Blinded by You

Chapter Thirty Three- Graduation Riddles

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I'm gonna skip forward to when she graduates.

Here I was, 18 years old, a high school graduate, and completely and utterly missing my boyfriend. It was kind of like having this huge, catastrophic hole in my chest. As big as my ass looks in leggings. Which is pretty fucking big. Tonight, we were having a graduation party and the boys were done with South America, and I was compeltely kind of totally depressed.

"You look beautiful, honey," my dad doted as I walked down the stairs and toward the kitchen table.

"Thanks. I'm glad I don't look like I feel."

"In that case, we'd all look like shit." Laughing as I gave him a hug, Blakely walked in behind me.

"Aw. Fatherly love to his favorite child. How awesome?" he teased.

"My favorite tallest daughter. You're my favorite shortest son," Dad joked.

"Yeah yeah. Just remember two of your children graduated today. I know she's fabulous and all, but i have feelings too." We all began to laugh and I mosied toward the kitchen table, wanting to open my gifts.

"Oh, Ellen, you can open your gifts now," Mom smiled. "One of them isn't from one of us." Rolling my eyes with a smile, I opened the envelope and it was a check for a new laptop from my Uncle. Openeing the next one, hundreds of dollars worth of ITunes gift cards. Thanking Ashton, I opened the last one. My heart stopped.

If you can solve this riddle, you will soon be happy.

Hopefully your parents haven't turned you too sappy.

Trying to hide my smile as I read over Harry's handwriting, I opened the envelope that said 'Open First" with a large heart on it.

Go out to the back porch and follow the path. Don't worry, this isn't Grapes of Wrath. Laughing as I walked toward the back door I quietly opened it and found another envelope.

Open if you miss me Tearing the envelope open, I found another riddle.

Cheers to you, you've found the next clue. Keep following the path and you won't be blue. I was honestly about to cry. Acutally, feeling tears fall against my chest, I realized I was crying. Walking down the dimly lit path, I found a bright red envelope against a tree.

Open when you need to know how much I love you Practically shredding the envelope, yet another riddle.

Oh, my beautiful, wonderful girl, how I wish dearly I could give you the world. I love you so much, there's no doubt about that. You know I'd do anything for you at the drop of a hat. Trying not to drop the letters, I continued walking and found what I thought was one last envelope.

Open for a kiss Staring into the darkness, I heard leaves crunch and felt two arms wrap around my waist.

"How's my beautiful girl?" Harry murmured and I couldn't help but start to cry. Turning around to face him, my hands immediately went to his long hair and our foreheads touched.

"Hi," I sniffled with a wide smile before kissing him with all my might.

"Somebody did miss me," he chuckled.

"I really did," I whimpered, wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling him as close as humanly possible. It still wasn't close enough.

"I missed you too, love. More than you'll ever know," Harry replied.

"I saved all the pictures from twitter." We both began to laugh and I couldn't stop running my fingers through his hair. It had gotten so long.

"Now you won't have to just look at pictures. I wanted to ask you something."

"What's up?" I chuckled, wiping at the mascara under my eyes.

"Louis' mum is getting married in July. Would you want to come with me?"

"Are you sure that's okay? I don't want to intrude."

"Louis and I talked about it and he's fine if I bring you. Management is making him bring Eleanor for some bullshit reason."

"I'd love to go with you." I smiled slightly. Walking back down the path hand in hand, I could hear music coming from my house and chuckled.

"We're having my graduation party. There's a lot of people."

"That's okay," Harry shrugged. Walking inside, I eagerly searched for my mom.

"I knew you'd find him," she beamed.

"We're gonna go hang out in my room."

"Hang out. Is that what the kids call it today?"

"Dear God, mom. It's not that." I blushed in embarassment and walked away, shaking my head.

"You should've said something a little less obvious," Harry teased as we walked up the stairs and toward my room. Closing the door behind us, I wrapped my arms around him.

"It's not just that. I just want to hug you for a long period of time without getting stared at." I took a deep breath, inhaling his scent and hugged him tighter.

"So after two and a half months of not seeing each other, you don't want to have sex?" he chuckled.

"I mean I do, just not like, right away."

"I'm just kidding, sweetheart." Plopping down on my bed, I curled agaisnt his side.

"Why do your sheets smell like me?"

"Because I may or may not have been sleeping in your shirts," I blushed.

"Oh." was all he said.

"I'm not crazy, I promise. I just missed you."

"I'm here now. You don't have to miss me while I'm here."

"I know." Kissing him softly, I kept our faces together.

"So, now we're having sex?" Harry teased as I strattled his waist.

"Yes," I blushed, rolling my eyes.

"Posters didn't do anything for you?"

"Oh my God. I'd never do anything like that."

"Ellen."

"Shush. No, they didn't. Asshole."

"I love you," Harry laughed. Unbuckling his belt, I threw it in the floor and began to unbutton his shirt before hearing a knock on my door.

"Elle! We're about to cut the cake!" Ashton yelled over the music and I saw the door handle turn.