Best Of Love

Time Passes

TWO YEARS LATER

The last time I had held his hand in school was on the last day. "I promise." He said, kissing me. "I promise to annoy you for many more years to come."

"I'm sure of it," I said, squeezing it. Our university placements were going to be out any minute, and I couldn't wait for them. As we had decided, Logan and I had applied for one same college and other colleges nearby, so that we could spend time with each other.

As I got my college letter in my hand, I trembled. "I got in," I told him, referring to the college we'd both applied to.

"I got in too." I said, giving me his letter. I placed our letters on a slab of wood and wrapped my arms around his neck.

"Thanks in advance for annoying me all through the college years." I whispered in his ear. He just smiled and held on to me tighter.

It had been two years since that conversation, two years since the bet, two years since the prom.

Not a lot had changed- apart from our voices. Logan developed a deeper voice, which I loved. He could even impersonate others and make me laugh.

He said I hadn't changed. And I definitely wasn't over the concept of love. As promised, we gave each other time- while enjoying the time of our lives.

I wasn't waiting for a day when I woke up and say, "I love Logan!" It was subtext. Over the months we'd spent time together, we ought to fall for each other. It was implied- he loved me. I loved him.

Like there was a way I could resist that thing!

But the day when it came on to our mouths marked the day of a new starting. Our story didn't end with I love you, it began with it.

My phone beeped. I woke up with a jolt and found a message from Logan. I smiled and pushed my hair off my face. Hey, ASAP to our hiding place.

As the name suggested, our hiding place was only known to us. I freshened up and drove to the place.

Over the two years it had changed- there were no drug dealers anymore, no police or any Taylor Swift songs. There was just us.

I got out of my car and parked it in front of my old school. I spotted Logan next to the tree in the hiding place and said, "Hey." I said.

He stood up and messed his hair up. "I didn't know you needed more than two years when you said you needed time." He joked.

"Well, I'm sorry." I said, hugging him.

He held me tightly, only to let go of me a second later. "Didn't that reference remind you of anything?"

It did. How couldn't it? "No.." I lied. "I don't understand."

"That's what you always say." He said. "Of course you understood. So, what do you think?"

"I really don't understand."

"Oh, do I have to spell it out for you?" He asked, and I nodded. "Well, Amy Valdez, I-"

"I love you." I said, cutting him off.

I admit it- I wasn't expecting him to pull me into a hug and then kiss me before saying those words back to me.

But when he let go of me, he was breathing heavily. "I love you too, virus. My own, personal virus."

I smiled and glanced at the area which started our bond. If we had never gone through this former drug cave, we would have never been here to remember it, together.
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