Flames Pond and the Princess 4: Flames Pond Never Dies

Why do you love me?

Lily's POV
I was gonna follow Matt but my dad pulled me back. "Lily, where are you going?"

"I'm gonna stay back." I say.

"You're not gonna stay with us?"

I shook my head. "No. There's something I have to take care of."

Mom looked at me. She opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. "Alright." she said. "We'll be waiting for you back home alright?"

"Yeah." I say then I ran off.

Matt's POV
I didn't turn around.

"Jones!" I heard a voice call. I kept walking.

"Matt, wait up!"

I sighed and stopped.
As I guessed it was Lily.

"Thank you." She said. "Where are you going?"

"There's no need for me here." I say.

"What do you mean?"

"Can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

"Lily, I don't understand you." I say.

"Matt, I don't understand..."

"Why do you love me? It's kind of ridiculous. I'm your father's best friend. I was a coward. I backstabbed you, lied to you... Why do you still love me?"

Lily took a step closer. "Because everyone gets a second chance. And sure it may be ridiculous but so what? You're funny, smart, and you may have betrayed us. However you lived up to your standards and made the right choice."

"You know if we wrote abook about how we fell in love with each other, they'd probably want us dead."

"Then that's their problem... Now can I ask you a question?"

"Depends..."

Lily stepped even closer. We were literally stepping on each other's toes.

Her tone was so light when she asked, "Do you love me, Matt?"

I gave her a cheeky smile.
"Wanna stick around to find out?"

"Not too long." She teased.

I chuckled. Then we stayed quiet.

Then we both leaned in and kissed.