It was you, all along.

It's time to move on (Chapter 14)

Lia's POV

I got out of bed and stretched. Today was Thursday. I felt bad for missing school, but it was so hard to go with the anxiety about Musa weighing on me. I dressed in a grey hoodie and blue sweatpants. I walked into the kitchen and made myself a coffee. As I did so, Jamie walked out.

J: "Hey Lia. I'm staying home today."

"Oh, okay." 

I did want to know why, but I kept my mouth shut. It wasn't any of my business. I grabbed my coffee and sat down on the couch. I turned on the T.V and went with outlander today. Jamie sat beside me and sipped his tea. We settled deeper into the couch and got lost in Outlander. 

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After about 2 hours of this, Jamie turned off the T.V.

"Hey! What gives?"

J: "We need to talk."

"Okay, about what?"

J: "About Musa."

I shook my head. I did not want to talk about that. 

J: "Please Lia?"

God, no! I do want to move on but, my life is going by so much easier just not speaking of it. But, whatever I need to confront my anxiety. 

"Fine."

His face lit up

J: "Okay perfect!"

"How do we start?"

J: "We start by talking about your pain."

"Okay, well, I'm worried that I can't trust boys ever again, and I'm so so so upset that Musa took my first kiss, because that event was supposed to be special."

A tear slid down my check and Jamie flicked it away.

J: "Good." 

He coaxed. 

J: "Okay, I have a few solutions. You can go see Musa and tie up loose ends, and then on your way out you can steal something valuable from him and when he asks for it back, say that he took your virginity, and he'll never be able to give that back so you'll never be able to give his item back." 

I lit up. That was a good idea!

"Jamie, that's a great idea."

He smiled and helped me up 

J: "Let's go."

We walked out of our dorm and went to Musa's. We knocked on the door and he opened it, I could tell from his expression that he was surprised to see us. 

M: "Wha-"

J: "We just wanna tie up loose ends."

He nodded and allowed us to come in. I was slightly shaking as I sat down on his couch. I felt Jamie reassuringly put a hand on my shoulder.

M: "..So?"

"Listen, I-I'm just upset. Your first kiss is supposed to be special, and you took that from me. You then broke my heart the next day. I'm just really hurt. I thought you were a nice guy, and I just don't get why you'd be so kind to me and then hurt my in the blink of an eye."

M: "I understand, how you feel and I'm sorry. The only reason I went to Alexa was because, I found out my feelings for you were false. And, I feel horrible that I put you through all of that. I promise you, I won't do it to anyone else."

"I sure hope you won't." 

I stood up and so did Jamie. It really felt nice to hear him say sorry. 

"I accept your apology, but I doubt I'll ever be your friend again." 

He nodded and stood up as well. One my way to the door, I swiped a sapphire ring. I saw Musa's face fill with horror. 

M: "What're you doing?!"

J: "She's moving on."

M: "By stealing Alexa's ring?!"

"So, this has value?"

M: "Yes!"

"That means I'm going to take it. You stole something of value from me, so I'm going to do the same. I'll take good care of it I promise."

After that I walked out, leaving Musa to deal with his loss. Jamie pulled me into a hug

J: "I'm so proud of you."

I smiled

"Thank you."

He nodded and we walked back to our dorm. After that visit, I felt incredibly better about my situation.