Prove Me Wrong.

'Kieran's POV'

It's finally here!!! Today I am off to Ireland for 3 and half weeks of family and relaxation. Jamie just took my last bag down to the car as I turned the air off and made sure to unplug everything in the apartment. After one last sweep through I'm ready to go, slinging my Nike backpack onto my back and my purse onto my shoulder I step into the hallway to lock the door. As I'm locking it Tyler's door flings open, "Good you haven't left yet!" he yells as I turn to face him.

I smile at the dork in front of me, "What were you going to do go to the airport?" I joked and he grinned, "Yeah actually I was, you think I wouldn't want to tell my best friend goodbye?" I stepped closer wrapping my arms around his waist, "I'm going to miss you Ty." He squeezed my shoulders, "Me too Kier, don't forget to FaceTime me too not just Chubbs." I nodded pulling away, "Deal, if you're lucky maybe I'll bring you a present." He pouted, "You better! Come on I'll walk you down."

In the parking lot I put my backpack and purse in passengers seat of Jamie's truck while he and Tyler talked, if leaving Tyler was this hard I was going to meltdown when Jamie left. Telling my parents goodbye was nothing, I had lived 3 hours from them for almost 6 years being gone for a month wasn’t going to bother our relationship. But with Jamie and Tyler it was all new to not see each other for such long periods of time. I hugged Tyler one last time squeezing my eyes tight to try and hold back the tears. "Love you, dork." He gave me a small, sad smile "I love you too Kierbomb, be safe." Closing the door to the truck I exhaled a long stream of air, this was going to be a long hard day.

'Jamie's POV'

Silence filled the truck as we drove to Dallas/Ft. Worth airport, the radio was on low as I drove and Kieran peered out the windows our fingers interlocked on the console. She had already cried leaving Tyler, and I knew she was going to be a mess when I had to leave her. Hell, I was probably going to cry too this sucked. I parked the truck and looked over at Kieran, "You ready?" She fiddled with strap of her purse, "Uh, yeah." she said trying to sound convincing as she opened the door. I threw her duffel bag over my shoulder but let her wheel her extremely girly suitcase through the entrance of the airport. I was hoping that with the plain colored clothes I had on and the Yankees hat on my head I would blend in and not be bothered today.

Kieran checked her bags at the baggage counter leaving her only with a backpack and her purse. In total her were close to 12 hours and I knew she was going to go stir crazy. Her first flight to Pittsburgh would be leaving in 2 hours, but she didn’t want me to wait with her at the airport. We walked through the crowds of people stopping short of the security line, "Kier, I can stay with you for a little while you're going to be bored." She reached for both of my hands, "You need to go pack Jame, and this isn't going to get any easier the longer we wait." She was right, if we said goodbye now or in an hour it was still going to suck.

"Yeah, I know," I responded quietly, running my thumb over her knuckles as I looked into her blue eyes. She pulled on my hands bringing us closer together, "Don't forget about me Benn," she joked releasing my hands and wrapping her arms around my neck. "I could never, I love you too much." She smiled, "I love you Jamie, we can do this. It's only a couple months."

It was supposed to be for a couple of months, but if she said the word I would be back in Dallas in a flash. With Kieran in my life now Dallas was home, wherever she was that's where I wanted to be too. "Say the word babe and I'll come home." She looked confused, "You're going home J, Canada is your home." I shook my head, "No, Canada is where I'm from. Home is wherever I am with you, Dallas is home. You are my home." Her lips pursed and her eyes watered, tears escaping down her cheeks "God, I'm going to miss you like hell Jamie." she choked out falling into my chest her words hitting me hard as I held her close one last time.

"I know Kier, I'm going to miss you too especially this." I whispered in her ear, I felt her tear drops soaking my shirt. She sniffled and pulled her head up, wiping her eyes "Sorry," she muttered as she noticed the wet spot on my shirt. I laughed reaching a hand out to hold her face, "It's fine babe, hey look at me." I asked and she pulled her eyes up from looking at her shoes. "I'll be right here on the next flight if you need me, I'm always just a phone call away. I'm all yours Kieran for the rest of our lives, okay?" Her lips pulled into that smile I couldn’t get enough of, "Okay." she said firmly as I pulled her lips to meet mine with short, soft and loving kisses as people rushed by us.

"I have to go," Kieran let out in an airy tone leaning her forehead against mine, "Okay… I love you." She squeezed my body tight one last time, "I love you too, goodbye Jamie." Her arms unwrapped from my neck, sliding down my arms I caught her fingers with mine, "See you soon, Kier." With one last smile and a squeeze of my hands she let go and walked towards security, I stood with my hands in my pockets as I watched her walk. When she reached the end of the line she turned a looked back, I waved and she blew me a kiss, that was our final goodbye. 6 weeks until I was going to see her again in person, she didn’t know it yet but she had an airline ticket to Las Vegas with her name on it for the NHL awards and that day couldn’t come soon enough.

