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Clip #17: Finally Happier

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This one is short, kind of a bridge between the last Clip and the one coming next.

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Leyla POV

I was happy.

I don't know when I realized it, I don't know when it happened. But I understood what South had meant when he left me all that time ago.

I was happier.

I had Grey, I had my friends. I'd gotten the role of Kathy Seldon in our school's production of Singin' in the Rain, acting alongside my best friend Evyn. Unfortunately, my worst enemy Ben Kidd was playing the hilarious role of Cosmo Brown, but Evyn and I were getting very good at ignoring him and his snarky remarks.

Which he made a whole lot of.

I walked outside of the theater, pulling my hair up into a brown bun on my head. My hair had gone from dirty blonde to brown quickly after I chopped it to my shoulders, cutting off all the blonde that remained. I'd changed a lot, actually- I had contacts, new hair, and a driver's permit.

I felt grown up.

It was a strange feeling.

A boy stood in the corner, looking at his phone, running his hands through his thick, tangled black curls. He looked up at me and grinned, his teeth white against his light brown skin.

"How was practice?" he asked, pulling me into a hug. I wasn't used to having my Leo Valdez boy, Greyson Black, give me the admiration I hadn't felt since I dated South months ago.

I was on top of the world, I was unstoppable, I was happy.

"It was great," I responded truthfully, "but I'm having trouble with the dancing."

Maybe I was a singer, but I was no dancer. I was too stiff, too awkward, and too self-conscious.

"It's okay, Ley," Grey said affectionately, "you just need practice. And besides, you can't always be perfect all the time."

I smiled. "You're sweet."

He blushed a little. "Just like frosties... speaking of which, want to get some?"

"Smooth," I replied, grabbing his hand as we walked out the door.

How could anyone be happier?

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Very short, I apologize.

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