James POV
I woke up from a deep sleep to find myself lay in an unfamiliar bed with a banging headache. I observed my surroundings, I was in a traditional looking room which was cozy and had a reasonably large oil painting of a bull which hung above a small fireplace. I heaved the covers off of me as I slowly sat up and pulled myself out of bed. All I could feel was pain all over my body; in my arms, in my legs, in my head, in my back and in my feet. I made my way over to the door to find myself in a large hallway, and i was on the end room. my aim was to find the stairs so I could leave. The stairs ended up being in the center of the hallway and weren't that large and had a thick oak door at the bottom. I hobbled down them steadily as I didnt want shots of pain hurting my currently tender body any further.
"I see you're awake" A strange male voice echoed from behind me. I angled myself towards where the sound came from to find a man stood behind what looked like a bar
"Who are you?" I asked, feeling extremly confused
"Brent Sullivan. I own this pub, The Bull. You came here last night and must've had too much to drink. I offered you a room but you kept saying no. You left in the early hours of the morning, about 1am and 10 minutes later, I found you passed out outside so I took you in. Don't worry about paying James" He smiled as he cleaned a beer can and wiped the top of the bar down with a cloth
"That was very kind of you" I nodded "That would explain my pain" I mumbled as I rubbed my head
"Do you want a painkiller?" He offered with sympathy
"If thats alright" I nodded as I walked over to him and took a seat on a bar stool
He disappeared off through one of the 2 doors which framed the bar. Whilst I was awaiting his return, I decided to look around the room.
In front of the stairs which I came down from, there was a door which im assuming was the main entrance. It was a big grand oak door, just like the one at the bottom of the stairs. There were large traditional looking wooden windows on the walls and fancy oil paintings of farm animals, but mainly bulls. The walls were panneled with a cream top and a dark oak bottom all the way around the room. The bar was all a dark oak too and had drink glasses and alcohols neatly presented on the back wall, just like the typical bar would have. On the other side of the room, there was the area for seating which had a grand fireplace at the back, it also had the usual oil painted bull photo hanging on the wall. Being in a pub, the smell of liquor was intoxicating
"Fine place isnt it" The owner said as he entered again, placing a glass of water and two tablets in front of me
"Thanks. And it looks great" I smiled just before I gulped down the painkillers. "Listen, I gotta go now but thanks for everything. Are you sure you dont want any money?"
"No no, im fine. Pop in at anytime! And hope everything will be ok between you and Jess" Brent nodded as I got off my stool. I nodded back and left through the main door.
As soon as I came out the pub I knew where I was, I was on the other side of town. Great. I decided to call someone to ask them to pick me up. There was only one person that I felt was best to ask.
Jess POV
"Hey Jess, is James there?" Luke asked me over the phone. It was 9am, I was in my bed asleep
"No, I dont know, im in bed still" I laughed slightly "Everything ok?" I asked feeling slightly worried
"Umm...no" Luke sighed "He was stopping over and now hes gone. I just dont want him to do anything...stupid" Luke mumbled. Ok, now im worried
"I'll look for him here now" I said as I got up and walked to James' room. "James...?" I questioned as I walkes through the door. No response. I walked downstairs to find him. He wasnt there. "Hes not here, sorry Luke" I spoke into my phone
"Ok ok" He sighed and hung up. I gotta go help look for him.
*ring ring*
Incoming Call: James Yammouni
I quickly answered "James! Where are you!?"
"Other side of town. Could you pick me up please?" He mumbled
"Other side of town!? What are you doing there!?" I asked rather parent like
"Could you just pick me up?" He asked, starting to sound frustrated
"Ok ok, I'll get there as fast as I can" I sighed as I put the phone down. I decided to tell Luke that James was ok and I was picking him up before I left, I didnt want them panicking and searching for ages
***
"Hey" I smiled awkwardly at James through my unrolled car window
"Hey" He smiled back quietly and limped around the car slowly to climb into the passenger seat
"Why are you limping?" I said with a slight laugh
"I dunno. I woke up like this" He shrugged "Can you take me back to Beau's please?"
"Dont you wanna come home?" I asked confused as I starres at him
He wasnt even looking at me, he just shook his head now as he gazed out his window. I decided to not say anything more to that as it wouldn't get anywhere, I know him too well.
The car journey was long and awkward. I was quite relieved to arrive at the boys' house but wasnt at the same time. The car journey was boring as hell but I didnt want him to leave, I wanted him to come home, I care about him and it feels weird without him, I just want him with me all the time. Jess, you sound like you love him you stupid girl.
"I'm sorry for yesterday" james itched his arm ad he looked out the front window at the large gates
"Its ok" I shrugged "I want everything to be like before"
"What is before?" James asked me. Truth is, I didnt know what 'before' was. Was it before he cheated or before he confessed he loved me? My body was screaming before he confessed but a small piece of me was crying for before he cheated.
"Before, when everyone was happy" I mumbled. I couldnt decided what to say so I said something which didnt help much but was still answering
"Ok" James said as he got out of my car and went into the house. 'Ok'? is that all he can say. Ok?
James POV
"Before, when everyone was happy" She mumbled quietly so I could only just hear her. I knew what she meant by that. it could only mean two things; When we were dating or when I was out of the picture. But by the sounds of it, only one of them seemed more likely.
Hey guys, I was writing this and accidentally tapped on a wattpad message from my notifications bar and I was halfway through and then I went back on this and all the text had gone. Fml. Anyway, THANKS FOR 1.2K READS. DONT FORGET TO VOTE AND COMMENT. ILY.
