Just friends?

Chapter 24

I care about you because I love you. Is that really what he said? I stay silent, not knowing what to say.

"Sky, I'm so sorry- I- I-"

"You what?" I stand up and walk away, almost slamming the door. I'm going to my own room.

PIERRE POV

Shit. I fucked up. I fucked up big time. Why did I say that?

I try not to cry, but when I feel something on my chin I know that I failed. Did I lose her forever? In tears I call Charles.

"Hi Pierre, is there something?"

"Yes, can you come please?"

"Yes, I'll be there as fast as possible, hang on." He sounds worried.

Couple minutes later, a knock on my door. I run to open it, and immediately hug Charles.

"Hey, what happened?" He drags me to the couch and sits down with me.

"It's about Sky."

"What about Sky?"

And then I tell him everything. About the first time I met her, and that I loved her immediately, about the magical moment from the parties when we kissed and everything about George, that I'm scared that she might love him.

I end with the fight that we just had, and Charles doesn't interrupt me once, he only listens. He simply nods, before he starts to speak.

"You know, I think that she just needs some time to get everything right in her head. She never told me much about it, but when she was a kid, her parents never, or almost never, told her that they loved her. From what I know they still don't say that now. And I think that she doesn't know how to feel about you.

She always told everyone that she didn't want a relationship, because she felt to young and she didn't want to carry a man everywhere with her, but I know that deep inside she doesn't want a relationship because her parents were always fighting.

Her mom had really heavy panic attacks every now and then, Max obviously had his career and her other brother has autism, so she always had less attention.

She never experienced any love, and that left some scars, both on her inside and her outside, but I doubt that she told you. So when you tell her you love her, so unexpected, she doesn't know what to say or how to react in general, because it has never been said to her before."

"I am so sorry for her, I didn't know that. But just give her time?"

"Yes, don't message her, don't put any pressure, she will message you when she is ready."

"But what if she never messages me?"

"Trust me, she will. Because she is in love with you, only she doesn't know it. And be clear to her, she needs it. Don't lie." He looks at his watch. "O shit, I need to go, Charlotte is waiting for me."

We both stand up and I hug him. "Thank you for your time and advice."

He smiles and hugs me back. "That's what best friends do right?"