Fire and Gold [ UNDER HEAVY EDITING ]

Chapter 3- EMMA

I wake up 5 minutes earlier than the time I have set the timer on . I get changed and head down to meet Marcus and Ashley.

Marcus smiles when he sees me and Ashley comes towards me and hugs me.

That's when I recognize another girl standing with them.

Ashley clears her throat.

"So, Emma That's Amanda! Remember her?" Ashley says.

"Oh yes I do!" I say trying to act surprised.

Amanda was my and Ashley's friend since the first year of our college together. But she left in the fourth year because of an emergency.

I walk to Amanda and hug her.

"I miss you Emma, how's life?"

"It's good, so you live here now?"

"Yes I do, and I am going to take you guys on a tour!" Amanda says, excited.
"When though?" Marcus asks.

"Tomorrow"

"But me and Emma have a concert"

"Oh yeah, sorry I forgot, then it will be after tomorrow"

"Okay great, thank you!" Marcus suppressed a smile.

We all head to sit in the park and talk for a while.

"Look at the sunset" Marcus says in a low voice that could be heard by me only.

"Oh my God it's so beautiful" I say

"Just like you" he says grinning at me.

"Thank you" I say smiling back

When we all head to our apartments, Marcus lingers and beckons me to follow him.

"Come I wanna talk with you for a while" he says.

"Sure" I say following him.

We sit in the hotel's lobby.

"I thought it has been so long since we have talked so I got us here so that we would talk for a while" he says.

"Haha okay sure" I say smiling

"So how's your parents doing?"

"They are good, my dad still works for the same company as a full time job so he comes home only at the weekends and my mom went to New york with my brother to visit my grandpa, what about you?"

"Let's not talk about mine"

"Why?"

"They just got divorced last month"

"What? Why?"

"I seriously don't know myself" he says tears about to spill from his eyes.

I don't know how does he manage to be handsome even when he is about to cry.

I want to comfort him, but I don't know how to. In my whole life, I never knew how to comfort someone.

"Everything is going to be okay"

"I don't know what's good in this world anymore"

"I am here for you Marcus" Oh god no, I said it, it's so clear now, I wanna take my words, please.

"Don't call me Marcus. Call me Adams"

"Why?"

"I like my second name more than my first name"

I want to tell no, your name is beautiful just like you, but I don't.

"We should head back to our apartments so that we can sleep well before tomorrow's concert"

"Good night"

"Good night" he says walking me to my room, smiling.

I enter my room thinking about everything that has happened today.

I remember him calling me beautiful. Him telling me about his secrets. Him smiling at me.

No, no I say to myself. He can't like me, I am not that pretty.

I drift to sleep easily this day, maybe I am too happy to over think now.