Mi Amor

Part 2

"Well, what's disturbing you?" Blake asked as soon as they settled on his bed. He leaned on the headboard of his bed while Amaris sat in front of him.

"It's Nicole..." She whispered, her head was lowered, she was playing with her fingers while trying to formulate the correct words to let out her mixed feelings and confusion.

"And?" Blake coaxed her to continue, he grabbed her hands and massaged it to stop her from fidgeting it, a habit of hers whenever she was anxious, worried or confused and a habit that Blake was trying to stop sometimes.

"Well...it, um, seems like...she..." Her voice was so low and she sounded so unsure and her face was scrunched up while she was thinking and Blake found it adorable. He continued to play with her fingers but Amaris knew he was listening.

"Well...I think...she might l-like you," Amaris stuttered as she unconsciously squeezed her hand that Blake was holding. She bit her lip, there were tears stinging her eyes as she tried to stop it from sliding down her face. She doesn't understand how she felt, she never experienced this clenching feeling in her chest before, the insecurity that's flooding her mind and the doubt she is weighing down on herself, and she doesn't like it.

"She likes me?" Blake looked at her, his eyebrows was raised. He knew about it, of course, but he wanted Amaris to speak it out loud; he wants her to express the emotions she's bottling up in her, he knows she's hurt and he wants to take it away from her.

"Yes...a-and I-I don't know...but...i-it's bothering me in more reasons than one," Her eyebrows are furrowed as she looked at their intertwined hands. Negative thoughts are filling up her mind, thoughts such as Nicole and Blake being together and she was left behind and forgotten. Her heart clench at the thought, just a mere thought and the effect on her was already deep, how about when it actually happens?

"Hey, hey, Maris, breathe baby, please," She was snapped out from her trance when she saw Blake's desperate face in front of her. She let out the breath she unconsciously held in and inhaled copious amount of air again. She looked at Blake who has concern flooding his blue eyes.

"I-I'm sorry for scaring you," Her voice was monotone but she was surprised when Blake raised his hand and placed it on her cheek, his thumb gliding over the surface of her face. When a sob broke out from her lips that was when she noticed that she was crying.

"B-Blake," She sobbed again, this time, her tears slid down her face like a waterfall. Blake's face scrunched up in pain, his chest was clenching. His most precious girl was crying in front of him and it's always a sight he hated. Out of everything, seeing Amaris cry was torture for Blake.

Blake came towards Amaris and pulled her in his arms for a hug. Her face laid on his chest as she sobbed, her hands were clutching his shirt, her body shaking. Blake can only tighten his arms around her as he let her cry her heart out. He knows why she is sobbing in his chest, he knows what was causing her pain but he needed her to say it so that it would drew out of her chest and her burden would lighten.

"What is it, babe?" He whispered gently, his hands running up and down her back while she still shook and sobbed.

"D-Don't leave me?" Amaris looked up to see Blake's face. Her tear-stained face was painful to look at for Blake that his fists clenched and he nodded his head. He knew she needed reassurance, there were times Amaris, who was the biggest optimist he knew, was engulfed by her own insecurities but he always made sure he was there to comfort her. Amaris is strong but she had her moments of weakness and Blake made sure he was the only one to see it, it was the same for him too. Whenever he had own moments of weakness, Amaris was always there for him, and it stays between them. These are moments they treasured and they cherished, the moments they only showed to each other.