"Four chords, three minutes you'd never fit in it

                           So I just take you line by line."

"You're an idiot" Parker claimed.

"Oh, I'm the idiot? Dude, you're the one who said 7 times 8 is 54!" Jayden fired back

"It was an honest mistake" Parker whined like a freaking child.

"You're in eleventh grade, that shouldn't be a mistake at all, dingus" Jayden joked and slapped Parker upside the head. You can only imagine what that led to. Now they're running around the room like freaking two-year-olds while Lucas and I are actually trying to get some work done. SATs were in like two weeks and these three doofuses thought it would be a good idea to study together which obviously led to getting absolutely no studying done at all.

It was the day after Valeria's birthday and the boys and I were in the living room with her old flashcards trying to study. Our SATs were supposed to be in January but they kept getting postponed and the final is in the next two weeks I offered to study together but she honestly said she wouldn't get much studying done because "I would be too distracting". She's too adorable.

I don't know if she read my letter yet, where I had poured my feelings out for her because I didn't think I'd be able to say all I wanted to out loud. So I wrote her a letter and yesterday she handed me an envelope which she told me to open when I was alone. I have been itching to open it like crazy but my so-called idiots for best friends won't leave me alone. I look up to see Jayden and Parker have sat down again and the house was a mess. Damn mama's going to kill us. I glared at Parker who stuck his tongue out at me. I literally have a five-year-old for a best friend. I rolled my eyes at him and examined the damage they had done. The throw pillows my mom is extremely fond of are scattered around the living room and there are cookie crumbs blanketing the floor.

I closed my eyes for five seconds and my phone is snatched out of my hand by the devil himself inside the body of a 17-year-old idiot. The vent I was sitting next to let out a cool breeze as I shivered lunging for Parker, so he could give me back my phone.

"Stop. My phone's dead and I just want to talk to V." He complained. I can't even question why he wants to talk to her considering she's like our group therapist. I mean she just walks in one day with a cute smile, dimples, and magnificent personality and everyone, including myself falls in love with her. I guess that's how it started, whenever any of us had a problem or needed help, the first person any one of us would go to would be Valeria. I rolled my eyes for what seemed like the hundredth time today and watched as he texted my girlfriend from my phone. Lucas was grabbing his blue and black backpack and it seemed like he and Jayden were heading out, probably to eat.

"Where y'all heading?" I asked picking up the pillows and grabbing the English SAT practice textbook. Lucas grinned a stupid smile and Jayden reached over the table to grab my mom's car keys.

"We, my friend are going to a party at Jordan's, you wanna come? Jayden owes me cause of a bet which is why he is coming because we all know parties are so not his scene." He cackles evilly and Jayden looked absolutely miserable. If anyone hated parties more than Valeria, it would Jayden. He has never been the "get rowdy" "don't give a crap" type of guy. He would rather stay in and play basketball by himself than go to a party just because he finds them boring. God knows where I'd be in life if he hadn't spent every living second of his cleaning up my messes. He thinks that we weren't put on this planet to waste time drinking and doing illegal stuff, in another life, he and Valeria would've been the two most unique people ever.

I tell them that I'm gonna sit this one out and they head out, Jayden looking like he was going to start crying as he left the house. Parker and I sit down on the couch and finish up the last few problems in what we call "Silented peace."

We made it up the first time we tried to do homework together. We were always such goofballs that it was hard for us to get anything done together, so we invented silented peace. Don't know where we came up with the name but I do know that whenever we decided on silented peace we would both have to be extremely quiet and the first one to make a noise during the silented peace time period would pay the other 10 bucks. As you can imagine right now it's pindrop silence in my house. After we finish up, we just kind of sit wasting time with some random movie playing in the background.

"Hey Kayden?" Parker calls out of nowhere. He sounded serious meaning this cannot be any good.

"Yeah?" I answer as I lock eyes with his light brown ones.

"Thank you" He murmurs, I burst out laughing.

"For what?" I ask, genuinely curious what the heck he could possibly thanking me for, I seriously don't even remember the last time I did something nice for the guy.

