Amnesia [C.H]

blame

+Calum's POV+

Jake left soon after and I heard nothing from Amber from upstairs. 

"Her number changed, she gave her number to Joy."
"Then your mum's to blame."
"Amber hasn't even touched drugs in two years, she's still a virgin."
"And she barely talks to your mum. She's basically avoiding the whole Hood family since you ignored her."

I shake my head rubbing my face, why would mum lie? Or is Jake lying? I hear someone walking down the stairs, I look up seeing Amber. She glanced over before looking down, she goes into the kitchen. I look down at my hands and furrow my eyebrows. "Fuck it." I mumble I push myself up from the couch walking into the kitchen. I stick my hands in my pockets, Amber closed the fridge. "Um, Jake left." I said quietly shuffling my feet. Amber looked over her eyes slightly widen, "Oh I um, okay." she said quietly.

Amber crosses her looking around the kitchen, "Uh, um, how you been?" I ask nervously. She looked up, "How I been? Let's see my best friend ignored me for two years, I've been feeling like crap since then. I'm great, really." she said throwing her arms out to the side. "I texted you for several months! I tried calling, you're the one that didn't answer me!" I say. She furrows her eyebrows together, she looked so confused. "What? I gave your mum my number. Mum had it changed for some reason. I gave her messages to forward. I gave up after six months."

I blink a few times, so Jake wasn't lying. "She never gave me your number." I mumble. "Obviously." she muttered. "Are you doing drugs?" I asked. "What?!" she scoffed. "Are you doing drugs?" I repeat. "No! Why would you think that? Where the hell did you get that idea from?" she yelled. "Mum said-" I start but she cuts me off by laughing. "I'm sorry but she also said she would give you my number." she rolled her eyes reaching for the empty pizza box throwing it away. "She said you been fucking around, that you curse at her and flick her off." I list.

Amber looks over, she's hurt. "She-She said that?" she whispers. My lips part, "You're-you're not?" I mumble. "No! Of course! Why-Why would you think that?" her voice cracks. "I don't know what happened in the past two years, I'm sorry." I mumbled, "She called you a bitch." I say looking down, I look up and Amber looked broken. Her eyes were watery and she was breathing heavily. "Did, did, I do something wrong?" she asked her voice cracking. "No, no." I shake my head walking over to her.

She looks around running her fingers through her hair, "You did nothing wrong, Amber. I don't know why mum hates you." I shake my head, she looks away quickly but I see a few tears fall. I walk around her facing her, she looks away again but I cup her chin forcing her to look at me, "Why are you crying?" I ask. She sniffs wiping her face, "I hated you," she starts. I smile lightly, "For two years. I hated you. I blamed you, but-but Joy." her was weak.

"Don't worry about mum, I'll deal with her later. Just answer me something, Amber." I say softly. "Yeah." she mumbles. "Are you lying?" I ask swallowing. "No." she whispered. "Come here." I wrap my arms around her shoulders, she hesitance before wrapping her arms around my torso. A few seconds later she burst into tears, "I'm sorry." she repeats over and over. "Shh, don't apologize." I say quietly.

"It's alright, Amber, I believe you. Don't worry about it anymore."