Valeria Campbell
*four months later*
Things have been calm these past few months. Ivan and I were now closer than ever, and I couldn't be happier.
This is the most content I've felt in a long time.
Date nights were now way more frequent, sometimes the restaurants, or to favorite spots which are that beach where we're always alone, and the rain hill. The other day, he took me to that hill, and to my surprise, there was a picnic blanket as well as a basket where he had packed sandwiches and different types of snacks. That was the most romantic thing I could've asked anybody to do.
Well, he was the only person who ever made me romantic things, but the wait was worth it because I got the best boyfriend I could ever wish for. A person who also became my best friend.
Yet, I still hadn't told him about my feelings for him. I loved him so much it hurts sometimes, but I can't risk ruining our wonderful relationship if he doesn't feel the same way as well, so that will remain a secret between me, Lucy, and my mom, until later.
Speaking of Lucy, she and Roger started dating, and they were the perfect couple. They couldn't be more different, Roger was the loud party guy, yet she was the shy girl who didn't talk much. But once you know her, she's the most energetic person you'd ever meet. They were opposites, yet so ideal. Their qualities contrasted with each other, thus highlighting the traits of the other. They flirted and teased each other the whole time. It was adorable.
As for my mom, she was kind of getting better, she still couldn't move much, but the medication she was taking finally had a good influence on her.
"Babe, are you listening?" Ivan suddenly said snapping me away from my thoughts.
"Yeah, I was just thinking about something," I answer still not processing him talking to me.
"I have to go to the gym's changing room, I think I left my phone there. I'll be back in a minute." He states getting up from his seat in front of me at the cafeteria table.
"Ok, no problem," I murmur shortly, he then comes to my side and lowers his body slightly giving me a quick kiss on the mouth. That made me wake up completely.
He started walking away, turning to me when he was a small distance away and winking at me before looking ahead of him again.
I seem to fall in love with him over and over again every day.
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Ivan Knight
I head to the changing room and start looking for my phone in my locker. I search beneath the spare gym clothes I always kept there just in case, but it wasn't there. I look for it everywhere in my locker but I still couldn't find it.
"Looking for this?" I hear a woman's voice behind me that made me jump a bit. I turn around and see that it was Grace, my ex-girlfriend.
"Shit, you scared me. Why do you have my phone?" I ask still not understanding why she was here.
"I was walking around and I heard you saying to some brunette girl that your phone was here, so I thought I'd find it for you." She answers still holding my cellphone in her hand to her side.
"First of all, her name is Valeria. And not going to lie, Grace, that's kind of creepy."
Grace and I dated for about a month last year. To be honest, I just wanted to hook up with her because she was hot, but we kept it going for a while. I broke up with her because she was annoying, always glued to my side, which pissed me off. And she used to look at my stuff at school or even at home. She once stole my t-shirt when I was in the bathroom. I only noticed when she posted a picture a few days later wearing it a few days later captioned "That awkward moment when you can't stop wearing your boyfriend's t-shirt." I didn't say anything about it, but then she took one of my boxers as well, that was my last straw, so I cut things off with her. She did try to get back together saying she loved me, and that she can't live without me but I knew she was lying. She was just possessive and wanted me so that no one else could have me.
"Give me my phone back Grace," I say with a serious tone gesturing at it with my hand.
She gives it back shockingly, and I put it in my back pocket. But then to my surprise, she comes forward and places her hands on my face trying to pull me in for a kiss, but I push her back.
"What the fuck are you doing?" I state angrily.
"I still love you, Ivan, we can work things out, I promise." She comes closer again putting her hands all over me. Grabbing my face first, then my arm, and holds my hand trying to interlock our fingers together.
"Get away from me, I have a girlfriend." I attempt to get her hands off me but she put them again.
"Oh, that brunette bitch. Please! She doesn't compare honey. Plus, she can't make you feel as good as I did, just one chance. For old time's sake." Her hands go to my shirt starting to unbutton it.
I grab them and put them down.
"Stop it, I don't want you Grace, or your body, and don't even think about it ever again. And if you call Valeria a bitch ever again, I will make you regret it." I mutter with my teeth clenched.
Just as I was about to leave, she comes forward and kisses me, I grab her face to get her away from me, but she resisted and kept them on mine.
