Into the Light (Sequel)

Chapter 3

I looked at Ashton with a puzzled look on my face. "What makes you think we would be getting married?"

"I don't know. I just have the feeling that I would have proposed to you", he replied, his face only inches away from mine.

"Maybe we were just not meant to be", I told him, looking into his beautiful hazel eyes. Wait. I shouldn't be thinking about his eyes. I should be thinking about Ryan's, but I simply couldn't stop starring. "We should stop this."

"Stop what?", he asked me, his lips softly hovering over mine, making my heart flutter.

"Y-You are engaged for gods sake and I have a boyfriend", I said, feeling his hot breath on my lips. I shook my head and finally pulled away, looking at Ash from the distance.

He ruffled his hair, looking at me. "Fuck."

"Language my dear", I giggled a bit, making him a bit mad.

"Could you take this situation a bit more serious?!", he snapped at me and  I raised my eyebrows, sighting loudly.

"Which situation? There is nothing we should be worried about. We didn't kiss and didn't do anything else. Why are you so fucking angry about what just happened?"

He got up from his spot on the couch and walked to the front door. I followed him, wanting to get an answer. "Could you please tell me what's wrong?"

He opened the door, looking back at me, anger and sadness in his eyes. "Are you seriously asking me that question? For fuck's sake, Juliette, you just don't get it do you? You coming back here, this stupid fight and the making up. It made me realize that.... that I still love you more than anything is this god damn world. I love you and I know it's wrong to say that, because I am engaged and I am supposed to be happy with Claire. And believe me I was. I thought I was over you, but obviously I am not. I love Claire, but she simply isn't you."

I looked at him, my mouth dropping open. "I-I better get going now", he told me, turning around and walking out into the rain. I stood on the porch and watched him leave.

In all of those romantic movies, the girl would chase after the boy or other way around, but I just couldn't move. As much as I wanted. I watched him walk for a bit, but at some point he turned around, running up to me. He stopped in front of me, beginning to cup my cheeks and softly pressed his lips against mine.

Butterflies were flying wildly around my stomach, but he pulled away quickly. "I love you so much."

He ran off, without saying anything else. I still didn't move, watching him disappear in the distance. Eventually I got back inside and made myself a cup of tea, because I had a lot to think about and everybody knows that tea solves a lot of problems. Well I believe that lots of people think that.

I sat myself on the couch again, letting my mind wander around, trying not to think too much about the kiss Ashton and I just shared.

I didn't know why it gave me a warm feeling inside and why I got goosebumps even thinking about it. I was happy with Ryan, wasn't I? He was everything I ever looked for in a guy and Ash was just the total difference. He was immature, loud and most of the time annoying, but when I was younger I loved these qualities. Had I changed that much in a few years?

I heard the front door open, revealing all of my friends. "Where did Ash go?", Luke asked me. "Don't tell me you two are still angry at each other."

I sighed. "No we are not, but he told me he had to go somewhere", I replied, making up an excuse.

"Probably he is going out with Claire. He called her earlier, didn't he?", Moni interposed. "And Juliette, the girls and I are going to prepare dinner, while the boys can play x-Box. Care to join us?"

I shot her a glaze, but eventually got up from my spot, taking my nearly empty cup of tea with me. Before I left the room, I kissed Ryan, but it simply didn't give me that warm feeling inside anymore. It would come back, wouldn't it?

He smiled down at me and took a seat on the couch, Michael handing him a controller.

I walked into the big kitchen, where the girls had already opened a bottle of wine, handing me a glass.

"Now tell me what really happened", Moni said, pouring me some wine. "And don't tell me that you were telling the truth. You might fool Luke, but not your best friend."

I took a sip, looking at each girl. I knew that I couldn't lie to them and that I needed to tell at least one person what had actually happened. I considered the Moni, Emily and Lexi as my best friends, so I just split the whole story.

They looked at me, with their eyes wide open, when I finished telling them. The first one to speak up was Lexi. "I think, we all need stronger drinks now", she said, taking out the shot glasses, pouring some strong smelling alcohol in each one of them.

"So is he going to break up with Claire? It's not like I didn't see that coming, but I definitely thought he was over you", Moni told us, handing each of us a glass.

We quickly drank up and filled our glasses again. And again.

"Do you still like him", Emily asked me, all four of us, nearly sober, because the alcohol still hadn't kicked in.

"No, I don't think I still like him. I still love him", I replied, taking another shot.

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