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“I also told you that I would if I found someone who was worth it and, love, you
surpass that. It’s me who doesn’t feel worthy of you. But I’m willing to try. Let me, please?”
“Rory, you already are. Just by being you. You could wait ten years to get physically intimate with me, and I’d happily wait because I don’t need that from you. All I need is you.”
She pulls back all too soon, her lips brushing mine as she whispers the words that set us ablaze. “I’m yours, all yours.”
“Fucking hell, love,”
“Promise me? Promise me that no matter what happens, we won’t lose sight of us, nor our dreams,”
for us. “I promise you, Rory. I don’t break my promises. We’re going to make ourselves proud and do it together,” I say with utter confidence, knowing she’s exactly where I’m meant to be.
Wrecked it. Ruined me for good.
But I think it’s mainly because nobody is him.
Despite my weak attempt at keeping her at a distance, I love the hell out of Aurora Vallacourt.
His eyes never once leave Jasmine. Interesting.
“Dance with me?” “Yes,” I replied, wrapping my hands behind his neck, my fingers toying with the tuft of hair there as he wrapped his around my lower back, tugging our bodies tightly together.
But he turned out to be the man I’m dating and the one I’m hopelessly in love with. It’s everything I’ve tried to avoid, but it’s turned out to be just what I needed.
“I love you,” the words come out quiet but confident.
like I’m precious to him.
“You’ve been living rent-free in my head since the day we met.”
“I love you 3000, Rory.”
him. “I love you, I love you, I love you,”
“I love you, Rory.”
It’s the best Christmas Eve I’ve had in twelve years.
The man is a sweetheart in public but dirtier than I imagined in the sheets.
“I love it, and I love you so fucking much, Rory. You’re all I can think of, from when I wake up to when I go to sleep. No one and nothing has ever consumed me the way that you do. ”
his hair, frustration evident in his movements. “Rory, I love you. I need you to know that because you have no idea how goddamn hard it is to walk away from you right now, but I have to,” he says, turning on his heel, walking out of my room.
“None of my dreams make sense without you in it. You are the dream, Rory.”
Sometimes, life gets messy, and that’s okay. I’ll be there for you through it all, just like I know you will be for me. I told you I’m in this with you forever. If the ring comment from New Year’s Eve wasn’t enough of a clue, I hope this clarifies things.”
“You can’t get rid of me, ever. I love you, and there’s nothing in this fucking world that could keep me from you unless you asked.”
The opportunities are endless, and I’ll explore all the things that bring me joy, not just volleyball. I’ll open up that facility and maybe do it while being on Team USA, raising a family, or drawing for a living. I have no idea what’s next, and it’s refreshing as fuck.
