each other, he had to leave. His bitchy strict parents forced him to go to the best college they could afford which was pretty damn great but I had chose to stay in this small town in the community college since my dream job didn't take a class A degree to accomplish. This was my last chance, it doesn't matter anyway because I'll never see him again, over eight years of friendship being stripped away like that and four years of feelings about to be worthless in two seconds. The gate number was called and we hugged, my heart racing was so fast it hurt and my legs about to give out, a sudden wave of confidence overcame me as we let go and I look into his teary eyes. I stood on my toes and kissed him, it was short but not enough to be a peck, and was filled with love, sadness and relief, he stared at me as his one of his parent's friends urged him to get in line then, everything I feared came true. I didn't realize he had hit me until he walked away and the sting of pain became very noticeable, the last image of him I saw was his eyes clouded, like he was trying to hide something.

Why did you do that..... Joseph?

-×-

I awoke from the pained memory as someone on the train shook me, slowly looking at the figure to make out Rebecca, a close friend I made after that day ten years ago. "Wake up sleepy head we're at our station" She said softly.

I groaned, stretched and stood up looking around, there weren't many people on the train and as I was about to say something Rebecca grabbed my hand and got off the train before the door closed and we'd have to get off at the next station then get on another train to get to where we needed to be. I really didn't feel like going to work today, my depression was giving me a giant bear hug and I was too exhausted, I did sleep last night but still felt drained. Nonetheless I still had to because I was planning a vacation and I need the money in order to afford a plane to get back to this small town.

As we approached the building what I saw made me drop my bag and let go of Rebecca's hand, my own falling to my side. There was no mistake Joseph was in a suit leaning on the wall smoking a cigarette next to the door with two bodyguards on either side of him. Two years ago he became one of the four most important business men in the world, what was he doing here? He looked different, his golden brown hair shaved at the sides and was longer, he was more muscular but could still be considered lean, his five o'clock shadow made his face look sharper and more mature and his ice blue eyes looked cold, the opposite of being full of life from when we were teenagers and kids, his skin was also slightly more tan. Like it hadn't been ten years since I've seen him my heart started to beat a thousand miles an hour and butterflies raged in my stomach.

My legs almost gave out when he looked up from his phone and locked on my eyes, I thought his eyes warmed up for two seconds before turning cold again when the bodyguard on his left tapped his shoulder and gestured for them to go into the building. When they left Rebecca snapped me back into reality "do you know him?" She asked when she had my attention.

I swallowed and nodded "he's Joseph...."

"Well no shit, everyone who isn't three years old knows what his name is" She rolled her eyes.

"No no he's Joseph........My Joseph...." I played with my fingers looking at the ground.

"Wait what? He's the asshole who broke your heart ten years ago? Impossible, if he was he would've mentioned you in one of the sixteen interviews he did about his childhood, he said he was born in New York-"

"He lied" I hissed, cutting her off "we knew each other since second grade, I AM his childhood, he just wants to forget about me because of my stupid mistake...."

"Oh come on Drew, babydoll it wasn't a stupid mistake, it was his way of handling it that was the stupid mistake" She tucked some hair behind my ear.

"If I hadn't done that maybe we would still be in contact, friends, he wouldn't have lied about the unnecessary things just to make sure I was never apart of his new life, if I hadn't kissed him-"

"Calm down, that was ten years ago, it's in the past, fuck him okay? You're a strong and fabulous man and he missed out on something he can't get back, he fucked up, not you" Rebecca stopped me and wiped away the tears I didn't realize I had. "Now let's go to work and if you bump into each other show him you moved on"

"B-but I haven't moved on, my love reappeared as soon as I saw him and when he looked at me...."

"It's just the leftovers from when you loved him, so let's go to work before we get in trouble"

I nodded and picked up my bag and we walked into the building with my thoughts all over the place and my heart screaming Joseph's name over and over again.

-×-

I was came out of the break room, a little over half the day was done and I saw Joseph again, his bodyguards really close to him although I'm sure if anyone tried to hurt him he could kick their ass. As I tried to ignore him and go back to my desk I felt a tap on my shoulder, slowly turning around I saw Joseph was dangerously close to me, his eyes filled with regret, guilt, sadness, relief and self-hate along with another emotion I couldn't read "hey...." He whispered, his voice was ten times deeper then I remember and if I wasn't terrified right now I would've thought it was hot.

Gulping I tried to break eye contact but couldn't, he was somehow taller then he was when I last saw him and I didn't notice until now, how many growth spurts is this giant going to have? "L-long time no see...." I mumbled almost silently.

"Yes.... About that day-"

I cut him off by giving him a sharp punch to the jaw, I've been waiting forever to do that but doing that made one of the bodyguards grab me and the other was about to beat me into the ground but Joseph stopped them, "let him go, now" He snapped, glaring at them.

With quiet grumbling they left me alone and I rubbed my wrist, fucking muscle heads. Joseph suddenly laughed nervously, rubbing the back of his neck "sorry about them.... I did deserve that...."