"Thank you for stealing my peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you punk on the first day of school. Thank you for daring me to be your friend, because you didn't think there was another way to do it. I don't even know why I'm saying all of this, but I guess recently I realized how damn lucky I am to have someone to call my best friend. You changed my life and I know that sounds incredibly crazy but I just needed you to know it man." He didn't break eye contact for even one second while speaking and when I looked deep into those chocolate orbs of his all I could see was the truth and that he meant every word that just came out of his mouth.

"You're so cheesy my dude. Oh my god, I'm going to cry" I squeal like a seven year old and he breaks eye contact as the two of us collapse on the couch laughing our butts off. A few minutes later he's up and heading out. He grabs his vibrant green leather jacket and his gray backpack as he heads out the door.

"Park, thanks for sharing your sandwich with me. Changed my life man" I say pretending to wipe a fake tear from my face and he smiles at me because he knows me well enough to know that I won't ever just straight up say to him how much he means to me, he's just supposed to know. He casually flips his hair like a girl and purposefully sways his hips while he walks out the door pretending to take a sip of something. I laugh at the goofball who I came to love as I walk in my room and pull out the crème colored envelope Valeria had given to me. I take the letter into my hand as I settle into my bed, moving my hand behind my head and letting it act as a pillow.

Dear Kayden,

Happy Lover's day to my one and only! I love you more than you can possibly even imagine. The lengths I'd go to see a smile on your face are unthinkable. I love the way your blue eyes twinkle when you see me and I love the way you always kiss the dimple on my cheek when I smile. I love the way you aren't afraid of being exactly who you are. I always believed in fairytale love and I would've never imagined before I met you that I could have it. But bubs, you gave it to me. You gave me the type of love every girl wants and deserves.

You make me feel special and adored and I love that about you. I can't imagine my world without you anymore Kayden, it would be too hard. You knew exactly from day one, what to do when I have a panic attack, how to talk me down from it. You don't run away when I cry, instead you hold me in your arms and tell me it's all gonna be alright. God, I could sit here and list all the things I love about you but that list is endless.

My mom once told me, that when I find my person, I will know. With you Kayden, I know. I know that you're the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. When I saw the way my mom looked at my dad when I was younger and the way my dad looked at my mom, I used to think I could never have that. And then I randomly bumped into you due to my clumsiness (which I have literally never been more thankful for) and you had me mesmerized from day 1.

 I found you Kayden, and you were more than just my friend from the beginning. You were my person, you looked at me the way I have always wanted to be looked at. You taught me how to face my fears and how to have a little fun. I've never been so afraid of losing someone until I met you Kayden. You changed my life forever, and I want to love you forever. Infinity and beyond. Yeah? Yeah.

You always ask me why I can't show you one of the songs I write about you and I'm finally going to tell you why. I can't sum up how I feel about you in some four chords and three minutes, it's impossible. I realized that I would be writing songs about you till the day I die and even that won't be enough. So I write tons of songs about you, some are just moments with you while other's are about how much I truly love you. While, I know that the curiosity kills you and you want to know what I write about, I promise one day you'll hear it all.

Kayden, I need you to understand that I've never had a place to truly call my sanctuary or my safe place before I met you. Then suddenly, it's like I have met the perfect boy for me, I have met the one that makes my soul glimmer and my heart smile. I met the one soul that was destined to be intertwined with my own forever. You're like my panacea, my medicine for everything. When I'm sick you make it better. When I'm stressed you make it better. Anything wrong with me, you know just how to make it better.

Everyday from the day I met you, you teach me what safe feels like, something it's been so long since I've felt. You don't run when I'm hurting, instead you make me feel cared about and safe when you let me fall apart in your arms. I didn't know how much I needed you until you walked into my life. I need you like every song needs a melody. I need you like the sun needs the moon. I need you in my life Kayden Jackson, and there's no more denying it. I love you Kayden, I will forever. Every single damn part of you. Especially that hell of a heart of yours.

