Saving Gracie | ✓

Chapter Twenty Six: Just Put Me Out Of My Misery.

Grace's P.O.V

My mom always used to tell me that love is something that is uncontrollable. You can't control the feelings that are either telling you to let that person in or telling you to keep him out because in the end, you'll always end up letting that person in and that is something you can't prevent. My mom also used to say that you might think that falling in love is something good but no matter what, no matter how much you try to keep things perfect, you will always have those bad times that can either make your relationship fall or rise.

In my situation, I don't know if this can cause Luke and I to fall because the whole thing was unexpected. I never planned on confessing my love for Luke like I had just done but to be honest, I didn't even know if I had an idea of how to tell Luke about how I feel about him. Even if I did have an idea, I knew it wouldn't go to plan because let's be realistic here.

Nothing ever goes to plan even if you really want it to.

Unless your really, really lucky of course.

Anyway, so when those three words slipped out of my mouth, I didn't know what to do. I still don't know what to do and I guess that is why I am standing in front of Luke with my eyes still wide and my heart beating rapidly.

"Uh..." I say quietly, nervousness clear in my tone as I slowly step back. My hands begin to sweat and my legs begin to shake and when I bump into the wall, I can't do anything but slide down to the floor, my body going weak.

Luke looks over at me slowly like he is still trying to take everything in but with the little strength that I still have left, I can't find the words to explain my confession so I just look down at my feet.

"Gracie." Luke says, stepping forward but I hold up my hand, stopping him from coming any closer as the tears begin to form.

No, stay strong, Grace. You can't do this to yourself.

I look up, the first tear falling. "I-I..." I stop and tug at my hair in frustration as I try to say something that wouldn't make me blow up in embarrassment. I mean, I have already embarrassed myself by telling him that I love him even though Luke probably doesn't even love me back.

God, I am so freaking stupid!

"Grace, I-"

"Don't say anything... please." I mumble, standing up slowly and leaning against the wall. Luke's eyes begin to show worry as he watches the tears falling, one after another.

I walk towards the door and hold my breath, trying to calm myself down. I grip at the door handle with my shaky hand and rest my forehead against the door, breathing out a long sigh.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and before I can turn around to tell Luke to step away from me, Luke chooses to speak. "Gracie, listen to me, okay? Just listen." Luke says calmly and I slowly turn around to face him.

"I know this might not be what you were expecting me to say..." Luke starts off and I gulp. "And I know this might hurt you a little bit but listen. In the books when the person confesses their love for the other person, they both say that they love each other and live happily ever after but this isn't a book or a movie, Gracie." Luke says and I feel my heart snap at his words.

Wow, talk about letting me down gently.

"Just put me out of my misery." I whisper in a quiet tone and Luke looks down at me with a small frown.

"Wait, I'm not finished." Luke says and I close my eyes, breathing in a sharp breath of air before releasing it. "What I am trying to say is that people like us, we don't have that opportunity to have a happy ending because we aren't people in the books who are controlled by someone who is behind the computer screen. We are human beings and Gracie, we might be two different people in two completely different words inside our heads but with a little hope, we can at least try to make this work." Luke says and my eyes snap open in confusion.

Wait, what?

"Huh?" I ask and Luke smiles, resting his hand on my cheek.

"I am madly in love with you. I am madly in love with your beautiful smile, your dark purple hair, your captivating green eyes... everything. I am in love with you, Gracie, and you only." Luke says and his words shock me.

"Huh?" I say again and Luke let's out a chuckle. He runs a hand through my hair and kisses my nose.

"I. Love. You." Luke says slowly and my eyes widen in disbelief. Luke was just saying how we don't have that opportunity to be like the people in the books then he says that he loves me?

Can he be any more confusing?

Before I can say 'huh' again, Luke presses his lips to mine and I can't help but kiss him back. As all of our feelings go into the kiss, I finally understand what Luke was saying just a minute ago.

When he said 'this might hurt you a little', he didn't mean it the way I thought it would. Since I am a big romantic with these sort of things, he said that he would be hurting me because I like to think of everything in life as a cliché, especially with stuff like love so when he said those words, he meant that he would be hurting my imagination of life, not literally breaking my heart like I thought he would do.

Luke breaks the kiss and smiles at me, grabbing my hand and pulling me to the couch. When I let out a yawn, he chuckles and sits down on the couch, patting his lap.

"Tired?" Luke asks ans I nod, sitting down on Luke's lap with my legs on either side of him. I wrap my arms around his neck, resting my head in the crook of his neck while Luke wraps his arms around my waist.

"Just to let you know, I wasn't joking when I said 'I love you'." Luke says and I can't help but smile, nodding.

"I know." I say and Luke rubs my back, making me shut my eyes at the feel. I can't help but let my mind wonder as I relax into Luke's neck.

When I woke up this morning, I was worried about the plan and when I got to school, I was scared about Amy finding out but when Luke and I come here because I was stressing, I never knew that the day would basically turn out to be like this; me blurting out my love for Luke and Luke telling me that he loves me too.

I guess anything can happen when your not expecting it and I never thought that I would be saying this but I think that everything is finally falling into place.

I just hope it stays like this for as long as possible.

But first I need Amy out of the picture before my life begins to fall apart.

Again.

●●●