MALLORY'S POV

I walked up to Drew's trailer and I felt my heart ache as I realized this would be one of the last times I would be doing this. This was one of the last times I'd be walking up to Drew's trailer and this would be one of the last times we'd be spending our lunch break together. I loved the routine we had on our work days, and I was so sad this was coming to an end.

I gently knocked on the door before opening it, seeing Drew sitting at the small desk in the corner of the room. He looked up at me, a smile on his lips as I entered the trailer.

"Hey babe," Drew greeted me as he stood up.

"Hey," I breathed, a small smile now on my lips. I looked down at the bag of food in my hand as I walked over to my boyfriend. "Mads and I ended up getting sandwiches from that deli around the corner. Quick and easy." I told him as I set the bag on the table. I began to dig through the bag, taking Drew's food out and giving it to him.

"Oh awesome." Drew said softly as I felt him kiss the top of my head. "They have the best turkey BLTs." He told me as he unwrapped his sandwich, realizing that was exactly what I got him. "You are seriously the best." Drew grinned before he leaned down and kissed my lips. "Thank you, Mal."

We sat down across from each other at the table as Drew began to eat his food. Though my lunch was sitting in front of me, I couldn't bring myself to eat it. I didn't have an appetite as I continued to think about this being one of the last times I'd get to have lunch with Drew. 

Tomorrow was our last day on set before we all went home for the holidays. Everyone, except me, was going to return to Charleston after the new year and begin the filming process for the show. I, on the other hand, would be going back to LA, and since tomorrow was the last official day of my internship, I no longer worked for the show. Our lives were going to be so much more different after tomorrow, it made me worried for our relationship.

"Mal," I heard Drew say and I looked up at him, waiting for him to continue. "Why aren't you eating?"

"I'm not really hungry." I told him as I shrugged, not knowing why my thoughts made me completely lose my appetite.

"What's going on? You've been quiet lately." He noted and my eyes directed to his, realizing he noticed my minor change in behavior.

"It's just," I sighed, not knowing how to tell him how I was feeling. It wasn't anything he could fix, but I was hoping he would understand. "Drew, tomorrow is my last day working for the show. My internship is officially over and I'll be graduating in a couple weeks. After the holidays I'm gonna have to move back to LA and you're gonna be either here or in Barbados. We're gonna go from practically living with each other to never seeing each other again. I'm not ready to be away from you and all of this like that. I'm not ready for this to be over." I ranted to him as I felt a tear escape my eye. I quickly wiped it away, not wanting to get upset in front of Drew.

"I'm not ready for this to be over either." He admitted. "I can't believe tomorrow is already your last day working here. It's gonna be so different without you around. I don't know what I'm gonna do."

"I don't know what I'm going to do either." I said quietly, almost in a whisper. I looked down at my fingers and began to pick at a cuticle as I bit the inside of my lip, trying to prevent myself from crying. This had all been such a dream come true, it hurt me so much that it was coming to an end.

Drew and I sat in silence for a moment, both of us trying to think of what to say. I hated to be upset like this around him, especially when our time together was limited now. After tomorrow, everyone was going to head their separate ways across the country to spend time with their families for Thanksgiving, which was in a few days.

Drew and I arranged to see each other a couple days after Thanksgiving, which I was already looking forward to. I was going to visit him in North Carolina, where his mom lived, and I was going to be meeting her for the first time. I'd spend about a week with Drew and his family before I flew back to Philadelphia, where I'd be graduating college less than a week later.

The week after my graduation was Christmas, and again, everyone would be spending time with their families. After Christmas, Drew and I were going to meet the group in New York City, where we were all going to spend New Year's together. From there, everyone was going to fly back to Charleston where they were officially going to start filming the third season of Outer Banks.

This was going to be such a busy month for all of us. I was beyond grateful Drew and I were able to make time to see each other in between everything, but I knew that once the New Year came, our lives were going to change. I wanted to spend as much time with him as I could.

"We're gonna be okay." I heard Drew say softly which caused me to look up at him as he knocked me out of my thoughts about our plans for the next month.

I nodded, agreeing with what he was saying. We were going to be okay and we were going to make this work.

"Does it scare you?" I asked him after another minute of silence.

"Does what scare me?" 

"The idea of us being apart like that.Or how attached I am to you? I don't know, any of it." I shrugged, not exactly knowing what I was trying to say.

A small smile lifted on Drew's lips and he lightly shook his head. He waved his hand towards himself, signaling me to go over to him. I got up from my seat and went over to him and he pulled me down to sit on his lap. I looked down at him, now that I was a couple inches taller, and I gently ran my fingers through his hair like I knew he loved.

"I think," He sighed before he continued. "I think it scares me how nothing about us scares me. I'm not gonna lie, in the beginning I was scared because of how fast I was falling for you. I was scared of my feelings and rejection and how attached I was getting to you. But over time that scared feeling went away because growing with you over the course of the past few months has made me the happiest I've ever been. I've never been so confident in someone and our relationship. So, to answer your question, no. It doesn't scare me, because I know you love me and I am so in love with you. We're not gonna let anything get in our way, not even a couple thousand miles."

I couldn't help but smile at his words as butterflies erupted in my stomach. He was so in love with me and I was so in love with him. I had no idea how I got so lucky.

"No we're not." I shook my head. "I love you so much." I told him before leaning down and kissing his lips, both of us smiling into the kiss.

After a few seconds we pulled away from the kiss, both of us observing each other's face.

"And I love you." Drew whispered. "Don't forget that."

I smiled, continuing to run my fingers through his soft, dirty blonde hair. Moments like these were one of my favorites. I loved how I could talk to Drew about anything and he was so comforting and understanding. He made me feel so loved.

In the midst of us sitting together, we were interrupted by an abrupt knocking coming from the door of the trailer.

"Charleston PD! Open up!" We heard a fake deep voice yell and we immediately knew it was Rudy. "And with your clothes on!" He added and I couldn't help but laugh.

"What, you don't want a free show?" Drew yelled back as I got off of his lap. He went over to the door and opened it to see Rudy with a backpack on, and Austin, and JD standing behind him. "Shit, we weren't expecting a whole audience." He chuckled as he greeted the boys.

"What are you guys up to?" Austin asked us as they stepped into the trailer.

"We were just finishing up our lunch." Drew told them. "What about you guys?"

"Rudy found some games in his trailer and he's trying to get more people to play but no one's around." Austin said as he took a seat on the small couch.

"Where is everyone?" I asked them.

"Chase and Mads are working their shit out. Bailey and Mariah went out to eat. And no one else wants to play." JD explained to us.

"I'll play." I told them. "Whatcha got?" I asked Rudy as he took the backpack off his shoulders.

"I have a regular deck of cards, UNO, Cards Against Humanity," Rudy read off as he took the games out of the backpack. 

"Let's play a game of UNO real quick." Drew said as he drank from his water bottle.

We all agreed on playing UNO and we sat in a circle while Rudy shuffled the cards and dealt them to everyone. Sitting around with the guys like this, playing a game and sharing laughs, was something I was going to miss the most. One of the things I loved most about this group of people was they never failed to make me laugh. 

I was going to miss everyone so much.

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a/n:

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