Crossing Paths | Completed

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"True love will triumph in the end - which may or may not be a lie, but if it is a lie, then it's the most beautiful lie we have."
-John Green

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"Surprise!" Everybody yelled and threw confetti at me.

I jumped and saw a bunch of people in my room.

Heath; Asher; Zane; Lilly; Amy; Mom; Aria; Harper; Olivia.

I saw nobody else and I frowned. Why was Lilly and Amy here, but not me?

"Boo." A female voice said from behind me and my elbow instinctively shot out and hit them in the stomach.

I heard something hit the fall and I turned around quickly.

"I am so sorry! Are you...okay?" I asked, seeing myself on the ground.

"Yeah, I should have known that you would react that way." He said and I offered him my hand. He gladly accepted it and the ones touching started glowing a bright pink.

I felt a pulling sensation and closed my eyes quickly when I noticed that Leo's eyes were closed.

When I opened them Leo was standing in front of me. My hands flew to my hair and I grinned, feeling my wavy hair.

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Yes, wavy. It isn't curly but I wouldn't call it straight. It's right in the middle.

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Everyone was silent and I didn't want it to end. But, sadly Asher broke the silence by patting Leo on the back. Hard.

Leo almost got thrown off balance but caught himself.

I was ready to save his weak $&@.

Everyone congratulated him and I slipped away, trying to find Lilly and Amy. Lilly and Amy were talking to my Mom and I smiled.

I slowly walked up behind Amy and quickly grabbed her shoulders, shaking her.

She screamed and froze. I laughed, draping my arm over her shoulder.

"You scare so easily." I said and she jokingly elbowed my ribs.

"Angel!" Lilly screeched and Amy quickly let me go, scrambling away as Lilly jumped into my arms. She gasped and looked at me in shock, "You caught me this time!"

"You've done this too many times." I said, shrugging. I put her down and she grinned at me.

"You have no idea how boring it has been without our weekly ice skating trips. I mean seriously, Leo wouldn't even enter, claiming that it was 'too cold.' He needs to live a little!"

"I mean, Florida is really hot." I pointed out and she groaned, continuing to ramble.

I glanced at Amy and she was looking at her lovingly. She then caught my gaze and smiled, shrugging. I gestures to Lilly and made a facial expression of something along the lines of, 'she's your wife.'

She sighed and walked up behind Lilly wrapping her arms around her.

Lilly leaned into her touch and stopped rambling. She glanced at Amy and put her head on her chest, closing her eyes.

"So that's how you shut her up." I said jokingly and Lilly's eyes snapped open.

"Excuse me?"

"Did I stutter?" I asked and she narrowed her eyes at me. I laughed and ruffled her hair, making her even more annoyed.

"Hey, I spent a long time doing this hair!" She said and Amy cleared her throat.

"Actually, I spent a long time doing this hair." She said pointing at Lilly's curls. Lilly blushed and I laughed.