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My years of being a cheerleader wanted to surface in ed cheer routine in thebackflips and the splits

"Oh God, this is gonna be awesoripped led excitedly and looked up at his face He was grinning ecstatically, his eyes sparkling with happiness as he bent forward and kissed the tip of my nose That was a lot easier than either of us expected Ja my parents for the last teeks since we’d first come up with the idea

"Now all we have to do is plan out where you want to go," he said, stroking the side of my face

"New Zealand" We both looked up, shocked because that answer had cohtly, see to need the support "New Zealand is soo there and send me some photos?" she continued

I s for her to concede on and I needed to appreciate the gesture appropriately "Sure Maybe we could look on Google later and you could show ested, not really knowing how to connect with the wo a standoffish parent

She gulped and smiled a pained smile as she nodded I could see how o Maybe all the ti, bitchy nature, she’d actually been struggling to show me how she felt? Maybe control was how she showed affection? Who knows, either way I was getting to go travelling with Jamie, so I didn’t really care how that came about

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As I lay onto revise for y final,out pictures of places that I wanted to go to

"Tag s I needed to see

I laughed at her pronunciation of it and looked down at her I was actually really going toAn Emperor had it built in memory of his wife that died

It’s a mausoleum," I explained

Confusion crossed her face "What’s aplace for the dead Her body is inside the Taj Mahal," I replied, flicking through one of the travel brochures and finding a picture to show her

"So it’s basically like a grave?" she asked, turning her nose up

I sed "Kind of But it’s also a symbol of the love that the Emperor had for his wife It took over twenty years to build I would love for a guy to be that in love withed her shoulder against mine "Jamie loves you that much"

I felt the blush creep onto my cheeks as my stomach fluttered at the mere mention of his name

"Maybe," I confir you to all of these places so he rinned Kelsey adored Ja her candy andto her ra he was bored

"He does," I agreed I still had no idea why he lovedwhy - a person could waste years pondering things like that but in the end what did it matter ‘why’, he just did and that was the onna miss you both Can I really not coaroundShe was liketo be in my room all the time Sometimes, like now, I didn’ther to do little s for my plans Kelsey clipped out pictures to perfection and she spent ages pinning thee world map that I had stuck on s, Post-it notes and coloured pins It looked a mess but it made my heart speed up every time I looked at it Even o on there

Other times, like when I wanted some ‘alone time’ with my boyfriend, Kelsey was like a thorn in ot peace and quiet when I was at Jamie’s place - but even then I used the time to study I oing on andout with him and enjoy his cohts, day ti hi That was literally all ht now

The twoby any hts and studying involved, but I finally h all of my exams and I couldn’t be happier that it was over and done with

To celebrate our final exa trip - allowing me to buy several new bikinis and shorts for e party at Sebastian’s house for seniors only I hadn’t planned on going at all but Stacey convinced o for at least an hour