Fake dating (hamzah the fantastic)

chapter 9

The next morning I woke up alone in the bed. The afternoon sun shone through the window, illuminating the room.

The time on my phone read 1:04 pm. I got up from the bed and rubbed my forehead. I was still wearing my outfit from last night. I felt so exhausted.

I took a shower and brushed my teeth, trying to get the icky feeling off of me. I put on some new clothes and went downstairs. Hamzah was the only one there, sitting at the kitchen table on his phone.

"Hi," I said.

"Oh, hi," he said. He avoided eye contact with me and got up from the table. "I'm gonna, um, take a walk on the beach." He didn't even wait for my response and walked out of the room.

A bad feeling curled in my stomach. Something was wrong. Why was he acting like that? Especially after the night we had. Did I say something? Do something wrong? I don't know but it made me feel really bad. I thought he liked me.

Hamzah pov

11:39 am

I opened my eyes slowly and was met with the taste of alcohol and blood in my mouth. My head was throbbing and everything felt hazy. I really needed to eat something or I was going to throw up.

I got off the bed, slowly and carefully around Lia's sleeping body so as not to wake her. I smiled, remembering what happened last night. I really wanted to talk to her, but I let her sleep.

I took a shower and brushed my teeth, trying to get this taste out of my mouth. I still felt dizzy but went downstairs. Fran was standing at the counter, and when she saw me she had this serious look on her face. "I need to tell you something," she said.

I groaned. "I really don't want to hear what you have to say, it's too early for this."

I grabbed a donut from the box on the counter and took a bite. Ignoring my response, she said, "It's about Lia."

I stopped mid-chew and looked at her. "What do you have to say?"

She took a deep breath and said, "Last night, at the bar, I saw Lia being really touchy-feely with this guy. I thought it was suspicious so I kept watching, and eventually they started kissing."

I narrowed my eyes at her. She took the donut from me, took a bite, and said, "I just thought you should know because you guys are like, dating."

I snatched the donut back and said, "why should I believe you?"

"Because, I saw him give her this necklace. And then she was wearing it this morning."

"Wait, you saw her this morning?"

"Yeah," she said. "I went to your room to check on you because I heard about what happened last night. You guys were still sleeping, so I decided to come back later, but that's when I saw her wearing the necklace."

"Oh," I said. I finished my donut and went back upstairs. I trusted Lia, but I had also trusted Fran once.

I went back into the room. Lia was still sleeping. I walked over to the bed and there it was, on her neck was a silver necklace with the initial S.

My head felt dizzy again. We weren't actually dating, but I had really liked her. I had trusted her. The kiss we shared had been special to me. I thought she felt the same. I had even entertained the possibility of actually dating her, but I guess that all went to waste now.

I shut the door quietly and went back downstairs. Fran was waiting for me in the kitchen and she smiled when I walked in. 

Lia pov