Sunflower X Tyrone Mings

Pool Party Gone Wrong.

Amelias PoV

"You cant ignore him forever" Ben said shaking his head in disbelief. Since the party, Tyrone had mad several attempts to contact me but I wasn't having any of it. "Im not ignoring him, I just have nothing to say to him, and whats the point in small talk?". I replied coldly. It had been three days since the party and I was currently in Leicester with Evie whilst she visited Ben. I didn't really want to come because I felt like I would be a third wheel but once again, Evie insisted. I pretty much do whatever Evie wants as she is like a sister to and since I have no family of my own, she is all I've got. She did however insist that I wouldn't be third wheeling because James would be here too and thats the story of how I ended up in Ben's house being hounded about Tyrone. 

I was sat basking in the rare English sun whilst James, Ben and Evie were fooling around in Ben's pool. I was completely captivated in my own thoughts when suddenly the doorbell rang. "Pizza's here" I shouted to them so that they could get dry to eat, whilst I went and answered the door. I opened the door and to my surprise it wasn't pizza it was Jack. I was very surprised but also glad to see him! Whilst I hadn't been speaking to Ty, I had however grown incredibly close to Jack and he was quickly becoming a good friend of mine. He pulled me into a warm embrace and as he did so I saw him. "Whats he doing here?" I asked Jack through gritted teeth. "Ben invited him" Jack replied "and he invited me" a loud Scottish voice boomed. "Im John, haven't had the pleasure of meeting you yet, but Tyrone hasn't stopped talking about you". I looked at Tyrone who had a confident grin on his face despite being ridiculed by his friends. God I hated how smug his face was and how damn beautiful he was.

We returned to the group who were in fits of giggles when they saw me walk back with them which told me that they were all in on this. "Told you, you couldn't ignore him forever" Ben laughed. I decided not to reply but just to flip him off instead and then I went back to sun bathing.

"Why are you sulking over there on your own?" Jack shouted from the pool. "Im hangry you weren't Pizza" I joked back. "Im better than pizza anyway now come join us in the pool" Jack responded. I didn't bother replying instead I just turned over and got back to being engrossed in my book. so engrossed, in fact that I didn't realise that John and Jack had snuck out the pool and crept up on me. With one quick attack, they had me by my arms and legs and no amount of kicking or screaming  could stop me being tossed me into the pool. However, what nobody knew was that I am not a good swimmer. I never had been. My feet could barley reach the bottom of the water given my small stature, and I began to struggle to keep my head afloat. Just when I felt too tired to continue I felt two strong arms wrap around me and pull me in so that I could wrap my legs around him and he could keep me up. Of course it was Tyrone.

"Looked like you were struggling there" he said calmly. I was too out of breath from trying not to drown to reply to him. I think he realised how afraid I was however and he pulled me in so that I was against his chest and simply whispered "it's okay, you're safe now"

"Shit sorry Amelia, I had no idea you couldn't swim" Jack said apologetically. "Yeah a am sorry too" John added. After I finally got my breath back I reassured them that it was fine and that I would be okay.

As it started to get dark we decided to get out of the pool where I had spend the whole time piggy backing on all the guys backs so that I didn't drown. We were sat around a large fire pit that was just about keeping the evening chill off us all. "I'll go make some drinks for us all" Evie said "will you come help me Ben" she said and with that the two stood up "oh Jack, John, I'll show you that thing on erm, er Fifa I was telling you about earlier" in that moment I knew exactly what everyone was doing, they were trying to get me and Ty alone but I wasn't ready to speak to him! But before I could object they were gone. Great. "Convenient" I muttered. "Okay but have I don't something wrong?, all I want is the opportunity to show you that Im interested in you" he said clearly irritated. "Tyrone, you don't know anything about me, not the first thing. How could you possible be interested in me".  He was silent for a while. Just as I was about to get up and join the others inside he spoke. "You're right I don't know anything about you but that mystery is what attracts me to you! And besides, I'm trying my hardest to get you to speak to me and open up, but its extremely difficult when you don't answer my texts" I watched as all the anger on his face turned into a look of pain. "I'm a good guy and I just want a chance to show you that".

