One Hundred Roses (London Series : book 1)

Chapter Eight : Amelia

Many days carried on like this until Sunday finally came around. Today was the day she was supposed to get her roommate. She groggily clambered from her warm and cosy tomb. Placed her feet in her silky soft slippers and padded over to her kettle. Whilst her coffee was brewing, she put two slices of brown bread in the toaster. She took some time to dwell on the fact that this was probably the last time that she would have the room to herself. She listened to the whistle of the kettle and the hum of the toaster and drifted into some sort of trance that she was only awoken from by her toast popping up perfectly browned. After the kettle had brewed, she took a second to breathe in the bitter and amazing aroma of freshly made coffee. Róisín was thoroughly intoxicated by the chocolaty undertone her coffee possessed. The scent of melted butter on her toast drifted into the mix to create an utterly bewildering experience. God I must be on drugs, she thought.

After draining her mug of coffee, she walked over to her roommates' side of the room. She picked up all the sweet wrappers, cleaned up all the coffee stains and removed the food from the other fridge that had got there over the last few days. It was strange to think that there would be someone sleeping in that bed tonight. Whilst she was doing a routine tidy up of her room, her phone buzzed, Levi had text her. "hey Rosie, are you awake yet Hun xx" oh god she thought.

Yesterday lunchtime:

They were sat in a cute café that Róisín had seen when they went shopping the other day. Levi footed the bill and they left. "I've really enjoyed today, can we do this again another time?" his caramel eyes melted as he turned to face her. He leaned in, his eyes closing as his lips enclosed hers. she pulled away slightly " okay but as long as we can do this again " this time she leaned in , holding his face in her hands , her lips intertwined with his in a moment of lust and passion she was sure he could never forget . As they walked back to his car, their hands intertwined like they used to when she was with Bryn. She knew this was wrong as she would be pretty pissed if she found Bryn kissing another girl. Right now she wanted Levi and not Bryn, in this last week he had got to know her better than Bryn had in the months they had been together. She wasn't the sort of person who just kissed anyone she saw, she honestly liked Levi. She knew she would have to break up with Bryn but she didn't know how.

Present day:

She stared blankly at her phone for quite a long time as she still hadn't found a way to break up with Bryn without breaking his heart. "Morning Levi, you can come in if you want ". She emptied the wrappers into the bin and opened the door to a grinning Levi "morning sugar, have you missed me?" he was leant against the door frame in the way that looks sexy. He walked in to sit on the end of her bed. She reached for a bar of chocolate on the top shelf and sat beside him breaking off three pieces for each of them. "of course I've missed you, how could I not miss this ..." they both leaned in meeting in the middle for the sloppiest kiss she had ever received.

The door swung open mid kiss to reveal a shocked girl. Immediately Róisín pulled away from the kiss, her face red with embarrassment. "hi I'm Amelia; I take it you're my roommate Róisín" spoke a girl with soft ginger hair that fell just below her shoulders. Her soft voice was surprising as she had a face like thunder. Her soft, perfect pink lips parted to say "please don't have public displays of affection while I'm in the room" they both chuckled "I can't promise that but I'll try "Levi was obviously attempting to be funny but she didn't seem impressed. the room was so quiet that you could have heard a pin drop ." do you need any help with your bags ?" prompted Róisín " no , I'm fine , I've only got this one box " she placed the box down on her bed and followed Róisín as she provided a tour of the room . "...and all this side is yours, any questions?" she shook her head in reply. "You make a sexy tour guide you know "said Levi" I'd kiss you but I don't want to break my promise already " Amelia rolled her eyes at what Róisín had said, she had never really been one of the romantics. Róisín stepped outside to kiss Levi goodbye, she was unaware that her phone had buzzed.

"So you're two timing him then?" Amelia spoke up from her kitchen. " I swear it's not what it looks like" she was panicking , what if she told Levi that she hadn't broke up with Bryn yet . "Wait, how did you know?" she decided that this was the one vital answer she needed to know before she made a judge of character "firstly I'm a psychic secondly, you got a text from another boy whilst you were kissing him" she immediately rushed to check her phone. Sure enough there was a text from Bryn "hey hunnie, I've decided that I'm not coming to Cambridge, it's too far from home for me .I hope we can make this work long distance like we have been doing for the last week. Lots of love Bryn xx" she was honestly surprised, Bryn had seemed so excited to move to London but maybe she had misjudged him. "So when are you going to break up with him rose ". She shot Amelia a death stares "god doesn't shoot the messenger".

Tonight's video message was planned out in her head. She would tell him straight out what was happening, apologise and tell him how sad she was that he wouldn't be coming to Cambridge next term. When it eventually got to half ten which was their designated video call time, she could barely bring herself to press call. Amelia was over at john and Levis so she could be alone for the video, she had locked the door just incise any one of them came barging in on her call .finally Bryn picked up. he immediately rushed into saying how much he had missed her until she stopped him" shut up , I'm not being rude but I need you to be deadly quiet for the next five minutes and don't even speak until I have finished okay ?" "Okay" for the next five minutes Bryn stayed silent while she explained exactly what happened yesterday. "Are you asking for forgiveness?" "I am not requesting forgiveness, I am breaking it off as I couldn't see him every day without falling for him all over again "Bryn broke down into tears until she couldn't take it anymore and ended the call.

She crawled into bed that night conscious that she wasn't alone. She broke down into tears under her duvet. The only strange thing was that she didn't want to be alone like most people do at the end of a relationship, she wanted Levi. She padded slowly towards his door and used the spare key he had given her to unlock the door. She walked over towards levis bed and gently awoke him "I can't be alone right now "he lifted the duvet and let her in. he held her until she fell asleep, stroking her hair and ensuring she was warm." I want to sleep next to you but that's all I want to do right now ".