What's Wrong With Milkshakes?

Part 33

He pulls me into him, letting my cry against his chest.
"Its okay Lex, let's just talk about it, yeah?" He says, running his fingers through my hair. I look up at him, and give him a small smile.
"Sure, ok" I say.
"Right, so what brought all this on all of a sudden? why did you ask if all this was real?" he asks me, taking his eyes off of me for one moment.
"I was on the phone to Brooke - I wanted to fix things with her, and to do that I had to tell her everything. Everything about us, everything thats happened in the last few days. it was then that I realised how quickly this all had happened - we only met a few days ago and now we're together. It was Brooke who said that you're only here to lead me on and that you're a celebrity, which means you can literally get away with anything. I just… I dont know. I dont know if this is going to work, you're going to be working all day, you dont even live anywhere near me. We're hours, worlds, apart. I'm just a normal person, you've been famous for years. I do really like you,Perri,but I dont know how we are going to work." I say burying my head in his chest again.
"Lexi, I know we're so different in so many ways, but I really like you, and will never do anything to hurt you, or to lead you on. I've never let a girl into my life so quickly, but I thought you'd be okay with it. I thought you'd be able to manage the pressure of my work, the pressure of my life. I know we live hours away from each other, but there are always ways to see each other, and I suppose when you leave uni, you could move in with me,I get quite bored living alone. We can work this out, I promise you" he says, kissing the top of my head. I smile a little. Maybe this will work. But only if I can get all these thoughts about Sam out of my head.
"I need to ask you something though…" Perri says, getting serious all of a sudden.
"Okay?" I ask. what is he going to ask me? i think to myself.
"What the hell is going on between you and Sam?" He asks, extremely bluntly.
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"He told me where you are, how did he know that? Clearly you two have been speaking" He says, moving away from me slightly.
"He came to the coffee shop I was in, when we'd argued earlier. He just wanted to make sure im okay. He told me that I need to talk to you about it all, that we need to sort it all out." I say, sensing the hint of jealousy in his voice.
"He doesnt want us to sort it out," Perri says.
"He said he does." I say bluntly.

"No, he likes you, Lexi" Perri turns away from me as he says this.