"You know this twig boss?" The meat head that was about to beat me said.

"Yes and if you even think about touching him again you'll lose your job and a couple of teeth, understand?" Joseph hissed.

The bodyguard nodded and looked away, I'm not a twig! I have muscles, just not as much as he does which is probably way more then brain. "Fucking punk" I muttered, crossing my arms over my chest.

Joseph sighed and rubbed the back of his neck "That was surprising"

"How was that surprising?" I asked.

"Well I saw it coming but" He stuck his finger in his mouth and rubbed where I hit him, pulled it out and I saw blood completely covering the top "you are definitely stronger then you look, just like when we were young"

"I didn't know I hit you that hard...." I whispered, but was saying that more to myself.

He chuckled "you never hit softly, especially when you're angry at the person you're hitting"

A frown spread on my lips and I rested my elbow on the wall then placed the side of my face on my hand. "What are you doing here anyway?" I asked.

"Well the company was on sale so I came to buy it" He took out his pocket square and wiped the blood off his finger.

"So I work for you now?" I asked, slightly salty.

"In a simple answer yes, you technically do" He seemed slightly hurt from my tone.

"Great" I muttered.

Joseph stared at me for a moment before sighing again "....Can....Can we go somewhere more private?"

"Sure" Before I could get half the word out he grabbed my hand and dragged me outside to his car.

He put me in the back seat then sat right next to me, I looked around and noticed this was like those expensive cars you see in movies that cost more then a house with a small bar in it.

".....About that day" Joseph started "....I am truly sorry about what I did and there's nothing I can do to make it up to you and there's no excuse but I do want to at least fix our friendship, I missed you so much"

My heart fluttered at his words but my mind reminded me to stay serious as I turned to look at him "if there was a excuse, what would it be?"

"That I was.... Confused..... When you kissed me it stirred up emotions in me that made me scared and even though you tried to get rid of that habit since the last year of middle school I did what I usually do when I get scared, I tried to get rid of what scared me with violence...."

This changed my mindset about that day, but I still wanted answers to my questions "what did you feel when I did it?" I asked.

"Well, I had already found out I loved you a month before that day and when you kissed me it confirmed it.... It was a feeling I've never felt and I just..... Along with everything I was already feeling it just didn't mix at that time.... I regretted what I did two seconds after I walked away but Albert wouldn't let me go back and apologize because the plane was going to leave without us if I did...."

I was frozen, disconnecting with the world when he said he loved me, it couldn't be true, he was lying, trying to get me to forgive him, he had to be lying.... Right?

"Drew?...." Joseph said softly, his voice shaking.

I snapped out of it and looked at him, his eyes were filled with tears with some spilling out, I've only seen him cry twice in our lives, when his first dog died and when he got extremely frustrated about his relationships never working out with all the girls he's dated saying the same thing, this confirmed he wasn't lying. I slowly wrapped my arms around him and shifted so that we were hugging "I forgive you.......ya big baby..."

He sniffed and looked at me "r-really?"

"Of course not fully, you still owe me but yes, I forgive you" I smiled at him.

He hugged me tightly and I think I heard my back crack "J-Joseph, you're about to snap me in half" I wheezed.

"Oh, sorry" He quickly loosened his grip but refused to let me go.

I chuckled and looked at him with a sweet smile "do you want to redo our first kiss?"

Joseph nodded eagerly like a child, even when he was a teenager he still did the exact same thing, one of the things I love about him, "this time can it be longer?" He asked softly.

"Like I would do it as short as last time" The smile he had on his lips spread.

Slowly I pushed him down by the back of his neck and pressed our lips together, it felt like two puzzle pieces fitting together perfectly, finally what I've waited for after fourteen years and it was better then perfect. Sadly we had to pull apart because we need a thing called air and he placed his forehead on mine, "I love you Drew...."

"I love you too Joseph"

We snuggled for a bit before I saw a female figure walking outside frantically, looking pissed and worried, I chuckled and Joseph looked at me confused, "Rebecca is going to kick your ass" I answered his silent question.

"Who's Rebecca?" He asked even more confused.

"You'll find out in two seconds" I giggled as I saw her lock her eyes on the car and storm to it.

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And like that I'm done, now I know what you're thinking: why the hell have I been gone so long? Welp I don't have a clever excuse for it so I'm blaming writers block and being lazy as hell.

I've actually tried to get a few chapters out of me but I really wasn't feeling it and it pushed me to a point of frustration so when I was trying to write I got super angry and just had to take a break. But I'm back now and hopefully can stick to my schedule before my creativity needs to recharge again ^^;

And I know, this chapter sucks but like I just knocked my writers block out so obviously this isn't going to be the best I can do, BUT I am going to work on a few more chapters to spam upload tomorrow so look forward to that and if I don't get it done then you can throw a squid at me (I hate squids) as pay back for breaking my promise.

Anyways since I really like this one if this chapter gets five votes I'll drop the second one and I'll see you next time!