Mine (Book-1)

~Chapter 73~

[Song for the chapter:
Freak in me - mild orange]

Tori's P.O.V

"Are you home?" I ask Harper after she's done ranting about some shit.

"Yes, why?" She asks.

"We're outside. Open the door."

"We?" She asks.

"Yes."

"Well Mike's in the house, hope 'We' won't have a problem with that."

Shit.

"Wait, someone's trying to call."

I mute the call.

"We have a problem." I tell the boys.

"What sort?" Ian asks.

"This is a bad idea." Tyler nods.

"Mike's in."

"She moved on!" Tyler yells.

"No she didn't." Ian argues.

"You don't know that." I glare at Ian.

But, I do. She's trying her best to move on. But she can't. Cause there's no one, that could ever make her feel like Tyler did, or does. I know she still wants him back. I know the countless songs she wrote about him wasn't burnt in a bonfire instead they were put in an elite gift box and pushed aside, just like her real feelings.

"We're going in, no matter what."

"But-" Tyler tries to interject.

"Shut the fuck up already, Tyler."

"Okay."

We all pile out of the car, and knock on Harper's door and also ring the bell. She must think someone's dead or something.

After waiting for, what feels like eternity, the door opens.

Harper's P.O.V

Tori knocks on the door and rings the bell at least 5 times, is someone dead?

I left Mike with literature homework in the kitchen, I also warned him about my friends, they can be a headache.

I open the door expecting to see, Tori and maybe Nat or Fred, instead I see two faces I thought I'd never see.

Ian and Tyler.

They hate my guts.

They hate me.

What are they doing in my front porch?

"Ahh, come in?" I say, not really sure what to say.

"Yep." Tori sighs, taking Tyler's hand and leading in him.

I look at Ian who's just standing at the door, with emotions flowing out of him.

"A-are you okay?" I ask.

Out of nowhere Ian just leaps forward and hugs me like there's no tomorrow. I don't want to lie, I feel like crying. I missed him, I missed this. Our friendship was weird but it was amazing.

I hug him back with the same force, we both know how much we've missed this.

"I'm sorry." Ian whispers in my ear.

What?

He pulls away, wipe the tears from my face which I didn't notice were there. And lastly without saying anything he just winks and goes to the couch to sit.

"Umm, what do you mean you're sorry?" I ask, awkwardly.

"They know." Tori stares at me.

"What do you mean?"

"They know."

"They know what?" Mike joins in.

"Oh, hi, Michael." Tyler abruptly stands up.

"Hi, Tyler." Mike shrugs.

I give Tori an intense stare and she gives it back.

"Mike, can you just go up to the bedroom for a while, we need some privacy." I smile at him.

"He's allowed in you bedroom?" Tyler asks.

"Am I supposed to ask for your permission?" I shoot.

Mike presses his eyebrows together and silently goes up the stairs, obviously understanding this is not his place.

We stand in silence while some exchanging of looks before I decide to speak up.

"What are you really here for?" I ask.

"I know." Tyler looks at me, I hold the gaze and look away as soon as memories start to flood back.

"Know what?" I know what.

"You didn't cheat on me." Tyler stands up and starts to slowly walk closer to me.

"I know you never cheated on me, I know you were just being a good friend, I know you didn't deserve what you got," Tyler sighs, at this point he's right in front of me, "and I know, I still love you. Just as much as I did before all this happened."

One of his warm hands cup my cheek, oh how I've missed his touch, I feel myself melt under his touch, to have a blessing as pure as his touch. he doesn't know how much this means to me, what this means to me.

What I did next, was not expected. I did not expect nor did anyone else in that room. My mind had no time to argue with my heart, only my limbs and my mouth heard what my heart yelled.

I leap forward and kiss those lips, those lips I dreamt about for years before I finally got them, those lips that I dreamt about after I lost them, those lips that will always be superior in my heart.

Tyler, without thinking twice, just kissed me back. We kissed like two lovers who've been forced away for ages and now they finally reunite, but then again we kissed like no time has passed since our last kiss. We kissed like this is our last, when it was only the first in a while.

I don't know how we kissed, why we kissed. All I know is that,

We kissed.