Tell Me It's Love

Tell Me It's Love - Part 7

Chapter Seven

It had been a couple of weeks since Bailey and her family had moved and they had already pretty much settled in.

It had took a while, all of them having to get used to their new surroundings. 

Nick instantly fell in love with the place. He would smile in awe at everything he looked at. Not one thing put him off living somewhere different, probably because he was easily pleased.

Rich had acted his usual smug self, Bailey had noticed. He felt it was necessary to remind them that it was because of him they had moved. He was always telling Bailey she should be grateful, if it wasn't for him ‘proving he had the ability and intelligence to have been promoted’ as he had put it, then they would never have moved. This made Bailey dislike him even more.

Bailey had kept an eye on her mum the most, still having her own private assumptions over how she truly felt. She would always have a smile on her face, which to most people would be completely normal and it would mean she was happy, but to Bailey, she saw it in a different way. The smile would never quite reach her ears and it never made her eyes sparkle, not like it usually would.

As for herself, Bailey was slowly getting over the fact that she wouldn't get to see her friends as much, if at all. She was also trying not to miss the things she once loved. Memories of her past would suddenly creep into her head some days, reminding her of what her life was once like. At those times, she would become mixed with anger and all emotions, she’d never understand why she had to leave them behind, she knew it wasn't fair. Other times she understood. As hard as it was, she tried to think less of her past and focus on her new life ahead. She knew she could, she just needed that routine back.

If she was being honest, she quite liked the village. It was quiet most of the time, the only noise they usually heard was the sound of traffic passing by outside their house. The people were very friendly too, they had given smiles and waves many mornings, welcoming them to their neighbourhood.

The neighbours were nice too. Bailey's heart would skip a beat whenever she thought of Harry. He was definitely nice. Bailey hadn't spoke to him since she had gone round, asking for candles, but she had seen him odd times through the window. But, he hadn't seen her.

It had became something she would find herself doing with even realising it.

But, whenever she would look for him at his window, she felt bad. She would shake her head slightly and look away. She knew it was wrong, almost as though she was stalking him. But she couldn't help it. Her mind would always go back to the moment they shared, staring at each other, none of them looking away once. His eyes pierced right through her, straight to her beating heart. Now whenever she would look to his window, she would want that moment to happen again, for him to look at her with those eyes. Those eyes she loved and had loved since she had first seen him.

Her mum would constantly tell her she would make new friends here, which she would just nod in response. A part of her was happy with that, new friends meant learning new things and sharing her life with another. But, another part of her, a big part, was sad. Her mind always thinking back to her old friends.

She knew she would start to appreciate her new life once she had felt a reason to be happy. And right now, she would just have to wait for that reason.