In Your Dreams

Part 11

*Shanell's POV*

We drove up what felt like a mountain to reach the penthouse apartment we were going to be living in for the next 3 months. The coach stopped at the entrance. Me, Shennika and Bethany froze with our jaws dropping to the ground at the awesome vision in front of us.

"Whoa! T-this is our a-apartment?!" Shennika stuttered in awe. I nodded in agreement to her reaction feeling my eyes water "It's beautiful!" We trembled with excitement and were glued to our seats. Bradley's Dad laughed and turned to face us "Well girls if you think it's beautiful from the outside, wait till you see the inside" he winked knowingly.

A penny dropped. We fought our way out of the coach and ran up the pebble lawn until we came to a halt outside the door. There were two marble steps that lead up to the large polished wooden door of the penthouse. A brown haired lady opened to us- I guess she was baking because the warm smell of cakes was the first thing that hit our noses as we walked inside.

Bradley's dad was right, inside was beautiful! The living room had 3 sofas with a glossy flat screened TV pinned to one of the honey coloured walls that encircled most of the downstairs area. In the centre of the living room was a patterned red circle of carpet that held up a small opal glass table.

Leading on from the living room was a hallway of doors which brought our attention upon the stairs that rooted the very heart of the penthouse and looked liked it lead pretty much to anywhere. Still standing in the hallway we didn't know where to begin!

The brown haired lady ran and hugged Bradley tight when he entered, "I missed you so much Baby!" She said attacking his forehead and cheeks with red kisses.

"I missed you too...mum!" Bradley managed to breath out. She loosened her hug and moved so she had one arm over his shoulder.

She gave her son one last kiss, then walked up to his dad greeting him with a formal hug, "nice to see you again Chris" she said as she pecked him politely on the cheek before sneaking a look back at her son who was watching them observantly, "how was your trip?"

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Once Bradley's parents went into the kitchen to talk. We sat our things into our rooms and went to explore the rest of the house.

Nearly every bedroom was an en suite- which was awesome! And the views from the seated windows were really enlightening which was a bonus. But I'd have to say my room had to be my favourite because it was bigger than Shennika's for starters and my windows granted me the access of seeing more of the town in the distance.

After visiting my sister's room, I ran back up to mine and was about to put my phone on charge when I heard a knock on my door, I answered. It was Bradley.

"Hiya!" I said giving his cheek a kiss inviting him in. He sat on my bed quietly, I turned from my suitcase to look at him, "um Bradley...you ok?" I asked partly giggling in hopes he'll laugh too, but he didn't.

He looked up at me and smiled, "yeah, sorry I was just thinking" he walked over to me and pulled me into a tight hug. This was really starting to worry me a bit.

"Thinking about what?" I pressed on, pulling back from his hug and giving his hands a squeeze.

"Just about my parents" he said rubbing the back of his head sitting back down on my bed.

I sat in front of him on the floor taking hold of both his hands again. "Talk to me Bradley" I say making his weak smile reappear. There was a moment before he spoke, he brushed his thumb over my fingers concentrating on his thoughts.

"My mum and dad have been acting strange. They've been growing apart for a long time now. I didn't see it at first- well I chose not too. But when they saw each other downstairs just a moment ago, I saw my mum clench- nothing like I've ever seen before, I've never truly witnessed this until today. It's the way they look at each other now, there's, there's no love there..." His eyes watered and looked away from me to hide a tear that slid down his face as he closed his eyes tight "a-at least not anymore."

I did see and I felt my throat get tighter as my heart only hurt deeper. I cupped his face gently with both hands and wiped away his tears with my thumbs. I brought my face closer to his so our foreheads touched and planted a kiss on his face. I jumped back when he let out a gasp breaking into more tears- I could tell he'd been holding it in for a long-time. 

Seeing him cry just broke my heart even more, I felt a hot tear slide down my face as I hushed him softly trying to calm him down. I hugged him tight and rocked him lightly, "Bradley it breaks my heart seeing you like this, I had no clue you felt this way. But hey listen, you promise me Bradley, that you'll tell me whatever's on your mind, because you know I'll always be here for you. From the very first moment til now, nothing as changed, I still love you the same," I felt tears brim in my eyes, "I-I do love you" I choked out, "surely you must know that."

He removed his hands from covering his eyes just before a tear fall from his face onto my arm. He smiled as he slid onto the floor, I shuffled back so he could sit opposite me. He looked at my eyes deeply then leaned forward pressing his hot lips onto mine. We kissed lovingly then pulled back, he took me into another tight hug so my head was resting up against his shoulder.

His voice went into a gentle whisper: "I love you too and... I promise."