I don't know what it was about Tyrone but he has a way of making me want to open up, even though I try my hardest to resist it. I had to admit, maybe I was being a little harsh. "Okay fine what do you want to know?" "I want to get to know everything about you" he said genuinely interested in me. "Well I haven't got that sort of time". I said defensively. "Okay fine. Can I at least know why you wont speak to me, even though you know as well as I you want to! Why are you doing this to yourself?"

Tyrone's PoV
"Look, you're right I do have a connection with you but its not that simple." Amelia replied. "Bad things happen to people I love and care about, in fact bad luck follows me". I let out a little laugh which I regretted the second I saw her face. "If you are just going to take the piss I won't bother!" she said angrily. "No please, I'm not trying to belittle you I'm just confused" I said trying to justify myself." "Okay fine. My life has been a sequence of horror and bad luck. I've seen and witnessed things that no one should ever have to see or go through". I could see this was extremely difficult for her to talk about but I needed answers. "Can you elaborate?" I said softly. She sighed.  "Love is something that I cannot allow myself to be exposed to. I came from a family where love literally tore us apart. The only person who knows anything about this is Evie so do you promise not to tell anyone?" In this moment, the red head girl infront of me looked so fragile. "I promise, I just want to understand whats going on in that beautiful mind of yours".

"When I was 11, my mum and my dad argued every singe day. It got so bad that I cried myself to sleep most nights with my hands over my ears, just trying to drown out the shouting. It was clear to everyone, even me, that my mum and dad couldn't be together anymore. my mum tried to leave multiple times but my dad wasn't having it. I guess there was still a part of him that loved her and wanted it to work."

I watched as tears began to form in her eyes and she took deep breathes trying to stop herself from breaking down entirely. "It's okay if you don't want to say anymore, I can see its bothering you" i said trying to reassure her as best I could. "No you need to know why I'm like this, why I cant and won't allow myself to fall for you" she composed herself and began again "well, anyway, my mum met somebody at work and started having an affair if you could call it that, because she made it clear that she wanted out, but my dad didn't see it like that. He believed that they took a vow and that they should work through it and he was so angry when he discovered mum was trying to move on with someone else. The day before my 12th birthday, my parents were fighting again, only this time my dad had been drinking. He was angry and violent and I can remember the shouting getting louder and louder until suddenly it stopped. I immediately knew something was wrong but I was too scared to move from my bed." I studied the broken girl in front of me she was so hurt by whatever had happened and I just wanted to make her feel better. "After a few minutes of silence I plucked up the courage to go see what had happened and that was when my life was turned upside down forever. Love had driven my father to murder and he then took his own life. I don't want to experience anything to do with love ever again. It ruined my life, it took away the two most important people to me" she immediately began to sob as she finished her story and I pulled her in and let her cry. After a few minutes I felt her body begin to breath more steadily and I saw this as the opportunity to speak. "Amelia, love drives people to do all sorts of things. Not all of them end the way your parents love story did. Sometimes loves drives you to argue and fight, but it also can cause you to step out your comfort zone and open up to somebody, or it could just be a case of getting you to do something you wouldn't normally do just because you want to make a person happy. And if im being totally honest I want to make you happy." I said looking into her eyes I felt our faces getting closer and closer until our lips met and we shared the most amazing and passionate kiss I had ever had. After a few minutes she pulled away and bolted up right. "I'm sorry Ty, this was a mistake, I have to go" And with that she was gone and I was left  trying to make sense of what had just happened.

A/N
Poor Amelia! But how cute and reassuring is Ty!
This chapter is quite a heavy one so if anyone ever needs to talk about anything I am here for you just drop me a message!🖤

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AP xoxo