Beautiful Chaos

🍃 Memories 🍃

For a moment, Leom and Erin just stared at each other. How did Leom know she saw anything at all? Erin sighed.
"N— nothing, just a random deja vu moment I guess." Erin said while sitting back down at the counter.

Leom crossed her arms.
"I know you're lying, but I understand. When you're ready to tell me, I'll be there to listen."

The mysterious girl facade began to fade. Erin could see through her hard exterior that Leom was just a girl who had her guard up, but was a genuine person. The familiarity started to sink in, and Erin felt like she knew her. She felt like she could be herself around her. And as ironic as it sounded, it made her uncomfortable. She didn't know why she was feeling these things and it freaked her out.

Her phone vibrated, it was a text from Ash. He wanted to meet up with her now. She was thankful for the change of subject.
"I— I have to go. I'm already kinda late—"
"Let me take you," Leom said, "I can get you there quickly, and we can grab some food on the way back. Deal?"

Before Erin could say no, she felt her stomach flutter. She didn't want to say no, even though she felt like she should.
"That's fine, let's try to hurry though."

They pulled up to the infamous rosebud tree. Erin smiled. The memories flooded her mind as she stepped out of the car and walked towards the tree, touching its bark.
"Where is Ash?" Leom asked.
"I don't know, I'm sure he's somewhere hiding."

Erin walked around the tree and saw candles lined up. They set up to where she could walk down the middle of them. Rose pedal filled the space between them, and Ash stood at the end of the aisle.
"What's going on?" Erin asked while slowing walking towards him. Leom was standing off to the side, her arms crossed, observing.

Ash had on a suit, and wore his dark hair slicked back. Erin could smell his cologne, and it all just made her want to take his clothes off honestly. He smiled at her and caressed her cheek. She looked into the same eyes she'd been looking into for the past four years, and fell in love all over again. She didn't know what she did to deserve him, but whatever it was. She was glad she did it.
"Erin," he began, "Ive been in love with for forever it seems like. It has never faded, or grown dull. I'm still crazy about you, and I always will be. I wake up every morning and look forward to you. I've wanted to do this for such a long time." He paused and grabbed her hand.

He got down on one knee and Erin could feel the tears flooding her eyes. Was this really happening?

"Erin, will you make me the happiest man alive, and marry me?" He slipped a ring on her finger. The diamond glistened in the moon light.
"Oh my god, of course!"

He stood up and kissed her. Suddenly she heard Melody screaming in excitement. She ran up to them and hugged them.
"I love you guys," Melody said, sobbing, "I've been waiting for this moment and I actually got it on video."

Before Erin could say anything else, Leom walked up to them.
"Congratulations guys." She said smiling.

It didn't seem genuine to Erin, she could see that Leom was bothered by something. She ignored the strange feeling and hugged her.
"Thank you." Erin whispered in Leom's ear.

Leom seemed to hug her for longer than expected before pulling away. They looked into each other's eyes, and Erin felt like there were unspoken words that needed to be said between them, but neither of them said anything.

"I've been planning this for 6 months." Ash said while grabbing Erin's hands, interrupting her thoughts.
"I don't know what to say," Erin said, "this is crazy. I love you."
They kissed again.

The ride back home with Leom was kind of quiet. Erin could feel the tension the air. The weird blackout she had was lingering in her head. What did it mean? She felt like Leom had the answers she was looking for, but felt weird bringing it up. She couldn't handle the tension anymore.

"That blackout I had.. that was crazy. That's never happened to me before." She said. Leom smirked.
"What did you see?"

She was so sure Erin saw something. How did she know?

"It's kind of strange.. I was at a restaurant I've never even been to before, and you were there. And we—" she hesitated. She was afraid that Leom would laugh at her if she told her they kissed.

"What restaurant?" Leom asked.
"Tito's"
Leom laughed.
"Love that place. I remember kissing my first love there. A lot of memories man."

Erin froze. She left the conversation at that. There was no way she was who Leom was talking about. But still, she felt like she was apart of those memories.

She looked over at the beautiful girl next to her, and felt her stomach flutter. The more she was around this girl, the more she felt like she knew her. Leom smiled at her.

"You remember kissing me, don't you?"