I really like you.

Nine

Jamie-Leigh's POV~
Once we had cleared everything away and cleaned the mess on the floor, I thought it was time to leave as my dad was probably mad that I stayed out last night, I text him telling him I was at a friends. Connor gave me a lift but parked a few minutes away so my dad didn't see him. The door was locked so I knocked and Waited for him to open the door as I left my key inside, he answered and smiled

"Hi darling, good time at your friends house?" He was acting completely different, as if nothing had happened

"Yeah thanks" I went to go upstairs but he stopped me

"Wait, can we talk please" I stopped and turned to look at him

"Erm... As long as it's not an argument then yeah" he lead me to the living room and sat down, patting the spot next to him

"You realise everything that happened was only to protect you from dangerous people" he explained

"Yes, but dad nothing was happening, it was one kiss and that's all, there was no need to beat the poor guy up" I replied lying slightly

"And I believe you, I know I shouldn't but your my little girl, I need to protect you" he smiled and I hugged him then left to go upstairs to my room. I was still annoyed that he beat him up, but i didn't want him to think anything else was happening so I hid the anger.

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Two weeks had past and everything was fine, my dad and I were talking fine, me and Connor were still together, yet not officially and I still hasn't spoke or seen Dylan, and I don't plan to. I was on my way to see Connor. He was parked in his normal spot, exactly 80 steps away from my house so my dad didn't see. We went back to his house and he had a selection of films ready to watch, we decided to watch the impossible first, which always makes me cry.

"Popcorn?" He asked, I nodded and he got up to go and get some

"Butter, salted or caramel?" He shouted through from the kitchen

"Erm, caramel please" he came in a few moments later with two bags of caramel popcorn and placed them on the table. I went to go and pick mine up when he pushed it back down

"No! Not that one" he said quickly, I jumped

"Why? They are both the same" I laughed at how childish he was being. I opened my pack and went to get some popcorn when I felt a piece of card, I
pulled out two pieces of card that read

Dubai, Wednesday, August 1st
1st class flight

I just scanned over and over the flight information in front of me

"Whats all this for?" I asked

"For us, so we can get a way for two weeks, just us two, have time for ourselves" he smiled and I screamed. He laughed and I covered my mouth

"Sorry, I'm so excited, no way! No way are we going Dubai in two days!" He nodded and I jumped into his arms

"Wait my dad? He's never going to let me go to Dubai without him?" I said pulling out of the hug

"We'll figure something out, just enjoy the moment" we watched two films and by the time the third one was starting Connor had already fell asleep next to me, I switched the tv off and decided to call Eliza to see if she could help us out

"Hello?" She answered the phone

"Hey, sorry to call you so late, can you do me a huge favour?" I replied hoping she'd say yes

"Jamie it's only 9 and depends what it is" she laughed and I explained the whole Dubai story and if she could tell my dad I was going with her family as they had an extra ticket, after a bit of persuading she agreed

"Thank You so much, you won't regret this" I put the phone down and joined Connor on the sofa, he was in the perfect position for me to curl up with him. It took me a while to get tired but after searching in my phone for a bit in silence I was drifting off.

"Jamie, Jamie" I opened my eyes to Connor shaking me slightly, we were still curled up on one side of the sofa and it was light outside. I smiled and sat up looking at my phone, it was the next morning and I had four missed calls from my dad and a few messages asking where I was, he thought i was at a friends so I just told him we fell asleep and forgot about time.

"Morning" I finally replied

"Breakfast?" I nodded and went to sit at the table while he made me a bagel. He joined me

"So I've got some good news" I smiled at Connor opposite me, tucking into his beans on toast

"What?" He said unsure about what I was going to say

"Well Eliza has offered to tell my dad I'm going on holiday with her family" his face lit up

"That's great, you better get home soon and pack then" I realised I had to persuade my dad and let him think Eliza's family is actually taking me to Dubai. I ate my breakfast fast and kissed Connor goodbye

"I'll call you later" I said picking up my bag

"Okay, bye babe" he said as I left the door and him shutting it after me. I wanted to walk home from his apartment as it wasn't to far and I wanted some fresh air.

"Helloooo?" I shouted through the house when I got home

"Hi sweetheart, have you had breakfast" my dad said popping out from behind the corner, I nodded and put my bag on the stairs

"So dad, please hear me out before you disagree" he cut me off

"What have you done?"

"Nothing it's just Eliza's family's are going to Dubai and they asked if I wanted to come because they had a spare ticket and I think I should be allowed because it would be good for me to get away for a bit and...." He stopped me talking and I was glad because I was losing my breath

"You can go, you deserve it, obviously I have to speaks to Eliza's mum about it and make sure everything is okay but yeah you can go" I smiled and thought about how I was going to get my dad not to speak to Eliza's mum. I text Eliza and we decided we should get my dad to call Eliza's mum because she was too busy to meet up and Eliza would answer trying to do her voice. I gave my dad her mums number and made sure Eliza had it in her room incase her mum actually answered

"Hello?" My dad said and my heart was beating so fast

"Hello" I heard Eliza say back, she sounded so like her mum

"Jamie has told me it's okay for her to go to Dubai for two weeks with you?" He replied

"Yes, we had a spare ticket as there was a deal on and Eliza asked if we could take Jamie-Leigh and of course it would be a pleasure" I laughed under my breathe at how posh she was trying to act

"Alright, well thankyou, how much were the tickets?" He asked

"Oh no, no money, it's a treat on us"

"No I insist" after a bit of back and fourth disagreement but he finally gave in and they decided he would give me spending money instead of flight tickets. He hung up and gave my phone back to me

"Well you better get packing" I squealed

"Thankyou!" I hugged him and got my suitcase as I was leaving the next day