One Of A Kind
Chapter Twenty-Six
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~ Sage Preston's POV ~
"I liked how you were into hockey as much as me in middle school" Benjamin said quietly. "Girls usually didn't like sports"
"I never cared about our family rivalry. It was... petty and it didn't make sense. It was football. We're hockey" His voice was soft. "I never liked blondes or cheerleaders. Maria and I were always... fake. Superficial. To please our parents. A cute couple our parents could show off to stockholders"
"I was always into pretty brunettes" He joked and I gave him a small smile.
"We broke up because our parents got into some sort of disagreement about paperwork. I don't know. I don't really care to be honest" Benjamin sighed.
"A while ago I got bored. Lonely is a better word. I wanted a relationship. A real relationship. And you're the only girl I could think of"
"But you didn't believe in love and I'm a Prescott" He laughed sadly.
"So I made up the whole dumb bet thing. I thought, Hey, I'm a nice, attractive guy. Why wouldn't she fall for me? A bit conceited, I know"
"Tommy made up the whole hockey rivalry part of the deal. He knew that you wouldn't agree to the deal so easily. You needed to have something to gain. And it worked. You agreed. By the way, Tommy's an asshole but he does it to get on your nerves. He doesn't mean anything by it" Benjamin pulled at his beanie.
"I-uh. It was harder than I had expected. You really didn't- don't like me. The whole first date confused me. I expected you to at least dress casual but you basically wore pajamas. But I liked it. It was real. It was the real you" He smiled. "I like the real you"
"Getting to know you was the best. Learning all of your quirks. It's why I fell in love. You're so complex but simple at the same time. You don't care about what other people think. You're just you. And it's perfect"
"Helping you through your problems... It made me want you to be mine. I wanted to protect you. To make you happy. To show you just how beautiful you are. I could tell when you were sad. Despite how well you played it off. And it made me want to hurt whoever made you look like that. You only deserve to be happy" Benjamin frowned.
"Seeing that guy... kiss you. Touch you. I just hated that so much. But I knew you were just doing it because you saw Maria" Benjamin pinched the bridge of his nose and looked at me. "Yeah, I knew"
"I never slept with her... I tried to though. To... make things work? I thought I could create a connection but we couldn't do it. We both wanted different people" Benjamin laughed humorlessly. "I'm sorry that hurt you"
"I ended things with you because of my parents. It was stupid and I could have stood up to them but I didn't. Seeing you so hurt, killed me. Fuck... I'm such an idiot. I love you so much. Why did I hurt you?"
"I love you" I whispered.
Benjamin's soft, red eyes looked up at me in surprise.
"You do?" His voice broke and I nodded.
His lips were on mine again. Just like last night. In the same spot. But we were both sober and there was no confusion anymore.
Just love and pain.
Summer's words echoed in my head again.
"Hey, Sage?" Benjamin pulled back and grinned at me.
"Hm?"
"I won the bet" He grinned against my lips and I giggled.
"I know you did"
I'll worry about all our problems later. Right now, I just want to be happy...
a u t h o r s n o t e
I hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter of One Of A Kind! It's not much but if you want to keep this 100% perfect ending in your mind; DO NOT read the epilogue because it isn't as picture perfect as You Don't Know Me or Breaking Brielle. I think this book focused more on how imperfect everyone is. Not everyone gets an easy happy ending and not everyone is perfect. No matter how many cute boys say they are haha. But seriously! Stay tuned for the epilogue or the first chapter of the new book in the Preston series! Honestly, writing this book was exhausting. I wanted to write something different but I didn't like the plot much. I would also like to apologize if this book has darker tones to it. The majority of this was written while I was going through a tough romantic relationship. So some of that might have slipped in!
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Teen Fiction"Let me convince you that love exists" Benjamin grinned at me. "Love is just some delusion our mind creates to make sure we procreate" I rolled my eyes. "And even if it did exist, wouldn't falling in love with you just hurt me in the end anyway?" "...
