American Sweethearts

Chapter 7

Later that night Sunny and his aunt had moved on from the argument earlier that day and were sat in the lounge when she kissed him goodnight and went to bed. Sunny sat there with not a single sound going on, driving himself crazy with Justice on his mind.

He grabbed the bike he used to ride whenever he came down and rode as fast as he could down to the lake. His head was spinning, how he could remember everything. Finally he made it to the willow tree, he jumped off the bike and tears began to roll down his cheeks. He sat right under it, leaning against the tree. Everything was the same, it hadn’t changed one bit. Everything accept Justice wasn’t there reading a book or writing a poem. Half of him was missing and it was all too late, why hadn’t he stayed that night when she begged for him. He looked across the lake and wondered what Justice was doing, was she with her fiancé, was she thinking about Sunny.

Justice in fact was at home alone, her fiancé was away working and finally her mother in law had gone. She stumbled around her apartment getting drunker and drunker, wondering what Sunny was thinking.

Two hours later Sunny cycled back to the house and noticed a car parked up outside. He rushed up the stairs and opened the door noticing the lounges light were on. He hurried through the kitchen and noticed his Aunt sat on the sofa, with Justice.

Justice turned and looked up at him with a big smile on her face.

“We were just having a catch up.” He grinned

His aunt slowly stood up and kissed him goodnight leaving the pair alone.

“What are you doing here?” he asked

She grinned and placed the cup of tea on the coffee table.

“To be honest, I’m pretty drunk right now.” She laughed

“How did you get here?” he asked concerned

She drunkenly rolled her eyes and placed her finger on her lip, “Shhh don’t worry!” she laughed

Sunny frowned and grabbed her arm, “You can’t drive home!”

She tried to stand up straight and laughed, “Suuure I can!” she yelled

Sunny picked her up and carried her up the stairs and into his bedroom.

He chucked her onto the bed and turned the light on, “You can sleep here, we can talk in the morning.” He mumbled

Justice giggled and dived into the covers. Sunny slowly closed the door and suddenly stopped in the hallway. He wanted to go in there and lay with her so much, but it was the wrong thing to do. Instead he grabbed a few blankets and rested on the sofa for the night.

The next day Justice woke up, completely embarrassed with herself. She looked into the mirror and tried to make herself look slightly more appealing. She grabbed one of his jumpers and tip toed down the stairs and into the kitchen. She walked back into the lounge and sat on the edge of the couch where Sunny was still fast asleep.

She grinned remembering how cute he looked when he was sleeping. She moved the blanket and tickled his leg. He suddenly jumped up and pushed her off of the sofa. Spilling the tea all over her, Sunny dived to the floor.

“I’m so sorry!” he insisted

Justice lead across the floor, crying in laughter, “Oh that never gets old with you!” she laughed

Sunny pulled her up and giggled, “You’re soaked!” he grinned

Justice looked down at herself and grinned, “You’re trouble.” She giggled