Why We Fell in Love

Chapter Thirty-One

"Thank you for coming. I am in desperate need to forget everything," I say as Meg and I lay down on the beach towels and let the sun tan our skin. "I can't believe I broke things off with Jagger. I feel so bad but Noah just-"

"You know, if you want to forget them, you probably shouldn't talk about them," she says as I nod. Good point.

"Hey, do you want to get a tattoo?" I ask.

She takes off her sunglasses and glares at me," I don't ever want a tattoo."

"All tattoos aren't scary y'know," I say. "I want another tattoo."

"You're crazy Abby."

"I want my dad's last EKG before he... You know... Died," I say.

"Hey smart person, talk dumb," she says as I roll my eyes.

"It's the lines on the heart monitor at the hospital," I explain. "I want his last few heart beats tattooed onto me. I've been thinking about it ever since he died. I don't want to be the girl with ten billion tattoos but this is important."

She raises an eyebrow," like the one on your wrist?"

I sigh," Noah's right. I never got it removed because I still care about him. I'm not saying that to him though but I do still love him and I can never hate him after everything. But I'm still upset that he ruined Jagger and I's relationship."

"If you want to get a tattoo and possibly get skin cancer, I will come with you," she says. "But you need to find some other guys to date because the Evans brothers are not to be messed with no longer. Promise me you'll move on from them?"

"I can't guarantee that Meg," I say as she groans. "I've spent a year and almost ten months knowing Noah and I've spent... Nine months with Jagger. I can't throw all that behind me. It's hard for me."

"Ugh. Fine. Twenty more minutes here and then we'll get your stupid tattoo."

"And we have to go shopping," I add.

"Why?"

"... Noah's birthday is in four days."

"Answer this: if you three were the last people on Earth and you were told to kill one of them because there weren't enough food or something, who would you kill?" she asks.

"I would kill me," I answer.

She rolls her eyes, "wrong answer Abs."

"How do you not see the point I'm making? I'm mad at Noah but I still care about him and Jagger. I would kill myself than killing one of them because I could never hurt either of them. It would cause me pain that will never go away. I love them both and even though I won't admit, I really do. They've both been there at my worst moments and I couldn't of asked for better guys in my life."

She smiles," that was beautiful."

"Yeah... That was," a voice says from behind us. Noah was standing there the whole time, wasn't he? I just couldn't keep my mouth shut. "Let's go get our tattoo."

I stand up and wipe the sand off my legs, "I'm getting my tattoo and you're not following me. Got it?"

"Oh come on," he smirks. "You love me."

Meg was trying to hold in a laugh.

"And besides, I've been meaning to get one done so let's go love," he smirks again.

~

"I'm still amazed by it," I laugh, picking out lipsticks at Target. After I got over Noah following me to the tattoo parlor, we went to Target. I got my dad's EKG on my back and he got the word Someday on his. I know, I know. It's corny. We're just corny people okay? Deal with it. "I like this pink one but this purple one is calling my name."