Just Between Us

Chapter Twenty One

Divya's POV

I expected the headache once I woke up. What I did not expect was to find the other side of my bed empty.

My bed is not that big, if she was here I would've touched her already while tapping around. Regardless I opened my eyes to look and found my room empty.

As disappointment started to settle on my chest the door of my room opened on cue. Elizabeth walked in with the clothes she borrowed still on a glass of water on one hand. Of course she wouldn't have left. I felt slightly bad for thinking she would've.

"Oh you're awake." Elizabeth said coming over to my bed. "I figured I should get you some water and pills for the headache when you woke up." She handed me both things.

"Thanks." I said and swallowed the pills, the water down my throat feeling like a blessing. "What time is it?" I asked when I didn't see my phone nearby, probably forgotten on the living room since last night.

"Midday, all of you slept a lot. Kaden's still asleep on the couch and I guess your two other friends must be somewhere here sleeping as well." Elizabeth explained taking the glass from my hand and putting it on the nightstand.

I stared at Elizabeth, appreciating how gorgeous she looked in my clothes for the first time. I couldn't believe someone could look so flawless after waking up.

"Is now a good time to talk?" Elizabeth asked me.

I got up from the bed instead of answering first. "I'm going to brush my teeth first... then we can talk." I stumbled on my shoes that were thrown in the middle of the room on the way the bathroom, furthering looking like an idiot. I took longer than I needed to on the bathroom on purpose, because as much as I wanted to talk to Elizabeth about... this, I was anxious about it as well.

But I couldn't hide forever.

When I got out I saw Elizabeth still on my phone, texting on her phone but put it down once she saw me come out of the bathroom.

"Sorry I took long." I said hoping back on my bed. I put my curls on a bun as Elizabeth watched my every move. Like I wasn't nervous already. "What did you want to talk about?"

Yes Divya, act like you don't know.

"About last week... and this week as well." Elizabeth started out and when I didn't speak she continued. "I think I handled things the wrong way."

"What? What do you mean?" I asked. Yeah what does she mean? Maybe the fact that she didn't reach out after you drunk called her? No. That's not only on her, I didn't text her either.

"I wasn't avoiding you, I haven't been avoiding you Divya and I know that's how it seemed like, but I promise it wasn't like that. I thought you needed space." Elizabeth explained without me even having to complain about the lack of communication between us lately.

"Elizabeth is okay."

"Divya don't lie to me please." She looked at me with seriousness, yet her voice came out as a plead.

I frowned and moved to sit closer to her on the bed, my legs underneath me. "Let me try again," I grabbed her hand—Elizabeth automatically interlocking our fingers. "I wasn't angry at you for not reaching out after that night... I was just scared because I knew I fucked up. I thought I screwed up by telling you what had happened, but it really was because I shouldn't have done it. I've been telling myself over and over that hurting you is the last thing I want to do, yet I did. But I do have to admit I was disappointed when I didn't hear from you, even though I understood why I didn't."

Elizabeth shook her head, "The last thing I want to do is to hurt you as well, I've been telling myself that I need to let you make every decision because I don't want you to feel forced or pushed. I've been way too cautious and at some point it was just making things worse, that's why I knew I had to come here and talk to you and clear things up, something I should've done days ago instead of assuming."