With All My Heart

~Chapter Thirteen - You Call The Shots~

2022. Let's see if this year is any good. Hope you had a nice Christmas (if you don't celebrate Christmas I hope you had a good holiday) this chapter is dedicated to... drum roll please... @Eadaoin-2049
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"No."

"Oh come on, Y/n! Anastacia isn't so bad."

"Nope." I am not talking to Anastacia just because she's a bit sad over Saskia. No way, Jose.

"Y/n, please."

"I hate you Jamie."

I walk out of my room, it was late at night and they want me to talk to Anastacia, which is a bad idea because I'm really tired and when I'm tired, I'm cranky and when I'm cranky I am not in a good mood.

Anastacia doesn't even like me! Especially after I accidentally threw that snowball at her. I arrive at her door. I really was going to knock, I promise but then I thought she might be sleeping so instead I went to my room, and asked Jamie for some advice, you know. I don't want to make her even more angry at me.

Bubs ❤️

You: I think Anastacia is sleeping

Bubs: You chickened out, didn't you?

You: No

Bubs: Just knock.

You: Fine ☹️

Bubs: ❤️

I guess I have to get it over with. I walk out of my room and knock on Anastacia's door. She doesn't answer. I knew she was sleeping! But no, let's not believe Y/n. I turn around when I hear the devil herself say my name.

"Y/n? What are you doing here?"

"Oh, me? Nothing, nothing. Just wanted to have a girlie chat with you." Ew.

"Girlie... chat?"

"Yep, so... can I come in?" She never answered but stepped aside, so I walking in and holy moly if my room was messy her room was another level.

"Wow. You're room is messy." I smile.

"And yours isn't?" She asks me. Touché.

"Ah, I never said that." I sit down on her bed as she looks at me with a look. "What? Something on my face?" Jamie did put cream on my nose.

"Non."

"Ok then. So, we both probably know why I'm here so let's just cut to the case." Anastacia nods her head.

"Get your ass to the dungeons and talk to Saskia... please?"

"No."

"Why not?" Does she have to be difficult, I mean they were friends, Lottie says they had feelings for each other so what is her problem?

"Do you know how it feels to be betrayed? To be left behind? Imagine if Jamie betrays you after he promised to be with you. Do you?" Ooh yeah, that's a good reason.

"Look, Anastacia, I don't know how it feels but I do know that neglecting how you feel isn't going to help anyone, especially you. You care for Sakia, a lot, it must hurt, what with her working with Leviathan but you have to be better than them and talk to her. Maybe she can explain why she did it." Wow, that was good.

"I don't know. It's hard. I don't want to be hurt again." She looks like she's on the verge of tears.

"Look, why don't you talk to her, try to get her to talk. Maybe understand why she did it. I can see that your hurting inside, you don't know who the real Sakia is, and that worries you, so please. Talk to her."

She still looks unconvinced so I bring out the big guns.

"Or don't." And that she looks confused, "it's your call. But please know that when you do decide to talk to her, it will be for you, not for me, not for Lottie, not even for Maradova, for you." And with that, I leave the room.

Dramatic entrance: achieved. I look around for Jamie and find him in his room reading.

"Hey"

He looks up, "hey, how'd it go?" I lie down on top of him.

"I'm not sure. She didn't want to talk to Sakia because she doesn't want to get hurt, but I couldn't say that she won't because I don't know that so I just said that she doesn't really have to talk to Saskia, but if she does it'll be on her own terms."

"Reverse Psychology."

"Hm, I guess."

"I'm proud of you. You talked to her even though you didn't want to." He kissed me. Wow, so every time I talk to Anastacia, I'll get told that he's proud of me and get kisses? I'm gonna talk to her more often.

I yawned. "Someone's sleepy." Jamie laughed.

"Hey, I woke up at eleven." He smiled and reached out to switch of the light and covered me with the blanket. "Goodnight" I say, as I snuggled in close.

"Night."

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I woke up to Lottie running into Jamie's room.

"She's doing it?" Who is doing what?

"Sorry?" Jamie asks.

"Anastacia. She's taking to Saskia." Ellie says as she walks into the room.

I sit up. "So I did it then?"

"Yep." Ellie smiles at me.

Ha. Take that. Look at me convincing people. I'm going to celebrate.

"I'm going back to bed."