Chapter 15

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I look over at Ethan. He has tears in his eyes. "Why are you crying? I'm fine, I'm still breathing." This is the first time I've seen Ethan cry and it breaks my heart. "I almost lost you. I almost lost my best friend and it's my fault." My heart ached at the words best friend. "Ethan it's not your fault. It was bound to happen." I try to comfort him. It's not his fault it was an accident. "Madison, I'm the one that came running into your room and scared your tarantula. It's my fault." He wipes away some of his tears. I squeeze his hand. "Ethan, it's ok. I'm not dead, I'm fine. Stop blaming yourself." I say. "You did die." He said. I gave him a confused look. "Your heart stopped. The nurse said that if we got here a few minutes later then we could have lost you for forever." Ethan cried. I smiled. "That means you saved me. You got me here. You're my hero." I say. Ethan looked up at me. I scooted over and patted the bed. "Come lay with me." I say. Ethan stood up out of his chair and laid down next to me. Ethan wrapped his arms around my waist and I buried my head into his chest. I lifted my head up and kissed his cheek. "Thank you." I said before laying my head back onto his chest. Ethan kissed the top of my head. I smile. We would be the perfect couple but I could only dream.

*10 months later*
Bitterness. That's all I feel. I've know Ethan for a while and I've been patient. I'm almost 16 and I've turned down every guy that's asked me out in hopes that Ethan would finally just ask me out. But I'm done waiting. I march straight into Joselynn's room. "How do I get boys to notice me?" I ask. My sister smiles wider than I've ever seen her smile. "You don't know how long I've waited for this day. First we start with your clothes. It's mall time baby!" My sister shouted. I groan. I hate the mall with the burning passion of a thousand suns. My sister grabs my hand and pulls me downstairs. "Aunt Becky can you take us to the mall?" Joselynn asks. "Is she finally ready?" My aunt asked. "Yes! Now let's go!" Joselynn says excitedly. I'm super confused. "We've been waiting for you to be ready to girly up." Joselynn explains. I roll my eyes. This is going to be a long day.

"Let's go to hop topic!" I say. That's the only store I like. "No! I forbid it." Joselynn yells. I groan. "I think I have enough. Can we go home now?" I ask. This day has been nothing but an endless blur of crop tops and skirts. "A few more stores left." Joselynn says. I roll my eyes. I don't think I can survive this. "If you make it through this then you can have a reward." My aunt said. I'm officially intrigued. "Go on." I say. "If you get through the rest of the stores then you can get a piercing." She said. I give her a confused look. "My ears are already pierced." I say. "I'm talking about your belly button." She says. I do a little happy dance. I've been subtly dropping hints that I want my belly button pierced for a few months now. "Let's do this!" I grab my sister and my aunts hands and run into the next store.

I throw the countless bags of clothes that I now have on to the floor and flopped onto my bed. We spent hours at the mall. But it was worth it because now I have a very cute belly button piercing. Tomorrow is Monday so I can show off my new clothes. I decided to text Gray.
M: I'm never going shopping again!
G: You're not normal most girls love to shop
M: well I'm not most girls!
G: I have to go your crush and I are about to eat dinner.
M: I swear if Ethan sees that text I will murder you in your sleep.
G: don't worry he won't. Talk to you later!
M: ok bye!
Grayson now knows that I like Ethan and constantly teases me about it. I was exhausted so I decided to go to sleep.

I wake up to my alarm going off. I groan and shut it off. I get up and brush my teeth and hair. My sister walks into my bathroom. "I picked out your outfit and you're wearing make up too." I groan but grab my makeup. It's barely been used. "And curl your hair." Joselynn adds before leaving. I let out a little whimper but pull out the curling iron. I put on my make up but I don't put on a lot. I then move on to my hair. After burning my hand several times I finally finish and I look pretty good if I don't say so my self. I walk back into my room and see an outfit on my bed. (Her outfit is on top but she had brown hair.) I groan but put the outfit on. And run down stairs because I'm running a little late and I'm pretty sure Ethan and Grayson are waiting for me. I was about to run out the door when my aunt stopped me. "Hold it! Turn around." I slowly turned around. She smiles. "You look great. Your mother would be so proud." She said. I smile. "Thanks." I run out the door and get into Ethan and Grayson's car. They are now 16 so they are actually aloud to drive.

Ethan turned around and looked at me. He raised one eyebrow. "What's up with the new outfit?" I shrugged. "Nothing just got new clothes. Do you like it?" I asked. Ethan shrugged. Ok not the reaction I wanted. "Is that a belly button ring?" He asked as he pointed at my stomach. I nodded my head. "Yup." "And makeup?" He questioned. "Yes." I reply. Ethan just looked at me before turning back around.

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