All I Know | Bojan Cvjetićanin

10. Please Just Listen To Me

Eva's POV

I woke up feeling like I had the worst hangover of a lifetime. Although I knew it had nothing to do with the amount of alcohol I consumed last night. I could still remember everything that happened ...vividly, but I wish I didn't at this point. From the barbecue, the beer pong, the karaoke, which of course was filled with memories of Bojan and I singing together, right up to the moment when everything went to shit on the rooftop and Kris telling me I had to go talk to Bojan today.

I rolled over in bed with a groan, the very least thing I wanted to do right now was to have that conversation. I knew I had to, but that didn't mean I wasn't dreading having it. I wished I could stay in bed as long as possible to delay the inevitable. But I really couldn't cancel the meeting that was scheduled for this morning.

When I headed back from the studio to finally get some food in me, Lauren was already in the kitchen with some freshly brewed coffee. I raised my eyebrows in suspicion, it was unlike her to be up before noon on a Saturday.

"I was wondering when you'd be done." She chirped and grabbed my hand when I was about to reach for a mug. "How are you feeling?"

"Better once I have some coffee in me." I said and tried to reach for a mug once more, but was again stopped by Lauren. I shot her a quick glare and sighed. "You're up to something Lauren, and I don't think I like it."

"Fine, fine! You got me." Lauren replied. "Look, the guys and I have planned to take Zeus for a walk in the woods this morning so you and Bojan have some privacy. Kris texted me that he's already awake 'cause he heard him sneak into the bathroom. So you should just rip off the bandaid and head up there and with some breakfast as a peace offering."

I couldn't help but sigh at the elaborate plan she had put together. "What did he tell you?"

"Eve, I know you're my best friend, but that's between me and him. You just need to go out there and clear the tension between the two of you. Without any prior knowledge about what the other may or may not have said. All that you need to know is that he agreed to having that conversation with you." Lauren said ever so upbeat, as if this wasn't the worst conversation I was going to have in my lifetime.

As if on cue, Jan, Jure, Kris and Nace appeared in the kitchen. Each of them, apart from Kris, had an awkward expression on their faces, and well, I couldn't really blame them after last night. I greeted Kris with a quick hug before Lauren ushered the boys outside. "Alrighty! We won't be back in the next three hours or so. When we're back we'll all play nice with each other again, eh?" Great... just great. No pressure at all.

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I knew it was for the best to go talk to Bojan. But I hated that I didn't know what to expect, or that I had to be the one to initiate the conversation. Then again, I had been the one to tell him to get lost so it was only fair for me to make the first step.

So that's how I found myself in the living room of the guest house with a tray of breakfast food, yogurt, eggs, croissants, and two cups of coffee. But Bojan was nowhere to be found.

I knocked on the one closed bedroom door, figuring it was my best shot of finding him. "Bojč, can we talk? I have breakfast." I asked after he didn't react to the knock.

"Uuuuh... okay, yeah... Give me a moment." Bojan sounded surprised. Maybe he expected it to be the guys instead of me, but at least he didn't sound like he was pissed off, which was a win in my book.

It only took a minute or two of me waiting around, anxiously twirling my coffee cup around in my hands, until Bojan showed up, wearing shorts, a white T-shirt and that crossbody fanny pack he always wore. "Morning." He said, although he sounded not quite like himself, and he barely even looked at me.