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She said the beauty in life is what we live for, and it’s everywhere. You just have to look closer.”
“I might kiss you again when we’re older,” he says. “Just so you know.”
My head fell back, and everything crumbled. My heart, my head, my hate, and my grudge, and I just wanted to see him. To feel him and put his forehead to mine and feel him breathe. To have him pick me up and hold me in here, where the water and the walls were high enough to hide us.
I loved him. I still loved him. Goddamn him.
I wanted to fight and scream and laugh and smile and kiss and taste and wrap my arms around him more than I could stomach never feeling him again.
“I can’t dance with a crowd,” I shouted over the music. “I’ll smack someone in the face.” “I gotcha,” Will came in behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and swaying both of us back and forth. “You can dance with me.” Which I’m sure was just an excuse to put his hands on something. I reached behind me, patting him on the cheek. “A true knight.” “See, she gets it,” he joked, probably to Alex.
“Now,” I breathed out. “I want you now, Damon.” He sucked in air between his teeth. “Say that again. With my name.” “I want you now, Damon.”
He was still the boy, promising to kiss me again someday, and I was still her, never wanting to leave whatever little private world we created when we were together.
Everything with him was like home.
And then Alex tipped her chin at me, taunting, “Who’s your daddy?”
I knew he’d always come for me. I knew he loved me. I knew that however long this lasted, it would probably be the happiest and most miserable I’d ever been. He made me so angry, I wanted to punch him. But then there was nothing like kissing him.
“How much does this fun cost?” “Sticking with me for the rest of your life,” I replied, putting my arm around her waist. “That’ll suck.”
“That’s not your life anymore. I don’t leave.” I couldn’t help the smile that broke out as she kissed me again. I wouldn’t admit it to her, but that fucking made my night.
“We’re going to rule the world, Rika.” I held out my hands, grinning. “You, Banks, and me.”
I feel like I understand. I don’t like it out there very much, either. We can hide. Together.
I wish we never had to leave the fountain. We never did.
