Her Anchor

Love

Rylee's POV

-4 Months Later-

"Thank you for meeting with me." Olivia says as I take a sip of my coffee

"I'll always come when you call cause I know you'd do the same." I say

"What's on your mind?" I ask

"Andy and I turned down the schools settlement offer. We're going to trial. And you're gonna have to testify." Olivia says

"And I wanted to warn you." Olivia says

"Warn me? What for?" I ask

"The schools lawyers have copies of Hannah's diary and they have copies of the tapes." She says

"And in the diaries Hannah goes into detail about your pregnancy. Dennis is sure that they're gonna ask you about it." She adds

"Oh, God." I mutter

"I'm sorry that happened to you and I'm sorry that they're gonna bring it up in court." She apologizes

"Don't be. It had to come out eventually." I say

"Do your parents know? And Jeff's?" She asks

"I told my parents. And then I told his parents in November." I state

"I saw on social media that you're seeing someone new. How's that going?" She asks

"It's going good. Um, in the beginning I wasn't sure how to let someone else love me, let alone me love someone else." I say

"And now?" She asks

"I haven't told him this but I am so in love with him." I say with a small smile

"You should tell him. As you and I both know, you never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time." She says

"I'm scared. If I tell him that makes it real. That means admitting that I'm in love with someone who isn't Jeff." I say

"Ever since I was thirteen years old there has never been anyone else. I've only ever been with him." I state

"Oh, Honey. Every time I saw Jeff and you together it was so obvious that he was in love with you. The way he looked at you when you laughed and the way he smiled when you smiled. I'm betting he'd want you to be happy." She says

-The Next Morning-

I walk out of my house and over to Monty's jeep before climbing in the passenger seat

"Well, hello there, Gorgeous." Monty says with a big smile before I lean over and peck his lips

"Hi, Handsome." I say with a warm smile

"You just get prettier everyday." He says

"I'm in love with you." I blurt out

"What?" He asks as his smile grows even bigger

"I'm in love with you. I have been for awhile. I realized I needed to say it cause you never think the last time you see someone is the last time. You think there will be more time. You think you have forever, but you don't. So, I love you, Montgomery." I say

"Say it again." He says softly

"I love you, Montgomery Domenic De la cruz." I say before he connects our lips in a sweet kiss

"I love you, too, baby." He says softly

*20 Minutes Later*

Monty and I lean against the lockers as we wait on Jess and Alex because today is their first day back