A New Beginning - currently being edited!

Chapter 19:

After dinner Amie and I helped Gina and the boys Nonna clean up while the rest of the family seated themselves in the living area and began to drink the night away. I’d met most of the family now, uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, you name them, I’d met them.

“Amelia, my niece Tora is getting married next month, and she’d asked if you’d join us at the wedding, she won’t take no for an answer. I’d love it if you did, you’re family now” Gina spoke. I couldn’t help but smile. I’d been speaking to Tora over dinner and she was a lovely. She was 22 and had long brown hair like my own. She had olive skin and spoke with an Italian accent. She was tall and slender and had chocolate brown eyes and a flawless complexion, her perfect white teeth were in straight even rows and her cheekbones were perfectly defined.

“Gina, I’d love to come” I threw my arms around her. I felt like I had a family, a real one. Which I’d never really had before, and I couldn’t thank this family enough for taking me in and welcoming me like one of their own.

When everything was cleared away, we joined the family in the living room. Beau patted a spot on the sofa next to him and ushered me to take a seat. Amie was playing with the boys little cousin Ollie who was showing her all of his new toys. I smiled over at them and then cuddled up next to Beau.

“Merry Christmas” he whispered only loud enough for me to hear, his hot breath tickled my ear before his soft lips gently brushed the side of my head. Fireworks exploded inside me and I could feel my face begin to burn. He chuckled lightly down my ear and picked up my wrist as he noticed I was wearing the bracelet he bought me, he stroked it gently with his thumb and then released his grasp.

I smiled and took a sip of my drink, but deep down I knew that nothing had changed and Beau’s feelings towards me remained the same- non existant.

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-Two weeks later-

“Bye” I felt the tears drip down my face as the final call for Amie’s flight was called.

“I love you” she too let the tears drip freely down her face, I couldn’t speak anymore, I was in hysterical tears. I threw my arms around her neck and held her tightly.

“I’m going to miss you” I wiped my eyes and pulled away.

“I’m gonna’ miss you too” Amie copied my actions and then turned to face the gate that the last few people were going through. “I have to go” she sighed.

I linked her arm and walked over to the gate, I hugged her one last time and she gave me a weak smile before flashing her passport and flight ticket to security. She didn’t look back. “Bye Amie” I whispered to myself as she walked down the tunnel to the plane.

I wiped my eyes and turned away as she disappeared out of sight. I made my way back through the airport and out of the doors. I sat in my car and watched the planes going up into the sky for 15 minutes. I then saw the one I was waiting for, the one which was taking my best friend back to England. I stared at it going further and further into the sky until I could no longer see it.

“Miss you already” I whispered. My voice was shaky from holding back the sobs. I started the car engine and began to drive back home.

I pulled up outside my house to see Gina, Beau, Jai, Luke, Skip and James standing smiling outside the door. I got out of my car confused and waited for an explanation.

“We thought you could use some cheering up” Skip smiled and dragged me into the Brook’s household where there was box after box of different pizzas on the table and vast amounts of alcohol.

“Aw you’re all the sweetest” I laughed, hugging each of them individually.

“Well tuck in everyone!” Gina instructed, passing the plates out. We did as we were told and piled our plates up with different selections of the food.

I took the last bite of my remaining slice of pizza and washed it down with the final drops of the Bulmer’s I was drinking.

“Mmm, that was delicious, thank you guys” I licked my lips and reached for another handful of fries. They all nodded, unable to reply because of the amount of food shoved in their mouths.

As we all finished, we piled our plates by the sink in the kitchen and made our way back into the living room. We left all the food on the table and continued to pick at it as we placed a DVD into the machine and waited for it to start. We chose to watch paranormal activity 3 and all snuggled on the couch ready to watch, excluding Gina who had decided to have an early night.

As soon as the film began Skip began to shit himself and Luke instantly began to tease.

“It’s okay baby, Lukey’s here, I’ll protect you” Luke cooed in an extremely gay voice and then grabbed Skip’s hand. We all held back our laughter as Skip told Luke to fuck off.

I felt Beau discretely cuddle close to me; I didn’t say anything but he knew I’d noticed it, he didn’t move though, he stayed put and stayed like it throughout the entire film. By the end of it only Beau, Skip, Luke and I were awake.

“Come on, I’m too scared to go bed on my own” Beau laughed pulling me up, I laughed and headed up to his room with him.

Luke and Skip left Jai and James asleep downstairs and headed into the twins room. I said goodnight to each of them and then made my way into Beau’s room where he threw a t-shirt at my face. I didn’t bother to leave the room; I just pulled off all my clothes bar my underwear and placed the top over my head. Beau just stared at me with his mouth hanging open.

“What?” I laughed as I slid myself under his duvet. It took a while for him to get his words out.

“Well I’ve never seen you do that before” he joked. But he was right, he’d never see me do that before, I just rolled my eyes and turned over, pulling the duvet up to my shoulder. I felt Beau slide in beside me and begin to spoon me. I edged my way back, cuddling in to him but I accidentally pressed my bum harder into him than expected. I felt him flinch slightly.

“Ey up” he laughed slightly. I pushed back harder to tease him. “Why do it to me?” he mumbled turning away. I giggled and eventually fell to sleep.