** Based on the song "The man who can't be moved" by The ScriptI put the last stuff in my bag, making sure I had everything I needed. I threw the bag next to my sleeping bag, a blanket and a pillow on the floor by the door. I had a mission and I was not going to give up. Not this time.
“Mate, are you sure this is a good idea?” Tom asked. I sighed and he looked at me in disbelief.
“Tom, I love her and I want her back. I have no idea where she is, I have to do this.”
Dougie and Harry were sitting in my kitchen, talking. I didn’t know what they were talking about and I didn’t care. I didn’t care about anything at all right now, except for her.
The day she left me had been haunting my mind for months now, and even though I tried to accept that just for once it might be a good reason that she left, everything was still messed up in my head. She always said she was born to leave this town. I knew it was a lie. I knew she was meant to stay here; to stay with me.
I went to the bedroom to get my book. I was ready for a lovely night in, just reading and maybe have a glass of wine. When I opened the door, I froze. What was she doing? What was that bag doing on our bed and why was she putting all her stuff in it?
“What are you doing?” I asked confused. She kept organizing her stuff in the bag and without even turning around, she said;
“I’m leaving, Danny.”
“Why?” I whispered. “Did I do something wrong? Please tell me..”
She sighed and turned around; “Danny, I wasn’t born to stay in this town and I’ve finally realized that it’s time to leave.” She said looking into my eyes. “I’m sorry.”
She turned around again and closed her bag and brought it to the hallway. She walked past me like it was the most normal thing to do; leave your boyfriend just because you weren’t born to stay town.
I turned around and looked at her beautiful frame, her slim body wearing dark clothes. Today it was black skinny jeans and a black The Boss hoodie and her red converse. I gave her that hoodie last year on her birthday.
“AJ..” I said as she put on her leather jacket and lifted her dark brown hair to leave it fall beautifully down her back. “Please don’t do this..” I begged.
“Danny, you knew that this would happen one day. I have to do this, you know I do.”
“Just please.. Stay with me.”
“I can’t..”
“Why not?” I asked. This was getting me all frustrated. “Alexis, I.. I lo-” I stopped.
”You what, Danny?”
”Nothing..” I said in defeat. This wasn’t how I wanted to say those words. Well, I wanted to say them so bad, but not under these circumstances. She walked up to me and kissed my cheek softly. Then she grabbed her bag, opened the door and turned to me again. “Bye, Danny.”Twenty minutes later I was on my way. I was carrying all my stuff; probably looking like someone who was going camping – well, I sort of was. Turning the so familiar streets, everything was like a flashback to me.
I remembered the day we first met. I was just going to get a cup of coffee at Starbucks before we all went to the movies. Tom had convinced the three of us to go see Star Trek for the second time.
On my way out of the café I bumped right into this girl - who happened to be Alexis. My coffee spilt all over her and as I apologized I looked right into her beautiful brown and green eyes, I was amazed. This girl was something out of the ordinary. I just couldn’t let her walk of like that. I offered her some dry clothes and even though she didn’t want me to at first, we ended up spending the entire day together. We talked, laughed, talked some more, went for a nice walk in the park and yeah, a year later we’re here.
I turned one last corner and there I was; on the corner where everything started. ‘This is it,’ I thought to myself as I placed my stuff on the ground. Tom, Dougie and Harry arrived not long after. They all looked at me as I unpacked my sleeping bag and sat on it.
“Guys, I appreciate that you’re here and I know you think it’s a stupid idea, but I really don’t have a choice.” I told them. Harry sat down next to me on the sleeping bag and leant his back up against the wall.
“Hey, listen, mate. I know we tell you that you’ve done some kind of stupid things and that this might be one of them, but just the fact that you’re here and that you’re actually doing this is a bit cool too.” I looked at him; did he just say that? They were all my best friends but I didn’t expect him to say those things to me.
“Thanks, Harry. It means a lot to me.” I smiled at him. “You know, you don’t have to stay here. You have your own lives; don’t spend it waiting with me.” I said as I looked up at Tom and Dougie.
“Call us if you need anything, alright?” Tom said as he looked down at me. Dougie smiled and Harry nodded and smiled at me before getting up.
“Yeah, thanks guys.” I said as I leaned back against the wall, sitting like Harry had done only second earlier.
I watched the guys leave and looked around me. People must think I was some kind of weirdo. But did I care? Not even a little bit.
People was walking by, minding their own business. They didn’t even care that I was sat here on the ground by myself.
I found my bag and pulled out two cardboards I had brought. One of them had a picture of Alexis on it, the other one a text that said; “Have you seen this girl?”
I placed the cardboards up against the wall so everyone who walked by couldn’t help but notice them. I got up from the ground.
“Excuse me, sir?” I asked a man who walked past my spot. He was dressed in a black suit and had a folder in his hand. He stopped and looked at me. I showed him the picture, “If you see this girl could you tell her where I am?”
The man nodded and went away. I sighed. This was going to be a long day. But I couldn’t give up. I had to find her; I just had to.
I spent the next few hours asking random people if they’d seen AJ. No one had. But was I really expecting them too? I mean, she could be anywhere. She might as well have moved to India or Hong Kong. She never told me where she went. Never.
Placing myself on the ground again, I felt a figure stand before me. I looked up and saw an old man looking down at me.
“You okay, son?” He asked me. I shook my head and said;
“No; not really. You see..” I said and pointed at the cardboards by my side. “I’m kind of-”
“I’m sorry, son, I can’t see what you’ve written. I don’t have my glasses. But here,” He said and offered me some money, “don’t spend it all on sweets.” And then he left me again.
