Perfect

Chapter Forty Two

-AVA-

  True to my word, I return to the living room again after 5 minutes, setting Emma off to her own personal dreamland after making her whine her way through brushing her teeth.

  "Using my kid for your own gain," My teasing tone causes him to smirk. "That's sneaky."

  "I was kinda desperate." He replies. "For you."

  "Yeah, like that wasn't cheesy and cliché." I tease again, folding my arms.

  "Well, I'm only ever cheesy and cliché for you." He takes a few steps towards me. "You kinda do that to me."

  "I'm glad." I take a few steps closer to him. "Luisa..?"

  "Is no one." I can tell he was telling the truth. Being with Tyler so many years trained me in seeing lies. That guy lied to me constantly. "I literally just met her at that party; I have no idea who she is."

  "I'm sorry," It surprises him that I was the one apologising, but I had to. "I'm just not used to this world of yours, your life constantly being photographed and interrupted in one way or another, and it just freaked me out and lead to me being very quick with decisions and snapping."

  "I know." He frowns. "But let me promise you something."

  "Promising, so early on?"

  "Just hear me out." He reaches out, placing his hands out and motioned for me to hold onto them. When I did, he wraps his hands around mine, and I feel the hotness of his palms against mine. He also shakes slightly as well, bags of nerves taking over his entire body. I can't help but think in this moment in time how incredibly cute he looks. No boy actually physically shook whilst trying to talk to me. "I promise that I'll do anything and everything to protect you from that shit storm known as the mass media." 

  "That's a big job."

  "I know." He nods, but then smiles again. "But how else am I going to get Ava Perfect to fall in love with me?"

  "I think you're doing a pretty good job already." I smile, biting down on my bottom lip again.

  "I've been in Berlin too long." He replies after a sigh, eyes planted firmly on my bottom lip which causes me to laugh. He then places his hands on my cheeks, bringing his face closer to mine. "Let me kiss you again?"

  "Do you have to ask you massive weirdo?"

  "Kinda, yeah," He shrugs his shoulders. "So, can I?"

  "Yeah, of course you can you stupid idiot." My comment makes him laugh as he leans down, pressing his lips against mine.

***

-ALEX-

  I literally could have danced around the room, however weird that sounds. This wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but the situation made me realise something, almost like a massive light bulb went off in my head: I really frigging like this girl. Jeez, there was no way of denying it. 

  "Watch a movie with me?"

  "What a weird request," I groan, still with a smile on my face as she pulled away from me, but I kept her hands in mine. "Clearly snogging me isn't that entertaining that you want to watch some next Marvel movie or something."

  "Snogging you is the best damn thing ever." I reply, a little laugh escaping her lips. 

  "See now, Mr Darkbloom," She begins pulling away again away. "I would love to watch a movie with you, but I have a sleeping 4 year old upstairs and I'm also pretty tired from my hospital trek today, and you still have to work a lot harder for me to be your girlfriend."

  "But Emma wants us to be boyfriend and girlfriend so bad," My baby voice showcasing my childlike manner about the situation causes her to giggle again. "Fine, I'll go, but I'll be back early tomorrow because I'm taking you out tomorrow for another date."

  "I have work tomorrow." She reminds me.

  "You're telling me the shop is opening even with your step brother in hospital?" I shake my head. "Heck, I'd pay you your average takings for tomorrow if you don't open up, so then you won't miss out."

  "Almost like you're suggesting you're hiring me for a date..?"

  "Why make this weird?" I let out a judgmental laugh. "You know what I mean!"

  "Okay," She bites down on her bottom lip again, causing me to groan out loud again as I pull her towards me, wrapping my arms around her and placing my face into her shoulder, taking in her scent. She smelt of apples from her shampoo, apples with a mixture of hand sanitizer.

  She was at a hospital, after all.

  After walking me over to the front door, I turn back to bid my farewell to the stunning woman in front of me. When I look at her though, a thought that I had pushed to the back of my head re-emerges. "Hey, Ava?" I spoke. "Can I ask you something?"

  "Sure." She looks nervous as to what I was going to ask her.

  "I know it's pretty weird me bringing this up, but I was just curious..." I begin second doubting whether this was an appropriate time to ask her, but if it was most likely going to cause us drama in the future of our relationship, I'd rather be prepared for it now than later. "Your ex..."

  "What about him?" She places a hand against the door frame, leaning against it.

  "The model he left you for..." I shift between my two feet uncomfortably. "What was her name?"

  "Why?"

  "Just curious, I know, weird that I'm asking this now." I repeat myself.

  "Okay," She stands up straight again, wrapping her arms around herself. "Her name's Melissa."

  "Really?"

  'Okay Alex, just keep calm, don't let her know anything is wrong' I think to myself. 

  "Do you know her surname?" I continue, leading to her to shake her head.

  "Nope, he just said the name Melissa when he was leaving me," She replies. "Oh, and I know that she was brunette because Jules saw her from a distance just before he left me. He always had a type for the dark haired girls."

  So now it isn't just the first name of Ava's ex and the time differences which checked the boxes, but also the fact that the model was called Melissa, and that she was brunette (which Melissa was known for - her long dark locks).

  'Shit shit shit shit shit shit shi-'

  "You okay babe?" She asks, snapping me back into reality again.

  "Yeah." I take one of her hands into mine again, pulling her towards me. "More better now you have a pet name for me." I try to push the thought to the back of my head again, but it kept on bugging me.

  "Yeah yeah, whatever," She giggles as she wraps her arms loosely around my neck, dangling her hands down my back. "I'll see you tomorrow for our date then?"

  "Most definitely, Miss Perfect." And with one last departing tender kiss, I manage to pull myself away. "10am sharp, okay?"

  Emma is going to be ecstatic.

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