ʟᴀ ᴛʀɪᴩ // 𝐠𝐧𝐫

23 - I will

Effy is sat in front of Duff in some restaurant that the bleached-haired man has taken her.

"You look good." She points, grabbing her glass of white wine and brings it to her lips.

Duff is wearing a black button up shirt that has the four last buttons unbuttoned and black tight jeans along with a pair of cowboy boots.

"And you look great, as always." He grins at her.

She's wearing a black tight dress that reaches her mid-thigh and a pair of black stilettos.

"Thanks."

They fall in silence again and Effy looks down at her empty plate. They are still waiting for their food.

"Thanks for coming." Duff's voice makes her look back at him. "I don't know why you really accepted my invitation for a date, for the second time."

"I like your company."

"But you hate dates."

"Wrong." At this, Duff looks at her with his eyebrows raised in surprise. "I don't like the definition of the word date. I think it's stupid. But being on a date with you, for me, it's not a date. It's spending quality time with somebody I really like."

"Oh, so you like me." He says, amused.

"I think I might do, although you're a dork."

"You don't mean it."

"You sure?" She lifts an eyebrow at him.

"I am." He says proud. "And by the end of the night I'll prove it to you."

***

Toes in sand, Effy and Duff walk down the beach under the starry sky. She has her heels in her left hand and he has his hands deep in his jeans pockets.

They remain silent, just enjoying each other's company and the sound of the sea.

"I had a lot of fun tonight." Effy says, killing off the silence.

"Me too." He says. "But the night is not over yet."

They both sit on the sand and don't say anything else.

Looking forward at the ocean, Effy wonders. She wonders about how she ended up here. This trip was made to make her forget about everything.

When she accepted William's offer was with the purpose of live what she stopped living back with Portugal. Was to party, drink countless nights with her best friends and be herself.

She did all of that and feels blessed for it. But this trip came with some extras she wasn't counting on. Such as get in to an argue with her best friend because he said he loves her, go on dates and fall in love with a punk rocker.

But she's happy. She's happy here, beside Michael and right now, she doesn't want to go.

She doesn't want to go back to Portugal. She knows that she will end up destroying herself in her dark apartment.

Where is the Effy that didn't care? She asks herself. She always did things without thinking too much, yet, there she is. Wondering if she goes back or stays.

Fuck it. Elizabeth says to herself. Live's too short to waste it.

Live in the moment, carpe diem.

"Elizabeth." She hears Duff calling her by her real name.

She looks at him and finds a smile on his lips. God, he's just so fucking beautiful.

He grabs her by the waist and pulls her to him, making Effy fall on top of him. She lets out a laugh but he cuts her off by smashing his lips onto hers.

His lips have never felt so right on hers.

They lay down on the sand on their side and look at each other. Both with a smile planted on their face.

"I know what I'm about to say next will sound the most stupid thing ever, but I can't find better words and the ones I picked up speak the truth." He starts and she just looks at him, admiring his beauty. "I don't know how, but you made me fall for you. Fall hard. The night you appeared at the whiskey with Slash was insane. I couldn't take my eyes of you and I think you noticed." He laughs lightly and she laughs along. "Something the way you spoke, and the grin you always wear got me. The time passed by and I couldn't stop thinking about you. And then we became closer, and all the kisses and those little moments got me wrapped around your finger. You made me feel like a stupid teenager again. I know people say love at the first sight doesn't exist and that people don't fall in love in such short amount of time, but fuck, Effy." Duff lets out a heavy breath before continues. "I'm so fucking in love with you that I don't even know what to say. I want you so bad. I want to call you mine and wake up by your side every day. I want to be able to kiss you whenever and thank god, if there's one, for being so lucky to have you. I know you don't believe in love, I know that you probably don't love me back and will leave in a week, and I don't even know what to say to say to make you stay. You're so fucking beautiful an-" Duff is rambling by now and all Effy does is kiss him to shut him up.

She pulls away and smiles at him. "I'll stay with you." Duff lets out a gasp and she chuckles. "And I like you Michael. A lot. No, I mean, I love you. I don't know you managed to do this to me, but you did. You made me fall for you too. I fell hard for you. I didn't want to believe it a first, but it's the truth. I do love you and I'll stay with you."

Michael doesn't say anything, he just pulls her closer and kisses her hard. "Elizabeth, will you be my girlfriend?" He asks after breaking the kiss apart.

"I will." She grins. "I will be your girlfriend, Michael."

A/N: deffy is real, I repeat deffy is real

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