I Found Him On My Doorstep <3

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I ran back home from Alli’s house. We thought about how we would sort Peter out but we came up with nothing. I thought that if we waited for long enough we might catch him out on what it is he is trying to do. I got in the door to be greeted by my mum.

“Hey honey. How was your run?” she smiled at me.

“Great” I tried to sound convincing.

“Okay” she sighed. “What’s up? You never run unless you’re upset.”

“Cody is still ignoring me. Peter told him that I said stuff about him which I didn’t and now he won’t speak to me because he thinks that it’s true. I can’t believe that he believes Peter over me especially since he knows that Peter doesn’t like him and called him a pretty boy that only he wanted one thing off girls and...I don’t know what to do...” I rambled on. I fell into my mum and she hugged me back. I didn’t cry this time, I think I’ve cried myself out today.

“Oh sweetheart. Did you try to tell him that you didn’t say anything like that?” she asked.

“No, I guessed he just needed time to get over it so I just left him to think. I’m hoping he’ll come around and realise that I wouldn’t say anything like that.” I whispered.

“Well, I’ll tell you what. I’ll finish making you dinner and then Adam and I will go eat in the living room and you two eat at the table or in your room. It’ll give you time to talk alone. Okay?” she said trying to make me feel better.

“Yeah we’ll eat in my room.” I said making my way to the bathroom to take a shower before my dinner was ready. “Thanks mum.”

“I’ll call you when it’s done” she said cutting up the rest of the potatoes.

Peeling of my running clothes I stepped into the warm water. The familiar routine of washing my hair and brushing my teeth made me calm down. That is until I got shampoo in my eye, it stang like a mother. I finally got it out and stepped out of the shower and walked to my room. I stood there for a minute with the water dripping from me and landing on the floor. I finally got the courage to open the door and go in.

Cody was still in the same position he was in when I left him.  He didn’t even acknowledge that I had entered the room.

“Hey.” I whispered . He looked over at me but didn’t say anything. I decided to do something that I’ve never done before. I got my underwear from the draw along with my pyjamas. I started to get nervous...was I really going to go through with this? If I don’t do it now I’ll get to scared. I dropped my towel without a second thought. Cody had seen me in my underwear but never naked. Why did I do this again? Oh yeah to get a reaction out of him.

Immediately he covered his eyes. “Why did you do that?” he asked.

“Have we not already been through this?” I asked. I pulled on my underwear and was getting my pyjamas on. He didn’t answer but I knew that he was thinking I could nearly see the cogs in his head turning. I can’t believe it had to go this far for him to realise that I still trust him and to get him to trust me again. I heard my mum call our names and I went to get my dinner.

She had both of ours sitting on the bench. Cody came out behind me.

“You two can go eat in your room” she called to us as she made her way to the living room. I grabbed my plate and walked into my room and sat on my bed. I didn’t realise Cody had followed me until I felt the bed sink beside me and felt the heat of him arm touch mine. I set my plate down n the bed and looked at him. He was already looking at me and he smiled. At the moment I knew I was forgiven. I tackled him onto the bed and he held me close.

“I’m sorry for ignoring you” he said.

“You should be” I laughed and hit his arm. “I didn’t say any of those things that Peter told you. Why did you believe him?”

“I dunno...I guess I thought that you were to good to be true...” his smile faltered.

“Cody Simpson. You’re my bestfriend. I’m never going to leave you. End of. I can’t believe you. It took me to get naked before you would forgive me” I teased him.

“Hey. I didn’t ask you to do that.” His cheeks went bright red.

“You wouldn’t have forgiven me if I hadn’t made a bold gesture.  Anyway I don’t care. You accept me for who I am and that’s all that matters.” Cody looked me deep in the eye and I knew that we were both the same person but at the same time different. It was hard to explain.

“I’m going to have to get Peter back. How did he know what I did though? That was the main reason why I thought that what he said was true because you were the only on I told.” he asked concerned.

“I don’t know but I’m going to find out.” I said. More to myself than to him. I was just so happy that we were talking again. We began eating as our food was getting cold. We sat up for hours just talking about the most random stuff. Even though it was only a couple of hours I missed him so much. We finally got tired and lay down in my bed in his arm ready to fall asleep.

“Love you Toni” he said.

“Love you too Cody” This time I meant it.