What Little Worlds

Twenty-Four

"What do you think, Char? Should I tell him?" Amelie propped the phone between her ear and her shoulder as she leaned down to zip up her boots.

"Yes, Am, yes! He so clearly loves you too," Charlotte said.

"Maybe, Char I don't know. It's just so early to say things like that. We've only been dating a little over a month. I don't want to scare him off," Amelie said.

"Didn't you meet when you were like ten? So you've really had thirteen years of buildup for this, not one month," Charlotte said.

"I know but-" there was a knock on the door. Amelie began whispering, "I'm worried he'll think I was in love with him all those years ago and it will change all the memories we had together when he came to visit me." She walked into her bedroom for one last minute of privacy. "Don't you think that it will change the way he sees things if he assumes I loved him then? Like then it becomes kind of creepy that he wanted to be friends and I wanted more for all those years."

"Stop, Amelie. You're overthinking this. Just calm down. If it feels right, then tell him. If you're still too nervous then you wait. It will be okay either way," Charlotte said.

"Okay," said Amelie. "He's here, I'm gonna go. Talk to you later."

"Have a nice night, hun. I miss you!" Charlotte said.

"Miss you too. See you in a week." Amelie hung up the phone and ran to the front door.

She stopped in front of the door and took a deep breath to calm down her nerves. She had seen Adrien almost every day this week except Monday when he had had his meeting at the gym, but she was constantly nervous that her confession might slip out of her lips at any moment with him.

Her two confessions, she thought. Her true feelings for him and the fact that she had spent every lunch break this week training with the man he had told her to stay away from. She shuddered at thinking about Adrien finding about Theo.

There was another knock on the door. "Am, is everything okay in there?" Adrien asked. She had been making him wait for a while.

Amelie took another deep breath and opened the door. Adrien stood there in a suit jacket and button down shirt, smiling from ear to ear. In his hands were a bouquet of roses.

"Adrien you're too sweet. You didn't have to do that," Amelie said. He took a step forward and wrapped his arm around her back.

"I know. I just wanted to remind you how much I like you," he said.

Amelie felt her face burn red. She fought to clamp her lips together to keep the secret of her feelings barred inside.

"Thank you," she said and kissed him.

They sat at dinner hand in hand. Every minute or so his fingers would rub the back of her hand and her body would break out in happy shivers.

"You okay? You seem quiet tonight," Adrien said.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just had a lot going on this week and haven't had much time to be alone with my thoughts. I think my brain is just rebelling and telling me I need to take a breather over the weekend," she said.

He smiled softly.

"I'm just glad it's Friday," she said.

"Me too," Adrien's thumb grazed the back of her hand again, "Maybe I can help you with some of that stress later?" He said and raised his eyebrows.

She smirked, "You know I was going to take a bath, but if you're nice I might let you join me."

"Hey I brought you flowers!" he exclaimed.