So....the wait is finally over. Last chapter Alert!
"Macy," she called my name once more.
"Kristy," I called back to her.
"What-on-earth are you doing crying on the road like this?" she asked flabbergasted.
"I….I," I didn't have time to respond as she caught sight of the shiny book under my arms. Kristy was strong for someone that looked so fragile; she yanked the book from under me with no trouble. I glanced up at her as she started flipping through the pages, her eyes grew wide as she skimmed over the words but her expression, never changed.
"Wes…." she finally managed to say.
I nodded to her in response.
"What is this about?" she asked.
For all these weeks I've known Kristy, I've found out a lot of things and demanding is one of them.
I slowly shook my head.
"Donneven," I heard someone say and as I glanced behind Kristy, there stood Monica.
"Yeah Macy, donneven," Kristy said agreeing with Monica.
"What do you want me to say?" I asked
"We want to know the truth," Kristy asked. It looked like she meant it, like she really wanted to know what was going on with me. I bite my lip, second guessing my thoughts, they had been nothing but truthful to me the entire summer and as a true friend, I had the responsibility to do the same to them.
I let out of breath and with all my strength I let it all out "I fainted on the road yesterday and I ended up at the hospital, when I woke up, I saw Wes and he started apologizing to me about everything that he had said at the restaurant."
Kristy lifted up her hand and signaled for me to stop. "When were you in the restaurant with Wes? Why?"
I exhaled once more. "Wes called me yesterday and said that he wanted to meet me for dinner, so I starved myself and he ended up telling me that our friendship could no longer work because I lied to him about Jason."
Kristy's hand moved up again but Monica pulled it right back down, holding it firmly against Kristy's body. Monica nodded her head for me to continue.
"Anyways, at the hospital, Wes was there and um....he was apologizing for all these things and I stopped him. I stopped him from apologizing because it should have been me that was doing the apologizing, and I accidentally let it out that I liked a guy that I met in the summer. He was about to respond but I told him not to and I made an excuse saying that I was tired so he had no choice but to leave."
In the silence of the wind, I heard Kristy let out a "oh my god."
"My mom offered to drive me home this morning from the hospital but I didn't let her because it would give me an opportunity to clear my head and as I was turning the corner, Wes was there. He handed me this book and he ran off."
"You read it didn't you?"
I nodded.
"And you saw....."
I nodded once again.
"Then what-on-earth, are you doing here Macy? Go chase after him."
"But....but, how could I know if he really feels the same way I do."
"Macy, have you gotten it through your head yet? Wes met a girl this summer, they played truth and he fell in love. That girl is you!"
"Me?" I laughed. "It can't be. It says here that the girl is beautiful and truthful and I'm nothing like that."
"But you are. This is what you are to Wes, not how you are to yourself or anyone else for that matter."
And it was my turn with the "oh my god". For a second, it felt like all the blood in my body was rushing to my head and I was going to pass out again right there in the middle of the street. I closed my eyes as I shook my head. I couldn't fall asleep, I couldn't leave, not without telling Wes how I truly felt.
"I just text him," Kristy said. "I just asked him for his whereabouts but I didn't tell him about us meeting you. Go get him Macy, he's at his house."
I breathed in and breathed out as my watched my own chest rise and fall again, this was it, this was truly it, it was now or never and I was not going to let this chance pass me by.
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I was going to run to Wes's house, I even took a few steps but that was before Kristy dragged me down and pulled me into the car, insisting that Monica and her would drive me.
My heart raced as we grew closer and closer to the house, I passed by the statue that caught my eyes the first day I was here and for some odd reason, and it seemed different today.
There he was, within a safe distance, I could see him in the kitchen doing something, my shakily hands reached for the car handle and I knew that I wasn't going to let myself turn back on this.
"Wes," I called to him as I stepped into the kitchen.
"Macy," he said astonishingly.
"Ask me why I'm here."
He looked at his potatoes and then back to me, "Okay, why are you here?"
"Because I read your diary."
He facial expression didn't change, he knew me well, he knew that I was too nosey to wait until bedtime or something to read it.
"It was good," I said as I pushed the diary towards him. "I think you should read the last page though…..it seems sort of….odd."
His face scrunched up with uncertainty. He grabbed the diary out of my hands and as he flipped to the last page, I heard my own voice. "Read it aloud."
Summer 2009, Day 22
I was speechless when I saw him around the corner. If he was going to be there, I would have stayed at the hospital for a bit longer but there was no way I could turn back and walk the other way, he had already spotted me. I didn't know what to say as he approached. He didn't say anything, just handed me this shiny silver book and then ran off. I wanted to chase after him but I was too curious to know what was in the book to do so. As my eyes went across those words, I felt like I was going to die, like everything that I wasted my entire summer on was gone. He said he liked this girl and I was shocked. I didn't know that he hung out with anyone else except for me but how could I have been so stupid to assume that way? Someone with his good looks can get a girl in a snap. I didn't realize that that somewhat perfect sounding girl was me until Kristy told me so. The minute I found out, I wanted to literally kill myself, how could I have been so naïve to think otherwise? And now, I'm standing inches away from him as we speak of this diary and I don't know how he is going to react or how he feels but diary, I want you to know, that no matter what happens to us, I can be certain of one thing. This is the summer, and I fell in love with a guy whom I played truth with and his name is Wes.
His eyes met mine as he finished and within a flash, his lips were on mine. I closed my eyes as I trailed my hands up his hair, and I kissed him with all the love I secretly held inside me for the summer. And at that moment, I realized the truth. The truth was that I was stronger than I thought and after all this time of wanting to kiss Jason and never been able to, I got something better. I got Wes, someone who has flaws and is not perfect, someone who is willing to help me take my first steps in running and as long he's here with me, that is how long our forever will be.
After disappearing off the face of fanfiction for days, I came back with this......I don't really like it actually......might change it afterwards but this is what I got at the moment. And this marks the offical end of Wes and Macy and to my story Truth. Hope you all enjoyed this journey of waiting, reading and more waiting. Let me know what you think of this ending and um....yeah, I'll keep you updated with my lastest story progress on my profile. Thanks a lot again for reading and a big shoutout to all of those who were with me this entire way and even to those that came along the way. Thanks. May you all be inspired to write for this story too.
