They sat alone in class, no words around them. It was two o'clock on a Friday afternoon, school was now out forever, the two were done with high school, never to come back. Lace was returning back to her country, England, from the place that she had called home for six years and she was sat with the boy she had loved for the better part of the last year. He was the kind of person you would call a metalhead, she however was a much more delicate in a beautiful way, he had black hair down to his shoulders feathered at the end, a pale face, warm brown eyes and a friendly way of being. She however had warm skin, burgundy hair, curled around her shoulders, and her eyes a tauntingly powerful green.
Their legs dangled from the green tables they sat on. Lace had decided and finally pulled up enough courage to tell him what she had wanted to tell him for a very long time. Breaking the silence she said his name an continued
“Jandro, I...there's something I must tell you” she was now nervous beyond words, not wanting to end up stumbling over her words, she paused for what seemed like eternal silence, Jandro felt he had to say something, therefore lamely said
“What's wrong?” and continued “Am I going to see you again?” Lace paused again
“No...I'm going to make sure that we don't because well...I love you and it hurts to be around you” she looked down at her denim wedges, Jandro was left with a sudden rush of emotions, he had felt for Lace since the start but also for his girlfriend, eight months they had been together she was called Olivia, but always there had been an echo in the back of his mind telling him it was wrong, he'd known all along he had feelings fro Lace finally after a lengthly pause he smiled a rare thing for him unless prodded into it by her
“And I you” he said slowly and quietly, Lace looked up tears welling up in her eyes
“You don't mean that, not the way I do”
“YES, I do!”
“Then why now?”
“I was never going to tell you...because you're going” yet again he pause searching for the right words “Olivia's known all along apparently...we, umm, we broke up two weeks ago” this made Lace look up
“Why didn't you tell me?!?”
“Because it hurts me too!” he exclaimed, Lace broke down, tears flowing from her face, he took her in his arms and held her, her head resting on his firm chest his head on hers. She looked up to him, longing in her eyes and his eyes, they lent in and kissed each other passionately. Lace pulled away grabbing her bag she ran out of the door leaving Jandro speechless.

Lace sat in the colorful park her mobile phone vibrating in one hand, a book in the other, Pride & Prejudice to be exact, it was something like the twelfth time he had tried ringing and as much as her heart longed to pick it up she did not for fear of making everything worse, yet again it rang this time it was her best friend, Sofia.
“Where are you, I've rung your house but your mum said you'd gone out”
“yeah...I'm in the park, but I want to be on my own”
“I spoke to Jandro, you finally told him but you can't hide forever from him”
“I know, but until then I can try, I'll speak to you later” she lay her phone on her leg and returned to her book knowing that they would have a happier ending than her. Not two minutes later, Jandro appeared. Lace ignored his presence she knew it was childish but she did not want to have the conversation that was inevitably going to happen.
“Listen, I'm sorry I told you or sorry I didn't tell you sooner. If I'd have told you and you sent me running our friendship would have been in ruin and I wouldn't be able to cope without you!” she knew he was right, it was the exact same reason she hadn't told him sooner.
“Love is all around me, you cannot imagine the pain  I feel watching everyone around me find someone while I stay alone. What I have been through to block my feeling for you and every time you just make me love you more. So please I need time alone right now.”
“FINE! You know my number....call me....please” he pleaded with a harsh tone to his voice ending on a soft note.

Lace sat on the phone to Sofia, curled up in a ball on her large blue sofa, Sofia was trying to convince her this one of the things she could not fight,
“You can't put it off Lace, he loves you, you love him, get it over with!! Go to him!! And get together, you've got two and a half months left enjoy it with him, you deserve it” Lace sat on the other line, sprawled pathetically across her sofa, a tear stained cheek unbearably hurt no way to look through her obviously pained features. But that was the defining moment for her, she wasn't going to shut him behind a door, she couldn't, even though part of her wanted too.
They spent a happy summer, giving everything to each other, until the dreaded day came when Lace had to go.
Lace and Jandro stood in each others arms, cherishing the last time the would. Jandro tried to stifle his tears but was unsuccessful permitting them to roll down his cheek.
“I love you, always, no matter what” he said
“and I love you” she said, they parted sharing one last kiss and Lace turned and left through the gate, turning around to face him on last time, in his hand she had left the necklace that she never removed.
They never forgot each other, even their last dying thoughts were full of the other.