Enchanted ~ Mal Bertha & Evie Grimhilde

Chapter 16- I love you, that's real

Brooke head snapped to where she heard the sound of a spray can. A smile made its way onto her face at the sight of Mal.

She couldn't help but look Mal up and down, Mal wore a pair of tight purple jeans along with dark boots. She wore a lot of purple mixed with gold belts. Brooke could make out the golden rings that covered Mal's hand as she spray painted. Then she wore a purple leather jacket a but like Brooke's, she had golden spike on it.

"Mal." Brooke announced her presence. She kept her voice soft as she spoke.

Mal gasped, turning around with a mix of fright and shock that she was here. "Brooke." Mal whispered, she dropped the spray can.

Mal couldn't help but let her eyes wonder over Brookes new look. She was so used to seeing Brooke in suits that she had never seen her in anything else. Well, apart from shirtless and grey joggers.

But Mal was stuck as she stared at the girl in her Isle clothes. Mal couldn't help the thoughts that crossed her mind.

Brooke saw the purple hair from behind but seeing Mal from the front again with her purple hair framing her face.

Brooke couldn't breathe she couldn't move. god, she awestruck. Brooke loves Mal, no matter what her hair colour was. But Mal, with her purple hair it made Brooke's knees feel weak.

The bangs around Mals face framed her perfectly. She looked like Brooke's very own little angel.

"What are you doing here?" Mal questioned as she moved forward a little nit being able to help herself being far away from Brooke.

Brooke froze. Maybe Evie was wrong. Because at this moment in time, Brooke only wanted to say three words.

"I love you." Brooke blurted out, seeing Mal like this. The way she looked when they first met, Brooke couldn't stop herself. Mal shook her head in denial, and Brooke nodded her head, taking a step closer. "I love you, I've loved you since I saw you step out the limo. I've loved you at every game, on every date. Every time we are together and every time we're apart." Brooke smiled at the girl in front of her. "You do not have to accept it or embrace it or even allow it. Knowing you, you probably will not. But you must know it in your heart. You must feel it, because I do. I love you." Brooke placed a hand on her heart, taking a step forward.

She had no idea what Mal's reaction would be. Mal was hard to read but Brooke had found ways to, ways yo read the way her head tilted to the side when she was overwhelmed with emotion, or the way she played with the ring on her fingers when she was stressed. Brooke found it cute the way Mal would run her finger over her bottom lip when she was nervous, so she wouldn't bite them.

Mal took a deep breath, looking up at the celling to not let the tears fall. "You know I can't.. I can't..." Brooke watched Mal play the rings on her fingers.

"I know." Brooke intrupted. "I'm a patient girl. I'll wait." I'll wait for you. Was the meaning they both knew it.

Mal took a deep breath, looking away and shaking her head. "You can't promise that."

Brooke nodded her head. "I can, and I will." She stepped closing, smiling when Mal didn't move back. "I'd wait a lifetime for you. Because a moment with you is worth more than a lifetime without."

Mal smiled slightly. Before she shook her head, there was a reason she ran, a reason she had left them both behind.

Brooke saw the change in the girls' emotions. "What do you want me to do, Mal? Do you want me to kneel for you because I will." Brooke whispered as she moved, so she was now a step away from Mal.

"I don't know, I don't know what I want." Mal whispered. "I just want it all to stop."

"What to stop?" Brooke questioned softly using one hand to take hold of Mal's.