Mae's mom closed the trunk of the car. "Is that everything?" she asked.

"Yeah," Mae said. "Can you give me and Ryder a few minutes?"

"Take all the time you need," her mom said before getting into passenger seat of the car.

Mae turned to face me and I immediately noticed the tears starting to form under her eyes. "Hey," I said softly, resting my hand on her cheek and wiping the tears away with my thumb. "Don't cry. We'll keep in touch."

"I know," she said, holding onto my wrist. "But we won't see each other every day. I thought it wouldn't be hard but now that the day...