I guess it's Fate

Chapter 23

Elizabeth POV

My alarm wakes me from my slumber, loud and annoying. I stretch and pull the blankets off my body. I look at the time and see it is 7:00 which means I have about an hour before I leave to go to school. I start Year 12 today, my last year of high school. I am nervous and excited, nervous because I don't want to fail and excited because this is my last year of school. The work is definitely going to pile up but I have a planner and a calendar on my wall to help me throughout the year so I don't fall behind. Jack and I agreed to hang out less and study more but knowing us, we will definitely have our cheat days but I am not complaining. The talk about our future didn't go very well as I thought but we are all good now so I won't bring up that subject for a while.

After Jack and I had sex for the first time, we have been so sexually attracted to each other but I am making sure that sex isn't all we are doing in our relationship because that is not healthy. Thanks to senior year we won't have time to even hang out so I won't have to worry about an unhealthy relationship. My mum screams from downstairs, breaking my thoughts. I check my phone and see I only have 20 minutes to eat breakfast, brush my teeth, wash my face and brush my hair. Luckily I packed my bag last night so I can just grab it and go.

"Good morning darling", my mum says to me and I smile in response. She slides over a plate to me with butter and honey on toast. I thank her and start to eat while scrolling through Instagram. "Is Jack walking you to school together?", my mum asks me and I shake my head. "Not that I know of", I reply. After breakfast, I finish getting ready and walk out the door, saying goodbye to my mum. I start my walk to school, glancing over at Jack's house to see if he's there waiting for me but I frown seeing he is not. I shouldn't be sad when we didn't plan anything. I would of at least enjoyed a morning text or a have a good first day of senior year but I have no texts from Jack.

Senior year is the year everyone will try and change who they are because they are older and start to have more rights so I have an odd feeling that Jack will be one of those people. This will put me aside and left to be forgotten about. The idea makes me frown which my friends point out when I get to school. "What's up Liz?", they ask me. "Nothing", I reply and continue to walk to my class. The whole school day was boring, with orientation and all the teachers telling us how important this year is. I didn't listen to anything though because I was so caught up with the idea of Jack not loving me anymore. I have checked my phone more than 5 times each hour and there is still no text from him. I would be the first to text but then that would make me feel clingy but with Jack he just does it without thinking to much into it. "Liz", Josephine calls out to me while shaking my shoulders. I look up at her and smile, noticing there is someone next to her. "Are you sure your okay?", she asks me and I nod. I know I'm not okay but I need to have more proof before I start bad-mouthing my boyfriend. Josephine looks at me with her eyebrows raised then proceeds to introducing me to the girl next to her. "Liz, this is Hayley, she's new and because you didn't look alright this morning I thought it was best to introduce her later when your more awake", Jo tells me and I wave to the new girl. "It's nice to meet you Hayley. I hope your enjoying your first day", I tell her. "I am. This school is great. I have more opportunities for my future and the people here are so much better than the ones at my old school", Hayley tells me and I nod. We sit and talk for most of the period until the bell rings, telling us it's the end of the day.

I walk out of school and start turn towards my house but someone stops me from walking further. I turn to face the mystery person to come face to face with Jack. "Hey baby", he says to me and I smile then proceed to walk home. "Liz, what's wrong", he asks me, grabbing my hand and pulling me towards his chest. "Nothing. I just want to go home", I tell him as I try to break out of his embrace but I have no luck. "I'll walk with you. That's why I came", Jack says. "A text would have been nice", I raise my voice slightly, referencing to him showing up now with no warning and when I didn't receive a text from him all day. "What did I do. I have come to see you", he says, annoyed with my attitude but I ignore him and walk away from him. He walks beside me asking me what he did wrong for me to be pissed at him. I don't know what to say, he didn't do anything. I am overreacting and being a bitch when he did nothing. I reach my house and turn to Jack for the first time in 15 minutes. "Nothing. You didn't nothing. I am just overreacting. Sorry", I tell him and he grabs my waist and kisses me deeply. "I know something is bothering you", he says to me and I nod slightly. "Do you still love me?", I ask him, looking into his deep emerald eyes.

"Of course I do, baby", he says as he rests his hand against my cheek. I lean into his touch and sigh. "What made you think I didn't?", he asks and I shrug in response. "I thought you would change cause because it's senior year so you become more cocky and then you would forget about me. All day I was thinking about this because you didn't come to walk me to school or even text something so I got worried", I tell Jack. He leans his forehead against mine while gripping my hips. "I love you so much and I will never forget about you", he reassures me which makes me smile. I pull him in for a passionate kiss, not caring who was watching. "I love you", Jack whispers to me, making my heart race. "I love you too".