Chapter Fifteen
The only reason everyone holds on to memories so tightly is because memories are the only things that don't change when everyone else does.
I’ve come to realise that the minute you think of giving up, think of the reason why you held on for so long. It’s what keeps me from holding on.
Two arms wrapped around me.
“How did you find me?” I asked.
“I put myself in your shoes and wondered where you’d be if you were in a thinking mood.”
“How did you know I like to go into the forest to think?”
“Because just over there is the lake, and I’ve seen you sit on the rock by the edge, watching the ducks swim across the lake, or the leaves fall as you write in that journal of yours.”
I smiled. “You know me too well.”
“Well I’d hope I do.” He sat down on the floor of the forest with me in the orange leaves. “We’ve been dating for three months now.”
I smiled. “I know, ever since the first day of summer.”
“And now it’s autumn.”
I nodded. “It’s been a year since I’ve been in Lake Gloria.”
We sat there for a moment, the breeze blowing my hair around.
“You never told me why you have so many tattoos,” I said, starting a conversation.
“Haven’t I?”
I shook my head.
“Well... Every time I get a tattoo, it’s whenever something big has happened in my life. When my last girlfriend disappeared from town I got tattooed across my chest the words ‘Love is a weapon’.”
“What do you consider to be big in your life?”
“Well, family dramas, accomplishments I make, losing people... meeting people...”
I nodded.
“Falling in love...” he trailed off.
I looked at him. “With your last girlfriend?”
“I fell out of love with her.”
My eyebrows knotted in confusion and he laughed.
“Well, I still love her, always will. When you love someone you either always do or never really did. But I will never love her the same way again, you know?”
“I guess that makes sense.”
He smirked. “I’m waiting for you to ask it.”
I sighed. “How did you know I wanted to ask you something?”
“Because I know you better than any one Cece.”
I smiled. “That’s a good thing.”
“It’s always a good thing.”
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Leaves of Autumn
Teen FictionCecelia Bloom has just moved to Lake Gloria, a town no one really knows about, all because of her unblanced step father. Lake Gloria is a town of many wonders and history. As Cecelia starts to get involved of the history of the town, she starts t...
