Promises...

Chapter 8

He was stumbling on his words. It was like he was forcing himself to speak.
"Uh.." he repeated.
"Well??" Joe asked. Sal looked at Q, who was showing no sign of happiness or anger which sent everyone mixed messages.
"I think when i was like twelve" Sal answered.
"Thank god! I though you were gonna say now!" Q said relieved. Sal let out a fake laugh then walked away. I was slightly saddened by his answer. I was hoping he would say he did now. But i suppose he wouldn't in front of all his friends.

After all the crew came back, I sat on the side on my own as the guys set up for Joes turn. He was the final one for today.
"You still up for tonight?" I heard Sals voice say. I turned around and saw him smiling at me.
"Oh.. yeah" i said.
"I got us ticket to Imagine Dragons!" Sal revealed. I loved that band so much! I immediately jumped from my chair and hugged him.
"This is amazing!" I shouted, still hugging him. The thing was.. Sal hugged me back, quite tightly. He rested his hands on my back and shown no sign of letting go... until Q interrupted.
"Oh. Hey guys" Q said, with a hint of awkwardness.
At first Sal just ignored him and slowly pulled away from the hug. I felt Sal put something in my pocket then walked off smiling.
"ALESHA!" Q shouted- knowing I wasn't paying attention. I turned to him. "Did you hear what i said??" Q asked.
"Nope" i replied.
" I asked, are you still leaving in four days?" Q asked. It just dawned me- I'd have to leave Sal again! Now I definitely couldnt start a relationship with him. It wouldn't end well. And I couldn't do long distance when i would never see him. I just couldn't date him. That thought killed me inside.

Later that Night...
It was around 6pm and I was dressed. I wore my mini flowery dress with my tights underneath and my boots. I took a look out the window and saw Sal dressed in his blue t shirt and jeans with sneakers. His hair was perfection with it gelled back and his eyes glistening in the light. He knocked the door and Q answered. I stayed hidden upstairs for a few minutes to hear what Sal was saying.
"Is she ready?" I heard Sal asked.
"You look very dressed up! Like your on a date" Q joked.
Sal didnt answer so I decided to walk down the stairs. Sal waked in the house.
"You look...wow" Sal said to me.
"Your not too bad yourself" i replied with a smirk. Sal held my hand and led me out to his car.
"Bye then!" Q shouted closing the door.

Q went into the kitchen to put some washing in the washing machine. He picked up my jeans and heard a sound like paper crumpling. He dug his hand in the pockets and found the piece of paper Sal had put in my pocket- which I hadn't read yet. He opened the paper up. It read- here's my number, call me ;), Sal xx
You could probably imagine how he reacted. His best friend and his sister... probably wasn't his best though- even though we weren't dating!

Immediately Q tried to ring both me and Sal, but we didn't answer. Then he rang Joe.
"JOE!!" Q screamed down the phone.
"What is it?" Joe asked in a concerned tone.
"I think.. Sal.. fancies Alesha!" Q told him.
"So? Your only just realising this??" Joe asked. "Ever since they met they always kinda liked each other" Joe said.
"What do i do??" Q asked.
"Shes leaving soon anyway! Plus, shes always fancied him and they haven't done anything about it so don't worry about it" Joe reassured Q.

Meanwhile, me and Sal were on our way to the concert. In the car we were listening to all sorts of songs. Sal especially enjoyed belting out to Justin Bieber, especially rapping to Baby. He made me laugh so much. Then i began belting out to Mr Brightside- and Sal joined in. We were singing the last high note when we pulled up in the parking lot.
"Here we are" Sal said, turning the ignition off.
"Thanks so much for this. Im so excited" I said with a wide smiled.
"Then lets goooo" Sal said getting out of the car, opening up my door too.

As the concert progressed, me and Sal were singing at the top of lungs. The next song they were singing as love song . Sal sat down, whilst i was stood up.

Sals POV
I watched Alesha-  laughing, smiling and singing her heart out. In that moment i fell in love with her for the hundredth time. I forgot about all the reasons we couldn't be together and focused on why we should... because we love each other. The lyrics "whenever I'm alone with you... you make me feel like I'm home again" were playing. I stood up and spontaneously grabbed Alesha by the arm, turned her so she was facing me and kissed her softly. He placed my hands on her neck, her hands on my hips as we shared a kiss...