Undercover Heiress

Part Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six: Time to pack, again

We finally arrived at Kevin's house, with me holding the goldfish in my arms and a duffle making my arm want to break off.

"Mom this is Bailey, she's a friend from school and needs a place to crash," Kevin told the short lady, scratching the back of his neck.

I smiled weakly, giving her a small wave and then shuffling closer to Kevin.

"Hi," I mumbled, before staring at the bottom of my shoes.

She grins at me and then moves closer to us, sticking out her hand.

"It's so nice to meet you, whenever the boys are over all I hear is your name," She laughs, and I furrow my brows turning to Kevin.

"Really?" I ask, smirking at him.

His mom laughs and I lick my lips looking around the house, trying to find a way that makes it so I can leave the conversation quickly without being rude.

Kevin must've picked up on my vibes because he pointed to the stairs and told me I could drop my stuff off up there.

"I'll be up in a minute," He tells me, and I nod heading up the stairs.

Kevin and his mom start whispering and I start busting into his room, taking out my clothes getting ready for bed.

I sigh loudly, starting to strip and then walking to the bathroom in my undergarments, starting a warm bath.

While the water heated up, I leaned on the counter staring at myself and shaking my head.

"Why am I so stupid?" I ask myself, inhaling a deep breath and tucking my bangs behind my ear.

It was confusing for me because I had so many emotions and thoughts that just swirled inside me making it so I didn't know what to do.

I wasn't even mad at Peter I was mad at myself for probably hurting him, and breaking my trust with Holly.

Then Elise found out about my secret and made things even worse for me by saying I needed to stay away, which meant I couldn't even live with them anymore.

"I should just call mom," I mumbled, running a hand through my hair and then stripping completely.

One foot after the other, I lowered myself into the steaming water and then slid forward until I was laying against the edge to rest my head.

Life is so hard.

I made a mental note to call Queen Helena after my bath and then make nice with Kevin's mom since I'd be staying here for a week.

My body relaxed in the hot water and I actually felt at peace for a little bit, with my thoughts suddenly disappearing.

Today's bathroom thoughts:

Peter deserved better than Elise and me. Well in general period.

Owen was a pig but also had a big heart. His jokes gave me life and if he wasn't such a player I'd consider dating him.

Elise is a straight up snake. I don't know what happened in her past and normally I'd leave it alone because it was none of my business, but since she knew about me I thought it'd be fair game to snoop.

Holly was definitely gonna throw me out, for not only running away but causing so much worry and trouble on the family.

Kevin is a good friend, for letting me crash with him and buying me dinner, etc.

"Did you die?" I hear him call from behind the bathroom door.

I suck in a deep breath and open my eyes, beginning to drain the tub.

That was a 3-second bath wtf?

"I wish!" I yelled at him, pulling a towel around myself and then opening the door.

There he stood, shirtless with a four pack on display and his Calvin Klein's hanging low enough to see the waistband of his Tommy boxers.

"How cute," I snorted, brushing past him and heading to his room.

Kevin scoffed from behind me, also walking to his room for whatever reason.

I need privacy if I'm gonna call my mom...

"Hey Kev, feel like bringing up some popcorn and watching a movie?" I asked, hoping he'd say yes.

I bit my lower lip and played with the hem of the towel as he eyed me carefully and then placed a hand on his hip.

"If you want me to leave the room just say so," He mumbled.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding and nodded.

"I need to make a call so could you please leave?" I begged, squeezing my eyes shut.

He smiled, ruffling the back of his hair before giving a short 'yeah', and closed the door after he left.

My hands wasted no time scrolling down to my mother's contact and the line rang about four times before she finally answered.

"Do you have any idea what hour you're calling me at?" She hissed, and I rolled my eyes.

For some reason, I was happy that she picked up.

"Mom, I'm in trouble," I told her, realizing this was the first time I called her mom in a while.

She must've thought the same thing because her end was silent.

"What happened?" My mom grumbled.

I sucked in a deep breath ready to spill the beans and then anticipated her response.

"This girl that has been with me found out my real identity and is threatening to expose me if I don't do what she says, and I ran away from my host family because the guy that lives there with me is talking to the girl who knows I'm Amelia and I can't stand her, but now that I think about it I'm probably jealous deep down, and the host mom I have is most likely gonna send me back because of this-"

I inhaled another breath.

"-So I'm crashing at the hot guy's friends house for the next week because I have nowhere to go, but I really like it here I just hate the girl and Peter is such a nice guy and I've really hurt him and I just don't know what to doooo!" I sob out.

I'm going insane.

Mom didn't answer right away, so that made me kinda nervous but I had to calm and compose myself for the sake of my sanity.

"That is quite the situation you've gotten yourself into," She laughed out.

wtf.

I didn't say anything and felt my insides to boil.

"Are you not going to help me?!" I exclaimed.

Is she dumb?

"If Elise comes forward about who I am, not only will it hurt the Kingston's and the group of friends I made, the assassin will know my location and kill me!" I yell into the phone.

Careful Amelia, Kevin might hear you...

Queen Helena sucked in a deep breath and then stuttered out random words before forming a sentence.

"You should just come home where you're safer," She pleaded sweetly.

I groaned into the mic.

"Mom I don't want to! Just tell me what I need to do so I can fix this!" I whined, pressing the palm of my hand to my forehead.

My stomach clenched and something told me that Kevin might be eavesdropping.

"Head back to the Kingston's and apologize, and just keep that Elise girl close because Lord knows what tricks she has up her sleeve now that she knows who you are..." She trailed.

"I should call that Miss Kingston to make sure she won't ship you back, even though that's the safest option for you," Mom sighed.

I nodded to myself, pinching the bridge of nose before saying okay and hanging up.

Guess it's time to pack up AGAIN.