You All Along

Chapter 27

SONGS FOR THIS CHAPTER

Steal My Girl (One Direction)

Fireproof (One Direction)

Skyscraper (Demi Lovato)

For The Love of A daughter (Demi Lovato)

Just Give Me  A Reason (Pink)

A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)

Jeff’s P. O. V

The date advice session something turned out great. Mike and Olivia had such great ideas, that I would have not even thought of. They asked me a lot of things about what Layla likes to do, and how does she looks like and I felt like I was giving information to someone who I hired to kidnap my girlfriend. But at the end, both Akshay and I left the place with amazing ideas on our dates, and Mike’s and Olivia’s handphone number and the recipe for the green tea ice cream shake. It was 4.00pm when we left the shop, meaning we were in there longer than we paid for. Akshay’s and my stomach rumbled simultaneously and we settled on going to ‘Jason’s Chinese Food Shop’ somewhere in the mall. After being given a seat, I took out my phone, and saw 27 messages and 18 missed calls. All from Layla. I quickly opened the latest message which read

*JEFF! Can’t you answer my calls? Or reply them? Please?*

And I quickly replied to it:

*Why? What’s wrong? Should I come, I was just having lunch. Anything urgent?*

Akshay ordered some spicy fried rice,  stir fried asparagus and broiled chicken. Our Chinese tea arrived first and I sipped on it, wondering what was so urgent with Layla. I checked my voicemail, and the latest one was from Layla saying, “Hey baby, sorry for the messages and so many calls. Could you come home, as soon as possible?” it said, and I instantly relaxed. Akshay had called Irene and fixed his date with her tonight, so he will be leaving in a while. Our food came in after 10 minutes, and we didn’t wait for it to cool down. Both Akshay and I focused on satisfying our stomach. We paid for our meal and left the mall.

Layla’s P.O.V

I ran to my cellphone, and called Jeff, trying to get him to answer, but his phone was shut. I ran to my mom in the kitchen and showed her the bracelet and she gasped. “This..this..is this Mrs, Styles bracelet? The one she wore when she passed away? Jeff gave this to you. It is the only valuable thing he had of her, and he gave it to you? Did you ask him about it?” she asked and I shook my head. “No, he’s out having lunch right now, I’ll wait for him to come back. And I have to go to Irene’s house to help her dress up. Akshay asked her on a date tonight,” I said and wiped the tears from my cheeks and went to my room to change. I washed my face and straightened my hair, leaving it slightly waved at the bottom. I wore a grey sleeveless t shirt and tucked it with a pair of dark blue jeans. I wore a dark brown coat and a darker grey scarf and wore my brown leather boots. I grabbed my cellphone and satchet and ran down the stairs. I kissed my mom goodbye, and went to my car. I left Jeff a voice message asking him not to worry and told him to come back home soon. I turned the key into the ignition and drove straight to Irene’s house.

I entered her room, to find about a dozen of different dresses and shoes and pumps and jewelries laid out on her bed. Irene sat cross legged on the floor wearing a pair fo leggings and a blue hoodie, her heads in her hands. Elsa was looking at a black cocktail dress and smiled at me. “What’s up with her?” I asked Elsa and laid my bag on her chair. “I don’t know what to wear tonight, and Akshay will be here in like 2 and a half hours,” she said and sighed. I took a look at all her dresses. She stood up and laid her head on my shoulder and waited for me to make a choice. “Why don’t you wear something simple? No need to go all fancy and glittery like a walking jewelry mannequin,” I suggested and she nodded. After she went in to shower, Elsa and I picked out her outfit and accessories to go along with it and her make up.

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