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Memories

*Tori's POV*

I drove for miles and miles, tears still streaming down my face, I didn't realize where I was going but I was heading to the Hollywood sign. Why am I going there? To the place where other people find joy, excitement, adventure, romantic picnics and awesome pictures, while I find loneliness, sorrows and regret. I can feel the complaints inside my chest, my heart is tired of all this suffering and so am I...

I look at my phone and see the time among missed calls and text messages, I drove so fast that I got here in twenty seven minutes, which surprised me. Although it's very early and there isn't that much traffic, a normal ride here should take at least two hours..

I get off my bike and sit down in front of the second L in the Hollywood sign, the sun is up already but the sky still has traces of he beautiful orange that tears through the dark and clears out the night, the stars have already left and so has the moon, there were no animals around and the only company I had was loneliness and sorrow, my two old best friends. This wasn't a nice story where the girl meets the love of her life and they live happily ever after and the bad guy gets screwed over and all of his plans fail and he goes to prison, nope.. he got away. He died before facing justice for what he did, and now he's gone and I'm still here.

"It's not fair..." I whisper to myself

"I know it isn't baby" a voice behind me whispers and then I feel two gentle hands wrap around my stomach and a familiar face rests her chin on my shoulder, I sigh but caress her had with my thumb

"How did you get here?" I ask after realizing her car is nowhere near us

"Uber" she shrugs "Right after you took off I had a gut feeling you would come here, and although your bike is faster than the traffic, I know the shortcuts" she finishes and a moment of awkward silence falls between us

"He got the easy way out Jade" I speak and my heart breaks at the sound of my own words "He killed Nina, destroyed my life and then nearly killed me" Her body is pressed against mine so I feel her tense up at my statement "And then he gets to avoid justice and escape life, while I have to keep going" my eyes begin to water "I'm so tired of this Jade, I'm tired of fighting, tired of crying, of losing, of breaking my heart and never once getting a chance to being happy" I say with tears falling down my face "Maybe I should just give up, you know? Maybe I should die too" I say that last sentence in a whisper but Jade seems to hear me just fine, because she quickly turns me around to face her, and she has tears streaming down her face too, what have I done? I never want to cause her pain, and now she's crying because of me

"Jade I'm so sorry" I start but I'm interrupted  by her lips crashing into mine, and after a millisecond of shock I return her kiss passionately, her touch on my skin sending shivers down my spine and driving the butterflies inside my stomach completely wild. Our tongues dance around each other's mouths and fight for control over the kiss, her hands gently cup my face while my own are wrapped around her waist, holding her tight. Her thumb gently rubs my cheek and can feel my heart beat faster and stronger at the reminder of what love and happiness feel like, god knows how much I've missed kissing these lips and how long I've yearned for her touch, my mind clear from all the demons and all the horrible thoughts, my tears now being replaced by happy tears and all the pain in my body fade away. Nothing else matters anymore, and the whole world could go up in flames and I wouldn't mind.

We pull away for air but our foreheads stay together, and I gaze into her beautiful eyes. It feels like it has been an eternity since I've gazed upon them and I saw nothing but love there, her smile telling me exactly what I was seeing but my brain slowly broke my transe and the memory of all the bad things start to come back. She must've seen it in my eyes, because she tilts my chin up to look at her and she stares straight into my eyes before speaking