Belladonna | 18 +

Epilogue | Hi

✺ Birdies POV ✺

✺ One year later ✺

"Hi, baby I'm home," My girlfriend called from the front door.

"Hi love, I'm in the lounge," I called out as I sat on the couch doing some work.

It's officially been a year since Kira and I. After I broke up with her, I was too ashamed to tell her I take it back, I didn't want that, I wanted her to wait because it hurt too much. I wanted her to wait for me and I'd wait for her but I was ashamed.

How do you go from loving someone so deeply it pained you to break their heart to telling them you made a foolish mistake—I was embarrassed.

So I did what felt familiar and ran. I went back to California and continued with life as normal. Ava was pissed at me though, she told me how broken Kira was and how long it actually took her to get over us.

We had more than one fight over me and Kira. But eventually, Ava and I got our friendship back, she told me I needed to get my shit together and figure out what I wanted because I couldn't mope around and wonder when Kira would come back because I was the one that let her go.

I needed to either grow a pair and take it all back tell her how I really feel, and admit I was wrong for it all or move on and leave her be to heal properly and equally have a chance to move on.

So I did exactly that. I left her alone because, in all honesty, I was embarrassed.

I still loved her though, I feel like every part of me still loves her but I'm not allowed to love her openly anymore. For a long time, I was quiet about it and did my best to push her out of my heart but I couldn't.

I still can't. I've not been able to love anyone like I love her.

But I needed to leave her to move on and heal.

During my second semester of senior year of college, amity and I got really close, we found out we both got jobs lined up for us in New York, and they were within close vicinities of each other.

That bonded our friendship but after a while, we took it all a step further and became a couple. We decided to take things slow and see where it all led us.

That was six months ago. Now we live together and have been girlfriends for six months. She's a great person and I really like her, things have been going well for us.

"How was work?" I asked her as she walked over.

"It was good, we got this official big project coming up and I was put on the team but I'm sure my boss hates me." She chuckled.

"I'm glad you were put on the team, you deserve it." I smiled and she placed a kiss on my lips. "Why do you say that though? That your boss hates you."

"Because she calls me rebound all the time and I'm sure her wife feels the same way, every time I see them I get nothing but awful looks—I love my job and everyone else is amazing but it's just my boss who's an issue." She sighed and sat next to me. "But beggars cannot be choosers in our field." She placed a kiss on my forehead.

"What's your boss's name?" I asked her.

"Jordan Matthews, everyone calls her Jordi except me. She says I'm not allowed to." Amity sighed.

"That's a bitch move then," I said just as she pulled me into her arms and I leaned into her touch. "I'm sorry about her baby,"

"That's okay B," She said. "Hopefully with time, she grows to like me."