Lucy knew that she was nothing special for so long. But he challenged that idea. Lucy felt like if she let him, Skyler would go to his grave telling her that she was the most amazing person he’d ever known. As long as she had been around guys, she never imagined that she would ever feel like this around any one of them. But she did. She did whenever she was with him. The feeling of his hand around hers was still unreal, but it was soothing and comforting. She felt safe.
Lucy let her head fall onto his shoulder as she swung her feet, dipping her toes into the warm water. The breeze blowing over them as they sat on the dock tonight made it feel like the summer was on its way out. And that would mean she would have to say goodbye soon. And she wasn’t ready to leave. Right now, she never wanted to leave this moment. It seemed like a dream, and Lucy was afraid that if they went their separate ways at the end of summer, they would both wake up and they would feel like none of this ever happened.
As if he could hear what she was thinking, Skyler breathlessly ran his thumb across her palm and leaned down, kissing her hair. Lucy thought that maybe the reason they both kept silent was because that anything could have shattered this moment that they had to share since the minutes seemed to be so few. But Skyler pulled her closer to his side and she could feel his eyes on her. And in that moment she looked up at him to see tears in his eyes for the first time since she’d known him.
“I love you, Luce. I want to be with you forever.”
At that moment, Lucy’s breath caught in her throat and she couldn’t speak as her eyes welled up with tears. She wanted to say it back. She wanted to tell him how much she wanted the same thing, but instead she just buried her face into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her.
I want to be with you, too. I want to be with you forever.
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