Chapter 15 : Tori's POV

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"Hey Jade" I said when I finally reached the top of the giant rock Jade was sat on

She turned around to look at me, apparently surprised to see someone

"Tori you scared me!"

"Sorry" I mumbled, sitting next to her

"Why are you all wet and breathless?" she asked turning her head toward me

"Well see that lake right under you? I happened to go in it but then I decided to climb that giant rock to go and check on my wonderful girlfriend" I explained with a big smile plastered on my face

"Well that's really sweet of you but I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong about your oh so lucky girlfriend" she sighed looking at the lake under us

"Jade" I whispered, placing my right arm around her waist and pulling her to me "You don't seem to be okay"

"I am" she shouted back defensively

"Liar!" I exclaimed "You know, if you don't wanna talk about it it's fine but don't pretend you are fine when it's obvious that there's something bugging you" I said calmly

"I know" she sighed "I just can't"

"What can't you do?" I enquired softly, taking her hand in mine

"Well when I was little, we were in vacation with my family"

I nod, motioning for her to continue with her story

"And my little brother wanted to go to the ocean but my parents thought it was dangerous and wouldn't let us go so one morning, while my parents were still asleep, I woke up my brother and took him to the ocean but then..."

That's just then that I saw that there were tears running down her cheek and she began sobbing

"Shhh Jade I'm here" I whispered in her hear, placing my left arm around her as well and pulling her on my lap

She placed her head in the crook of my neck and hold onto me for dear life, sobbing even more than before

I resumed whispering in her hear to calm her down, rubbing her back and kissing her cheek

"I'm sorry" she chocked between sobs

"Don't" I reassured her "I'm here for you no matter what"

"Thanks" she whispered kissing my neck

After another five minutes, she finally calmed down but didn't let go of me (which I wasn't complaining at all)

"So I took my brother to the ocean-" she resumed her story

"It's okay Jade you don't need to do that" I reassured her

She straightened up to look at me, still sitting on my lap

"I really want you to know Tori" she whispered

"Are you sure?" I asked, not wanting to pressure her in saying things she might regret

"Yeah" she nodded "I've kept this for me way too long"

I smiled, quite proud that I would be the first one to know about the story which seems to mean so much to Jade.

"So" she resumed, placing her head on my shoulder and taking my hands into hers to play with my fingers "I took my brother to the ocean and it was really cool because we were alone on the beach. We went into the water and began playing. There was a lot of waves and it was really fun cause we could jump into the waves while they were rolling so that we were able to go very far into them. We decided to do a little competition with my brother and threw ourselves in the same wave to see who could go the furthest but when I looked around me, I wasn't able to see my brother anymore..."

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