'And I've never dreamed that I'd lose'
Chapter 8:
(Ella's pov)
As we walked out of his parent's house, I felt the fresh air hit me. After everything today, with so much to take in, it was nice to have a moment of normality, even if it was for a second.
"You okay?" He asked, turning to me.
"I'm good," I said, bringing myself back to reality. We got into the car and I decided to drive but I didn't know where I was going. I looked over at Dylan who was focused on the road until he turned to me when he noticed I was taking glances at him. I could feel it right there between us, the connection, it felt as if he had never left. No. I shouldn't think these thoughts, it wasn't okay.
"I can feel it too," He said as if he read my mind.
"Feel what?" I said playing dumb. I looked over at him who was focused on me completely.
"You know what," He said through pressed lips. I felt the connection grow if it was possible. I couldn't break the tension that was empowering me and I needed to breathe and think for a moment. I pulled the car to a side road that led to a reservoir as I stopped the car. I practically ran out of the car and began pacing back and forth trying to think.
"Where are we?" He asked as he got out of the car.
"I don't know," I replied.
"Are you okay?" He asked noticing the mood change.
"No. I'm not okay." I started. He stood still and confused.
"You left. You left me. You left this relationship. I begged for answers after you left and now I know, now I'm with Joe, it's too late." I blurted.
"Ella please." We went silent after he said that, he looked as if he was just hit in the face with the worse insult and trying to think of comeback but wasn't quick enough. After a minute of silence, he broke it with a sentence I knew would come out anyway.
"I want you back," He said as I looked up from the ground and glanced at him.
"Don't" I said trying to stop him. Our relationship is over and this connection wasn't helping us in any way, in fact, it just pulled us closer to each other. After meeting his parents and discussing his immortality, I felt like I was finally seeing an open Dylan. I would have done anything back when we were together to have gotten this far with him but things have changed. I have Joe to consider and it wasn't fair to him to be here and talking to Dylan about this, he deserved better than what I was doing.
"No Ella you need to know," He said as I stepped back, I stopped when the car was behind me.
"No it's what I needed to know before me and Joe," I said
"But you feel this though," he said talking about the connection now sounding annoyed
"Of course I do," I said annoyed that he would think I couldn't feel it.
"Do you feel this way with him?" he said still sounding annoyed and edging closer to me. I fell silent not wanting to admit to him and to myself that even Joe couldn't overcome what Dylan and I have. I fell for Joe but with Dylan, I was overcome and enchanted.
"Then why can't we be together?" he asked still edging closer.
"Because its too late Dylan, this isn't just some romance novel you can pick up from where you left off, it has to finish at some point," I explained
"It's not like for me," He said his tone still the same. The connection became stronger after that and I got back in the car before I did anything irrational. He opened my car door and turned my legs so my body was facing him, he was now on his knees talking. He left his hands on my thighs as he spoke.
"Every time I tried to let you go, I kept on coming back to you. I couldn't say goodbye. I never want to say goodbye to you. You are everything to me." He said. I looked down to avoid eye contact and the tension between us but the pull was so strong, looking straight into his brown orbs.
"Going back to the way things were may be hard, but going forward without you is impossible and I can't live an eternity without you any second less than I can have you," He said, the connection and tension reaching max and I couldn't take it any longer. I pushed my lips onto his and threw myself at him wrapping my arms around his neck and him pulling me out of the car so were both standing.
"I tried to hate you, I tried to leave you behind but I couldn't, there's something inside me that just won't let me," I said interrupting the kiss which resumed back to what we were doing before. I took a breath by placing my forehead against his, feeling the deep connection and electric energy cultivate us.
"Dylan," I said smiling putting my hand on his chest. He looked down at my hand as I stood back.
"Ella." He replied. He looked confused at my sudden distance.
"I should get back," I commented, remembering Joe and how I now needed to talk to Joe about the future of our relationship, knowing that I wanted Dylan to be apart of mine.
"Are you -" he asked, questioning why I was being so sudden and distant.
"I need to end mine and Joe's relationship out first before we continue," I explained, wanting Dylan to know where my mind was at.
"So does that mean-" He asked grinning.
"I'm choosing you," I stated, pushing my lips to his smiling as he picked me up and twirled me round in happiness.
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Wicked Game (Dylan O'Brien)
Romance"I want you back," he said as I looked up from the ground. "Don't" I said trying to stop him, I didn't want to talk about us anymore. We were over and this connection wasn't helping us in any way, in fact, it just pulled us closer to each other. "No...
