Passion

11) Reconcile

I woke up feeling better than usual, it was probably because I was going to have some closure on what happened at Lili's party that night. I started to get ready for my coffee meeting with Kj, I threw on some PINK leggings and one of Kj's oversized jumpers. I left my hair in my natural waves and just brushed through my eyebrows. It was 9:45 and I needed to leave if I wanted to be there just after 10.

I finally arrived outside our favourite bakery and through the fogged windows I saw him sitting on our usual table in the corner with two coffees and a large muffin sitting on the table. He was looking down, like he was nervous about seeing me. I slowly walked to the entrance and the bell of the door rang as I pushed it open. Kj's head jolted up and our eyes met. His eyes lit up with relief and excitement, and a rush of warmth filled my body. My body was stuck, I couldn't move, we just kept staring at each other until he gave a weak smile which took me out of my trance.

I sat down and he just stared at me with his beautiful eyes.

"Hey I've missed you" he quietly said

"Well none of this was my fault"  I said bluntly

There was a moment of silence, both of us didn't know what to say.

"I know cam, but you completely miss understood the situation. And I tried to contact you in every way but what was I meant to do, even when all those times I showed up to your apartment and waited for hours for you to open the door, you still didn't hear me out"

"I was hurt you have to understand that. This has happened to me before and you know that so I needed time to sort my brain out. You understand that right?"

"of course, but please let me tell you now what actually happened"

"go on then" I said

FLASHBACK- Night of lili's party

(KJ POV)

I turned up to the party and was excited to camila. But I was also nervous my ex girlfriend from new Zealand called Emma had been messaging me these past few weeks. She told me that she was jealous that I was with someone else and that I had made a massive mistake for leaving her. I hadn't told cami about it because I wanted her to trust me and I didn't want to worry about something that I thought would become of nothing. The last text I had from Emma was that she was here in Vancouver and she had found out about Lili's party. I didn't know whether to believe her so I was nervous the whole day. So I walked around the house trying to find Cami but there were so many people around and the music was so loud so it was proving to be difficult. I went upstairs to check all the rooms to find Cami. As I walked to the room at the top I felt someone push me and I heard the door locked. I turned around I saw the last person I wanted to see. Emma.

"Hey baby, ive missed you, have you missed me" she was biting her lip and had pushed me onto the bed.

I became angry and frustrated.

"what are you doing here?!? Get off me emma, you need to leave. Im with cami, I don't love you, I love her."

"oh baby don't get mad. We don't have to tell anyone especially that girl you say youre in love with whats her name Cameron?" she was trying wind me up and it was working.

At this point she was straddling me and I never felt so uncomfortable in my life. Just before I was about to push her off and get out of there. The door opened and there I saw her. Cami.

BACK TO PRESENT DAY.

(CAMI POV)

"there you see, we did nothing. My crazy ex was trying to break us up. I promise you nothing happened" he said.

I felt stupid for not listening to him sooner.

"I'm sorry for not listening to you sooner, but why didn't you tell me in the first place about the messages. It would've been better to tell me about it all instead of hiding them from me and acting weird for weeks. I was paranoid and so seeing you with her on top of you made me think that all of my assumptions were right"

"you don't need to apologise. It was all my fault. I'm sorry, you're right I should've said something but I didn't want it to ruin us. Can you forgive me?" he grabbed my hand and was rubbing his thumb up and down my knuckles.

"yes I forgive you, but no more secrets. From now on its just you and me" he smiles and kisses my hand.

We looked at each other longingly. I missed him, he is my best friend and soulmate. This felt right.