Fell For My Bestfriend

chapter 17

Emily's POV

I was feeling ecstatic today... I was on the top of the world... With a cheerful mood I went to work..
"Good morning Tina" I said happily...
"Woah someone's looking happy!!" She said "hey you know I never got an explanation from you..." She said..
"About what?" I asked getting confused...
"How do you know Troy Maxwell from Ashes to Phoenix?"
"Oh that, I will tell you during lunch break..." I said
"Nope now..." She insisted..
"No Tina customers will start to come in and we have a lot of work to do..." I said and went to change my outfit...
"I hate you..." She yelled from behind me... I silently smiled to myself and headed to the back of the shop where there was a small room allotted to us for changing...
While going I bumped into someone I looked up and saw Royce...
"Hey good morning..." I said smiling...
But he didn't say anything just looked at me nodded his head and walked away... His attitude took me by surprise, but I kept my mouth shut and walked away...
I changed and got started with my chores... Today the cafe was bustling with people...
All of us were in a haste to provide service... With so many people it was difficult to keep up.. but somehow we were managing... Although I don't know how...
Soon lunch break arrived but we were so busy that we missed that... Around 3:00 in the afternoon it started getting normal.. there were a few people... We finished servicing them and closed for a while... We went back and sat down to eat... All of us were there except Royce...
"Hey where's Royce?" Will asked...
"Don't even talk about that bastard.." Dave said getting angry..
"What happened...?" I asked Dave... Cause as far as I remember Dave would never talk about someone like that...
"Don't even get me started..." He said and slumped back on his seat...
"We are listening keep talking..." Tina said and took a big bite of her sandwich...
"We were all running around because out of nowhere so many people showed up... In short we were all very busy... So while coming out jack bumped into Royce and the coffee in his hand spilled on Royce's shirt... He didn't do any of it intentionally... It was a pure mistake... But that dickhead just pushed him so hard he literally banged his head on the wall... Jack's lucky that he didn't have some serious injury... I ran to him and took him by the collar... But he was like we are all bastards and that we all deserve to rot in hell... He called you a lot of names..." Dave said pointing at me...
"What did I do?" I asked getting perplexed...
"God knows what crawled up his sick ass.." Tina said...
"I am sure there is a suitable justification for this..." Jack said...
"Did you just take his side?" Dave asked glaring at Jack..
"Yes I did... Look we know Royce... He's not this type of a guy... He will never ever do something like this..." Jack said..
"But he still did.. didn't he.." Dave said cutting Jack mid sentence...
"Will you let me finish..." Jack said getting irritated at his brother's behavior..
"Woah guys just cut the crap... Jack continue... And Dave just shut the fuck up..." Tina said... I was just sitting there and hearing the conversation... No participation from my part...
They all kept talking... After sometime I just excused myself and headed home...
I was walking when I saw a huge silver color bus standing in front of my house... What the hell??
I slowly walked towards it and saw the boys standing...
Troy saw me and came running to me...
"Good that you are back... I was about to call you..." He said cupping my face..
"What happened?" I said...
"I am leaving... I have a few concerts... Soooo..." Troy said scratching the back of his head...
"Ohh..." Was all I said... I felt the whole world collapsing around me.... But I know I can't stop him... That's his dream... I am not going to stop him from chasing his dream... That would be extremely unfair... So I just give him a small smile and hug him tightly not wanting to let go...
He didn't say anything just kissed the top of my head and then looked me in the eyes...
"I will be back before you know... I love you..." He said and kissed my lips... It felt so right... We broke away and I saw him slowly get up on the bus and leave... But before that I hugged the other boys and just stood there as I watched the bus leave... Tears flowing like a freaking waterfall.... Just watching him leave and the thought that I wouldn't see him in a long time just broke me from within... I couldn't even describe how I was feeling right now... I just sat down in front of my house... After sometime I got up and dragged my body inside... I didn't feel like doing anything so I just collapsed on the couch... I want him to come back right now....
Please come back.. please come back... I need you... !!