"Ivan?" The familiar voice made my stomach twist.
Valeria.
Grace quickly ran away leaving me alone with Val.
"I can't believe you did this." The small tears turned into sobs as she turned her back and began to walk away.
"Angel, I can explain. I promise." I ran towards her and grab her hand to make her face me.
"Leave me alone." She attempted to remove her hands from mine but I wouldn't let go.
"Not until you hear what I have to say. I had nothing to do with this, she came here before me and started to touch me and kissed me. I was fighting her the whole time, but she wouldn't leave me alone. And you came at the part where she kissed me without my consent. I promise baby, I'll never do this to you." I explain everything staring deeply into her beautiful hazel eyes. I hated to see her cry. She doesn't deserve this.
"We both know you have a history with the number of girls you hooked up with. And I don't do it as much as you want to, so you just decided to cheat on me with that blonde bitch." Her voice was full of pain. It broke my heart.
"I never wanted to use you for your body baby, and I would be satisfied with never touching you again as long as we're together. You're more than that." I reason with her but I could see it on her face. She didn't believe me.
I fucked up big time.
"Why would I believe that?" She clenches her teeth trying to remove my hand from hers.
"Because I-" I went silent.
"Ha." She chuckled. "Thought so." She frees her hand from mine. "Bye Ivan, have a great day."
She walks away towards the door and I could hear the sound of her silent sobs.
"Because I love you." I didn't even know the words came out of my mouth. I didn't think about it, my heart blurted the three simple words out.
I love you, Valeria Campbell.
She turns her back to mine with a shock on her face.
"You do?" She asks.
I walk closer towards her. "I've loved you since the moment I laid eyes on you angel, but I didn't know what the feeling was. I fell in love with you again when we went to that funfair, but I was too stupid to know my feelings. I fell in love with you a third time when ran out of school and went to the beach, but I didn't understand the signs my heart was giving me. And I fell in love with you a fourth time, when we started dancing in the rain, and I was still too dumb. But now it's all crystal clear, it was never just a crush. I love you with all my heart, and I would never do that to someone I love." My eyes started watering as well, I was overwhelmed. And I don't care if this ruins our relationship for good, I just had to tell her that.
"And I love you ." She murmurs and wraps her arms around me, and I grab the back of her thighs, she places them on my hips, and I just start spinning her slightly at the words that came out of her beautiful mouth, both smiling and laughing because of how happy we felt. She loves me.
Her face my buried in my shirt which was now soaked up with her tears, which was the last of my worries. She then brings it up and kisses me gently stroking her fingers in my hair and playing with my curls.
"I"
Kiss
"Love"
Kiss
"You"
Kiss
Those simple words that I just said made me feel so relieved. I just found my first love. And I hope it would be my last.
We keep making out, lost in our small universe, where it was just the two of us. No problems, no Grace, no Tanner. Just peace and joy. But suddenly the bell rang.
"Fuck me," I mumble annoyed since that stupid bell just ruined the best moment of my life.
"We should probably get back to class." She says smiling, as her lips were swollen from kissing for more than five minutes.
"I don't want to." I groan and bring my lips back to hers.
"We have to. Come on put me down." I do she says and we walk out of the changing room heading back to class with our fingers interlocked together.
And that's when it hit me, I remembered I still haven't told her that my dad wanted to meet her. And now, seems like it is a perfect time.
"Val?" I say. And she hums looking in my direction.
"My dad said a few months ago that he wanted to meet you, but I was waiting for the right moment to ask you. Do you want to? You don't have to if it makes you uncomfortable, don't feel obliged to go because of me, if you don't want to"
"Ivan baby relax." She cuts me off. "Why are you so nervous? I would love to meet your dad." She agrees and tried to make this easier to ask noticing how stressed I was about asking her about it.
"Perfect, I'll let my dad know," I tell her back smiling at her response and excited more than I should be. It'd kind of embarrassing to admit, she's the first girl I'll ever introduce to my father. I know I'll be shitting my pants when that days come, but it is what it is. It's as nerve-wracking as introducing your future wife to your parents or something.
But maybe I wouldn't have to.
My dad was going to love her, I just need to know when he isn't too busy to make all that happen.
This day was a hundred times better than I expected.