Just Saying

These Words

CHLOE'S POV
I watched him kiss my scars.

He kissed them all the way to my lips.

I kissed him as a tear escaped my eye.

"I'll try my best." I whispered.

He wrapped his arms around me and put my head in his chest.

"I believe in you." He said.

He kept holding out my arm and squeezing my hand.

"You're too beautiful to be doing this." He kept saying.

"Every beautiful person has an ugly secret." I said.

"This is very ugly. But I know you'll recover beautifully." He said.

"I hope so." I whispered.

"But then again; why?" He asked.

"It's all too much. Waiting to hear back from colleges, keeping up with my school stuff, thinking about what's going to happen to us, the accident." I explained.

"Is some of it me?" He asked.

I put my head down and bit my lip.

"Babe, be honest. I won't be hurt." He said.

I slowly nodded.

"But why?" He asked.

"I'm stressed about what's going to happen if I board. What if you find someone while I'm away? What if you start cheating on me?" I asked.

"I would never. Don't think like that. You know you're the only one I could ever love." He said.

"I can't help it sometimes." I said.

He brushed my hair off my shoulder.

He took the plastic film off my tattoo.

"Do you think I lie when I say these words? I waited too long for you." He said.

I collided into his chest and cried.

"I'm here, I'm here." He said.

"I love you so much." I cried.

"I love you so much more. I mean it." He said.