Pretty Brown Eyes

Chapter 25

"So that's what was wrong with him," Madi said, taking in everything I just explained to her.

She turned around, probably checking to see if Aaron was with Taylor.

"Is he over there?" I asked.

"Yes," she replied, "but he doesn't deserve to be."

"What do you mean?"

"I should throw him out the damn window, but one, they don't open, and two, I'm too tired," she said, gaining a laugh out of me.

"When we get off the plane, we're gonna have a talk," I said.

"If you beat me to him, then yeah, you will," she said.

I looked at her and she held her hands up in surrender, mouthing the word sorry.

But in reality, I was the sorry one. I was sorry that I couldn't make things better, and I was sorry that I couldn't see how upset he actually was. Maybe there's another girl, I don't know. Whatever it is, it's hurting me.

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- back at the house -

Aaron went upstairs to gather his things, and I followed straight behind him, closing the door when I walked in. I stood at the door, my back against it.

"Let me go, please," he begged.

"You're not running away from this," I said.

"I can unlock the door," he said, reaching for it.

I put the key in the lock, and then slid the key under the door so neither of us had it, and we were locked in our room. It was weird that my door locked from the inside, and I'd always hated it, until now.

"Maybe I can't," he said in defeat.

"Why did you break up with me?" I asked, feeling the tears sting my eyes.

"I told you why," he replied.

"Yeah, I know what you told me," I said, "but now I want the real reason."

"That's the real reason," he lied. I knew when he was lying.

"Aaron, do you think I'm stupid?" I asked. "Seriously. Do you honestly think I am dumb?"

He shook his head, "I just don't think you know me as well as you think you do."

I scoffed, "You wanna know how much I know you?"

"Entertain me," he said, sitting down.

I stood with my arms crossed, "I know your favorites, sure. I know your dislikes, sure. I know your family, and I just know the small stuff. I also know the big stuff, like when you lie, you look down and can never make full eye contact. I also know that your eyes light up when you talk about something you love, or something you're dedicated to. I also know that every time you looked at me in the eye to talk to me, that twinkle was there, and there was nothing that made me feel better. I know that you're in love with me, Aaron. You don't even have to say it for me to understand.

"I know that if something good happens, you're so excited to tell me all about it. I know that if you're upset, you need me to hold your hand, or to kiss you. I know that when you're bored, you want to be with me. I know that when you can't sleep at night and you're all alone, you're wishing I was right there beside you. I know that you love the feeling of your hand intertwined with my hair. I know that you love when our hands are linked and I rub your hand with my thumb. I hate to make it seem like you're hopelessly in love with me and it may sound like I'm boasting and bragging about it, but I'm not. It's just.. I know that you're completely in love with me."

He was choked up, and no words came out. It looked like he wanted to, and I'm sure he did, he just couldn't find the right words.

"H-how do you know all that?" he asked.

"Because I feel the exact same way," I looked at him, and of course, he was looking at the ground.

I walked up to him and lifted his chin with my hand, forcing his eyes on mine.

"I know you're in love with me as much as I am with you," I whispered, "so you can't tell me that you think I don't know you as much as I think I do, because I don't think I know you," I added, "but I know that I know you."

He smiled and looked back into my eyes. The before-spoken sparkle was in his eyes again.

"I love you," he whispered.

"Are you sure?" I asked, smirking.

"Positive," he smirked before leaning down to kiss me.

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Author's Note:

Simple, short, and sweet: my favorite chapters. You guys should've known I couldn't break up the main couple! Come on, now. (: