you and Hayden have been together for a damn long time. Through thick and thin. 3 years. Basically the dream couple of your high school. But he's not as perfect as he his parents think he is. Or his teachers. Let alone his siblings.

he gets drunk to much. Smokes weed when he swears he doesn't. Curses like his mother doesn't yell at him every single time.

he wasn't good for you. You had a future. Good grades. Church every Sunday. Hell, you volunteered for soup kitchens and shit.

but you always felt like it was your job to, who knows what... save him? Purify him? Help him out of the hole he was digging himself into at just 18. A senior in high-school.

to young to be falling down the path he was already miles deep in.

it hurt you to watch him hurt himself more and more. And now? Yeah he was distant.

at least more recently.

it was getting out of hand. Texts left on read for hours at a time. Missed calls. Blowing you off for some stupid party with the same people his parents had been warning him about for years now.

he was athletic. From the start. Been wrestling since he was 6 years old, and you saw it now. The way he'd slip up on the same move he's been running for years now. How much slower he was. He didn't follow through.

his parents thought it was just a senior slump. You know, he'd be better by state. He was just tired.

but you knew that wasn't the truth.

it wasn't like he was a bad boyfriend. No. He clearly loved you and all, he was just more aggressive now. He'd get annoyed with small things he was fine with the week before. Like now.

you were in California. Keep in mind you lived in Florida with your mom(divorced parents). It was kinda a last minute trip. Signing up for a dance comp last week.

you told Hayden. He smiled and told you good luck. But now he was texting you.

"Where the fuck are you? Why does your location say California?" you read it in confusion. But before you could respond another text came.

"Are you that selfish?! I need you babe, and your just halfway across the damn country? What the hell."