Perfect

24th July, 12:30ish

I tied the beautiful necklace around my neck  and I sat up. I walked home slowly. Maybe I had been a jerk, maybe Alex didn't send those pictures after all........ Or maybe he did.......I'm so confused......Everything I know could be a lie. I may just be overeating here, I should just meet him on Saturday and see what he has to say.....yup, that's what I'll do. I opened the front door to see mum making tea. A barrier of smoke hit me in the face as  I stepped into the room. 'Mum.....What are you making?' I asked as I took my shoes off. 'Well, umm....I WAS making casserole....' she sighed as she pulled out a singed pot of what must have been casserole out of the oven. 'I must have left it in the oven too long......' mum smiled weakly, then she noticed what was tied around my neck.

'Rosa, it's beautiful, the necklace I mean...' she said in awe as she stepped closer to examine it. 'It looks expensive.....Rosa, be honest now.....Did you take it?' mum frowned 'No mum, honestly I didn't. Alex, well Alex's dad, well it was his mum's and.....' I stuttered trying desperately to make sense. 'Rosa darling, I'm not accusing you of anything, but I don't think that anyone would just give this necklace away....' mum faked a smile as she held the pendant in her hand. 'Mum, ummm.... well Alex's dad gave me a letter at the park and.... it was from Alex, ummm.... he wanted me to have it and umm..... it was from his mum....' I whispered the last few words as mum looked more and more suspicious. For goodness sakes I was her daughter.

'Ok then, I'll just check with his dad......' mum said as she walked over to the yellow pages. 'Aha!' she smiled as she obviously found the right number. I didn't mined her phoning Alex's dad, but he may not know that Alex had given me the necklace that belonged to his wife....... 'Hello, yes.......oh it's me.....Rachel? Rosa's mum?.....I just phoned to know, did you give Rosa a necklace?...............Yes, silver and encrusted stones in the shapes of flowers...............Oh, well thank you very much, she loves it.....' at that point I knew when to leave, so I slowly climbed the stairs and plonked myself on my bed. Then I realised I was sopping wet, so I quickly jumped off my bed and I got changed. A few minutes later mum called from down stairs. 'Tea is ready, the casserole didn't work out... as you know, but at least I can cook a pizza!'

*24th July, 12:30ish*

Alex definetely said here, didn't he. My stomach was filled with butterflies, I couldn't sleep last night and now I feel groggy, tired, nervous, stressed....the list goes on for ages so I wouldn't bore you to death. It was now 12:46, I was wondering whether to walk home when I saw Alex in the distance. Oh dear, just pretended you haven't seen him, look away, maybe at your shoes....... 'Rosa, hi!' Alex smiled weakly. 'I'm sorry I'm late, you must of wondered where I was....' he apologised, I had forgiven him, but he still thought I was mad at him 'Yes I did, and I still do. Where were you? Why were you late? Why did you give me this necklace? Why am I still shouting when I'm not mad at you...........' I snap at him, but get quite very quickly when I realise what I was saying. 'Ummm.....I can answer most of those questions, We were sorting out all mum's old stuff that we still had and we couldn't decide what to keep, dad kept on wanting to get rid of it, but I had so many memories with those objects...........I gave you that necklace because I thought of you when I saw it, it matches your eyes, and it was a way of saying "I still want to see you" and the last question, I have no idea at all, why are you still shouting at me?' The whole time he was trying to make eye contact with me, but I wouldn't let him, plus I never make eye contact anyway. It makes me feel like the other person is staring at you, fiding all your flaws and secretly laughing about them.

'Well ummm... I..... I just needed to get all my anger out, and with that done, I'm sorry for blaming you and being so mean, you must hate me, and don't you dare say you don't because I know you do.....' I sigh 'Then what am I supposed to say if I can't say I don't hate you. Because I don't.....' he smiled 'And I don't hate you either, but I'm still not sure whether you didn't send that photo, but that's the past right?.....' I smile weakly 'Yep, so what I really wanted to talk about, was, well I really like you, I really, really like you.......' Alex murmured as he stared at his foot and blushed a bright shade of pink. 'Oh, umm... I like you to, I really, really like you......But I'm not really ready for a boyfriend yet, but I would like you as a friend......' I say awkwardly, I see the light drain from Alex's eyes, he looks up at me and nods. 'Sure, sure...That's fine with me....of course, let's just be friends.' he smiles 'That's great, I'd love that, we must meet up sometime, Oh I gotta go.....' I smile happily. 'Ok, sure, bye, see you soon...' Alex waves to me as I walk off. I wave back obviously, I waved back until I couldn't see him anymore, I was glad to see him again.....