25. The most important line ever.
I was lying in bed staring up at the ceiling. Jace was in the kitchen fixing breakfast. My mom was at work and my brothers were out at some place that only god knows where. The only ones here were my sisters. All three of them, god I had forgotten how annoying they are. Lauren was doing Mallory's hair and Mallory was yelling at her about the way it looked.
And they were downstairs and I could still hear them. Lydia was in her room; a couple minutes ago she had asked me to get her a coke from downstairs. ME! The one who is in bed with bruises and a broken arm. She said she didn't fell good, yeah well she didn't just get out of the hospital yesterday.
"LAUREN I TOLD YOU THAT MY HAIR DOESN'T LOOK GOOD STRAIGHT!" I heard Mallory yell at Lauren. God that girl has some lungs, she should sing. I tried to sit up but all I got was a stab of pain and a sharp breath out.
"Your not really going to get Lydia a coke are you?" I heard a voice say. I looked up from my spot on my bed and saw Jace standing in the doorway smiling.
"No I was struggling to sit up. No way could I get her a coke." I said and smiled back.
"I got the woman a coke don't worry about it."
"You are a really good person Jace. I want you to know that." My face was serious. I was thinking about the night that Tanner slapped me. I was thinking the same thing I had when I went to bed. Did I love Jace?
I was going to tell him that I just…well how do you start a line and go into the 'I love you' part? How was a fifteen year old supposed to know that? And how do I know I love him? I need a manual for this one.
"Cambrey are you ok? Is there something I need to know?" Yes there is a lot you need to know. I'll have my driver's license in a couple months. I want to marry you after college. I want to have a baby when we grow up. I hurt a lot right now. I don't know how to start an "I love you" line. I don't want to drive anywhere in the next couple of weeks. I love you.
"Cambrey?" I just looked at him. I had no idea how to start the most important line in the world. I had no idea how to say I love you casually. He sat down next to me on the bed and grabbed my hand. I opened my mouth.
"Jace have you ever thought about the future?" I asked him and looked into his eyes.
He was confused for a second but then got his answer out. "Yes."
"What do you see?"
"I see you and me in our early twenties with a house. We are very successful. We have one baby. We are happy together and happy with our life. Why? What do you see?" Not nearly as much as you just told me. I can barely say I love you. How in the world am I going to have a baby?
"I see the same thing. Jace I have to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"Jace how do you know you love someone?" I asked not giving my cover away to him.
"When you wake up every morning just to see them. When you go to sleep your reality is finally better than your dreams. When you dream about them as if they were famous. When it hurts to be away from them even for a minute. When you say they look beautiful if they just got out of bed and their hair is all over the place. Cambrey you know you are in love when you look at that person and look into the future and you don't see yourself with some movie star." He told me. He said it as if someone had told him that.
"Jace I am in love with you."I said not hesitating.
"I'm in love with you to Cambrey." He laid next to me on my bed and I just looked at him smiling. I said the most important line ever. And he said it back.