Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven:
In Love
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The music blared through Leilani's ears as she lifted the alcohol filled drink to her lips. She let her eyes flutter shut as the warm liquid slipped down her throat. Cassie smiled with a sigh as she looked up the nicely decorated gym. Leilani bobbed her head to the music as she rested her hand on her girlfriend's thigh. "I honestly feel really good about tonight."


"Really?" Maddy asked, shutting off her phone and laying it beside her.ย 


Cassie nodded, "Yeah, I mean.. This is honestly the first time since the beginning of high school that I'm not afraid to show who I am."


"I'm proud of you, bitch." Leilani grinned, "I'm proud of both of us."


Cassie sent her a sheepish smile as she looked down at her hands.ย 


"Honestly, I love that for you." Maddy commented. drumming her manicured fingernails against the table cloth.ย 


"What if these are, like, the big moments in life.." Cassie said, causing Leilani to look away from her girlfriend an towards her. "Like, my mom always talks about high school as this big monument that's apart of your life.. But I can't imagine being forty and looking back at this like.. Wow."


Leilani nodded in agreement, "High school fucking sucks ass, it's overrated as fuck."


"Yeah, but that's because most people peak in high school." Maddy laughed, sipping from her cup filled with definitely spiked punch.ย 


"I definitely haven't peaked." Kat shook her head, tearing her eyes away from the crowd of dancing students.


"I feel like I'm not even a person yet." Lexi laughed, brushing her thumb over the soft skin of Leilani's hand.


Cassie nodded in agreement, "Yeah, I'm definitely at, like.. twenty-five percent peakness."ย ย 


"I feel like I'm at a hundred." Jules said, drinking from her orange Gatorade bottle. "But I can definitely get to one-fifty."


"Honestly, I never thought I'd make it this far." Rue admitted, not tearing her eyes away from the dancing kids.


"Same." Leilani nodded solemnly, a sigh escaping her dark red lips. Lexi knitted her eyebrows together, intertwining their fingers and shooting her a look of concern. Leilani sent her a small smile for reassurance, pressing a peck against her lips. "I'm okay."


"What do you mean?" Cassie asked.


Rue stayed silent for a moment, glancing down at her folded hands on the table, "I don't know..ย  guess I just always had this overwhelming anxiety that something bad would happen."


"In all fairness, last summer, there were like three weeks where I thought you were dead." Maddy said, tearing her eyes away from Nate.


"Well, she's been sober for, like, three months." Jules pointed out, hooking her pointer finger with Rue's.ย 


"Weren't you in rehab like.. six months ago?" Maddy trailed off. Leilani and Lexi shared a look as an awkward tension settled over the group.ย 


"Um.." Rue stammered, pursing her lips.


"Maybe people are nostalgic about high school because it's the last time they could dream."


"Wow, okay, that's sad as fuck." Leilani scoffed, shaking her head. Her perfectly curled hair bounced with even the slightest movement. Lexi nodded in agreement with her girlfriend as she waited for her sister to continue.ย 


Cassie inhaled sharply as she looked over to Leilani. The Hawaiian girl sent her a reassuring smile. "I mean.. After this, it's just shitty jobs, bills, and bad relationships. I don't know, maybe I'm just generalizing, but.. Do you guys get what I mean?"


Leilani nodded with a sigh. She wasn't ready for real life to begin, she'd already been through enough shit, what could be worse? Jules pulled gently twirled a strand of dyed black hair around her finger, "I don't know.. I kinda feel the opposite. High school just feels really fucking suffocating."


Leilani sighed, "Life fucking sucks in general, doesn't it?"


"I'll drink to that." Kat said, lifting up her red solo cup.ย 


Jules smile fell as she looked down at her phone, "Uh... I-I'll be right back."


Leilani scrunched up her nose as she watched Nate grind on some random girl. "Wow... Men are shit, I can't believe I wanted to like them."


Lexi laughed from beside her as Maddy set her glare on the boy. Sensing an oncoming outburst, Kat tried to prevent Maddy from making a scene. "Maddy, don't-"


"Maddy did." Leilani nodded solemnly as she watched Maddy abruptly stand from the table and stomp into the crowd. "Great. Fuck that bitch up, Mads! Fuck yeah!"


"I guarantee you Maddy ain't gonna get married." Kat said with a sigh as she crossed her arms, "Probably divorced three times, and in some strange way end up living some happy life."


"Yeah." Lexi agreed, tightening her grip on Leilani's hand.


"Yeah." Leilani pursed her lips, clicking her nails together as she tore her eyes from Maddy to look at Kat.


"Yeah." Cassie chuckled, "Yeah.."


"Yeah." Rue said, causing the table to burst out in a fit of giggles.ย 


As the night progressed, Kat, Rue, and Cassie eventually left the table, leaving Lexi and Leilani alone. Leilani didn't care about the stares of the judgmental students as she shared kisses with her girlfriend. They sang along to the shitty old music playing over the speakers, loud laughs leaving their lips as they leaned in and kissed each other. Leilani grinned into the kiss as she wrapped her arms around Lexi's neck and pulled her closer. Lexi broke the kiss to laugh as she rested her forehead against Leilani's. "I love you."


"I love you so fucking much." Leilani replied, a lovesick smile appearing on her face as she let her eyes flutter shut. "And I'm so fucking sorry for everything I've ever done to you. Ever."


"It's okay." Lexi whispered, lifting her head from Leilani's as the DJ announced that the night would be coming to a close soon. Leilani shot her a look as she pulled away from her grasp and stood from the chair.


"What are you-" Leilani started, looking at the hand in front of her face.ย 


"Wanna go dance?" Lexi asked, extending her hand to her girlfriend with a smile.


Leilani's lips curved into a bright grin as she slipped her hand into Lexi's. "I'd love to."






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{ A/n: There we have it.. the final. I'm gonna miss my rich closeted baby sm }


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