"I can't do this anymore " I told him stepping away. "We re like a rollercoaster, we fight, then we have sex just to make up, that is not a relationship, no I am leaving I doubt if you have a definition for love, you just say that to make me get off your back and melt into you, not because I am your weakness no, I am done" he stood there taking in all I just said with no interruption no buts no nothing he just stood there.
"Babe you done now"
I turned my head away from him to ignore him, he got the message I guess as he turned away he walked away just as I guessed. He gives a crap only about himself and his belongings, but he came back, this time with a rose and a crystal box, just the size of ring box, similar to the one that the necklace he gave me came in. He turned me to face him as he began speaking
" I can't think, I can't sleep and I can't go a day without thinking of you, don't you dare come with I am leaving shit, I agree we have been through a lot of shit since senior year but look at us now, we made it didn't we, com on babe don't do me this, I love you for real, I mean it, my definition of love is evident to you, have you even read the letter I left in your assesory drawer last night, read it cause I mean it, I guess you haven't read it but Kcarlie, Kcarlieannaé Alānna Smith,.........." he said getting on his knees a tear slipped his face the same time one slipped mine as it fell in between us in unison, he gave me the rose and took my left hand, opened the box revealing a 18 carat gold ring with a huge diamond in the middle and some tiny one surrounding it.
"Will you marry me" he asked. I was so dumbstrucked.......
" I..I.....I don't know what to say,"
" Say yes, I promise you I will do better."
" yes" I exclaimed shaking my head as I can't control my mixed emotions right now.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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