You're beautiful.

-Chapter Twenty Five-

It is 1:55 on the 31st December 2018, in 5 minutes this year will come to an end and 2019 will come to a beginning. This year has been crazy for me, I've managed to get myself a boyfriend as well as a few new friends. I've grown in my own mind, I've become more accepting of both myself and others and have learnt to love. I've never been so grateful for the life I have been given and I hope 2019 will hold jus as many surprises and laughter as this year has. All I want is Theo standing next to me throughout everything, then I know I will be alright. I know I will have to go back to Birmingham in a few days, but before then I get to celebrate my boyfriend's birthday with him, giving all the love he deserves, not only on that day, but on every day following until the day I die.

I still have a long way to go though, especially with self-growth. I want to be able to see myself positively and even though Theo has helped me so much in these past months, I want to evolve myself, I want to help myself so that if Theo ever wasn't by my side, I would be able to hold myself up.

Shaking myself out of my reflective state, I glance over at the boy next to me, who seems to be reflecting on the past year, like I was. I give him a playful nudge to knock him out of the trance. I give him a smile and try to portray all of my love for him in one look.

"What were you thinking about?" I question

"Just about how lucky I am to have such an amazing, perfect, gorgeous, handsome, kind, loving boyfriend and how I wouldn't swap it for the world."

"I love you."
"I love you too."

Just as we were about to go in for a kiss, Astra shouts
"No kissing until 12 boys, have some self-control!"
"Sorry." We say simultaneously
"You've only got a minute to wait!"
How long was I thinking about the past year? I close my eyes and tilt my head back so it's resting on the back of the settee we are sitting on.
"Don't fall asleep, I want my new year's kiss."
"I won't" I yawn"
"30 seconds!" We hear Indi shout.
"I love you so much Adam," Theo starts "I want you to be in my life for the next year, and then every year after that. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, I want to wake up looking at you every morning. I want to adopt too many dogs with you, I want to buy a farmhouse with you, with cows and sheep and pigs. I want to raise children with you. No words can describe my feelings for you Adam Alexander Hughes, and I hope that you feel the same."

"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"Happy New Year!" the girls shout as we lean in for our promised kiss.
"Of course I feel the same way, I love you more than I could ever explain, sometimes it even hurts."
"I love you, so so much."
"I love you too."

A/N

That's it, the final chapter, for now at least. I may come back to it one day, but at the moment I have an idea for another book which I may publish if I like it.

Connor Xx