When Sophie moves house, she finds herself feeing different than she has before. Her mum moves around for work a lot so Sophie moves too. She's never been that bothered but this time something's different. Something about this place feels right. But...
I grab Sophie's hand and look at her. I can tell she's thinking about everything that's happened.
"Ethan?" She asks.
"Yes?"
"What happens now?" Her voice is quiet as she asks the question.
"I-I guess we date publicly."
She looks down at her lap before looking back at me.
"Let's go home." She says, taking her hand out of mine and standing up. I follow her out the park gate and onto the road.
"Everything will work out. I'll see you tomorrow." I tell her as she walks into her house.
I stroll home and flop onto my bed. I can hear Liv on the phone with one of her friends and it's not a happy conversation.
NEW MESSAGE FROM - Mia🤗 *Did you get my note? ...*
Why is she texting me? I don't really need this right now.
*Yes.* I text back. *So why didn't you call?* *No offence but I'm not interested😬* *You will be after you realise what Sophie's like😅* *What? What do you mean?* *Angus didn't scar her, she did it herself. She's crazy.*
What? There's no way this is true. Sophie wouldn't lie about that, right?
*I don't believe you.* *You're so in love with her, it's making you blind.* *I am not in love with her.* *Have fun.*
Great. So now Mia is on our case and Sophie could potentially have lied to me about everything. My day just gets better and better.
SNAPCHAT FROM - Soph❣️
I open the snap to find a picture of Sophie's carpet. The snap says -
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I reply saying ok and put my phone down. I head to the kitchen for dinner and sigh and the sight of Liv. She looks broken.
"Everything will work out." My mum says, stroking Liv's arm.
"Yeah, he didn't deserve you." Abby says.
I eat and head back upstairs, trying to plan how to approach mine and Sophie's relationship.
The only problem is - I don't know if I'm ready to make it official.