Love,

Cupcake

I knew Valeria had a way with words, I just wasn't aware it would be this astonishing. I never thought someone could love me and my incredibly invisible heart, until she came along. She changed everything, but mostly she just painted my canvas with brighter colors.

"You okay bud" my mom asks standing by the doorway of my room. I give her a small smile, but hold out my arms to her like I used to when I was little. She lets out a small laugh and sits down next to me as I lay my head on her lap and she runs her fingers through my hair. She places a gentle kiss on my head while whispering she loves me.

"Mom? Is it wrong that I feel like I've found the one I want to be with for the rest of my life already?" I ask, just because I'm curious.

"No kiddo, if anything it's incredible. I'm so happy you have found love in the right place with a beautiful girl. She's perfect for you. I know that because of your dad and I, you didn't believe in love. But I couldn't be happier that Valeria came along and made you believe. I see how happy you are with her and you have no idea how elated it makes me to see you so happy. I love you superman." She smiles so wide and I know she's telling the truth. I let myself drift into a dream filled sleep about a certain green eyed beauty.

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"Watcha reading, cupcake?" I ask softly as I plop down on Valeria's bed next to her and she jumps up in surprise. I laugh at the fact that she is so engrossed in her book that she didn't even notice that I've been here for 15 minutes just staring at her.

"You scared me Kayden" she gasps before squealing and wrapping her arms around me in a tight embrace. I was so lucky to be able to be greeted like this every single goddamn day, it was a blessing. She was a blessing, a tiny angel who had changed my life completely. Behind us we heard the camera click and Valeria blushed while groaning. I turn around letting go of Valeria to see sweet Emily holding her camera and smiling ear to ear, her dimples on full display. 

She gave me a cute smile and suddenly all the annoyance I had felt melted away. Her silver camera's string was hanging around her neck and she was wearing a Shawn Mendes merch shirt. Her eyebrows scrunched up as she observed the picture she had just clicked of us and I grinned, loving that we were her muse. Valeria on the other hand, was not too happy.

"Em" Valeria groaned in frustration, and I grinned at her. She was wearing her long brunette hair out today, and she was sporting one of my hoodies with black leggings. Her usual, "I'm staying home don't bug me" outfit.

"You'll thank me at your wedding!" Emily squealed in a sing-song voice while skipping out of the room.

"Yeah I will" I scream back at her causing a deep red blush coat her cheeks. I chuckle and dodge the pillow she throws at me. Maybe she thinks I'm kidding, but one day I do want to marry her. If it were going to be anyone, it would be her. I grab her by the waist and throw her back on the bed tickling the hell out of her. She squeals and giggles while I use my fingers to tickle her sides and legs, but when I get to the neck I know she's a goner. Her most ticklish spot is her neck and I love tickling her there because I love listening to her cute giggle.

"Hey cupcake, you told me that in your incredibly and beautifully written letter to me that you would show me a little bit of one of your songs." I comment as we come down from our laughter and she leans against me before gently grabbing her songbook and looking at me hesitantly.

"You are not going to leave me alone until I do, are you?" She asks hopefully and I smile at her to show her that there is no way in hell she's getting out of this one. She sighs smiling and shaking her head at me before pecking my cheek. Her eyes flutter shut as she opens her mouth and her angelic voice reaches my ears,

"I love the galaxies people build in their eyes, but boy yours are my favorite kind.

Oh the messy hair boy with stupid grin got my butterflies twirling within.

Oh your my safe place, you talk me down when I'm afraid.

Look for your face in every crowded place but..

Who knew? Who knew?

That this blue eyed boy be my best friend?

The one I wanna be with till the end

Who knew? Who knew?

That I'd never really love nobody else

That there'd never really be a

'Thank you next"

Her voice floats through the air and I feel like I'm falling in love with this girl all over again. When she ends on her last note, she opens one eye for my reaction and when she sees me gaping at her, she opens both of those forest green eyes and smiled shyly at me.

"Cupcake, that was ethereal, the lyrics, your voice is so beautiful. God, I'm so lucky to have you and I love you so frickin much." I say as I pull her closer and hold her next to my heart which beats for her.

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