Lies

Confused

Axl

When I found Duff and Ana in the kitchen, staring each other down, I was furious. 

Ana was mine. She's always been mine, and that's why I told her so. 

So I never acted on the feelings before, but so what? Seeing her stare into Duff's eyes like that pissed me off to no end. It set off that spark in me. Jealousy, if you want to give it a name. 

I knew her like the back of my hand, and here Duff was, staring her down like he's lost in love. Not to mention Slash letting her sleep in his bed last night. Who the hell was I kidding? The whole band was after her. Izzy's had the hots for her since we were in the seventh grade, and being that she is beautiful, I'm sure Steven's made a pass at her already.

But she was mine. She's always been mine, and she knows it. That's why I told her I loved her, and I'm waiting for her to say something as she stares at me with that incredulous look in her eyes.

"Axl, this isn't right." she muttered, looking down at her feet.

"What do you mean it isn't right, Ana? You and I both know it's been meant to be all along! We have good times together. You're always laughing and smiling when your around me. Wrestling. Cooking dinner together when our moms went out partying all those nights and falling asleep together on the couch in the middle of a horror movie. Sneaking out of the house to go drinking instead of prepping for finals. We know each other better then we know ourselves, Ana! Sure, neither of us have acted on it until now, but we were so young then! We didn't know any better! Your the only one I think about day in and day out, Ana, but I knew it would never work with you living all the way in Indiana. But now that your in L.A, it's all going to be different! We can be together, and nothing can stop us. I can't live another day without you, Anastasia." I poured everything I had into it, because I felt like it was all true. Maybe I didn't realize it back then, but I loved her. We were meant to be together from the start.

She looked out the window instead of at me, and she let out a sigh. "I- I guess your right. I was too young and blind to realize it. But is that really what love is?" she questioned.

"If you enjoy being with someone that much, Ana, and you've been through hell and back with them, what else could it be? And let me tell you this, I have never in my life, cared about someone as much as I care about you" I was holding her hands now, and she finally met my eyes. 

"I guess your right. We've been through it all together." she said, conjuring up the memories of all the things we did together.

She looked so irresistible in my boxers and t-shirt. Her smile reminded me of being a kid again, and all those times she graced me with with her presence. Good times. Times when we were carefree and everything was new.

 I wanted to do something that I've been longing to do for years. I tilted her chin up to meet my face, looked into those sky blue eyes of hers, and planted a chaste kiss on her lips.

"I love you, Anastasia. I always have." I whispered in her ear, and kissed her temple once more.

A smile played on her face, and I knew she had realized we were always meant to be.

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Anastasia

He professed his love to me. Every detail, every event, every single thing he was thinking, he said aloud. When you love to be with someone and you've been through hell and back with them, your destined to be together. But I was confused in every sense of the word. 

Axl was like a brother to me, but he made a good point.

Did I love spending time with him?... Of course I did. Did we get along well and have a lot of fun while we were together?... Yes. Did we go through some sad and terrible things as kids, where the only people we had for support were each other?... Absolutely. Did we know each other better then we knew ourselves?... Probably. So what was stopping us from becoming more then best friends?