The Guy I Couldn't Stay Away From

CHAPTER 10

Louvina's POV

For the first time in forever, I woke up in an awfully jolly mood. There was so much to be jolly about. Our little family reunion last night, my kiss with Adam;
*sigh* everything just felt right.
And now that we were at the cemetery talking to Mark together, I just couldn't be happier.

"Hey son, I know you're doing just fine. And I also know that wherever you are you're still playing football. You were the best defender I had ever known. You still are. Take care my boy." My dad says, smiling down at the headstone.
He steps back and my mom moves in front of him.

"Mark, darling, I miss you so much. I miss your constant compliments on my food. Speaking of food, I hope you ate well yesterday. I made apple potpie and mashed potatoes. Just the way you like it. Don't exert yourself too much honey so that the food will last until next year okay" She says and bends down to kiss the headstone.

When my mom is done, my dad squeezes her hand and lightly kisses her shoulder. I smile at this and look at Abbey who is now in front of us.

"Yo man" she says in a hipster voice. "I miss you man." her voice softens. " Everything's great here so don't worry your little head. And yeah, I've toned down my outings just a little bit" she brings her index finger and thumb together to indicate just how much. " Oh yeah and also, you owe me five dollars because I won the bet. I told you Lou was gonna grow up to become a female version of you but you insisted she would be like me. Well, I'm glad she's like you or else we wouldn't have been here today" she pulls me to her side and pats my shoulder. "Stay cool bro" she ends again in her hipster voice.

"Markie" I whisper. Until I was 8 years, that's what I called him and he loved it so much that when I stopped, he pleaded with me to continue but I told him it made me sound like a baby and I was "a full grown woman". He always answered with a "you don't say" and a chuckle.

"Thank you for being there for me, us, when you were here. Thank you for the comforting words anytime I cried. Thank you for all the candies you sneaked into my room when mom and dad refused to let me have some. Even though you were the cause of my cavities, I'm still grateful. Just, *sigh* thank you for being Mark. Mark James Stanton." I say and drop the flowers we bought on his headstone.

We say our last goodbyes and head home. My mom suggests take out and Abbey suggests we watch Adams favourite movie, VACATION. He loved it so much and he forced us to watch it so often that we all knew some of the lines off-head. While we watched it, we laughed and enjoyed our sushi and just like that, the day I didn't think could get any better had gotten better.

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"Excuse me but are you avoiding me?" Adam asks in amusement as he steps through the front door.
I roll my eyes. Yes, maybe I have been but what else was I supposed to do after our kiss?

"No" I answer trying to keep my cool.

"Are you sure? Because my texts have been deliberately ignored" he retorts crossing his,arms over his chest and leaning, thankfully, on the wall opposite me.

"I wasn't replying before so its nothing new" I shrug.

"Oh so its like that huh?" He asks raising an eyebrow.

I shrug again.
"Suit yourself" He says as I start to ascend the staircase.

"But circumstances have changed Lou!" he shouts from behind me. I continue to ignore him and enter my room.

"Circumstances have changed? What does he mean by that?" I ask myself pacing around.

"Is he talking about the kiss? But if its the kiss then what has changed? It was just a kiss, we were caught in the moment and it just happened and I'm sure he feels the same way so what has changed?"

Just as I was mumbling these things to myself, Abbey barges into my room. Causing me to jump. She sizes me up and down before talking.

"I'm leaving now okay" she says from the doorway

"Okay, have fun" I tell her.

"Bye Lou" Adam's voice comes from behind Abbey and he stares at me.

Suddenly, I hear a groan.
"Stop looking at her you perv" Abbey says after she elbows Adam in the ribs.

He stands straight from his crouched position and raises his hand up in surrender.

"Hey, I'm sorry" he says from behind Abbey as she walks away.

He turns to me and whispers
"Not sorry" he smirks and winks at me before leaving.

I stare blanky at the still open door.

'What is he up to now' I wonder and let out a groan.

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A/N

Chapter 10, Done.

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