Forever Sixteen Novels & Stories

And now, my heart desires had been fulfilled. Our once forbidden love has now turned out to be a forever love. And I cannot wait to spend the rest of my with him and Duke being our son.

Only us. Forever.

She is excitedly talking about how fun my sixteenth birthday party was but my younger self finds it impossible to share her excitement. I watch as they stop at their lockers to put away books and I hear laughter coming from behind me. I spin around to see my brother and his friends walking toward my sixteen-year-old self. My brother’s best friend steps up and knocks the books out of my younger self’s hands. “Freak,” he says before he continues down the hall. Kayla places her hands on her hips and glares in my brother’s direction. “Faris,” she shrieks at him. “Are you really going to let him speak to her that way?”

All in. Forever.

I could argue the terminology, but Mireya was close. “Maybe trade?” I collapsed on the edge of my bed. “This whole thing is crazy. I feel like I’ve been thrown a hundred years into the past.” My cousin sat at my side and covered my hand with hers. “Remember when we used to stay up half the night talking about our Prince Charming?” “In those scenarios, we chose our own prince.” “We were too young to know the way things are arranged.” She looked at me and looked down. “Mama said it was almost me.”

"Always?" "Forever."

I beamed proudly. "Forever!"

Forever. Fuck my life...

“And we have so much to do before then. College, careers, finding that perfect piece of land for our little house. But I want you to know, with absolute certainty, that I’m not going anywhere. You are it for me. You’re the ‘forever’ I’ve been looking for.” The word, “forever,” resonated deep within me, a bell tolling with joyous certainty. He wasn't just saying he loved me; he was saying he saw a lifetime with me. He was promising me a future, a shared destiny, painted with the colors of our shared dreams.

Ember was impossible when she got like this—relentless, smug, and entirely too perceptive for her own good. “Can we talk about something else?” I muttered. Ember linked her arm through mine and tugged me down the hall. “Sure. Let’s talk about how your sixteenth birthday is this weekend, and you’ve said absolutely nothing about what we’re doing.” I blinked again, startled. “It’s not a big deal.” Ember stopped dead in her tracks. “Excuse me? Not a big deal? Aurora Hayes, you are turning sixteen. That’s like, a coming-of-age milestone! It’s basically your princess coronation.”