The Hopeless Romantic ✔️

Chapter twenty two.

Hello, my fellow readers!

So, this chapter is a little different. I have become very upset with the generation that we're in. Social media is a huge impact on our society and how girls see themselves. I've also heard that young girls are giving up their innocence (virginity) like it's nothing and it pains me to think that girls so young are getting pregnant and giving boys what they want. (This is going somewhere, I promise) I wanted Avery to be a role model in this story, to show girls that it's okay to wait and to show them to love themselves first before giving anything away. This chapter will explain what I'm talking about and I wanted you all to know that you don't need a boyfriend/girlfriend to love yourself. It's up to you to do that for yourself, nobody else. This chapter is very special and it means a lot to me because my personality is like Avery's and I did that on purpose. I love you all and thank you for reading.

On with the story:

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"So, I was really stupid," I laughed, "I thought taking the shortcut underneath the staircase at my school would be quicker. I was clearly wrong when I knocked my chin on a blue metal bar above me and I blacked out for a few seconds. I woke up with blood gushing everywhere, my favorite shirt was ruined." I showed him the scar underneath my chin and told him about the five stitches I had to get in return for being stupid.

Jace slightly laughed. "And how old were you?"

"Eight," I replied, "I was stupid."

Jace swung on the swing and turned to me. "Not as stupid as when I thought it was a cool idea to put the palm of my hand on the fireplace door and burnt it to the point where I was rushed to the emergency room."

I squinted as I pictured Jace doing that. "That would've hurt."

"It probably did," he laughed, "I can't remember the pain, I was five."

I liked our conversations. We talked about our biggest fears, funny moments of our childhood, the annoying teachers at our school. I knew Jace wouldn't want to talk about the big parts of his life and I wasn't ready to tell mine yet but, this was a start. Getting to know the little things about each other and I knew that I would cherish this moment forever.

"Do you have any funny moments with your sister?" I asked, wondering what it was like to have a sibling.

He nodded with a grin. "Oh, I have plenty. It might take all night to tell you everything."

"I don't mind," I said with a smile, "we have all night."

He nodded. "Well, Juliet and I basically hated each other as kids. Mom and dad would get so frustrated with us that they locked both of us in one room for the entire night. There was pushing, there was yelling and there was banging on the door."

I smiled at the memory. "Did it work?"

He nodded. "Yes, we fell asleep in the same bed and my mom was the happiest I had ever seen her."

"That's sweet." I told him, feeling the cold against my skin.

The sun was nearly set and the wind was picking up. I could feel it on my bare skin, but I was loving it and I didn't want it to end. We stayed for another few minutes before it got to the point where the wind was picking up and it started to rain.

"We should get going," I heard Jace say over the wind, "it's going to rain."

I nodded and jumped off the swings. "Yeah, let's go."

He got off the swings and we ran back to his car. It started raining heavily and we got a little bit soaked before entering Jace's car. It started raining even more and it was loud, banging against the car like a hurricane was about to hit.