Did I really look like I was broke? I mean come on, it’s not like my clothes or anything is dirty; it was all clean this morning.
So what if people thought I was broke? It didn’t mean anything to me, all that mattered what that my love would come back to me. Meet me on this corner when we first met. I wasn’t going to move. Not in a million years. Never.
I was sat on the ground, eating, when the guys all came back. It was about 6 PM and there weren’t really a lot of people on the streets on London right now. Everyone was probably home, having a lovely time with the ones they love. Me? Yeah, I was, of course, still sat on the ground waiting for Alexis.
“Any luck yet?” Dougie asked as he offered me some coffee he’d just bought.
“Not at all. I think I’ve asked like two hundred people today and not one of them have seen her. Some of them were really rude too.”
“What’d they do?” Tom asked.
“Push me away; call me things you do not want to hear. Just stuff like that. But if she comes back, it’s worth it all.
“Mate, I sorry to hear that.”
“Yeah, but it’s alright.” I said and looked out on the streets.
Hours, days and even weeks passed by; it was probably raining half the time but I still stood my ground. Did I ever want to give up? Sometimes yes, but I still stayed. Harry, Tom and Dougie were the best friends I could have ever imagined. They stayed with me, kept my spirit up when I was so close to giving it all up and they made sure that I always had what I needed.
After about a week of ‘camping’ on the corner, I’d started to get more attention. And by attention I mean, people actually coming to see me. Not like they want to talk to me, but it’s like I became some kind of sight called “The man who can’t be moved”. That was actually the description they used in TV. Yes, I was on TV. They did a short ‘show’ about me on the news and since that day, people have been coming to see me.
At first it wasn’t really the attention that I wanted, but I soon realized that if this could bring Alexis back then it would be alright.
More weeks passed, and I was starting to give up. I’d been so long and I was getting sick of people who showed up to see me. I wasn’t like they cared anyway. Those who did was my best friends,; they guys was there with me all along keeping me company as much as possible.
“Guys, I’m thinking about quitting this thing.” I said. It was a Thursday night, about 8 PM and the streets were almost empty.
“Are you serious?!” Harry asked, shocked. I nodded. “You can’t do that now, Dan. You’ve been here so long, she’s gonna show up.”
“How do you know that?” I snapped. “It’s been so long, she should have showed up weeks ago. Maybe.. Maybe I just need to move on and accept that I’m not getting her back?”
They all stayed quiet for a while. “I think you’re right,” Dougie suddenly spoke up. Tom and Harry looked at him with an angry face. “I’m sorry, Danny. But you’re right. It’s not that I don’t believe in you, because I do. But I just think that she had her chance and it’s not like you can sit here forever. I’d drive you crazy and I know it already is.”
I nodded; “You guys can leave now, I’m gonna pack my stuff now and go home. It’s over. I gave up. Come see me in a week when I’ve recovered from all this and my sadness.”
“You sure, mate?” Tom asked as he got up, dusting his butt off. I nodded again, seeing as I couldn’t get myself to say those words again out loud. I’d given up and I felt horrible. I’d given up on my love for Alexis and now I’d admitted it.
The guys left soon after and I was alone. I decided to just sit here for a while, trying to let the actions sink in. This was it. I was going to move on as soon as I left this corner. Though it would always have a special spot in my heart, along with Alexis.
I closed my eyes and felt a single tear roll down my cheek. I couldn’t get used to this. I just couldn’t.
“Danny,” I looked up. This could not be true. No one was in front of me. I was dreaming.
“Why are you doing this?” My head shot to the left and there I was a figure; a dark, beautiful figure. The person stepped forward and my hearts skipped about five beats.
“Alexis?” I stuttered.
“Danny, why are you doing this?” She asked, still standing a bit far away. I got up from the ground and stepped a bit closer to her.
“Because I want you back. Since the day you left me I’ve been wanting you back, AJ. You have no idea what you mean to me. I love you, and I wanted to tell you from that day but I never got the chance.”
“Danny I want you to stop all this. I don’t need it right now.” She said, looking at me with sad eyes. I stepped closer to her, now only a few feet away.
“Why?”
“I just..” She stopped for a second, “That’s all I came to say. Bye Danny.”
“Stop! I will not hear those words again and just see you walk away once more. Alexis, I love you and all I want to hear is that you love me too.”
“Danny, I.. I do love you, but I ca-”
“That’s all I need to know. AJ, we love each other and that’s all that matters.”
“Danny, I can’t. Okay? You need to understand.” She begged.
“And you came all the way here just to tell me that?” I questioned her. “I don’t believe you. You’d never do anything like that. You’d just let me sit here in my own misery until I gave up.”
“But you gave up! You were packing all your stuff, Danny!”
“That’s not the point at this moment!” I softened my voice again, not wanting to hurt her. “Alexis, just please. Stay here, stay with me. I know you say that you weren’t born to stay in this city, but I promise you I’ll do anything to make you happy. I love you so much.” I said. We were stood very close to each other now. I reached up and softly stroked her cheek. She closed her eyes lovingly, enjoying my touch.
“Stay with me..” I whispered as I learned in and kissed her lips softly. After a short while I felt her kiss me back. She put her arms around my neck and nodded.
“Yes, Danny, I’ll stay with you.”
“Good morning, this is the News! First of all, we should start by congratulating Danny Jones also known as “The man who can’t be moved”. Just yesterday evening, the girl Danny had been waiting for; the beautiful Alexis Jane showed up at the corner of the street and well, let’s just say this outstanding story did have a happy ending..” 
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