I sighed with relief as me and Reece fell back onto my bed with our hands clasped together. Tonight had been a very long and stressful evening and I was just glad for it to be over. After spending hours at the hospital and police station, we finally got to eat something and then we all came back to my house. Amanda was exhausted and Ellie was at a sleep over so she was sleeping in the spare bedroom as she didn't want to drive home and Reece wasn't in a position to do either as he was on medication for his injuries.

I turned to my side and leaned on my elbow so I could watch him like the total creep that I am. Was it creepy if we were dating?

I honestly had no idea.

His eyes fluttered closed and I knew he was in pain from his slightly erratic breathing. I was ok, apart from I had fractured my nose but that was only it. Annoyingly, I now had a large bandage on my nose which was so attractive, am I right?

Reece was much worse than I was though. His face was pretty mashed up and was getting worse as the hours passed since it happened. He also had a massive bruise on his stomach from where they kicked him and I really wanted to kiss it better.

So I did.

With my spare hand, I gently took a hold of the hem of his maroon t-shirt between my fingers. I very gently lifted it up, to reveal a large darkening purple bruise just above his abdomen. Without opening his eyes, he smirked. "Sammy I know I'm irresistible but do you really right now is the time?"

I flicked his shoulder. "Shut up you."

He shook his head slightly and smiled. I traced his bruise with the tip of my fingers lightly and I felt him tense underneath my touch.

Was nice to know I still had that effect on him, because he definitely did me.

"Did you hear what I said to you in the hospital?" I asked randomly as I had forgotten that I had a massive heart to heart to him when he was in a coma.

He moved up and down as he breathed softly, my finger continuing to trace circles as I leaned my head down and placed a soft kiss on the bruise. He slowly opened his eyes and grabbed my cheek with his hand, his thumb tracing circles on it. He shook his head with furrowed eyebrows. "No." He breathed in response.

I smiled, placing another kiss on his abdomen as I dropped his shirt and moved along my bed so I was laying next to him, staring up at him. I lifted my arm and ran my fingers through his soft hair. "I confessed my love for you, you know." I told him and he looked slightly taken back.

"You did?" He pressed and I nodded, moving closer to him as his hand clasped around my cheek, stroking it with his thumb. It sent tingles down my spine as I felt his touch.

"I actually realised I loved you when I was in that room. Being in there gave me time to think." I started to say and chuckled against his hand. "And all I thought about was you."

He pulled my face closer to him so I was only an inch away. Our legs tangled together under the covers as I rested my hand on his chest. "If I had heard you, I would never have let you leave when I woke up."

I smiled lightly whilst playing with his hair.

He then smiled lightly and I traced my fingers over his bruised cheek. "Do you remember when you went on that double date with Jodie?"

I thought about it and nodded in response, rembering that the guy was a total perverted creep. I then accidently text Reece instead of Cole. He chuckled against my hand. "That was the start of my feelings because I was fucking jealous."

My eyes widened.

He liked me that entire time?

I knew we had told each other that we liked each other when we were only friends but I didn't realise his feelings began that early on. I smiled cheekily. "I knew it."

I didn't know it, I had no fucking idea.

His eyes fluttered closed as I just stared down at him with pure love and adoration in my eyes. I never thought that I could ever love somebody this much, especially at such a young age but it was the truth. Every single part of me loved this boy in-front of me, and I wouldn't have it any other way. If I told sixth month ago Sam, she would have burst out laughing in my face.

But six months ago was when I didn't know him. I knew of him and all I knew was that his name was Reece Parker. His best friend was Jake. He slept around a lot and didn't date and had also never been in a relationship. He hated the popular group just like I did. He was a bit of a delinquent and had been to juvy a lot, and that he and Adam despised each other.

That was it.

I thought he was a dick because that's all he showed me. I had no reason to think that the reason he hated Adam was because his dad was a psycho that abused him and his mother and would end up kidnapping and try to kill me. And then on top of that would shoot Reece and put him in a coma. Anyone sane that didn't know me would laugh at this story because it was just so ridiculous.

