Let me love you

Chapter 70

*1 year and 3 months later*

I close my eyes for a second, feeling the warmth of the sun on my face and the soft cooling breeze gently brushing my hair back. My eyes flutter open when a familiar hand comes up to the back of my neck, massaging me. I turn my head to the side to look into his eyes which seem to be holding the same warmth as the sun. 

"You good baby?" He asks.

"Yeah, I'm just relaxing and enjoying the sun, " I say, smiling at the boy next to me.

"Hey, guys!" Alice yells once they arrive.

"Hey, sorry we're late, " Sydney says, walking side by side with Alice.

"It's fine, we're still waiting for people, so you're not the last, " Elise says, placing a salad bowl on the table.

"Yeah, we're still waiting for the rest of the boys to come, " Jacob says as he flips the meat on the grill.

We decided to have a nice barbecue in the backyard of Elise's parent's house since summer is ending soon. It's always nice hanging out with everyone, especially when there's no tension in the air and everyone is on good terms with each other.

"How are you guys?" Sydney asks, whilst hugging me.

"We're good, how are you?" I say, wrapping my arms around her.

"Good, good just a bit tired from moving heavy boxes all day yesterday, " she says, pulling away to hug the rest.

Sydney and Alice are in the process of moving into a new bigger apartment together. Their relationship has been getting stronger as time goes by and we're all very happy for them.

Speaking of being happy for people, Elise seems to have found someone for her. She's been dating a guy named Oliver for four months now. He's definitely Elise's type, tall, brown hair and most importantly, has green eyes. We just met him today, so I can't form an opinion on him yet, but he seems like a nice, genuine, funny guy and he makes Elise smile so, so far so good.

"Do you want any help?" I ask Elise, as she carries the plates out.

"Yeah, can you get the glasses?" She asks.

"Yeah, of course, " I say, standing up and whisking myself towards the kitchen.

"Oh, hey Amanda, " I say, seeing her grabbing the cutlery.

"Hey, Chloe, here to help?"

"Yeah, " I say, opening the cabinet and grabbing as many glasses as I can hold in my hand.

Amanda is Jacob's girlfriend. She's a really sweet, bubbly girl and she brings Jacob's sweet side out more. They haven't been together for that long only a couple of months, but they seem happy.

My friendship with Jacob never really recovered from what went done last year. We never manage to go back to being as close as we used to be, but we still are friends and talk a bit whenever we're all hanging out together like today.

"Hope you guys haven't started eating without us, " Frankie shouts at us once he walks in with his girlfriend on his side.

Oh, wow, she's pretty!