Its Always Been You

Chapter Twenty Three

A/N- First of all. I have edited the last two chapters a bit so y'all should probably read those chapters again. Most of y'all (plus me) didn't like the way Azalea directly forgave him so I changed that part a little.

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Azalea

I woke up feeling the side beside me empty, I groan and turn over grabbing my phone. 6:45AM.

I have a lot of time to get ready. I get out of bed and stare in the mirror. I pull my hair in annoyance as I look at my morning puffy face.

I get to the bathroom and do my routine, then I slowly get downstairs and see moms rooms door closed. I walk to the kitchen on my toe not wanting to make any noise, I slowly open the fridge and take out two ice cubes.

Getting back to my room, I sit down in front of the full length mirror and ice my face. Oh just a tip, never put ice on your face directly, always maybe wrap it in a thin cloth or the best thing is to use ice rollers.

After sometime of scrolling through social media, trying to distract myself, I get downstairs and have breakfast.

After eating, I dress up and grab my bag, I get downstairs and see mom rubbing her eyes.

"Morning mom" I say walking towards her and kissing her cheeks.

"Morning baby. You look beautiful"

"Thanks ma" I say grabbing my lunch.

"I will text you in between. Bye I love you" she says with a smile.

"Love you more" I say rushing outside. I open the door and see Elliott.

"You look beautiful. I'm sorry I had to leave early" he says leaning down and kissing my forehead.

"Thank You and its fine" I say as we walk towards his car, he opens the door for me then gets to his side.

We reach school in five minutes and my first period is English. I didn't want to come to school because of the text, but now I think it was a prank because I literally didn't see him or anyone new.

The rest of the day went by pretty well and now we are having lunch.

"-and thats why I'm more excited for the match" Bryce says taking a sip of his drink. The boys have been talking about the Basketball match that is on this Friday. I'm very excited to see Eli play.

"Yes and then we will go party after match" Carter says making Aaron roll his eyes.

"Azalea you're gonna be there for the match right?" Aaron asks. I nod with a smile.

"Yes. I won't miss it" I say and look at Elliott who was already looking at me. He leans down and pecks my lips.

"Lea!" I hear Elijah shout from behind. I turn around and smile at him. He walks closer and hugs me from the back.

"How's school going?" He asks and I see Elliott glaring at him.

Nice.

"Pretty good. How was school for you?"

"Boring. I wish I had you in all my classes" he pouts making me chuckle. Elliott clears his throat and stands up.

"Anyways y'all, I'm gonna go head up for class. You. Don't forget to wait back after school for practice" he says pointing at Elijah. Elliott then leans down and kisses me once before going.

I turn around and see Mads walking in with a grin on her face. She pushes Aaron aside and sits in front of me.

"What has made my girl so happy today?" I ask smiling and taking a bite of my salad.

"Guess" she says placing her hands under her chin. I shrug and look up at her.

"I'm going out with Nic this weekend" she squeals.

"Oh my god. Wow. Where?" I ask with wide eyes and a wide smile.

"To one of his family house somewhere. I'm so excited"

"Is his family coming along or?"

"Just us"

"Oh my God" I say with a excited smile.

I'm so happy for her.

"Anyways, How are things going on between you and Elliott? You didn't tell me what all happened after you left the party that night" She asks

"Well, nothing much" I answer with a shrug.

"Well, are you excited for Fridays match?"

"Kinda. You?"

"Very. This match is against Aubreys school and the guy with whom she's hooking up with is the captain so its gonna very fun watching them lose. Plus Elliott and Ryan hate each other so a lot of drama might be coming up"

"Damn wow"

"Yup. Last year, after match they all had such a big fight and ofcourse as usual, our boys won"

"That wasn't fun Mads. Elliott literally killed Ryan" Aiden says

"Exactly and he was this close from losing his captain-ship"

Mads sighs "I'm gonna get going for my class now. See y'all later"

"And we have arts right now. Wanna bunk?" Carter asks and I shake my head.

"Nah. I have to submit my project"

"Holy fucking shit. I forgot about it" Aaron says banging his fists on the table.

"I'm bunking arts with you" Aaron says to Carter.

"Nope. I have to submit my project as well" he says making Aaron groan.

"Motherfucker. I'm going to the court to talk with coach" Aaron mutters getting up.

I giggle at Carters lame joke as we get into Arts class, we make our way to our regular place at the back and thats when my stomach flips.

I feel a sudden shortness of breath and my legs slightly wobble making me clutch my bag tighter.

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