I struggled to believe how dramatic my life had come.

This time a year ago, I was happily dating Adam. It was May and I found out that Adam cheated on me in October, a month before Reece became my tutor. I genuinely couldn't believe how different my life was and how much I had changed since the year before.

I like to believe I was the same witty and sarcastic person as my personality hadn't changed too much. However, I was now in such a better and amazing relationship and even though all these things had happened in the last couple months, I had never felt happier. I used to believe that high school relationships were doomed to be a disaster before they even ended but now being in one, not including Adam as that was just a high school relationship and I realise that now, that me and Reece were much more than that.

I saw it with Jodie and Cole. They weren't just teenagers messing around and thinking they're in love, they were soulmates. It was so obvious, they went together like peanut butter and Jelly. Super fucking iconic duo by the way. It didn't matter with them and what college either went to as I knew that they would make it work.

We would all be graduating soon and that thought scared me but it also excited me. It excited me that I would be able to leave this town and explore new places but the thought also petrified me. I would be away from my best friends and family for the first time in my life and I didn't know what to think about that. I have applied to many colleges and none of them were anywhere near New York where Reece was planning to go.

That scared me more than anything.

I loved him, and I knew he loved me so much but we would be so far away from each other. I sneaked a glance at him and I found myself grinning ear to ear at how cute he was. He had fallen asleep as his head was laying sideways on the pillow, facing me. Reece had fallen asleep with his hand still clasping my cheek and I raised my hand and enveloped my hand around his.

In that moment I realised that nothing could ruin us. Being apart would only be a struggle and a negative thing in our relationship, but it wouldn't drag us down. They say that you only ever find the proper 'one' once in your life. Although I know my dad loves Ali, his 'one' was my mother and she was his. Cole was Jodie's and Jodie's was Cole's.

I saw it. People around me always said I was observant although Jake seems to think that's not true at all since I had no idea that Reece was in love with me the entire time. I always had my suspicions that Cole had the hots for Jodie, even though he never once made it super obvious. Jodie on the other hand covered it up super well but as we all started to get older I noticed it.

There was one particular time I noticed Cole liked her and him drunkenly telling me the truth was a conclusion to my thoughts. It was the tiniest of looks, and I mean absolutely tiny that if you weren't aware you could miss it in a second. When I was with Adam at the beginning of our relationship, me and Jodie were discussing what we thought boys liked in a girl. Adam and Cole were across the room as they were also talking about what they thought girls liked in a boy. I'm not sure how we got into that conversation but anyway,I had commented a few things that Jodie had.

I think I said confidence, good sense of humour and that they should be able to make the boy laugh easily. Here's the thing, Jodie had all of those qualities. She was the most confident person I knew and never cowered away from a challenge and would back up and fight for anyone that she loved. She had an amazing sense of humour and could always take a joke and then the main thing. She was the only person that could make Cole laugh the way he did.

Me and Cole shared some good laughs, amazing laughs actually but Jodie was always able to make him laugh the most. So when I had said these three qualities, Cole's eyes instantly snapped to Jodie. She didn't realise as she was looking and replying to me but I noticed it. It wasn't his normal look, his eyes were different to what I had ever seen and now I realise it was a pure look of love.

Jake also noticed they liked each other early on in our friendship when I had to put my hand over his mouth to shut him up. But according to Jake, he noticed every fucking thing and there was never escaping him and his beady little eyes. I was also thankful for Reece becoming my tutor, not only for him becoming the love of my life but also for encouraging the amazing friendship between me and his best friend. Me and Jake had never really spoke before that one day in detention and I'm not sure as to why he randomly came up to me that day and never had before. Maybe it was because he found out Reece had to tutor me or maybe it was because he wanted to save me from Adam. I really wasn't sure, I would have to ask him.

