"Why can't we give love that one more chance?"
"That's what I've been saying."
In which old college friends, now turned successful actors, are reunited where they least expected it: at a movie premiere.
They might've called themselves friends, but a...
Audrey looked at Gwilym and smiled slightly to herself. She thought that he looked cute all flustered and worried, but she didn't want him to be. He had no reason to be. Finally, she broke the quiet between the two.
"I, uh, started packing for the trip," Audrey stated, looking at Gwilym. He raised his head in somewhat of a surprised manner.
"Wait, you're still going?" Gwilym asked in shock.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, I... didn't you read-" he started to say, when Audrey cut him off.
"I don't care about Myra, Gwilym. I mean, it does hurt what she is saying and I do want her to stop. But come on, what celebrity hasn't received hate comments before? It doesn't matter anymore. What happened between you guys is in the past, right?" Audrey asked, with a bit of hope in her voice.
Gwilym nodded immediately. "Myra means nothing to me. I don't even know why I dated her in the first place. I was crazy for you, Audrey, that's why I ended it with her. I could never imagine myself being with someone other than you. Audrey, you are so wonderful and caring and I dreaded every second that I was with her instead of with you. The memory of me having let you go still haunts me to this day. You didn't deserve that. You don't deserve that. I love you, Audrey."
He said the L word.
This was the first time that any partner of hers had told her the L word, not that she had had many partners. Audrey was bombarded with so many feelings all at once. Her stomach was full of butterflies and she couldn't hide the furious shade of pink that began surfacing on her cheeks. She could tell that Gwilym was speaking from the bottom of his heart.
He was the one for her. How on Earth did she not realize that sooner?
Tears started forming in her eyes, which caused a look of worry to overcome Gwilym's face. Gwilym was extremely nervous, wondering if she would say the same back to him.
Audrey chuckled to herself and grabbed his hands, softly rubbing her thumb on his right hand. Her laughter made Gwilym calm down a bit, but not too much.
"I love you too," Audrey managed to say through her tears of joy.
Gwilym's shoulders relaxed and was suddenly beaming. He released one of his hands from Audrey's grasp and gently wiped a few of her tears with his index finger, savoring the moment. She had said it back.
Audrey enjoyed the soft touch of his finger on her skin. She wanted more.
Ignoring the raging butterflies in her stomach, Audrey kissed Gwilym forcefully on the lips. She was kissing him like she had never done before, with him or anyone else, for that matter. It was as if a spark a lighted up within her.
Gwilym stumbled a bit on the steps from her sudden action, but rapidly regained his balance and kissed her back. He caressed her hair as he pressed his lips onto hers.
"Wait," Gwilym said suddenly. He removed his hands from Audrey's head and reached into his back pocket. The female eyed him carefully.
What was he doing?
Gwilym removed his hand from his jeans and revealed a rather long, black, velvet box. Audrey's heart started racing. But she mostly wondered at how he had managed to fit that box in his pocket without crushing it while sitting on it.
"I wanted to give you this. I've been meaning to, for a long time. I actually bought it the day after the premiere," Gwilym beamed as he handed over the box to Audrey. "I knew we were meant to be, Audrey. I hope you like it."
"Gwilym..." Audrey uttered, she could barely speak due to the tears that were coming back. She opened the box slowly and inside rested a small, gold chain with a tiny opal stone, Audrey's birthstone, embedded in the middle. "It's beautiful. I love it," Audrey stammered as she gave Gwilym a hug.
"May I?" Gwilym asked politely, pointing over at the necklace. Audrey nodded, which caused a couple of more tears to stream down her face.
The brunette pulled her hair over to one of her shoulders, so that Gwilym could place the necklace on her with ease. As soon as he did, Audrey couldn't help but smile at him.
He is the one.
"I wanted to give it to you because...Why can't we give love that one more chance?"
"That's what I've been saying."
Before they knew it, they were kissing once again. They couldn't help but celebrate. Audrey and Gwilym were finally together. They couldn't possibly let go of each other now.
Without even breaking apart, Audrey dragged Gwilym inside her home...
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Author's note! Guys, check you're pulses! How are we? Are we alive? Are we dead? Are we shOOk? I'm all three. And I'm so soft for Audrey and Gwilym💕. I hope this wasn't cringey cause I've never really written a scene like this before. Also, Myra is 🙅🏻♀️❌cancelled❌🙅🏻♀️.
Oh and we have some accomplishments: The story is #1 in #gwilymlee and we're almost at 7k reads (6.98k for now)!!!!🥳🥳🥳
