Later, I caught Cole as he was walking back to the house and stopped him. 

"Cole! Wait up!" I yell towards him. The boy seemed to have frozen completely. He didn't move the slightest bit, he was just stiff in place. I make my way over to him and shift my body parallel to his. 

"Are you okay...?" I ask, sighing before. He visibly swallows hard and looks deeply into my eyes. I really don't know what to say or think. This guy just said he loved me... and we weren't dating or anything... it was too much for me to handle. And honestly, I felt like a wreck. 

I'm so confused... I'm sure he was just saying it to have an excuse to storm away.... but.. I-

I really don't know...

"I meant it-" He simply says, rolling his shoulders back and unstiffening. 

I take a deep inhale, "Wha-" 

Before I finish, Cole's lips are pressed roughly against my own, his hands find my cheeks and cup them. 

I return the kiss and attempt to deepen it by tangling my tongue with his. I inhale a lump of Cole's heavy and spaced out breaths and he pulls his head away, biting down onto my bottom lip. 

He smiles and pulls away further, still cupping my now heated cheeks. 

"I want to be with you... Liana..." He says simply, dropping his smile into a serious yet soft expression. 

He wants to be with me?  This tough, intimidating person who doesn't date... just said he wants to be with me..? I absolutely melt, my heart's steady pump picks up like crazy. 

I look into his eyes and press my hands up against his, pushing them a slight bit harder against me, "Be mine..." he requests, still with a serious expression. 

I nod with a smile, "I will... I've wanted to be with you for a while, I can't say no..." I say between heavy breaths. 

Cole's lips curl into another heart warming smile as he presses his lips against mine and whispers, "I really do love you, Liana..." 

I nod and respond, "I think I love you too..." 

•••

I slid off of Cole's warm body and he let out a whine at the loss of contact, "I'm getting dressed-" I state with a small giggle. 

Cole groans and sits up, not bothering to pull the blanket over him. Small beads of swet cover his bare chest and face and I feel the dampness on me too. 

"Why'd you stop? We were having fun.." He pouted and I dug through my drawers to find a shirt. 

I was naked from the waist up and desperately fought to find a shirt and bra before someone walked through the unlocked bedroom door. 

"Because-" I said with a smile, knowing Cole couldn't see me. I finally found a shirt in what seemed like a drawer of just shorts and accessories. I really need to sort this stuff. 

I picked my dirty bra off the floor, deciding to use it again. I put it over my chest and fasten the straps in the back before pulling a plain white t-shirt over me. 

Feeling a warm arm snake around my waist, I flinch and look over my shoulder to see Cole, staring straight into his eyes accidentally. 

The brunette haired boy plants kisses along my neck and I move it to make it easier. His hands move from my belly to my hips and he pushes himself against me. 

I immedietly feel the thick, solid bump that touches my bottom and smile, my cheeks heating up completely. 

It all happened so fast. One second we were arguing at the diner and the next he was saying he loved me. Then we somehow arrived back home and had a.. quite.. steamy makeout session on his bed.... and now, here we are... 

My legs stiffen as one of his hands squirm to my inner thigh and trail down it before gracing back up and staying put on my hip once again. 

I squirm out of his hold and turn to face him, a smirk on my lips. Cole groans, "You never let me have my fun." He says before tracing a finger along my jaw. He uses his hand to apply pressure and I curve my neck to the side, tilting my head. 

"You never told me what this scar was..." He said. I feel his light touch glide along my weak spot, my mark. 

"I got into a car accident," I admit, my head still cocked to the side while his finger traces the outline of the scar on my jaw, "When I was 16.. I was driving... and another car hit me head on, going through a red light.." I explain. 

My body was still here but my mind has left the room. I was in the car, the glass of the windshield hitting my face and body. 

"Was anyone there with you?" Cole begins, taking me out of my nightmare, "In the car...?" He asks. 

"Yes..." I say truthfully. There was  someone else in the car... and they got hurt much worse than I did.. 

"Who?" Cole presses and he planted a few small kisses onto my scar. 

"My best friend..." As soon as the words slide off my tongue, my eyes begin to fill with tears. Cole pushes my head down and over to face him straight on, his neautral expression far from my seemingly terrified one, "Her name was Evena. Everyone always says Uh-Vee-Nuh when they read her name and it always made her angry. Her name was Eh-Vanuh.. and I called her Even.." My words are cracked and a thick layer of sniffles is present. Cole wipes the tears that begin to stream down my eyes and rests his palm on my cheek. 

"I'm.. I'm so sorry, Liana..." He whispers. I flash a fake smile of understanding before he pulls me into a warm embrace.  One of Cole's hands cup the back of my head while the other is wrapped around my waist. I can't help it when I fall into him in a fit of sobs and cries. 

"It's not your fault..." I whisper, "It's mine.."

"It's not your fault, Liana." He lies with a fake smile.  I sigh and push my lips to the side, a dimple caving through. 

"Well, I just told you my history... now tell me yours." I smile and cock my head to one side. 

I've been interested in Cole's story for a while. But now, I've written my own pages in it, and I think it's time he spills. I don't expect his past to be something bad, like he robbed a bank or something... but, honestly, I don't know what to expect with Cole...

"Fine.." He says, taking a seat on the bed. I walk over to sit next to him. Cole's eyes meet mine and I smile, "I was born in Essex. There, my parents fought constantly.." He began with a deep sigh, "One day... my mum came up to me and said her and my father were getting a divorce... I wasn't sad.. in-fact, I was happy. I was happy that the shit going on everyday and night was finally going to end..." He took a deep breath, "When my mother moved out, my father took on a new life... and soon, I was just the same as forgotten. I ran away, went to live with my aunt and uncle here in America.." Cole's view switched the the floor and he balled his hands together, "I haven't seen my mum or pop since... and.. I don't know if I even want to... my mum has a husband back in Essex and.. I don't know what's up with my father.. I got onto the streets, drank alcohol, smoked weed... ya know, the usual." He paused, "And then.. I went to highschool again for the first time in months.. and on my third day..." He looks at me again, "I met you... and the rest... well, that's history.." He smiles weakly and I inhale a heavy breath, "I'm jealous of you, Liana..." He admits, still staring into my eyes, "You have a mum and pop... everything I don't..." 

"It's not what you think.." I cup his cheeks with the palms of my hands, "My mother yelled all the time at my father... and my father was nothing to her..." I admit, "He was always out with friends, getting drunk or gambling..." I sigh and drop my hands into my lap, "He never cared about me or my mother.. the most important thing to him was horse races and vodka... he took our family down until we were bankrupt... and when we finally had enough money, my mother filed for divorce. My father walked straight out after that.. I got to visit him from time to time when I was younger.. but as he got a family... I stopped going... I haven't visited my father since I was twelve. He still sends me notes, but I never read them..." I smile at him, "Nobody's perfect, Cole... you just have to dig a little deeper to find out.." 

Cole's lips soon press against mine... he later pulls away and leans into me, wrapping his arms around me into a restrictive embrace. I wrap my arms around him too, resting my head on his shoulder, "You're not alone, Cole.... nothing will ever end what we have... what I feel for you... never..." I whisper to him, he sighs... 

"I hope so.."