CHAPTER 11
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CHAPTER 11
HANNAH'S POV
" What did you just say?" I was still thunderstruck. I couldn't believe what Lily had said to me.
"I love you,"She repeated and suddenly everything made sense. I have finally understood why we never talk about boys. I have finally understood why she approached me in the first place. Maybe she loved me the moment she saw me.
Well, I was not going to react to what she had just said yet because I was still processing. It came as a shock. I thought that we were friends but now it turns out that she is in love with me.
"Say something,"She said when I was silent for a long while.
"Give me space. I really need to process everything that has just happened,"I requested.
"But…" She mumbled but I could not give her a chance to continue.
"If you love me as you claim you do, you should be kind enough to give me the space that I am asking for,"I told her hoping that she was going to walk away.
Finally Lily listened and mastered the courage to walk away. Indeed, what she had said was massive and I needed time to process.
Once I get the clarity that I want, I will get back to her.
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LILY'S POV
The next morning, I offered to help Hannah do her laundry as a way of trying to fix our friendship but she continued pushing me away. She went for meals without me. She switched her sitting position in class so that the two of us cannot be together.
I ended up being by myself and it took a toll on me. This distance and cold treatment that I am getting from her makes me get to know that I love her even more. I cannot stand being away from her.
"I can see that two of you are no longer friends,"Maddie told me the next day when it was quite clear in the entire orphanage that the two of us are no longer close.
We come from being inseparable to barely talking to each other and it hurts.
The next week she continued avoiding me and I decided that maybe I should stop chasing after her. She had made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with me through her actions. I should as well distance myself. Maybe she doesn't want my love and that is fine. We cannot force love.
I handled the first day well after I made that decision. I thought that I was going to hold on to that decision till I saw her talking and being friends with another girl, Mary.
I was so jealous. I wanted her to talk to me and to be friends with me. I didn't want to see her with someone else.
I then realized that I cannot handle losing her. If I say that I love her the way I do, then I have to fight for her. I need to win her back with my love. Avoiding her was not doing me any good, if anything, I was the one getting broken every single day.
That evening, I drafted a letter which I placed in between her sheets. The moment she goes to bed, she will be able to find it.
Dear Hannah,
I love you. I am not taking anything back. I love you more everyday. The more we stay apart the more I love you. Please forgive me. Let's talk about this.
I don't know about you but I want us to have something. I don't know if you are attracted to girls or not, but I am keeping my hopes high since we never talk about boys.
Can it be that you are just like me? I really hope so because I want us to be in a relationship. We will be so happy my love because our traits are compatible. Please say yes to me. Please do my love.
Don't be afraid. No one will ever know. It will be our tiny little secret that we will guard for life. We will have happier days and we will make the most of our days in this dreadful place before we finally head out to the world.
You will show me the world. We will move in together, have great days and we will be happy my love.
Please say yes, don't be afraid of love dear. Love is a beautiful thing. Don't let broken people tell you otherwise.
Anyway, I love you and I can't wait to hear from you. I am crossing my fingers that you will say yes to me.
I love you Hannah. Have a goodnight.
Yours,
Lily.
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