•Dedicated to≈ sassytrini
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"Sometimes, we have to love our enemies more than our friends."

-Kamoyrocks 😊
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Julia's POV

"I want to go to the Eiffel tower today." Jace whispers in my ear softly.

"Me too!" I jump up up instantly. I look at him to find him chuckling at me.

Last night was emotionally and physically draining. I opened up to Jace about everything. I thought he was going to run away from me when he saw me cutting myself.

The thought scares me. I would have another panic attack if Jace left me. I honestly don't know what I would do without him.

He was so understanding. So caring and loving. He kissed my scar decorated wrist. And he didn't care if the blood was running from it. I wanted to pull away from his kisses, I wanted to pull away from him, but I couldn't. Each kiss showed so much passion and love, love that he has for me. And when I broke down in front of him, I didn't hide, I didn't run, I showed him. And now I feel like he's really captured my whole heart now more than ever.

"I'm coming too!" Kathy barges into the room. When she sees her brother on the bed shirtless and me in his shirt she smirks. "So you guys finally did the dirty!"

"What? No!" She laughs at my flushed expression.

"Anyways guys, you better come down before you get no croissants. Grandma only made twenty. And I'm going with you guys into the city because I need to shop and get a man." She squeals and walks out the room with sass.

I face Jace and noticed that he was staring at me the whole time.

"What?" I ask.

"You look so sexy in my clothes." He smirks at me and I flush. When he gets up from the bed, I run towards the bathroom but he catches me and starts to shower my face with kisses.

............

"Which one do you prefer? A pool or the beach?" Jace asks me as we examine all the jewels in the jewelry store we are currently in.

"Thank you so much for asking! I love the beach!" Kathy comes in between us. "I'm sorry but I hate being a third wheel."

"I prefer pools. I don't like beaches. But I love walking on them." I say while smiling at Kathy. I examine, a beautiful heart necklace, made of gold, sparkling with glitter that make it absolutely breathtaking. I would love to have a necklace like this.

"Long walks on the beach you say..." He rubs his chin and I didn't miss the glint in his eyes. "I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere."

"I gotta say Julia, you have Jace wrapped around your little fingers, Its so adorable." She examines a necklace. "He's completely smitten by you. Its not even funny. He follows you around like a lost puppy."

"He does?" I ask innocently.

"Your a witch." She playfully nudges me. A guy bumps into her, mumbling a sorry. "Hey! Watch where-" she stops mid sentence when she observes him properly.

He looks attractive, he brown hair and dark brown eyes, really help him to stand out among a crowd.

"Julia, I'll meet you guys at the house, I have some introducing to do." She smiles at the guy and he blushes. They walk away and I smile. I'm so glad she found someone, she might even get over her ex.

"Hey." Jace hugs me from behind. "Where's my sister?"

"She'll meet us back at the house, she found a guy." I grin at him and he smirks.

Just then, my breath is taken  away.

Jace is staring at me. He's giving me a look. A look I can't quite tell what it is. His pupils dilate and he's biting his lips.

"Excuse me." A lady says breaking our trance and we head out the store. My mind is left to wonder what just happened.

What did that look mean?

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"Let's go up." Jace says, his excitement evident. I look up at the Eiffel Tower, it's so much bigger than I imagined. I'm completely in awe at the sight. Its so beautiful.

"Yeah." We head up and I squeal when a gush of wind passes us.

"Be careful June, you might fall." He holds onto me as tight as he can. When we are finally at the top, I clap my hands in excitement. I can see the whole of Paris from up here.

"This is beautiful." I smile when I see the same mime from the last time wave at me.

"Not as beautiful as you." I hear Jace whisper from behind me. He cages me by holding unto the railing from both sides. I giggle as he comes closer to me, pressing his self to my back. I rest my head on his chest. I sigh in content.

For that moment, I felt at peace. I felt safe in the arms of the boy I loved. This moment shared with just the two of us. I felt like I was the luckiest girl in the world.

I feel him kiss my hair and my whole body is in a melted mess.

"I love you so much my June."

And just like that, I know that I really am the luckiest girl in the world.

Because once this boy says he loves me, I believe that I have everything.

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"So I might of forgot to tell you that all my family members are coming to meet us tonight." Jace says and scratches his neck.

"What?" I scramble off his lap and waddle to the end of the limousine door. "Why yuh just telling me this now?"

