Blindfold (Book One)

22. Unknown Similarity

Jim's POV

I am holding the knife tightly in my hand, I've lost control, way too much control.

"JIM! YOU HAVE TO LET ME IN! YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO ONE SINGLE WORD I HAVE TO SAY!" shouts Amelie from outside.

I look back up. "Jim what the hell are you doing?" I whisper to myself. I drop the knife, and gain control again. I should listen to what she has to say. It was your mistake, so if you lose her, face the consequences.

I weakly walk over to the door, scared of opening it, but finally decide that I should. I remove the tears from my face, and open it slowly.

"Come in," I say. "I am sorry, Amelie for what I said, really. I shouldn't have, I hope—

"Jim..." she interrupts. "Sit."

I stare at her confused, but obey what she says, and take a seat in the couch, her sitting next to me.

"Since when, Jim?" she asks. "Since when have you been in love with me?"

I try to hold the tears back, and turn to look forward, taking my eyes off hers. "Since we were fifteen years old," I say. "Since the day I met you."

From the corner of my eye, I see that she stands up and sits closer to me, making my heart skip a beat.

"Jim..." she starts, gently touching my shoulder and looking at me, even though I am looking down at the ground. "Hey...you want to know something?"

At this, I finally turn to look at her, and see that she has a tiny smile on her face, this making me a little confused. "What?" I ask.

"When Jason cheated on me, I...I felt somehow broken, but not really that much. I asked myself how in the world I could feel happy hours after my fiancé had cheated on me, and...it was all because I was with you. At that moment I couldn't deny that I always felt...strange, weird when I was around you, AL...WAYS, since the day we met, and...in the moment Jason flew out of my life, my blindfold was off, and I could see things clearly." By this moment, my heart is beating at an unreal pace, all my attention on her words. Nah this must be one other of my crazy dreams. "I talked to Kaley and...I realized that I had been in love with you all this time. Jim...I'm in love with you, or would it be more accurate to say...I'm in love with you, too."

I cannot believe what my ears are listening. I never in this life expected this to happen, it is unreal, a dream. "Amelie...pinch me, please," I say.

She brings her head back, as in confusion. "What?"

"Pinch me, hit me, whatever. I must be dreaming, so I'll wake up in a while."

She lets out a laugh and then starts talking. "Jim, you are not dreaming! I really love you...it's real!"

"I can't believe it," I say. "I should've listened to Simon a very long time ago, and should've told you how I felt."

"Hey! Yes you should! You had no idea how I felt when I thought you didn't love me."

"Ughh! And you should've known how I felt!" I say, jokingly.

"Well, to be honest. I found out a long time ago, too, so...I should've listened to Kaley."

To this, I show a surprised look. "Wait," I say. "Kaley knows??!!"

"Yes, yes. And Mayim and Melissa, too...Why?"

"BECAUSE KALEY, MAYIM, AND MELISSA ALSO KNOW THAT I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU!"

"Wait, so are you saying that the three of them know that we are in love and they didn't tell us???!!!!"