'Kieran's POV'

The 12 hours of flying sucked, I flew from Dallas to Pittsburgh, sat through a 3 hour layover then flew from Pitt to London, and finally London to Dublin. If I thought I had ADHD going to Mexico I was almost certifiable on this hellacious flight. No amount of Netflix could entertain me, Dramamine was the only cure. So I knocked myself out until I landed in the rolling hills of Ireland. Just kidding I landed in the concrete jungle of Dublin, it would be a couple days before I saw the green grasses of the countryside.

My first week in Ireland was full of catching up with my family members, and fighting off the jet lag. From the minute I stepped off the plane I hadn't really been alone, everyone had questions about life back in the States. My grandparents are very hip for their age, at almost 70 they are both very active and tech savvy and we skype with them often but talking to them in person was so much better and more in depth. My nana Charlotte wanted to know everything about Jamie, and I was happy to tell her anything she wanted to know. I showed her pictures and told her all about our puppy and of course my ring and how he had given it to me, she told me he was a keeper. I promised her that she could meet him over Skype eventually.

My dad has one brother, my Uncle Harrison who still lives in Dublin with his wife Mara and their two kids. Niamh and Ross are twins they're 21 and both attend university in Dublin, I haven't seen them in almost 2 years so catching up with them has been a blast. Niamh is gorgeous, blonde hair big brown eyes, she's tall like me and frankly she's a bombshell and an Irish spitfire to boot. While Ross is red headed with green eyes, quiet and conserved, tall and lanky, but brilliant he's studying to become a lawyer.

Niamh has been bugging me since the day I got off the plane to go out with her and tonight I have finally given in. We're going to a small pub nothing too crazy, I am still too tired to go to an actual club. I've dressed simply as it cools down drastically at night in Ireland, but Niamh is still dressed to the nines. Even in my boring outfit she insists on taking pictures, I post it to Instagram "Dub Pub with @NiOReilly #Cheers #KieranTakesOnIreland"

At the pub I order Jameson whiskey, something I normally can't get in a bar in Dallas, Texas personally I think it's 100 times better than Jack Daniels but that’s probably because I'm Irish. Niamh sits next to me sipping on her fruity drink, "Let's talk about this boy Kier!! I can't believe you're settling down." I set my glass on the old wooden table, looking down at the sparkling ring on my finger, "We're not getting married for a while, but if he would have asked the big question I wouldn’t have said no.." She smiles, "I googled him, but I need to know more. What's he really like?" She asks excitedly.

I think about Jamie, and I wonder what he's doing right now he's in Canada now so he's probably out with friends or hanging out with his parents. This time difference really sucks, being eight hours ahead of him makes it hard to have conversations at decent hours. "He's quiet and shy until you get to know him, he's very sweet, and he's got a huge heart. He loves his job and for the most part he's understanding of mine.." She looks concerned, "For the most part?" "Yeah.." I tap my nails on the wood, "We got into a huge fight over our jobs, but we're uhh, we're fine now. He's learning that hockey isn't everything I guess." Niamh smiles at me, "Sounds like you're good for each other. Now, Show me some pictures! I can only stalk your Instagram so much."

Laughing, I unlock my phone and show her pictures from our first date to Mexico, graduation and everything in between. Seeing Jamie's face makes my heart ache a little, it's only been a week but I miss him already. Niamh stops on a picture of us with Knox, "He is so cute, when do you get him?" "June 3rd," I reply taking the phone back "It's going to suck having him by myself," I said sadly. "You miss him already don’t you?" she asked and I nodded looking into her eyes that are the same shade of blue as my own. "I'll probably Skype him tomorrow, it's been a week." We finished our drinks and talked more about her last year of school and my new job, catching up on the last 2 years. Aside from Sadie she was the only other girl in my family and with her being in another country it really sucks.

The next day my whole family spent the day at the Dublin Port. Taking in the beautiful sights and enjoying the rain free day which had become rare, it had rained almost every day since I got to Ireland. I took tons of pictures to document the trip posting them to my Twitter and Instagram when I found Wi-Fi and the time. I tried to keep everyone back home in the loop as to what I was doing while I'm traveling abroad. We went on a tour of the old Jameson Whiskey distillery where I got some souvenirs for Tyler and Jamie and a bottle of old whiskey for my dad.

This trip was very relaxing, no pressures of school, my job was waiting for me back home and everything with Jamie was perfect aside for the whole being apart thing. Being in Ireland I felt care free, I felt back to my roots and I also felt my accent picking back up. Going back to Texas I knew everyone would as questions and Tyler would probably make fun of me for it. Jamie would probably love it here, one of these days I'll have to drag him across the pond show him my heritage. If he meant what he said when he put the promise ring on my finger one day we'd have our own family and our kids would share this heritage too. Ireland will always be a huge part of who I am, and to fully understand it he needed to see it for himself.

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