I was standing infront of my driveway. My heart pounding. A million things going through my head. How was I ever going to apologise? Were they even going to accept it? And if they did, what are the chances of them agreeing to go to America? They'll probably just think that I'm apologising just so I can go there, well I am really, but they can't know that!
Right, here goes.
I took one step, onto the drive. Another. I kept taking them, thinking about each one, until I reached the door. I slowly put my hand into my pocket. Man, was it shaking badly! I wrapped my fingers around the key and pulled it out. The key reached the lock, went in and turned. The door opened and creeked as it did. I felt as though I was in a horror movie. I walked in and closed the door behind me.
I made my way towards the kitchen where I new Sophie and Mike would be. I walked into the kitchen.
I saw Sophie looking at me and she looked mad! She went to open her mouth to shout at me but before she could, a few words slipped out of my mouth.
"I'm sorry" I said quickly. Sophie shut her mouth and looked at me confused. I'm not surprised. I'd never apologised to her before. I was confused myself.
"pardon?" Sophie said softly, I could see she was struggling to keep a smile off her face.
"I'm sorry" I repeated, "I should never have shouted at you, argued back or gone out when you'd grounded me. As much as it kills me to say, you are good parents." tears were streaming down her face with happiness. I decided to keep going, to get even further onto her good side. "I know you only ever want the best for me, and since that night, I'm sure it's been a struggle to keep loving me, but I just want you to know that, even though I really hate you sometimes, I do love you"
She grinned a soppy, but happy grin. She opened her arms wide for me to give her a hug. I accepted and went over. As much as I hated her, the fact she cared for me despite that brought a tear to my eye. She was an alright person.
"let's say me and you have a girly night in. Mike's going out" she said.
"sounds great!" I said kinda excitedly.
We spent the rest of that night eating pizza, Ben & Jerry's and popcorn.
"so, you were talking about this Cody guy? What's he like? Is he your boyfriend?"
"he's not my boyfriend! We're just like really close friends. And he's a really sweet guy, really genuine and kind. He always thinks about what I want. And he listens to me"
"he sounds like a great guy. You should go out with him!"
"I wish! He is going back to America on Sunday so I probably won't be able to see him" the reality of that almost made me cry. I felt a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. I'm pretty sure Sophie noticed that.
"will he not come back at all?"
"I don't know. And if he does, it won't be often at all, maybe like once every year or every two years"
"Sunday you say?"
"yeah, why?"
"me and Mike have three weeks off starting Saturday" I looked up at her questioningly, trying not to look like a knew what she was about to say
"if we could find a hotel and get flights, you might just get lucky"
"are you serious?"
"yeah!"
"how long for?"
"the whole three weeks I guess"
"really? Oh, but Alex and Hannah will have to go because Alex is going out with Toby and Hannah's going out with Jake, I couldn't go without them"
"hold on a sec"
Sophie left the room for about 20 minutes
I got bored so I texted Cody
"hey blondie!"
"hey beautiful! How are you?"
I'm great because not only did I make up with Sophie, but she and Mike have the next three weeks off and said they'd take me to LA when you go back on Sunday!"
"Really?! That's great! Are Alex and Hannah coming?:)"
"I'm not sure, hopefully!"
"that's so good!"
"I know!" Sophie came back "sorry, gtg, I'll speak to you in a bit"
I put my phone down.
"right, I've got us 5 tickets to LA and two rooms in a 5* hotel"
"no way?! I love you! But what if Alex and Hannah can't come?"
"no problem, I've spoken to their mum's and they're both fine with it"
"oh my god! Thank you so much Sophie!"
"that's alright! You can call me mum if you want"
I tried to smile, but how could I call Sophie "mum", she wasn't mine. I tried to force a smile but I think she could see through it.
"but Sophie's fine of course! Call me what you want!"
"thanks Soph, sorry, I just can't call you mum"
"no that's fine, I understand!"
I looked at the clock, 1:00
"I better call Hannah and Alex then go to bed"
"okay then Lily, have a nice sleep"
We said goodnight and I went upstairs. I called Alex first because she was first on my contacts.
"Hey Ally!"
"OMG Lily, we're going to LA on Sunday!"
"haha, I know! Isn't it great?!"
"great? This is the best thing ever! I can be with Toby for longer"
"I know! It will be great!"
"omg omg omg!"
"haha, I'll leave you to cool down Al, see ya later!"
"bye Lil! I love you and Sophie!"
"love you too!"
I hung up and called Hannah. Our conversation was pretty much that again!
I text Cody quickly "all 5 of us our ready for America!"
He text me back within about 30 seconds! "well all 3 of us are ready to receive you;)"
"I'll see you in LA on Sunday?"
"or at the airport in England?"
"why? You're going on your private jet, we've got our BA flights"
"nah, there is enough room on our jet for 5 more!"
"what? We can come on your jet?!"
"yeah! I wouldn't have it any other way!"
"omg I love you I love you I love you!"
"love you too! See ya then?"
"see ya then!:D"
I rushed into Sophie's room to tell her!
"oh my god Sophie, Cody's taking us on his jet!"
"what?" she said wearily
"Cody said all 5 could go on his jet to LA! Which means you can get a refund on the flights and more shopping money!"
"oh that's great honey! Now go back to bed! I'm exhausted!"
I ran back to my room and went to bed. It took me a while to get asleep but I did eventually.
