I REFUSE To Give Up

~~This is a SEQUEL to "I REFUSE To Fall In Love With You"  You don't HAVE to read that one to understand this one but it helps if you do and i recommend it! Anyways. ENJOY and thanks for reading this! MUCH LOVE!!<3~~

 "EMILY!!  GET YOURSELF DOWN HERE BEFORE RICHARD GETS HERE!! AND TRENT, GO HOME!!"

I pulled away from his irresistible lips rolling my eyes at my mother. Trent Chuckled as I rolled off my bed. Trent is my Next-door neighbour and boyfriend by the way. Oh and Paula, she's my mum.

"COMING PAULA!!" I turned around as two strong arms came around my waist.

"Do I have to go?" Trent whined placing kisses along my jaw.

"Yes Trent, you do! Not get OFF!" I giggle as he ticked me.

"Fine!" He grumbles as I lead him out onto my balcony. "I’ll be back later Em" He said giving me a final kiss before stepping off my balcony ledge onto his, which is right opposite mine.

"Laters" I waved before closing the curtains.

Anyway. Paula wants me to meet Richard her "Friend" But I’ve got a feeling its more than that. I skip down the stairs and plonk down on the sofa next to her my eyes raking over the delicious snacks laid out on the coffee table. I reach for an olive only to have my hand slapped away.

"NOT YET!!" She snapped fiddling with rearranging the plates. I huffed and crossed my arms over my chest pouting.

"What’s so special about Richard that we have to have dinner with him anyway?" I ask glaring at the side of her face.

"Well...Uh...he wanted to meet you...” She mumbles.

"When did he tell you that? I thought you were just work friends?

"W-We are...” She mumbles rearranging the plates.

"Oh so you guys were on a coffee break and he goes "Hey, Nice coffee? Great, and by the way can I meet your daughter on Friday?" I asked deepening my voice pretending to be Richard. She glared at me then the doorbell rang. She jumped up and ran to the door slowing down as she got there and checking her hair in the mirror. I rolled my eyes and jumped behind the sofa.

"Hey Richard!" I heard Paula say.

"Hi Paula, You look great!" A deep male voice said. Paula giggled. 

"Thanks! Come sit...Meet my daughter, Emi...Uh...Emily? Where has she gone now?" Paula giggled nervously.

"Never mind, she’s probably changing or something. Take a seat ill bring the food." Paula said.

"I’ll help" Richard offered

"No its okay ill go" Paula said then she laughed.

I saw Richards shadow on the chair and I knew it was time to jump.

"BOOOO!!!" I screamed as I jumped over the sofa straight into him.

"Oof!" He said as I fell with him to the floor, landing on his chest.

"Ah, Shit that hurt!" He said, but the voice didn’t sound like the Richards I heard a second ago. My head snapped up and I was staring straight into hazel eyes, framed with thick black lashes. My mouth dropped open. He smiled and I hear a gasp. I turned my head towards Paula who stood frozen with her hands over her mouth and her eyes wide. Richard stood slightly behind her with his mouth hanging open. 

WAIT!!

If THAT’S Richard then...

 I slowly turned my head back towards the dude I was laying on. He grinned waggling his eyebrows at me. I squealed jumping off him and turning to Paula

"Huh? What? Who? Me? Eh? PAULA?!" I said pointing a finger at her. I turned back to the Guy.

"YOU?! WHAT THE F..FISH?" I asked pointing a finger at him instead. "YOU...PERVERT!"

"Whoa, Whoa, WOAH! Let’s remember you jumped on me" He said holding his hands up innocently. I turned back to face Paula, my finger still pointing back at the guy.

"Doesn’t mean I didn’t like it" He whispered huskily into my ear. I jumped away from him glaring.

"Emily...That’s Josh, Richards’s son." Paula said I turned to her.

"And you didn’t think to mention this before??" I asked she shrugged

"Must’ve slipped my mind." she said putting the salad down on the dining table. I rolled my eyes. 

"I’m going upstairs, DONT TRY STOPPING ME!" I yelled grabbing the bowl of olives and marching up the stairs. I slipped off my jeans and top, jumped into my cloudy pj’s and sat on my bed and started munching. After a while, I heard a knock on the door. I ignored it and went back to my film.

The door opened slowly and Josh’s head poked through the door. He looked around and smiled as his eyes landed on me. I sat up and stared as he stepped in closing the door behind him.

"What the hell?" I asked 

"Nice to see you too Emily" He said smiling. He sat down on my bed and I shuffled away from him.

"Get out?" I offered, throwing an olive at him. He caught it and ate it smiling at me.

"What if I don’t want to?" He challenged

"Ill...I'll...I'll get Trent on you!!" I yelled. He whipped his head round to face me, his mouth open slightly.

"Trent? Who’s Trent?" He asked.

"My Boyfriend! So if you don’t want him to kick your ass then you better JOG ON!" I hissed pointing at my door. He stared at my wall looking thoughtful. 

"HELLO? Are you even listening??" I asked waving my arms around. He got up and headed to the door.

"Fine but don’t think I won’t be back Emily" He said winking before closing the door. I stared at it for a second. I can’t stay here. I got up and stepped out onto my balcony, climbed onto the edge and stepped across, onto the edge of Trent’s balcony. I tapped on his window and about 2 minutes later he appeared in nothing but a towel. His black hair was messy and dripping little droplets all down his chest. I took a deep breath and smiled. He smiled back and opened the door.

"Hey Em, you okay?" He asked stepping aside as I walked in.

"No not really."  I sighed flopping down on his bed.

"What’s up?" He asked drying his hair with another towel. I sighed again watching him get some underwear on.

"Paula’s 'boyfriend' Richard, He’s got a son Called Josh, which she never bothered to tell me about of course" I watched as Trent tensed up. He turned casually. Too casually.

"Josh? And dad Richard?" He asked slipping into bed next to me. I nodded against his chest.

"He’s so infuriating and I’ve known him for a Whole 10 seconds!" I mumbled. His muscles were still tensed up. I kissed his cheek and stroked his chest, trying to calm him a little.

"I need to see this guy" Trent said almost to himself. I nodded and closed my eyes, falling asleep to the steady rhythm of his heart.

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