The One That Got Away Again completed

Chapter 17

‘After his confession; of explaining his true love to me. I just melted away. I didn’t know what else to say or do. Joey was the one. Even when I was with Jacob, it was always Joey. I just waited for that right moment in time for him to tell me how he felt.

Maybe I should’ve said something to him about it. Maybe he could’ve helped me off the drugs sooner before it got worse. Or even before I started doing drugs.

He was there for me as a friends when my mother died. He was there when my father beat me and called me names. He was always by my side. Checked on me when I lived by myself in my mothers house. He was there when my high was to much and I was tripping balls. He was right there.

Just I couldn’t see it til now. I clearly don’t understand what I done to myself to not see it. But now, in this moment of time, he’s all I want for the rest of my life. And no one can ever take that away from me.’

Once I finished that line in my journal, I had closed it and stared off into the clear blue sky, looking at the clouds, wondering what my mother was thinking or wondering or even seeing. I wonder that every single time I look up into the sky.

I was laying in the backyard, on the foldout pool chair, enjoy the weather for once. It was nice out. Just lately, I haven’t wanted to come out but now I do. Joey has change me for the better of myself.

The past week or so since he confessed to me, we both agreed that we would take it slow. We even told the others and boy were they happy. A few days later Hannah had came over and I told her.

When she got there, I smiled at her and brought her outside in the backyard. We sat and talked and when I told her she was thrilled that I had come to my conclusion of Joey.

“Well, I’m just gonna say it Rose. It’s about damn time.” She said laughing.

I joined her. “Yeah, I guess it was. I wish I had done it sooner then later.”

“Either way, it worked out for the greater good. So tell me how did it go? Did you ask him? Did he ask you?”

“Well it was actually the night that you gave me the journal. We sat by the fire and talked. I went to get up to go to bed and well he kissed me. Of course I kissed him back but I ran away afterwards. But a few days later, we talked again and he flat out confessed his love for me.” I told her.

“Awe, that’s so sweet. God this is like so love sick puppy type of romance.” Hannah said.

I chuckled. It was a weird type of romance that was going on. But it’s what it is and I kinda like it.

After school had ended, as soon as he gets here, he runs up to my room and busts in and just jumps me with joy. He holds me til he can’t hold me anymore. Chris tells us we’re weird but Carlie says it’s cute in a weird way.

When he told him mom about us, she was extremely happy for us. She also said the same thing that Hannah said. ‘About damn time.’ It was like everyone wanted us together but never said a word. But I guess it’s my fault for doing the wrong s**t.

I think back on how my life would be like, if I met Joey long time ago and told him I loved him. Did I just say I loved him.

It felt so weird thinking that when we said we take it slow but at the same time it felt right. Nothing like this has ever happened to me. Not when Jacob and I got together. Not when I first met my father when I thought I was his princess. Not when my mother had given me a chance of a life time to be a normal child with a father. No, it was all different. It was all wrong but I felt it was time to finally accept it.

It was Joey. Joey is who all I need in my life. Joey, Joey, Joey.