My High School Reunion

Chapter 15

Lia's P.O.V:

Watching his retreating back I prayed. I prayed that for once the stars would align, the God's would answer my prayers and any other mumbo jumbo that meant that for once in my miserable life, something good would finally happen, and to me that something would be Nathan Valentine.

Wiping the rest of my tears with the back of my hand I began to walk back to my brother's house. I wondered what Nathan was planning to do because he only had a few hours to organise the best trip he would ever need to organise in his whole life. If he, for any reason, messes up this opportunity then I would know that he was not as invested in repairing the barely there realtionship that we currently have as I am.

Climbing up the steps towards the front door I smiled at the propsect of having my Nathan back. Not the arrogant public persona that he would attain when around his friends but the sweet, loveable guy that pulled me onto his lap, called me beautiful and then told me that he loved me. "Hey, how are you doing?" startled I looked up at Danny who then proceeded to grab my hand and pulled me into the house and onto their sofa. "Lia, are you sure that this is the right thing to do?" what? "Do what Danny? I'm not doing anything." he shook his head "You forgave him." he didn't ask me if I had forgiven me he just stated it as though he knew what had happened between us. "No, I didn't fogive him at all. I just want to know for certain whether or not he thinks of me as a joke or if he truly does love me. I know that I most likely setting myself up to fall again but Danny, you should have seen his face outside when he thought it was over. He told me that he was going to cut back his time off and go back into the army. I can't let him do that, not with so much spilt milk between us, we need to take time away from everyone and everything and just see what happens." Danny sighed and placed a hand on my arm. "Are you sure? I could see the way he was looking at you and you at him and I just don't want to see you any more hurt than you are at the moment. I swear to you that if he does anything more to hurt you then I will kick his arse, military training or not!" I smiled and gave him a hug "Deal" I replied laughing.

Closing my eyes I wondered what Nate could possibly be planning that is supposed to take away all of this hurt and start making things better between us. Especially when he only had a matter of hours before he was picking me up. "I am going to take Charlotte up to bed. I will see you in the morning before you leave, alright?" Nodding I stood up and enveloped him in a hug "Thank you so much for everything Danny. I really do appreciate it." he smiled and took off out of the room "I love you Amelia." it was a rare moment when my brother told me he loved me so I took that moment with both hands "I love you too, goodnight." and with that he left the room leaving me to fend for myself. I decided that I should probably go and grab some clothes to take with me. As I spent a lot of time here I had a wardrobe full of clothes already here so I would just need to decide what, out of everything that I owned, I would be taking with me, especially as I had no idea as to where we were going.

I didn't end up falling asleep until after midnight but atleast I had finished packing and was now more prepared for this trip away. Shutting off my alarm when it rang at 8:30am I quickly grabbed my toiletries and made my way into the bathroom for a shower and a shave. I could feel the nervousness creeping in now as I knew in an hour and a half Nate would be here and he would be doing all that he could to make things up to me. And if I was completely honest, I could not wait to see what was in store because I really wanted things between us to work. More than anything I have ever wanted in my life.

After showering I made my way down to attempt breakfast. The butterflies in my tummy appeared to be preventing me from wanting to eat anything, knowing that that in no way was a good idea I made myself some toast, accompanied with a cup of coffee. What a perfect way to start my day. "Good morning Lia." I heard Danny call out as he entered the kitchen. "Morning Danny." he made his way over to the pot of coffee and poured himself a cup and then joined me at the table. "How are you feeling about today?" I bit my lip as I though of a way to verbalise just how I felt about this. "I am excited and scared. Very, very scared." I sighed as I wrapped my hands around my cup "I know that it is normal to be worried about events like this because this will either make or break us but I feel like I am wishing for too much and I will inevitably feel like a fool again." I felt an arm wrap around my shoulder "Everything will work out for the best. Whether you end up with Nathan or not, you will be alright. I am always going to be here for you." I smiled and was just about to reply when the doorbell rang. "Well, atleast he is punctual." joked Danny as he manouvered his way out of the kitchen and towards the front door. Drinking the rest of my coffee as quickly as I could I ran back up to the room I was staying in and grabbed my small suitcase and then made my way over to where Nate was waiting for me.

"Wow." I heard Nate say as I made my way towards him "You look beautiful. Are you ready to make a move?" I nodded and turned to give my brother a hug. "Say goodbye to the others for me please as I know they are still asleep. I will let you know when we get to wherever it is we are going. I love you." he returned my hug with a large amount of strength, making my breath leave my lungs. "I love you too, be safe. And you, you better take good care of my sister or I will break your legs are we clear?" Nate had the grace to look alarmed as we all knew that he would most likely win in a fight with my brother. "I will do whatever I can to keep her safe. I promise." and with that we waved goodbye and left in his car.

"So, where exactly are we going?" I asked as we made our way onto the motorway. "We are heading up to my grandmothers cabin at Sherwood Forest. I know you like nature and I privacy and this way we get to stay in a beautiful log cabin, designed for couples, and enjoy the nature surrounding us. Besides, with very little around us what more can we do but talk and make things better between us." I looked up into Nate's eyes and I smiled "That sounds amazing, Nathan thank you for doing this." he shook his head "It honestly was no problem I knew that I had to fix this between us because I am incapable of letting you go and I know that deep down you feel the same way." I nodded because he was right, under no circumstances did I want to let him leave my life but a girl can only do so much with nothing in return "I really want you to fix this because I do care a lot for you but as I said last night, this is your last chance. You screw it up just once, even a little bit and you and me are over." I could see his grip on the steering wheel tighten and his knuckles turn white "I know." I could even hear the strain in his voice. Reaching over to place my hand over his I tried to calm him down "Hey, relax, you are obviously wanting to fix this otherwise you wouldn't have gone to so much trouble so please don't get mad and just look forward and prove to me just how much you want to be with me."

"I swear to you, Lia, that with my last breath I will prove to just how much I want you and how sorry I am for every stupid thing I have ever done that involved you. I guess I never grew up, but now, with you I know that you are more important than anything and any imature act that I find funny. I will fix this and I will spend everyday proving just how much I love you. Because I do, I love you more than anything and anyone in my whole life."

Well heck, how is a girl supposed to reply to that? So when we pulled up at a red light I leant over and kissed him until the car behind us began beeping his horn so that we could drive on. I now knew that this trip would be the best thing that we could do to repair our relationship.

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Hi!

I am so sorry at how long this chapter taken to be written and posted. I had planned what I was going to write but I just couldn't get my ideas out properly and then life just got in the way (I finished college, I started uni which has kept me so busy that I barely have any time for myself and then I have recently found out that I have medical problems which has stressed me out) and I know that none of that is a good enough excuse to those of you who have patiently waited for me to update for over a year and whilst I don't think this chapter has been my best, and the most exciting I hope that now I have written this (as it was mostly just a filler chapter to get them to their destination) I can get back into the flow and update more often.

Thank you to those of you who have stuck by me as I have been a no show but I hope that now I am back you can over look that and enjoy the rest of the book.

I apologize for any mistakes in this I will edit thoroughly when I have completed this book :)

I hope that you can vote or comment to let me know your ideas on this chapter and what you think is going to happen over the next few chapters.

I hope you are all having a good day/night wherever you are and have now stopped any murderous thoughts towards me! :L :L

If you want to have a look at where Nate and Lia are going to be staying have a look at the Golden Oak Hidewaway Cabin at Sherwood Forest. It ia sbsolutely beautiful! :)

Lauren xxx