Out Of My League (NOT COMPLETED)

Chapter 32: I've been up all night, no sleep...

"Good morning!" I heard Jodie call as I walked down the stairs to see she was playing with her teddies as usual. "Morning." I groggily replied as I rubbed my sore eyes, I didn't get much sleep last night as I was just crying. I didn't mean to make Brad angry yesterday... I was going to tell him that I wanted to be with him but instead he just decided to lash out and didn't let me speak before kicking me out of a room in my own house... "Where's Brad?" She asked and I shrugged my shoulders before sighing. "Why didn't you come and pack?" Jodie asked. "Because we aren't going." I replied and she gave me a confused look. "But I wanted to see dad..." Jodie quietly mumbled, she stood up and I sat her on my lap. "I know but we can't go anymore." I replied. "Why?" She asked and hugged me. "Brad doesn't want me to go round his house anymore so we can't." I explained and Jodie sighed. "Stuck here again..." She replied and jumped down off of my lap, I've done it this time. I promised her that Brad wouldn't get in the way and ruin things but he has because I'm an idiot and I don't listen to people... Why do I keep falling for Brad's little games!

I walked into the kitchen and sat down on a chair before resting my head in my hands and started to cry, I heard little footsteps coming from behind me but chose to ignore them. "Hayley..." I heard Jodie quietly ask, I looked up to see her standing in front of me. I don't want her to see me like this but I'm too upset to do anything about it at the moment... "Did Brad hurt you?" She asked and I nodded before wiping some tears away. "Where?" She asked and started to check my body for bruises. "No, not like that. He hurt my feelings." I said and she hugged me tight. "Oh." She replied, I don't expect her to say anything, she is only 9 years old and she shouldn't have to deal with this. "Do you want me to talk to him?" She asked and I shook my head. "No, just leave him alone. He isn't in a good mood, stay out of his way. Ok?" I explained to her and she nodded. "Thank you... I don't want him hurting you as well." I continued as I pulled away from the hug. "Do you want some breakfast?" I asked and she nodded. "What do you want?" I asked. "Cereal." She replied and sat down where I was sitting as I made her breakfast, I passed the bowl to her and gave her a spoon before kissing her on the head and walking upstairs to get myself washed and dressed.

I walked into my room and looked up to see Brad was sitting on my bed looking through some sort of book, he looked up at me with a shocked expression on his face. "Get out!" I shouted as a wave of anger ran through me, I walked closer to him to see he was looking through a picture book that I made which is very private to me. "Why are you looking through my stuff?!" I shouted and he jumped off of the bed. "I... I just..." He started. "I don't even care, just get out!" I shouted and pointed to the door, he walked out and I closed the door behind him before sitting on my bed and letting more tears fall. I looked over at the picture book to see a photo of my grandad and a few more tears fell down my cheeks, I don't like looking at this book anymore as my grandad is no longer with us... Why would he just walk into my room and start looking at my stuff after last night? Who does he think he is?!

After a few more minutes of crying I put the book back in the draw it came from and as I closed the draw a letter fell from inside on to the floor. I picked it up and read the front of it:

Hayley, I'm sorry...

I opened the envelope and pulled out a piece of paper before unfolding it and reading the message inside:

Dear Hayley,

I just wanted to apologise for last night but in a way that you would let me talk without jumping to conclusions, so I thought a letter would be the best way to do this. I know I was an idiot once again because I got angry at you even though you didn't deserve it, I became frustrated with myself because I started to think I wasn't good enough for you. When I asked you if you wanted to be my girlfriend last night you didn't give me an answer straight away, instead you thought about things in quite a lot of detail and it made me scared because I had no confidence to ask you whatsoever but I managed it somehow... The point is you didn't say yes straight away which made me think I was an idiot for asking you in the first place, I know this may seem strange to you but I was so nervous to ask you because I didn't want to get rejected by the only girl I have ever truly had feelings for and it seemed like you weren't sure if being with me was what you wanted. After this I became frustrated with myself and shouted at you to leave so I didn't end up taking anything out on you... I know I was an idiot and I understand if you want me to leave your house right now because I have been disrespectful towards you and your sister. As for you seeing me looking through your picture book I was just curious as to what it was... I could see that you have kind of created the book around the generations of your family and each time someone new comes in you add a photo. You started of with your great nan and grandad and have stopped at yourself and your sister, this gave me an idea... I found another spare notebook in your draw (I'm sorry for looking through your stuff) and I created something else... Look at the new book that is on your bed before you read the rest of this letter.

I placed the letter down on the bed and picked up the book that was placed at the end of my bed, I opened the first page and it had a title written in it:

🌸Hayley's life🌸

This made me smile so I turned the next page to see a subheading and a photo:

The beginning:

I stared at this page in shock for a good 5 minutes and looked at the photo, this is a picture of Brad in the recording studio at school... I remembered that I have the rest of the letter to read, I placed the book down on my lap and picked up the letter before I continued reading, my heart is beating at a million miles an hour.

This is a book that can be your 'life book' all the good memories and moment you have in your life from this point onwards you can record in this book with pictures, drawings or even writing. I thought I would help start this journey off for you, I hope you don't mind... But first, I am going to need an answer to my question...

I placed the letter on the bed and stared at the photo for a few seconds longer before running into Brad's room and throwing my arms around his neck, I pulled him into a tight hug and a few tears streamed down my face. "Yes!" I shouted into his chest and his arms wrapped around mine in a protective manner. "Yes?" He asked. "I will be your girlfriend!" I replied and looked up at him, he smiled and kissed my forehead. "I'm guessing you will be wanting these then?..." He said and pulled out two tickets from his back pocket before handing them to me, I took them and looked at them to see they are two cinema tickets to go and see La La Land.

"Oh my gosh!" I replied and pulled him into yet another hug, he giggled at my reaction and hugged me back. "I'm sorry I shouted at you, I didn't mean it... I'm hoping this has made up for what I have done." Brad explained and I pulled away from him a little. "What you just did was perfect, I love the idea of the memory book!" I replied and he smiled. "I thought you might." He replied. "How did you get the picture though?" I asked. "I used the printer." He replied. "Oh right." I replied and he smiled at me. "When is the cinema booked for?" I asked. "Tonight, and we are going out for dinner after. I thought we could spend some proper time together to try and work out what we want from this..." Brad said. "But what about Jodie?" I asked. "I managed to get a baby sitter." Brad replied. "They aren't always reliable." I answered. "This one will be, don't worry." Brad replied. "You have been busy organising all of this." I commented. "I was up for most of the night organising all of this, I've been up all night with no sleep because I felt like I was dreaming this plan up." Brad explained and I giggled. "I had better go and explain to Jodie what is going on!" I replied and ran out of the room leaving Brad feeling very please with himself.