Burning Willow

Chapter 11

Fraser’s P.O.V

“Dude, who are you talking to?” Olly asked entering my room.

“I’m not crazy!” He looked at my laptop screen.

“Oh, hey Siobhan!"

"Hey Olly. Anyway I can see you’re busy so I'll talk to you later."

"Are you sure?" I asked, not really wanting her to go.

"Positive. See you later."

"Bye!" She logged out.

“I’m guessing you didn’t do it,” Olly said.

“No. And I’m not going to!”

“It really would be better if you did though.”

“I’m not going to do it!” I said through gritted teeth. “Just accept that.” He sighed and stood up.

“I gotta go.” I nodded and walked him out.

I went back up to my room and decided to ring Shiv.

“Hello?” she answered.

“Hey, I wanna take you somewhere.”

“Um…sure?” she said uncertainly. I laughed.

“I’ll be there in 10.” I hung up and found a random pair of shoes, then made my way to her house.

She hopped in my car.

“Where are we going?” she asked.

“It’s a surprise.” I smirked. She started babbling about how unfair it was that I wasn’t telling her where we were going, and complaining about what if she didn’t like it, and asking if I was abducting her. I laughed at her and she stopped.

“What?”

“You’re so cute!” She blushed then, “And I know you’ll love it.” I smiled at her and she stopped talking and blushed a deeper shade of red.

How could Olly expect me to break up with her?!

After driving for 15 minutes she spoke again.

“The countryside?”

“Not there yet,” I sang. She sighed and leaned back in the seat. I stopped at the bottom of a hill and got out of the car.

“Why are we in the middle of nowhere?” I opened her door and pulled her out of the car.

“You’ll see.” I smiled at her before starting up the hill.

It wasn’t that long of a walk to the top. There was a giant willow tree at the top and I sat by the bottom of it. Siobhan stared at the tree in awe.

“It’s amazing,” she sighed. I stood up again and turned her around so she was looking at the landscape. She gasped.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” I whispered. She nodded, mute.

“How did you find this place?” she finally spoke again. I shrugged.

“I was just driving around one day and I just stopped here.”

“It’s amazing,” she repeated, turning to face me.

My breath hitched in my throat. She looked beautiful stood in the moonlight with the landscape behind her.

“I l-love you.” The words were out before I could stop them. Her eyes widened in surprise and my expression mirrored hers.

“I’m sorry!” I rushed out. She took my hand in hers and intertwined our fingers.

“Don’t be,” she said softly, smiling at me. “Love you too.” She wrapped her arms round my neck and hugged me tightly. I wrapped my arms round her waist and hugged her back.

There is no way I can break up with her. I love her.