Love Me

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Chapter One| Lily
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"You coming to mine later." My best friend, Elle, asks. I look up at her and shrug my shoulders.

"Aleksio is taking me out to eat after school but I could get him to drop me off after." I close my locker and smile up at her.

She grins and nods her head, tucking a strand of her ginger hair behind her ear. "How are you two not together?" I gulp at her question.

"Just friends." I give her a tight lipped smile and I watch her scoff.

"Lily, that guy is like crazy possessive over you." She laughs. "Remember when we were thirteen and Frankie got you a Valentine's Day card." I laugh with her.

"Yeah, Aleksio saw it in my bedroom and ripped it up." I roll my eyes.

We walk out the sixth form building, the warm air making me smile brightly. "Well I ship you two together anyway."

"He's a bit of a man-whore." I say.

Unfortunately, Aleksio, has made quite a representation of himself with the girls. He's never been in a serious relationship but he does sleep around a lot.

"Who's a man-whore?" I hear that familiar voice behind me and look at Elle with wide eyes.

"See you later." She hugs me and then runs off.

I spin around and see Aleksio smiling at me.

I smile, scratching the back of my head. "Just this character in a book I'm reading." I quickly lie, which I've always been quite good at according to my dad.

"Give me a hug, baby." He winks and opens his arms up. I step into them and wrap my arms around his waist, burying my face into his chest. "You ready to go and eat?" I pull away and nod my head.

"Would you be able to drop me off at Elle's after?" I question him as he wraps his arm around my shoulder and walks us to his Range Rover.

"Sure. I'll pick you up as well, if you want?" I shake my head.

"My dad can pick me up." I tell him. "I still can't believe my name is on your number plate." I stare at the back of his car where half of the yellow plate spells 'L1LY'. He's only just got this car and he was persistent on getting a personalised plate.

"Mmm." He hums and opens the door for me before making his way over to the driver's seat.

I take the minute to stare at his sharp jaw as he turns around so he can reverse out of the parking space. My heart skips a beat when he drapes his left arm over my seat.

"You're drooling." He smirks, not looking at me.

He shifts into first gear and then speeds out of the car park.

"Shut up." I pout and look out the window.

"Wanna go to my uncle's diner?" He questions, pinching my thigh gently. I nod my head and smile at him.

"How was your day today?" I ask him playing with my hands in my lap.

"Well not seeing your beautiful face for the whole day made my day pretty shit." I roll my eyes at his charming words.

"I'm sure there were loads of beautiful faces to  look at, Aleks." I give him a blank look and he clenches his jaw.

"None like yours." I choose to stay silent.

We make it to the diner and Aleksio's Uncle, Alban, greets us with a large smiles.

"Here are my two favourite customers!" He greets, his Albanian accent thick.

"Dajë!" Aleksio pulls him into a hug. They pull away and then Alban pulls me into a hug. (Uncle)

"How are your mum and dad?" He asks me and I smile.

"Crazy in love." I joke. Alban leads us to a booth and hands us the menus.

"Good to hear. I'll leave you two to decide." We smile at him and I pick the menu up.

"Have you spoken to your dad?" I glance up at Aleksio and watch him shake his head. "He only wants what's best for you." I reason and Aleksio clenches his jaw. He furrows his eyebrows whilst looking at the menu and I sigh taking it out of his hands.

"There's nothing for me, I'm getting nowhere in school." He shrugs.

"Why do you put yourself down?!"

"I'm dyslexic, Lily. School stresses me out, I can barely read anything the teacher gives me, fucking hell, I could barely read what's on that menu." He raises his voice a little, making heads turn.

"You have potential, that's all I'm saying." I whisper and shrink back into my seat.

"I'm sorry for raising my voice, baby." He sighs and picks my hand up. He plays with the rose gold diamond bracelet that he got me for my sixteenth. "You know I hate making you sad." He whispers and I smile gently.

"Please just consider university before you throw yourself into that chaos." He nods his head and kisses the palm of my hand.

"Can I sleep over tonight?" He asks and I bite my lip. "I'll climb up the tree and through the window, so your dad won't see me." I can't help but smile.

My dad has always had some hatred towards Aleksio and it only got worse the older we got.

Aleksio took my first kiss when we were fourteen and my dad happened to walk in and dragged him all the way back home.

My mum on the other hand absolutely adores him. She's always inviting him round for dinner and she's also aware of how he sneaks into my bedroom.

"Sure."

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"Tomorrow, family dinner." My dad tells me as we walk into our house.

"Another one?" I groan and I watch him roll his eyes.

"You know how your mum likes to have our monthly dinners." He grins and I grin back. "I love you, princess. Don't stay up too late." He kisses my forehead and then I run up he stairs. "Yeah love you too, dad." He retorts.

I laugh. "Yeah, love you too!" I shout half way up the stairs.

I walk into my bedroom and lock the door behind me. I quickly have a shower and then get into some comfy pyjamas.

Half an hour later and Aleksio is climbing through my window. "Hi!" I whisper and give him a wide smile.

"Hi, baby. Give me a hug." I run up to him and give him a tight hug. "Missed you." He mumbles into my curly hair.

I pull away from him and see that he is clad in grey joggers and a white t-shirt. I squeeze my thighs a little and look away, feeling myself starting to get flustered.

He runs a hand through his hair and winks at me.

"I'm tired." He pulls the covers away on my bed so he can climb in. "Did you have fun at Elle's?"

I nod my head, turning the light off and then I climb in next to him. The light from the television illuminates the room and I cuddle up closer to him.

"Elle's going on a date in a couple days." He hums as he continues to listen to me. I feel goosebumps start to raise on my skin when he begins to play with my hair. "She wants me to go with her, like a double date." I feel him tense.

"That's weird." He mutters and I shrug. "You actually going to go?" He wraps his arm around my waist.

"I'll think about it."

"Mmm, love you." He mumbles as he begins to fall asleep.

"Love you, too." I whisper back.

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