LILITHS POV
"I've got the tickets." Aiden comes towards waving three brightly orange wristbands in the air.
We put the wristbands on and headed inside. "Where should we start?" Ann asks as we stand at the entrance.
"How about there?" I point towards a stand filled with giant stuffed panda bears.
"You want me to win you one of those?" Hunter says, putting his arm around my shoulder and pulling me closer.
"No thanks. I can do it myself." I pull away from him and take Ann's hand, pulling her towards the stand in a rush. The guys hurry after us and soon we are each standing with a game gun.
The man at the stand gives us quick instructions, and soon we shoot down small, moving tin squirrels. I aim my gun carefully as I hold it in a comfortable position as soon as I see the target approaching I take my shot and manage to get every single one down.
"Damn girl, where did you learn that from?" Aiden slaps my back softly as he releases a small laugh.
"I'm a daddy's girl, so I am quite acquainted with the shooting range and really familiar with a gun."
"You should teach me sometime," Ann says to me.
"I've got you, girl."
Hunter is left speechless as he stares at the targets without a blink of an eye. I ignore him and collect my prize. "The biggest panda you've got, please." The game manager gives me a big panda and I turn towards Hunter. "Close your mouth, you will attract flies."
"Let's go get cotton candy." Ann leads us toward a stand and we all get some cotton candy. "How about the Ferris wheel next?" we straight towards the Ferris wheel and it's only two people at a time. Hunter and I climb in first and Ann and Aiden get on the third seats from us.
"What you did back there was amazing. Do you train every day?"
"I used to train every day but now it's every other day."
We sit there quietly for a short while until he starts to speak.
"Have you ever thought about what our relationship would be like if we ever got into one?" He bursts out without stopping in between any words. I sit there in surprise at the sudden change of topic. "I have." He adds. "I think about you every single day of my life, wondering what it would be like to hold you in my arms, feel your skin whenever I want to, touch your hair, say your name... say you're mine. I have an unhealthy obsession with you Lil and you don't even have to say anything to me right now as long as you know how I feel about you."
I'm caught off guard and don't know what to say. The ride comes to a stop and before the ride manager is able to let us out, I manage to spit out. "maybe we can start slow." A huge smile forms across his face and before we know it we are off the ride and joining Aiden and Ann.
"Want to try something else?"
"I'd rather we leave," Ann replies way too quickly.
"Wait what happened?"
"Ask him." She points at Aiden and walks right past Hunter and I.
I give Hunter a pointed look, signaling that he should find out what happened. He quickly catches on and starts talking to Aiden mean while I head in Ann's direction.
After trying to get even a single word about what happened from Ann and her not letting anything slip, I decided it was best to let it go and wait for when she is ready to talk.
The following day Hunter doesn't show up to school, and the same goes for Aiden, but then I realized that all of their friends did not show up as well. At first, I found it weird that he did not show up but then I let it go.
The same thing happened the day after that. One day turned into two days and two days turned into two weeks.
I was worried sick and then my mind started doing this little thing called overthinking and I started thinking that maybe they are all sick, or dead, maybe he moved out, maybe his getting married on a beautiful Caribbean island and forgot about me or maybe he is rethinking his decision of wanting to be with me and is just avoiding me.
The more I started overthinking the more my stomach started churning and my head started to ache really badly.
As soon as I got home from school I started training, the same routine I have been doing for the past two weeks, punching and lifting until my muscles ache. I learned a long time ago to never rely on anyone but yourself because people tend to let you down. And besides who else is there for you but you?
For a while now I've learned the art of suppressing your feeling and not going all in in a relationship, to never show your true colors but just the gist of your true self. Tell people what you want them to know not what you feel like telling them at that specific moment or else you get broken into pieces, over and over again. People will screw you over, whether your childhood friend or even your own family members.
keep people at bay, at arm's length, and just move on with your life. no one is here to stay forever anyways. unless you are a vampire and baby, never get on the wrong side of an immortal being or you will regret it and trust you will wish your death was closer.