Me and Jake clicked instantly and become friends quicker than me and Reece did. Don't get me wrong, Jake was a very good looking guy but I never thought any thing past us just being friends. Reece on the other hand would make my body and mind react to him differently than anyone else and looking back I don't know how I didn't realise it. He would touch me and my body would burn from where he touched. He would breath down my neck to attempt to get a reaction from me and most of the time it worked.

Jake used to say to me in French classes the equivilant of 'Reece has the hots for you' but in French. I cannot remember the phrase as he secretly used google translate when our teacher wasn't looking. It took me a full 20 minutes to work out what he had said to me and once I figured it out, he earned himself a punch to the shoulder.

Chuckling at the thought of my friend, I looked back down at Reece. I knew we had what Cole and Jodie had, I just knew it. This was a one in a life time person laying beside me right now and I honestly don't know what I did to deserve someone as amazing as him. I'm aware I sounded like a sappy shit right now but I couldn't help my thoughts.

What did I do to deserve you?

Maybe I was a hero in my past life and this was the way of the universe repaying me. Maybe it was because they made my life a misery by taking away the best woman in the entire world from us.

I didn't know and I didn't wish to find out.

I had him right here and that's all that mattered. He didn't die in his coma and he returned my feelings, the two things I hoped for the most. I don't know what I would have done if he did pass away. Maybe I would have finally broke. I didn't want to think about the what if's because he did come back to us. He didn't die and he made a great and speedy recovery and I was so fucking glad that he did. No words in the English dictionary could express the feelings that I had for this beautiful boy.

First of he was genuinely the best looking person I had ever laid my eyes on but his looks didn't matter to me, they only benefited to his personality. Every feature on his body was sculpted to perfection and his looks were so great, they were almost unreal. I could only imagine what our kids what look like with his genes. I was sure that Ellie would grow up to be a huge heartbreaker and I chuckled at the thought of Ellie's first boyfriend and how Reece would react. He loved his little sister with all his heart and is, and would be very over-protective of her.

Apart from his god- like looks, he was the kindest person I knew. Reece was very selfless and always cared about the people around him. Since the beginning, he showed me that in multiple ways. When he told me about Peter for the first time, I was shocked. I found it so incredibly sweet but also heart breaking that he would purposely anger Peter just so he would be beaten instead of his mum. If that doesn't show selflessness, I don't know what does.

The boy was just too precious for his own good.

I don't think anything could have changed me falling for him, it was pretty inevitable to be honest. I think since that day in November, I had fancied him ever since. I may not have fell for him instantly, but I definitely fancied him. Maybe if Adam never happened, I would have fallen for him a lot quicker. I was scared of getting into another relationship and having feelings for anyone because I didn't want to get heartbroken again. Looking back, I am so glad that Adam did what he did. I'm glad Amber was a malicious cow and took him away from me because if she hadn't, I would probably still be with him.

That means that nothing would have been the same.

However, Reece would have still tutored me. Does that mean that I would have fell for him anyway even though I was dating Adam?

The answer was yes.

Even if I was very happy with Adam, I still would have fallen for Reece. Things would have worked out differently and would most likely not have the same outcome, but the same feelings would be there. It would have been impossible not to fall in love with him.

And at that specific moment whilst I laid in bed staring at his gorgeous face, I knew I wanted to do everything with him.

I wanted to marry him some day.

I wanted to have kids with him.

I wanted to grow old together.

And most of all, I wanted to spend the rest of my life with only him.

I stroked his cheek as I snuggled into my pillow, clutching onto his hand with my other. "You're the best thing that ever happened to me." I whispered softly with a small smile.

His arms instantly reacted and reached out for me and he grabbed me by the shoulders, pulling me into his chest and wrapping his arms around mine. He moved in his sleep and snuggled his head into the crook of my neck. I snuggled into his chest and wrapped my around his back, holding him tightly.

What I didn't expect was this.

I felt hot breath on my neck. "You are too Sammy."