Because Of Her.

81 | Everything was true.

L I A M

"You are what?" Rose asks with her eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

I feel sudden warmth inside my body due to her stare and look down before repeating myself. "I am also coming to Florida."

Silence. I don't dare to look at her knowing what will be her next question.

"Why?" She asks. "Why do you need to come?"

"I am not allowed to come?" I know I am not. It was only Selena who was somehow hell bent on having me there. And Rose...I don't get any vibe if she wants me there or not. But then I asked my dumb fucking side—why would she want me?

She doesn't even want you here, you fucking asshole.

"I didn't have any say in it. It was purely your choice. I invited Drake and well...Amy agreed to have you there but what I am asking is why you are coming now? Didn't you already say no to Selena?" She asks and I finally look up.

You. You changed my mind.

I want to say but I remain quiet. She is right, I didn't want to go anywhere especially if that place is gonna have Selena but that place will have Rose, it will have a lot of her actually.

When I didn't know about her date with that fucking cartoon, I had no plan on agreeing for Florida. I knew they all were leaving for the wedding, I used to listen to them in the cafeteria about wedding and shit. I planned to leave Rose alone that I won't pester her after what happened in Vermont. It was clear—she doesn't want to forgive me but then I heard about her date and also heard Drake too. Somewhere or not he got into my mind and I realised that I cannot give up this early.

If I had her in Vermont, I should look at it as an opportunity, an initiative of entering into her heart again. She obviously somewhere deep down cares about me but—I had to bring it out by showing her that I am capable of securing her heart with me.

So when I left from here I grabbed Drake and told him to book my flight too. I still remember his smirk and if only I could have punched him.

Just under twenty four hours there has been a lot of mind fucking. Hearing about Rose going on date with that joker, then visualizing my fucking past on the goddamn green screen—it was no less than a horror to be honest. Then after that fucking up with Rose by lying, although I did come here to clarify about it but then I saw her getting scared by potential break in her apartment.

Now I am staring at her, contemplating how to say it's you—it's you Rose, always been you.

"What say something?" She prods, bringing me out of my subconscious.

"I—I had my reasons." I decide to say. She slowly nods her head as if something clicks in her head. This time she looks down and bites her lips.

"I see—well if you are coming too. Uh—"

"You don't want me to be there?" I ask again.

"It doesn't matter what I want."

I open my mouth to say it matters but she walks at the other end of her room and goes inside the bathroom. I stand there and close my mouth. Looking around her empty room, my head shoots a pain at the left side of my head and I realise how tired I am feeling. I didn't sleep much last night and today too I didn't get the time. Although Rose bed looks tempting and I know the moment my head will hit the bed I will pass out like a corpse. But I also know we don't have much time.

I retrieve my phone from my pocket and message Aaron that I will be out for a week and won't join any meetings. He is gonna be pissed. I think as I send him the message. I decide to message Logan too, to ask him about what Aaron said after I left the state.