Into You (COMPLETE)

Chapter 20

CHAPTER 20:

Emma's POV:

By the end of the day I am so tired that I don't even know even know how I am getting home. I am full on yawning and rubbing my eyes to keep me awake. It's the last lecture of the day and I am so ready to throw myself on the bed and take a long nap.

I start packing up my stuff and I someone knocks on my back. I turn to look at the person and it is none other then Jeremy.

"Hey, what's up?" I ask him with a genuine smile.

"I kinda wanted to talk to you. Could you meet me later?" He asks me a little shyly.

"Umm.." I don't know what to say because I am supposed to talk to my therapist today. It's long overdue."I can't today, maybe tomorrow?" I ask him hoping he won't mind and won't ask many questions.

"Yes sure. I'll text you the details later" he says and walks me out the class till my car. We talk about random things and I feel a little refreshed. We say our goodbyes and walk away.

I reach the apartment and it feels so nice to be back here. I honestly missed this place and my comfortable bed. I don't change my clothes or anything and just lay down on the bed.

I am just about to lick Ryan Reynolds abs when I am woken up by my phone blaring with 'I like me better' by Lauv. Don't judge me but that's my favourite song. I wake up with a groan and see that it's my therapist calling.

We talk for sometime and I feel better now. I tell her about the nightmares and she says it will get better with time. She says that everytime but it doesn't get better. She reminds me to take my sleeping pills. She had to see another patient so we cut the call. I check in the bedside table for my sleeping pills and I see that it's empty. I'll have to buy a new bottle. I also realise that I am hungry when I hear the weird noises from my stomach.

I grab my car keys and go downstairs in the parking lot. I drive to the nearest supermarket and look around for stuff that I can keep at home. I reach target in about fifteen minutes. I grab a few cereal boxes, a few candles, bath bombs sleeping pills, a soap dispenser, a nice set of bed sheets and pillows, covers for throw pillows, small plants to keep inside the house and what not. I go a little crazy while shopping for stuff like that. I like buying stuff that looks good with the place. I bought two rugs, one for the living room and the other for my bathroom. My eyes kinda bugged out when I saw the bill. But with a heavy heart I handed over the credit card given by dad. I wonder what I should eat so I list down places with nice food.

After a few minutes of debate with my innerself, I settle on Pizza express and Starbucks for drinks.

I am standing in line for collecting my pizza when I see Jeremy walk in alone.

"Hey Jeremy!" I call him and wave at him. He looks at me and then comes to talk to me.

" Hey Em. What are you doing here? I thought you were busy" he tells me.

"Well, correction, I was busy. Now I am free and duh! I am getting Pizza here" I look at him like he's stupid.

"Ohh. If you don't mind then we can eat together. Only if you want" he tells me. I think about it a little and I realise that it isn't bad at all. I'd rather have food with him then do anything in this world. That is when I realise, HE JUST ASKED ME OUT ON A DATE! Omg,! That is when I start freaking out a bit. Am I looking good? I hope I look presentable. I can't remember whether I combed my hair. But then I realise that why would he go out with a freak like me. I see that he is still waiting for my answer.

"Only if you're paying" I tell him with a little laugh. He also laughs along. I tell him what I will eat. He places the order and we take a seat at the table in the corner. We are waiting for our orders when I remember that he wanted to talk me about something.

"Wait.. wait.. wait.. you wanted to talk to me about something after class today, right? " I ask him.

"Oh yaa.. about that.. just forget it" he says.

"Oh come on. Just tell me what it is. I am a very curious person and will annoy you till you won't tell me" and I look at him with serious eyes, letting him know that I am not kidding. He looks at me for a second and maybe sees the same thing.

"Well.. I have been wanting to talk to you about this for a long time now" he tells me. I nod my head telling him to continue.

"Okay.. so I kinda like this girl from Uni" he tells me and it's like stab directly in the heart. But I have to act casual so I don't show him how much it affects me.

"Okay, so what's the problem?" I ask him.

"I wanted to ask her out, but I don't know how" he says. I don't know what to suggest. So I am about to tell him what I would think would be an ideal date.

"Before going any further, do you know if she likes you?" I ask him. It is necessary for her to like him. I so hope she doesn't like him at all. Maybe just hate him for some bad habit he has.

"I am almost sure that she likes me" he says. And I notice two pink spots on his cheek.

"Aww.. are you blushing?" I aks him with a cheeky smile. I pinch his cheeks. He just looks so adorable that I couldn't help it. He softly pushes my hands away.

"Okay, so can you help me out?" He asks me.

"What do you need help with exactly?" I ask him.

"If you could give me ideas on how to ask her out for a date. Just tell me what your ideal date would be" he says.

"Okay. So.. for me would be a nice romantic classic movie at a drive-in theatre with a picnic where the guy makes the snacks. But for the girl you like, maybe you could stick with a nice romantic movie and a dinner before or after." I tell him. He nods his head maybe considering what I said.

"You know what, it's not that bad. It's actually a pretty amazing idea. Nothing can go wrong with a classy date like that. Thank you for the help." He says and he looks pretty impressed.

We talk for some more time and then head home. Even though he doesn't have romantic feelings for me, I liked the time we spent together.

I head home that night with a huge smile on my face all the way. He walked me till my car.

The whole night I am on cloud nine. I do a happy dance as soon as I close the door. It's not like he is going to ask me out but I hope he is happy with whoever that is. I decide to keep everything I bought in place tomorrow maybe after work or something. I go to sleep within an hour or so. The last thought in my head is that I forgot to go to Starbucks.

I wake up with a startle. I look around the apartment as I felt that I was being watched. I feel really scared right now. I try to calm my heart beats. I take deep breaths and take a walk in the apartment with my knife that I keep in my bedside drawer.

After I have checked the whole apartment, I take a breath of relief as I am sure, there is nobody here. I look at the time and it's 4 in the morning. I take a sleeping pill and set an alarm for 9.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.  
-Amelia Earhart.

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