Why?

Why?- Chapter 9

I look him in the eyes. I can tell he is ready to cry. I know him better then anyone. He reached down to my hand that was resting beside me on the bed. I look down at our hands and suddenly, I feel all the things I felt a year ago. All these feeling come flying in wothout my permission. I don't know what he's feeling but i'm certainly feeling something. 

"Before i left, I begged my parents to let me stay here and finish my schooling here. To stay here with you. But nothing could change their minds about me moving. I did everything in my power tp stay with you Summer. I really did. After we moved, my parents got into a massive fight and a couple weeks later they were divorced. I knew it was coming sooner or later. But I wasn't expecting it to be that soon. It affected my schooling and I was dreading England already. Anyway, I wasn't sure to call you or not, because i wasn't sure if you wanted to talk to me anymore. I had thought you deleted my number. So I tried getting over you. Just like I thought you had done. I know the way I broke up with you wasn't right, but I had to. If it was up to me, I would have stayed with you. We could still be together."

I am absolutly speechless. Truely, I don't know what to say. By the time he is finished his speech, I have tears in my eyes. Now I know how he feels about all this. 

"Please, just don't hate me"

I look in his eyes and his features soften. 

"I would never hate you Ben. If anything, I was hurt. We have been through so much together. And when you ended things, I couldn't sleep. I couldn't eat. And i couldn't handle everyday activities. That went on for about two months." 

He looks down at the hand in his lap. I reach my hand to his face, and lift his face up with my finger. He looks me in the eyes, and he's crying. 

"Please,, don't cry."

"I'm so so sorry Summer."

"It's ok. You're here now. That's the main thing." 

"Would you ever consider giving me another chance?"

"In a split second."

"really?"

"Of course."

Hope sparkled in his eyes for a second, then disapeared. 

"What's wrong?" 

"Nothing. It's just, I'm debating to ask you out..."

"Yes."

"What?"

"Yes. I'll go out with you."

"Really?"

"Like I said before; in a split second."

A smile creeped onto his face. This isn't as awkward as I thought it would be. The atmosphere in the room just got a little less tense and a lot more lighter. 

"What do we do now?"

"is it ok if i stay here the night? I don't wanna go home to my step-dad" 

"That girl you were with this afternoon, is that your step-sister?"

"This afternoon?"

"At the cinema? The Amazing Spider-Man 2. I was with Jake. You were with another girl."

"Oh... Yeah. That's Alice. I had to get her out of that house. She was super bored and we decided to watch Spider-Man."

I just nodded. At least my suspicions were half right. 

"I'll have to ask Mum and Dad if you can." 

He nodded and I got up from my sitting position. I opened my door and ran down the stairs. Mum and Dad were sitting in the loungeroom watching some type of movie. 

"Mum? Dad?"

They both look up to me and raise their eyebrows.

"Is it ok that Ben stays here tonight. He doesn't want to go home and face his step-dad."

"Umm does his mum know?"

"I think he's going to text her or something."

"Ok. But just remember it's a school night."

"I know. Thank you."

I ran back up stairs to my bedroom. I opened the door and Ellie was at the bathroom door looking at Ben. 

"Ellie, what are you doing?"

"I thought you were in here, so I came out. And i'm a little hungry."

Shit. I forgot about Ellie. I know that's mean, but I was havng fun tonight. 

"Ok, I'll go get you something to eat."

She nodds and went to sit on a chair in the corner of my room. I walk down stairs and to the kitchen. I go to the cupboards and grab a big packet of chips. I head back to my room and lock the door behind me. Ben and Ellie  are in a deep conversation, so I walk over to Ellie and hand her the chips and go sit back down next to Ben. I sit up against the head board of my comfortable bed and Ben moves back to sit with me. But still in deep conversation with Ellie. As I sit here quietly, I find out that Ellie is a single child and her parents weren't expecting to have children. They never wanted any children. So they didn't want her. That's sad. I feel like I have a responsiblilty over her now. 

I check my phone and it's coming up to 9:30pm. 

"Ellie, what time do you usually go to bed?"

"About 9:45pm."

"You have about 15 minutes until bedtime. Ben is staying here tonight and he will probably be sleeping with me. Did you want me to get you some plankets or something?"

"Yes please. Are you two going out?"

I look at Ben and Ben looks at me. 

"Yes we are." 

I smile at the fimiluar sentence he said back in Australia. Back then, everything was perfect. There was no sadness, just happiness.

"You two look cute together."

"Thank you Ellie."

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