infatuated

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       ☀ VIOLET ☀

  Tears streamed down my cheeks as I frantically begged my mom to do something; anything would be better than to watch Krista force Auden into her car.

      "Mom, please. Do something! Why are you letting her do this?" I asked frantically.

        "Violet, what do you want me to do?" she asked, a look of defeat on her face. "There's absolutely nothing I can do about it."

     "I..." I stuttered as I wiped my cheeks. "You're right. I'm sorry for blaming you."

       "It's fine." she said quietly. "Krista promised that we'd be able to see him during the weekends."

     "I don't care," I said, crossing my arms over my chest as a numb feeling spread over me; covering me like a thin blanket.

      "Stop lying to yourself, Violet. This hurts me just as much as you. Possibly more," Mom said, shaking her head. "I took care of him from when he was a baby until now. Five years ago, he was just an infant..."

       "I know," I said, wrapping my arms around her in a futile attempt to comfort her.

    
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     "Can you go away?" I asked, an annoyed expression on my face.

     He wrapped his arm protectively around my waist and pulled me closer to him.

     "No, because unfortunately, I'm infatuated with your dumb ass." he replied.
   
    Suddenly, an occurring thought crossed my mind and I had to ask.

    "Jackson, what are we?" I asked.

  "I don't know," he said. "What do you want us to be?"

     "I want to be able to kiss you whenever I feel like it," I said. "I want to be able to stare at you without having people asking, 'Why are you staring at him?' I want to be able to call you baby and I want to be so intensely in love with you that people cringe every time we show PDA and say, 'Again?' I want you to be mine."

       His lips curved into a smirk as he stared at me, "All right." Jackson said.

    I gave him a quizzical look. "What are—"

     "Violet, will you go out with me?" he asked, a knowing smile on his lips.

      I nodded shyly. "Yeah, of course, Jackson, I'll give you the honor of being my boyfriend."

        Then he pressed his lips against mine, hungrily, and at that moment, all I could see and feel was him.

   

        ✔ JACKSON ✔

    I stared at her. All I could think of was her. Her. Her.

    And how much I wanted to be able to call her mine.

      Then I realized something. She already was mine. She had been from the start.

      But I just needed to ask her.

   "Violet," I said, my lips curving into a knowing smile. I already knew what her answer would be.

     She stared back at me, a quizzical expression on her face.

      "Will you be my girlfriend?"

  "Yeah," she nodded shyly, a small smile on her lips. "Of course, Jackson, I'll give you the honor of being my boyfriend."

         Then I pressed my lips hastily against hers. And at that moment, all I could see and feel was her.

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   it's over!! i have to say im gonna miss writing about these two, but yeah, like they say, every good thing must come to an end. if u guys liked this book, go check out my other ones.

     ps should i make a spin-off of what happens to april? let me know if u guys would be interested and also b4 you guys go, give me some feedback on what u think of this book :')

   -arii xoxo