"I'm sorry. I was just...caught up in the moment today. I was going to tell you at the jewelry store. Forgive me pwease?" He flushes read and I smile at him. He's so cute, its making me feel guilty.

"I forgive you." I say in a motherly tone.

"Yayyy! Now can you- can you come back in my arms? I want to hold you." I roll my eyes playfully at him and head back into his  warm embrace.

I don't know how I'm going to make it through this family gathering without vomiting.

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"You can do this. Just stay by my side at all times, okay?" Jace is looking at me through the mirror trying to calm me down by rubbing my arms.

I let out a nervous breath. "O-Okay."

"You'll do fine. They'll love you." He kisses my hand and we head downstairs and my mouth goes agape at the now crowded room.

"You didn't tell me that you had so many relatives!" I shout whisper at him.

"Well, what do you know, today is filled with surprises." Jace scratches his neck. I glare at him and he just smirks. "You'll do fine baby."

"I hope so." I mumble and he wraps his arms around me.

We head down the stairs and I instantly feel eyes looking my way.

"Jace darling!" A lady who seems to be in her late forties exclaims. "Its been a while!" She goes up to him and hugs him and I immediately remove my hand from his so he can get a better embrace of his relative.

"Hi Aunt Tilda." Jace says, frowning when he noticed that I'm not holding his hand anymore.

"What's going on! I haven't seen you in so long!"

"I've been busy with school and stuff. Its very hard to find time for myself lately." He smiles genuinely at her.

"Aw, that's too bad. It'll get better soon my love. Hard work leads to success right?"

"Of course." They brake away from the embrace and the lady finally notices my presence.

"And who's this?" She eyes me curiously.

"This is Julia my...girlfriend." He intertwines our fingers and smiles warmly at me.

My eyes widen at him. Girlfriend? When did I become his girlfriend?

You guys are basically together, my subconscious says.

"Aw, you two look so cute together!" She gushes and I smile at her.

I hope I won't have to be doing this the whole night.

Or so I thought. That is what I did the whole night. I want to sit down. Mi foot dem did a kill me.

Jace was talking to a group of relatives and seeing that I was already exhausted enough, he let me take a five.

I take a seat on the nearby couch and I relief a breath. I really hope this whole meeting can be finish so I can go to bed.

I observe all the relatives in the room, some laughing, some talking, drinking, playing games, you name it. I spot some of the family members I'm familiar with and wave at Emily.

"Excuse me." A lady who seems to be in her early twenties smile at me. "Are you Jace's girlfriend?"

"Um...yeah." I give her a small smile.

"Oh my gosh! I love your accent! You so pretty. I'm Tanya." She's gushes at me. Her French accent so rich.

"Thank you." I flush slightly.

"So when exactly did you and Jace start dating?" I freeze on my chair. I didn't know what to tell her, it was just a few minutes ago that Jace said we were official, but I'm not even sure. We're basically together but I'm just so confused.

Seeing as I took long to respond, she frowned.

"Oh it's okay. I know who you are. Your Jace's escort. I knew Jace didn't have a girlfriend." She brags and I suddenly can't breathe.

Fudge.

"Jace and I go way back. From our childhood up until now. We were always so close. He's so nice...a complete gentleman. I always wanted to be more than friends but he just wanted to be friends, saying that he didn't want to ruin our friendship." She shakes her head. "I'm his cousins best friend. I'm not related to this family by blood, but they treat me like I am. I love Jace and I'm going to marry him one day. So please don't get too close to him, okay?"

I swallow hard, I feel it coming. I'm going to throw up.

My ability to speak is long gone as the sudden pressure comes at me full force. The amount of people in the room that makes the heat rise in the room and I'm now sweating uncontrollably. Plus Tanya going on about taking the love of my life right in front of me.

"When I marry him, oh my god it will be so magical. Jace is already in love with me I'm sure. I can just imagine walking up to him at the altar, dancing and then on our honeymoon we can finally have some alone time. Oh my god, we would make so much passionate love Jace's escourt. I can just imagine it. His-"

I make a run for it. To the bathroom where I can puke my guts out.

Entering the bathroom, my head is at the sink, puking out everything I ate and it won't seem to stop.

I'm trembling, and I hate it.

I then feel arms wrap around my waist. I tense but then relax when the touch is way too familiar to me. Holding up my hair as he rubs my belly, I thank God for this green eyed boy who always seems to look after me.

