Strip

Chapter 20

Wiping the sweat off of my palms onto my jeans i clasped the boquet of flowers in my hand while i waited for a response.

*ding- dong*

I looked at my watch 7:45pm. She should be home i was just about to turn to walk away when the door answered. My heart leapt as the door opened, i was so nervous!

"Hmm.. what do you want?"

My heart instantly fell.

"Is amelia here?"

Jason looked me up and down with a disgusted look on his face. I sighed; he has obviously spoken to amelia about roxy.

"She doesnt want to see you"

"Well can you let her speak for herself?"

"Amelia, kalems here to see you" he shouted while looking at the stairs before glaring my way and heading into what i think is their kitchen.

"Can i help you?"

My breath hitched in my throat "Amelia"

"Yes"

"I bought you these" as i handed her the roses i swear she sniffed the petals with a slight smile on her face but was instantly replaced with a blank stare. It happened so fast i would have missed the smile if i blinked.

"Why? shouldnt you be giving them to roxy?"

"For the last time im not with her, i swear! Can you just let me explain please?"

"I am busy at the moment so i dont have the time to talk but we'll talk some other time"

"Thats actually what i wanted to talk to you about. what are you doing this weekend? my family is having a barbeque and i would love to take you, plus we can talk while we are there about everything, i feel like i we need to be more open and discuss the last few months"

"Im sorry i have plans already, we'll talk next weekend"

"Sounds great! i'll come around on saturday next week and we'll talk"

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Closing the door i closed my eyes and inhaled the sweet fresh smells of the flowers, they were so beautiful! i wanted to hate them/hate him but its so hard when i want to just run out there and hug him and tell him i forgive him.

Making my way up the stairs sarah passed me immediately frowning at the flowers in my hand

"Wow. someones a lucky girl. Who are those from?"

"Kalem"

She followed me into my room, great. I did not want to talk about it. Hell, i dont even know whats going on!

"So, is this an 'im sorry' or an 'i love you be my girl again' boquet?"

"Bit of both i guess"

She stared at me with a pained expression "mills, how are you so calm about all of this?! i would be freaking out if i were you"

Little does she know im not as calm as im pretending to be.

"I dont want to get my hopes up sare. We're going to talk next saturday about everything"

"Omg omg omg. What on earth are you going to wear?"

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Its been a few weeks since amelia up and ran out of my house like a mad woman. I wonder what her problem was? i thought everything was going great until i went back into the room to find her running out of my place as if it was on fire. Grabbing my phone i dialled her number.

C'mon amelia pick up the phone

No answer. She cant ignore me forever i stared out the window pondering what i could text her

'Hey amelia. Are you okay? You looked like you'd seen a ghost the other day. Im here if you wanna talk. Anyways get back at me babe'

I immediately recieved a reply

'Shaun can we meet up today i need to talk to you and please, dont call me babe'

My heart sunk reading the last part of her message. I thought we had chemistry i wonder what happened.

'Sure thing. Meet you in 10?'

'I'll see you at that same cafe we went to yeah?'

'Sweet'

Grabbing my keys i raced off to the cafe to see if i could save our friendship/relationship

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