How Love Works
LilyLover55
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LilyLover55
Ongoing, First published Oct 24, 2018
Mature
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"William!" Emma yelled, tears threatening to run down her face, "I know how it feels. I know exactly what it's like to cry in the shower so no one could hear me. To wait for everyone to fall asleep so I could fucking fall apart. For everything to hurt so bad; for my anxiety to get so bad, that I just want to end it all. So don't you dare tell me I don't know real pain, because I know exactly how it feels."

 Will walked up to her and wiped the solitary tear that escaped down her cheek with his thumb; cupping her face that was currently looking down at her twiddling fingers. Emma did that when she needed to keep her anxiety at bay.

 "I just don't want to be hurt again." Emma said, her voice so soft, so fragile as she found the strength to look up at Will's chocolate brown eyes. A sad smile touched his face for a brief second, "would you believe me if I said; neither do I."

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 Emmillia Vasquez had high expectations when it came to love and it connected to romance and happiness. William Morgan knew love and it connected to betrayal and pain. You'd think these two would meet; she'd 'fix' him and they'd have a happily ever after, right? Well, that's not exactly how life works, now does it. Life and love isn't that cliche.

 We were taught to expect the unexpected, yet neither of them expected that they would actually fall in love. Will one stupid bet, one foolish mistake, ruin something genuinely real. Love is messy and painful, it hurts and leaves scars, love is simple yet complicated but love is worth it; because love is love.

 He wants freedom with stability and she wants that perfect partner in crime, little do they know, they only need each other. So just how does this thing called 'love', really work?

-Halee Roe❤

©Copyright 2018 by Leah La Borde
Mature - Includes strong language, sexual content, and topics that may be too sensitive for young readers. Please be advised and read at your own risk.
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Have you ever met someone who alters the course of your life? For good or for bad, they've come in, given and taken, and then- BOOM! Your life was never the same. There's always a change, an altering of reality. When you meet those people, the reality that you've known your whole life is suddenly gone and a new one has taken its place. When those moments happen, there's no going back. You can try to return to the way things were but nothing, and I mean nothing, can take you back to exactly how it was. That's what happened to us. I think that's why we're still trying so desperately to get back to some sort of normalcy. Four years later and we're still on the ground, crawling, in search of the happiness that was lost that June. Summers will never be the same. Midnight walks through my neighborhood will never be the same. Field parties with bonfires and loud music will never be the same. I still don't know why you left and what lead you to the decision you made. What I do know is that we're here. We're alive and we're pushing forward to the future. A future that you're not a part of. But in some ways, I'm glad you're not a part of it. I just wish it wasn't like this. *** TRIGGER WARNING*** SA, abuse, suicide, substance abuse, and mental illness. This is a complete story that is much like life; fast, full of surprises, and not always how we want it to be. This has been a project of mine for over three years. It was self-published on Amazon, but after some issues in publication, I decided to just upload it on here. I hope you fall in love with these characters like I have. The friends in this story are trying to make names for themselves, figure out who they are, who they can trust, how to love, and how to separate themselves from a restrictive community. As in any coming of age story, they will experience growing pains... but will they survive them before its too late? PLEASE READ THE TRIGGER WARNINGS.

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