When I'm done, I brush my teeth and watch out my mouth with Listerine.

"Here." Jace hands me a towel. I wipe my mouth and sigh. He lifts me up and places me on the counter, handing me some water. I gulp it down in one go, feeling relief that he's here. He cups my face to look at him. "Let's get you some fresh air."

I nod at him and sigh when his fingers slowly caress my jaw.

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"I'm sorry I left you. I was going to come get you as soon I saw Tanya approaching you." Jace squeezes my hands tightly.

"Its okay. Mi just glad yuh come." I smile at him. I really am. I'm actually relieved that I'm in his presence. After the whole puking scene, we took a private car and went to this beautiful beach. I'm finally able to breathe now that we're alone. The beach is perfect. White sand with beautiful blue waters, the moon shining so brightly in the dark sky. He actually remembered when I said I loved walking on the beach. And to me, that's all that matters.

"Are you cold?" He shrugs off his jacket and I laugh lightly at how cliché he's being.

"Yeah." I smile at him when he flushes. "You're so sweet."

"And you taste like chocolate." He winks and now its my turn to flush.

The thought that had been swirling in my head since the moment we stepped into the party comes to mind. Now would seem like a great time to bring it up.

"When did I become yuh girlfriend?" I catch him smile and smile also when I see his deep dimples pop out.

"Since the day I told you I loved you." He looks at me with admiration.

I gasp in fake astonishment. "How did I not know dis? You not even ask mi." I place my hand over my heart, faking my hurt.

"Oh I'm deeply sorry my lady!" He says in a perfect British accent. He gets down on one knee and I couldn't stop my laughter as I watched the love of my life with admiration. "Can you make me the happiest boy on earth and be my girlfriend? My one and only, my beautiful beauty, my-"

"Yes! Yes!" I say as the way women would say when they agree to marry a guy.

He stands up and hugs me tightly. When he pulls back slightly to look at me, I smile softly at him. He caresses my jaw and I know that my heart is melting from his loving affection.

"June...I want you to understand how much you mean to me. I value you so much in my life and I honesty can't picture it without you. I don't want to label you as my girlfriend. I feel like you mean more to me than that. You have completely changed me, and I mean it. And I will help to change you. I will try my very best to make you happy baby. I promise you. You mean more to me than any other girl I've ever met. And its because your not like other girls. Your Julia Pepper. Your the most beautiful girl I've laid my eyes on. Your different, your unique, your creative, I'm lucky to even be standing this close to you." His eyes shift and my breath gets caught in my throat as I noticed the look that he gave me today at the jewelry store appear once again.

"All my life, I-I didn't know what I wanted, what I needed. But I know now. I want you. I need you. I want to you beside me at all times. I want your sighs, your laughs, your smile, your voice, everything. I want all of you. I completely want everything from you. Because you are my everything. And I'm not going to let anyone tell me otherwise. I want it all with you. Your heartaches, the happiness, the sadness, everything. Just you and me. I'm now more in love with you than I've ever been." He looks at me with do much love, it has my heart bleeding.

"And I'm going to say it again. I don't care if your black and I'm white. Your the most beautiful black girl I've ever seen. Your strong and independent. Your unique and one of a kind and somehow, you found me. And you've completely stole my heart. And I'll remind you every single day. I love you. I flipping love you Julia Pepper. I'm in love with you and only you."

Tears start to brim my eyes. If I thought this boy standing in front of me couldn't have me falling in love with him more and more, I was certainly mistaken.

"Oh Jace. I love you more than you could ever know." I throw myself in his warm loving arms. When I slowly pull away to look at him, my breath has once again caught in my throat.

He looks at me with so much love, Its almost overwhelming. And in that moment, I knew that there was no turning back. I'm completely smitten by this boy. And I was completely his. And there was no backing out.

"You are everything I could ever want." I whisper to him and he hugs me. And it was right there, I knew....

That I wasn't turning back...

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A/N: For some reason, I felt very emotional writing this chapter lol.

Reflection: Remember that you all are very unique. Your special and so very beautiful. One day, that one special person will come into your life and love you endlessly. Without no restrictions. They'll love everything about you. They will come guys, we just gotta wait a bit longer. All good things comes to those who wait.

I'm sorry if I take long to update my chapters. I really don't want to force my writing and give you guys something I didn't put my heart into. I take my time and write from the deepest depths of my heart. I hope you guys understand. God bless you all

~Kamoyrocks ❤