EDITED;

Understand how much I love you?

"If I had my way,I'd spend every day right by your side and if I could stop time, believe me I'd try for you and I and each moment you're gone, is a moment to long in my life; So stay right here, right now 'Cause without you I'm a disaster, and you're my ever after"- My Darkest Days

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The vein in Arin's neck was popping out as it usually did when he was angry.

"Who let you in here!?"

"You're mom gave me a key! She wont be home tonight and she wanted me to keep an eye on you! UGH! I can't believe you actually went out with that prick... I'm so mad at you Kayla. You don't even understand."

"You're mad at me? I'm mad at you!"

"What? Why are you mad at me?!"

"Because you're mad at me!"

"I'm not the one who went out with some guy!"

"I'M NOT THE ONE WHO LEFT!"

Arin's posture immediately softened. His eyes looked like he was in pain and he ran a hand through his hair

"You never came!"

I started crying, my body was stiff and my voice was trembling.

"I waited for you... I waited for two years in that fucking tree house for you to come visit me, to save me... but you never came. You left and you had no intention on coming back! You know what the worst part was? I believed it, I believed you actually wanted to come back for me. I actually believed that you would come back and take me away from this terrible place. I promised myself that I would tell you off the next time I saw you for never coming back and I know that may seem stupid because we were ten but you could have asked to come visit and when I actually saw you all I could feel was happy. Okay? I was happy to have you in my life and I'm happy to have you in my life right now!

Who cares if were only friends and who cares if you don't feel the same way. I'm tired of keeping this inside. You know what, I did have a fun time tonight but it was nothing compared to when I'm with you. I'm so completely, hopelessly in love with you Arin. I love the way you look when you wake up and the way you give me that crooked smile when I do something silly or fall. I love how you hold me, and how you always know what to say. I love how you make me feel safe, and warm again, I love how you laugh at my jokes even though we both know I'm not funny. I love how you tickle me when I'm upset just so I laugh. I-I love that you struggle with math because that means I get to help you and see that smile of yours when you get something right. I love your voice! Your eyes! Your hands! Your humor! I love that when you look at me my breath gets caught and my stomach tightens and my heart speeds up a thousand times more! I love everything, okay? and I'm sorry but that's the truth. I'm in love with you."

I basically had to scream because it started thunder storming outside. Breathless, I barely heard Arin.

"I'm in love with you, Kayla."

Arin walked up to me and pulled me tight into his chest.

"Y-you love me?"

Looking up into his eyes, he seemed a little hurt that I doubted him.

"Why?"

-Arin's P.O.V

Why do I love her? Well I could go on for days.

I picked her up and laid her on the bed, I leaned over almost on top of her so I could look directly into her eyes and tell her exactly why I loved her.

" I love that your clumsy and uncoordinated. I love you because I need you to fall asleep at night, I need to lay next to you, hold your hands, listen to your music, talk about everything and anything, make you smile, make you laugh, give you kisses on your cheek wishing it was your lips. I want to run my hands up your sides and pull you in as close as possible and listen to your breath while you fall asleep, I love you because I need you in my arms to know that for once everything is going to be okay. I love you because I want you any way I can get you, and not because you're beautiful, or clever, or kind or adorable because God knows that you're all of those things. I love you because there's no one else in the world like you and I don't ever want to start a day without seeing you next to me...