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Don't Ever Forget

Aliyah POV

I grabbed Billie's hand as she led us out the doors and to her car. When we reached her car, she held the door open for me, running around to the drivers side once I got in. I let out a small laugh while watching her as she tried to hurry to get in the car.

"You know you don't have to do all of this," I said as she started the car.

"What do you mean?" She looked at me with her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"This. Take care of me. Do shit to try and make me feel better," I played with my fingers

"I'm not try-"

"I don't want to be treated differently because of what happened. I don't even wanna talk about it. I just want to act like nothing ever happened."  I raised my voice.

"I'm sorry," she whispered.

"Just drive," i leaned my head on the window. I didn't mean to sound rude, i was just stressed out. I was mad at myself for failing, mad at Billie for letting me live, and just really tired.

"Did you want to go to my house or yours," she asked and I looked down at my phone to check the time.

"Mine please. My mom isn't home right now and I just need to be alone." I didn't move, silence quickly filled the air.

"I don't think you should be alone right now," I felt her glance over towards me.

"I'm fine Billie. I just need a moment to process all of this. I don't want doctors, or anybody bothering me right now. I just want to think about everything," i raised my voice and sounded  annoyed. She let out a sigh and drove to my house. When she drove up to my house, she got out and made her way to my door opening it.

"I told you billie, you don't have to do all of this," I told her while I got out.

"You told me you wanted to act like nothing happened. If nothing happened, I would've taken you out on a date by now and would've opening your doors for you," she smiled and I couldn't help but feel guilty about everything. I let out a forced smile, but there's something about her smile that's just so contagious, my forced smile quickly turned into a genuine one.

"You would've taken me on a date?" I asked.

"Yes," a smile still stuck on her face.

"Where would we have gone?" I stepped a little closer to her, a thin gap between us.

"It's a date. You're not supposed to know," she smirked.

"So you can kidnap me and murder me, without anybody knowing my location," I stepped as close as possible to her without our bodies touching. I watched as she got nervous, but tried to play it off.

"Well that was the plan, until you decided to try and beat me to it, so now I guess I have to take you on a real date, " we both laughed. God I missed her laugh.

"Shut up," i rolled my eyes.

"Make me," she winked and I smirked, leaning closer to her until our lips were about to touch.

"You're so dumb" I smiled and pulled away, causing her to groan.

"Yeah, but my dumbass is taking you on a date tonight at 8. Be ready, because even if you're still in your pajamas we're going."

"So I gotta dress up?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Even if you're in a towel, because you showered I'm still taking you out."

"So now I have to shower?" She rolled her eyes.

"I mean, I was trying to tell you in the nicest way possible but," she shrugged her shoulders.

"So if I'm still in the shower when you come, you'd join me?" I leaned in until my face inches away from hers again.

She didn't say anything, but instead she put her hands on the sides of my face, pulling me into a desperate but needy kiss. Both of us not wanting to pull away, as it slowly became more heated. The feeling I get whenever we'd kiss is something I'll never get tired of. It's like everything around us disappears, all sounds become muffled, the only thing I can focus on is the way my heart always beats so fast and my stomach becomes filled with so many butterflies.

After a couple minutes I pushed her away, resting my forehead against hers. I felt so comfortable and carefree in this moment, I refused to say anything.

"Hey Billie?" I whispered, finally speaking after a few minutes.

"Yeah?"

"Hug me," she quickly wrapped her arms around me without hesitation. I took a deep breath and relaxed into her arms. I'll never forget the euphoric feeling of being in her arms.

"I'll see you at 8," I whispered into her ear and left a soft kiss on her cheek before breaking away from the hug, her cheeks were now red.

"You're so cute when you blush," i smiled and her face turned dark red.

I gave her another kiss, but this time, it was slow. When we pulled away, we stared at each other for a bit. I whispered bye and started to make my way inside my house.

"Hey wait!" I yelled just before I opened the front door, quickly making my way back towards Billie. She was leaning against the passenger door.

"Yes?" She looked at me still smiling.

"I love you so much. Don't ever forget that," I looked into her eyes.

"I love you more. Don't forget that either," I kissed her almost immediately after, a singular long kiss, just to get that euphoric feeling once again.

When we pulled away, I gave her a tight hug. After a while, we finally pulled away from each other. I turned around and made my way inside my house.

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