The Girl Who Worked In A Music Shop

Chapter 34

Phoenix PoV
As we arrive at the bowling alley Tyler pretty much jumps out the car and heads for the entrance with Patrick. He really really loves bowling. When we where little we used to make our parents take us boiling as often as we could, we actually got pretty good! Obviously we don't go as often now!

As I look away from watching Tyler running towards the building my eyes fix on Pete who is just standing outside the car waiting for me... My heart leaps a little because I'm reminded that this unbelievably good looking rock star is in love with me... He's in love with me!
"Phee?" I snap out of my trance to see him staring at me through the car window... I must've been staring at him! I bush as I get out the car, he laughs.
"What is it?" He shoots me his annoyingly got smile,
"Wha- oh Erm nothing just... I love you" I say as I gaze into his eyes, he looks at me weirdly for a second before laughing again.
"I love you too" he kisses me, still laughing.
"We'd better join Tyler before he explodes!" I say breaking the kiss and pulling him towards the doors of the neon light filled building.
"Yeah I'm not sure Patrick is up for that amount of excitement right now!"

When we walk in we're greeted by Tyler frantically waving his arms about by the shoe fitting area, we laugh and join him. Patrick already has his shoes on and is very focused on them.
"Oh hey! Took you long enough!" Tyler gasps as he shoves two pairs of shoes in our direction,
"Oh yeah sorry! I er.. Got a little distracted.." Pete turns to sink at me and I feel the same butterflies as I did when I first fell for him. Why am I feeling all lovey about him all of a sudden?!?

We finally made it to our lane and Tyler speeds for the first go! As usual! The night washes away as we fight over who won and how many re matches a re match can have! But it was so good because Patrick and Tyler are now really good friends! Which is great because it means that mine and Petes best friends actually get along! We finish the last game around 11pm and by then most of us, obviously not Tyler, had thrown enough bowling balls that our arms where going to fall off at any given minute!
"Ok round five?!?" Tyler adds excitedly,
"You know Tyler I think it's time that we all went to bed.. You know coz we have a big day tomorrow!" I say before he runs to pay for another game, he frowns but understands.
"Yeah..I guess maybe four is enough!"

We leave the building laughing and goofing around, often with Pete talking about what Patrick used to be like and then Tyler adding an old memory with me... Most of the time they would be embarrassing ones! When we finally got to the apartment Patrick collapsed onto his sofa bed and practically fell asleep within two seconds, Pete slumped himself on our bed while I had to show Tyler the apartment.
"Damn Phee you did good!" He says while stroking all of the newly made furniture,
"Yeah I guess I did" I say while staring at the hot guy waiting in my bedroom and removing his top, I hear Tyler laugh.
"Yeah I was talking about the apartment" I laugh with him and show him to his room, he jumps on the bed and pretends like its the most comfortable thing he's ever slept on.
"Goodnight Ty"
"Goodnight Phee, I'm gunna miss you when you go" he says hugging me, I almost forgot the fact that I'm leaving him and Chicago for a year! But it will be worth every minute..
"I will miss you too! Night"
"Night"
I shut his door and head past the main room listening to the snoring Patrick who passed out on the sofa towards the bedroom.

He was already tucked in bed when I walked in, as I got into bed he held me close,
"Are you sure you want to leave for a year?" He says.
"Yes" I spin round to face him,
"I'm so sure because I get to spend a year with the guy who is responsible for me being here, I'm sure because I get to spend a year travelling and playing huge sell out shows! But mainly im sure because I get to spend a year with the guy I love" He kisses me and hugs me tight.
"I do not deserve you Phoenix Wolfe" he says with a huge smile wiped across his face, I smile back and we fall asleep in each other's arms with big smiles planted on our faces.

Yeah I could spend a year doing what I love with who I love.

The next morning I'm woken by the sound of two guys in our living room messing about... I unlock myself from Petes arms and I stumble towards the door to see what's going on. It turns out that Patrick and Tyler had found the Nintendo WII and are currently racing each other on MarioKart! They're taking it pretty seriously by the looks of it! I chuck my clothes on and join them.
"Hey Phee! Did you sleep well?" Patrick says as he pats the sofa next to him persuading me to sit.
"Really well! I guess I was tired after our 4 game bowling match!" We laugh as Tyler's face begins to turn red.
"So I was thinking we should go to the beach today?.." I say slightly hesitating because the beach isn't often the most popular idea,
"That sounds pretty good right now, I know just the place"

I spin round to see Pete standing in the doorway, leaning on the frame and smirking. Still topless... I didn't mind.
"Aah the wild Peter awakens from his slumber" Tyler mocks him.
"You thinking of the place?" Patrick says tilting his head at Pete, my anxiety kicks in and instantly thinks of bad things. He nods at him and Patrick slips into the kitchen, I follow him and close the door behind.

When he turns to see me I give him a look as if to say what the hell was that?
"What?" He says still confused,
"That place?! What place?" I say with a harsh tone to let him know I'm equally confused as him.
"Oh.. Phoenix it's nothing to worry about!!"
"Really... Then what is it?" My mind stops screaming and begins to calm down after he says this. He lets out a large sigh,
"That place is a private beach me and Pete used to break into with friends, it was our special place that only a few of our friends knew about... We often wrote songs there and we would always take our guitars.."'he laughs as he gazes into his own world.
"That sounds perfect... But why was it so... So"
"Private"
"Yeah..."
"We kept it so secret because we wanted a place that wasn't so crowded all the time.. A quiet place where either one of us could think or write... Alone. Pete loves the beach so he would often travel to a public one but he would end up being too distracted and get annoyed, which is why when we found this place he fell in love with it so much...he said only our closest friends could ever visit because he didn't want it to become as crowded as a normal beach, he also swore to me that he would never bring a girl to this place unless he really has fallen in love with her" he looks up at me and smiles.
"He says he wants to bring you... Alone, so I thinks and Tyler are gathering up the rest of the band and meeting you here later.. That's the plan he's had since you where out of..you know.. Hospital.."

My mind is in so many different places, it rocks me back and forth as if I was a boat on an uneasy sea...
"He swore to never take a girl there unless he really has fallen in love with her."
He's been planning to take me for months...

I hug Patrick so hard that his hat falls on the floor, he hesitates at first but hugs me back harder.
"You guys are perfect together you know.." He says in a wobbly voice.. I knew his mind was shifting back to Lizzie, I break off and stare at him with a big smile.
"You will find a girl who is just like you and loves everything you love, you will find your perfect girl Patrick... She's out there waiting for you" he smiles back and hugs me again,
"I honestly have no clue as to why a perfectly nice girl like you could possibly end up with a guy like Pete!"
He laughs,
"Well look at it this way, how could a horribly broken couple come to fix each other?" I say,
"I... I don't know.." He stutters to find an answer,

"With a little thing called love."