Fool's Gold

Chapter 10

I woke up the next morning feeling dizzy. I checked my phone: 10 missed calls from Nick and 20 messages from him too. I didn't bother reading them. I was in a bad mood already. I sat on the lounge for the whole morning, until I heard a knock on the door. My mum answered it. As the door creaked open I heard sobbing and a familiar voice,
"Could I please speak to Grace? I really need to, just please. Could I?" It was Nick. I got up from my seat and made my way towards the door. As he came into my view I noticed his red, puffy eyes, indicating that he had been crying for a while. Nick was a mess. Mum left us alone and we stood there in silence for a bit,
"Grace, I'm really sorry..," I cut him off before he could finish his plead for forgiveness,
"Do you even know how this made me feel? Do you know what it's like to get a call at one o'clock in the morning from your boyfriend saying that he hooked up with another girl? I don't think that you do and you probably never will," Nick looked into my eyes now. His desperate eyes made me cry. He truly was sorry but I was still furious,
"Could I please just say that I love you. I always have and I always will. I never wanted to hurt you and as I said I was drunk. I'm not friends with the people who hooked me up with her anymore. You are the only person I love, the only person I want to be in a relationship with. I'm sorry that I've jeopardised that. I won't be annoyed if you just end our relationship right here and now. I'll understand," Nick looked down at the ground. He really didn't mean to hurt me and it's his friend's fault for hooking him up with that girl anyway. I loved him and I couldn't let him go now. It would be the biggest loss I've ever had,
"Nick, I forgive you, but only if this never happens again. If it does it will be the end of our relationship for sure. Okay?" Nick smiled at my response and lifted me up in his arms. He spun me around and started laughing, so did I. I wouldn't have been able to stay mad at him forever.

I had plans for later on that night with my friends Skye, Lexi and Onika. They had stuck by me through everything and we hadn't seen each other in a while, so we thought we would just hang out at Skye's place. When I arrived Onika answered the door,
"Hello! I haven't seen you in forever. How's life going?" Onika spoke in a loud voice. She had always been the outgoing one of the group,
"It's been like a roller coaster, a lot of ups and downs. How are you?" I replied to Onika as I walked through the door,
"Alright, just the ordinary," Onika responded. We walked through Skye's house until we got to the living room. There were mattresses set up with blankets and pillows, there was a pile of movies on the coffee table and beside it was popcorn. We were having a movie night. I spotted Skye and Lexi,
"Hey guys, how are you?" I said getting their attention. They came up to me and hugged me,
"I'm great," Skye grinned. I got the feeling that something great had happens in her life since the last time I saw her,
"So am I," Lexi said. She was the shortest out of all of us, but still had a big heart. We sat down sand started to talk about what had been happening in our lives since we had last seen each other. I told the girls about Nick cheating on me. They were very compassionate and couldn't believe that he did it. Onika didn't have anything new happen to her. She always said that she had a boring life. Lexi was the same. She'd just broken up with her old boyfriend and got a new one. Skye was happy to say that she had gone to a Meghan Trainor concert and was able to meet her too. I was happy for her. That night was great to get my mind off of things. I was wondering if forgiving Nick was the best or worst decision I've ever made, but only the future knows that answer.