Holly lets the water wash her as she thinks, 'being in this house makes me feel...nostalgic.' Holly soon says to herself, "no! snap out of it I hate him, remember?." Holly comes out of the shower and looks in the mirror saying, "you can do this, Holly ... it's only for a month... I should get ready." She looks in the wardrobe and sees a beautiful sunflower mini-dress, jean jacket and also a pair of brown boots. After brushing her hair, she comes downstairs to find Declan drinking some juice and Tiddles eating his breakfast. Declan says, "here, have some breakfast." Holly grabs the toast and adds some marmalade before eating it. As she heads out to her sports car she notices a flat tire saying, "great, just what I needed... my life cannot get any worse." Declan comes behind her saying, "it most definitely can, if I don't drive you to college you're gonna have to take the bus." Holly says, "get a RIDE with you?." She sees Declan's dreamy brown eyes and remembers they are hard to resist as Declan says, "come on, it will be just like old times.. I won't bite Holls, I just want to spend some time with you, and I am late for morning practice, so let's go." Holly takes a deep breath before boldly replying, "no thanks, I would rather take the bus." Declan is a little hurt and turns to head to his car however stop saying, "Holly, I hope you know that what happened between us... you are not the only one hurting... let's talk tonight and clear stuff up." He leaves as Holly heads and catches the bus; soon she comes into college as Jason calls out to her, "Holly!." Holly turns saying, "Jason!." Jason runs and pulls her in for a hug however she feels herself rigid thinking, 'Jason is wonderful... but he's not Declan.'
Jason says, "you didn't respond to my text last night, babe... I asked if you wanted to go watch the new movie M3gan". Holly thinks, 'oh crap, I was so exhausted yesterday after moving in with Declan's family I forgot to reply.' Holly says, "sorry Jase, there has been a lot going on... stuff with my parents...." Jason asks, "oh man, are you alright?." Holly replies, "honestly, I would rather not talk about it." Jason says reassuringly, "babe, I'm here if you need me, anyways I went ahead and bought the tickets, so I will pick you up tonight, ok?." Holly panics thinking, 'damn, I told Declan we could talk tonight.... I am so not ready for Jason to find out that I am living with Declan.....' Holly says, "um, how about I will just meet you at the cinema?." Jason says, "o-o ok." He looks at her confused as she soon heads in for class thinking, 'I wish I could just get over Declan.' Later that afternoon after college Holly came home thinking, 'maybe I should have told Declan I was going out... he did want to talk to me tonight.' She changes her dress and cuddles Tiddles before heading out to the cinema where Jason is waiting for her. Jason says, "hey babe, you're right on time and looking beautiful." Holly smiles saying, "thanks Jase, let's head in?." Jason asks, "how about we get a snack first? whatever you want." They come over to the counter seeing ice-cream, hot-dog, popcorn, wedges, and donuts. Holly says, "I want one box of iced donuts and popcorn."
Just as she takes out her card to pay Jason swats her hand aside saying, "no girlfriend of mine is going to pay for snacks at the cinema." Holly says, "aww, thank you Jase... can you also get a me a soda?." Jason replies, "sure and you're very welcome, babe". They got to their seat as the movie started as Jason was fully absorbed however Holly felt distracted in her mind with thoughts of Declan just as she feels a vibration in her pocket; she sees a text from Declan saying, 'where are you? I thought we were gonna talk tonight.' Holly texts, 'sorry, I am with Jason... I have a boyfriend, remember?.' Declan texts her, 'yeah but I rather not, I guess you have made your choice tonight... good thing I have already found someone else to keep me warm.' Holly's facial expression scowled in the dark wondering, 'is Declan snuggling with that witch again? oh god, what if they are making out on my bed right now?!.' Declan sends a wink emoji as Holly sends an angry emoji along with a text, 'you had better be joking, Declan.' Declan texts, 'I have got this warm, saucy, piece all to myself.' Holly texts back shocked, 'WTF DECLAN?!.'
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Always You
RomanceWhen childhood best friends Declan and Holly are unexpectedly brought back together years later, their once unbreakable bond is put to the test. As they navigate misunderstandings and hurt feelings, they must decide if their friendship is worth figh...
