Tell Me It's Love

Tell Me It's Love - Part 3

Chapter three.

Putting her headphones into her ears, Bailey sat back in her seat, moving to get comfy. They had been travelling in the car for just over 2 hours and already Bailey had become bored. She had mixed feelings inside her stomach. She felt sad that she was leaving their old house, leaving all of the memories and people behind that she had grown with.

She was also worried about her mum. The conversation that they had in Bailey's bedroom played over and over in her mind. She couldn't help but wonder if her mum was about to tell her how she truly felt, until they was interrupted. Bailey had since then tried to talk to her mum, like they did before, but all she got out of her was something about the new house and how lovely it was. Lovely. A word she had used so much that it had started to sound strange.

In the bottom of her heart, Bailey knew that it wasn't just herself that wasn't happy with the move. 

Bailey sighed and put her head back on the seat. A gentle tug on her sleeve made her turn her head to the side to see a heart filled smile on her little brother's face. The smile slowly faded and his skin became paler. She realised he must have felt sick. He wasn't always that good at travelling long distances for such a long time.

Pausing her music she reached out and loosely put her arm around him, holding him close to her. She ruffled his blonde locks and softly kissed the top of his head. She smiled down at him, her heart filling up as he returned the smile. She hated seeing Nick upset. Those smiles of his was enough to light up any dark room. 

Turning her head to look out of the window, she felt her eyes becoming heavy. She hadn't realised how tired she had actually felt. She closed her eyes slightly and leaned back in her seat again.

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"Bailey, wake up sweetheart"

Bailey slowly opened her eyes, feeling a sudden pain throb in her neck. She lifted up her hand to massage where it hurt, slightly closing her eyes again.

Opening them again she looked around at her surroundings. She was still in the car. Her mum was at the side of her, stood at the car door. She began looking around for her brother and step dad.

Her mum spoke as if she was reading her mind.

"Rich took Nick to have a look around. And to see the park" 

Bailey smiled, imagining how eager he must have been.

She lifted her head to look out through the window.

"Are we here?" She asked, looking over at her mum.

Her mum nodded with a smile. She walked back, away from the car and turned around, her back now to Bailey.

"This is home now"

Bailey swallowed and moved closer to the door. Swinging her legs over the frame of the car, she stepped out, breathing in the cold air.

Shutting the door behind her, she moved to stand next to her mum, following her gaze. Her eyes were transfixed on the house in front of them. 

It was an average sized building. It had a door, many windows, a chimney and a roof. It was everything you could want for a house, but it wasn't home.

Not yet.