The Blind Date

Chapter 19: I Love You

I will be changing the style of writing when it comes to quotes. I will be using quotation marks instead of this thing...

Robbie:

Max:

Jared:

That's all I wanted to say. Thanks!

Max's POV

Today was finally the day I got to go back to London. Back to my other home. I love London, even though my life there wasn't the best. It's my home. However, my biological parents are not my family. Anyway, was really excited for Robbie to see where I grew up. Even though he lived in England for a few years, he says he'd only ever been to London once. And he says he didn't see anything interesting, so now I get to play tour guide.

"Max, where are you going?", Henry asked.

"Robbie and I are going to London. It's where I used to live.", I told him.

"Can I go too?"

"No. Sorry, buddy. You're going to be staying with my mom, dad, and Jared." He pouted. "But don't worry. You'll have lots of fun with Jared and I'll be back before you know it."

"Jared doesn't seem to like me very much.", he said.

"She he does."

"No. I don't think so, but I'll be okay." I smiled. There was a knock on the door and I walked to answer it. Saw Robbie there, leaving against the door frame.

"Hey.", I said.

"Hey. You ready?", he asked.

"Yup. My bags are all packed. All we gotta do is drop Henry off at my parent's house.", I told him.

"Okay."

"Henry!", I yelled. "Wait with him on the car. I'll be right out." He nodes and soon Henry came down. He ran out to Robbie's car, which was parked outside. I grabbed my few suitcases and carried the easily outside. Robbie helped me out then in the trunk and then we were off. We dropped Henry off, but had to leave right away to get to the airport in time.

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We sat in our seats as the plane took off. No one was in the third seat of our row, so Robbie and I got the space to ourselves. I felt kinda tense about what Henry said about Jared. That was all I could think about.
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Robbie's POV

I could tell something was wrong with Max. She had this distant look in her eyes and she hadn't said a word to me since we got on the plane.

"Max, love, are you alright?", I asked.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah. I'm fine.", she lied. Now I got worried.

"You're lying. What's wrong?"

"It's just...Henry said he doesn't think Jared likes him.", she answered. I looked away nervously. "Robbie? Robbie, what is it? Do you know something about that?", she asked.

"Um...nooo.", I said, extending the "o" sound. I knew I was horrible at lying, but I just really hate lying to her. Especially about her brother. In one month and four days exactly, it will be our 1 year anniversary . It took so long for me to realize just how in love I am with her and there's this part of me that won't let me do anything, and I mean anything, that might have even the smallest chance at ruining our relationship. Lying and keeping secrets about her brother definitely fall under that category.

"Tell me. Robbie, please. What's going on with Jared?", she asked. I sighed.

"I wouldn't say he...doesn't like Henry. It's just...nothing. It's really not a big deal. He's fine, Henry's fine, everyone's fine.", I ranted, hoping she'd just let it go. I promised Jared I wouldn't tell her. I either have to lie to my girlfriend, or break a promise I made to my best friend.