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Forty.

Forty.

James' POV.

"Belle, I'm sorry...".

Why was I so thick?

She had already gathered her things and was trying to go past me.

"You don't have to apologize to me. You're not my friend or anything".

I chuckled. She never quit being sassy now, did she?

"I meant for interrupting you".

That's as much as an aplogy as she was gonna get.

"And I'm sorry for interrupting you. I'll leave you two to do whatever it was you were... doing", she gave us a disapproving look before disappearing from sight.

Boy, I'd messed up. Big time.

~

Luckily, Mia felt as if the mood had been sort of disconnected so we went our separate ways. I knew I had to talk to Belle if I wanted to make things right... But I wasn't really sure about what to say.

I kept playing the scenario in my head and not once did it end up okay...

"Not that we're friends or anything but I think I owe you an apology...".

"I think I upset you so best thing for you is if I apologize already...".

"Why am I such a prick?".

I'd never been able to think straight around her. It'd been that way since day one. And I always asked myself the same question: Why was she any different?

"Hey Dave. How are you?".

"Hey James. Are you alright?", my dad's voice could be heard on my phone.

"Yeah, yeah. It's just...", I sighed not knowing very well where to start. "I need some advice", was all I could manage to say.

He stayed silent for a couple of seconds.

"Who is she?".

"How do you know it's a girl?".

"Well, I'm hoping it's not a boy. Is it?".

"No, no, Dave. Listen", I begged. "I made a huge mistake. I offended this girl I kinda really like but we're not even friends or anything... If she hated me before, she seriously does now".

"I think you should try to apologize and try and get closer to her... If you ain't friends, well, you should start going down that path if you really want a future with her...".

"I already tried that. And I blew it...".

"Listen, James. Do you know why people who've been cheated on forgive? Because of love. They love the other person so much they don't care what they did. They truly believe people can change. Since you two aren't really dating I'm sure she'll forgive you for whatever it is you did. If not then she doesn't really want you in her life and... You deserve better mate. Don't chase someone who don't appreciate you, okay?".

I tried to process what it was he was trying to tell me.

"Yeah... Yeah, okay, Dad. Thanks".

~

As soon as I got home I made my way to the kitchen. I'd see if she was there and continue searching from there if she wasn't.

Luckily for me, or unluckily, she was right there. I stopped dead on my tracks not knowing what do next as she either hadn't seen me or was pretending to ignore me as she made herself some toast.

"Can we talk about what happened today?", I finally spoke.

"There's nothing to talk about", she said not looking over at me.

"Then why do I feel like I messed up and everything's not good between us?".

I'd decided to go with the flow. I was praying I didn't screw this up. Again.

"That's your problem", she said already making her way down the hall.

Okay, that's it.

"No, it's not just my problem! It's not just my problem when it's you who clearly has a problem with me!".

There. That was it. I'd yelled at her. I'd completely ruined it with just two sentences.

"Me? I have the problem with you?", she turned on her heels and put her toast down so she could put her hands on her hips. "It wasn't me who insulted you on our first encounter, buddy".

"Technically, you did", I half-closed my eyes at her.

"Have you ever heard of the word joke before? I think now I know what to get you for your birthday. A damn dictionary! That way you can look it up. It's wasn't my fault you'd had a crappy day!".

"Whoa, guys, guys!", Jake irrupted into the hall along with all the other boys just before I could reply with a comeback.

"Calm down", Tom told us.

"Why are you guys always fighting around each other?", Barclay asked trying to figure out what was going on.

"Ask him. Oh wait, I already asked you to and no one seems to be able to give me a fucking straight answer. I'm done with this. I'm outta here", she waved her hands as a dismissal sign leaving us all alone in the middle of the hallway.

"You forgot your sandwich!", Chris yelled after her making me snicker even though I shouldn't.

"Eat it!", was the last thing we heard before she slammed her door shut as loudly as she could.

"James, what happened?", Reece asked as they all turned to me.

I sighed.

"I blew it... We got into a fight".

"Tell us something we don't know", Barclay said.

"Shut it, loser".

"Okay, I don't care what it is this time. You're gonna find a way of apologizing to her for everyone's sake. Got it?", Tom pointed a finger me menacingly giving me no other choice but to do as he said.

~

I'd let things cool that afternoon so before giving it another try I decided to go have a shower to clear my head a little bit. I went straight past the changers towards the showers and started washing my hair.

I kept humming 'Ordinary People' by John Legend.

Once I was done, I wrapped a towel around me and messed my hair a little bit as I made my way towards the changers.

"Jake? What the hell are you doing?!", I heard Belle screaming.

What was going on? What was she on about now?

When I  got to the first room I saw Belle slamming against a closed door like her life depended on it.

"You two need to get things straight! It's the only way we'll be able to live in peace in this house!", Jake's voice was heard fom the other side.

Oh shit... They didn't!

"'You two?' What are you talking about?", she asked confused as fuck.

After the shock worn off and since no one else had said anything I decided it was a good time to announce myself:

"Looks like we'll be in here for a while".

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