The Hidden Secret

Part 5: Opening up

Half an hour later i arrive at my flat and it's a tip. I turn the speaker on and flop down onto the sofa. I put Ariana Grandes "My Everything" album on and sob my eyes out.

One of the verses really sticks out to me.

"Break up
make up
total waste of time,
can we please make up our minds?
And stop acting like we're blind."

Best mistake is one of my favourite songs but I've never known what she's talking about until now. I wipe the tears from my eyes and pick up my phone. I text Johnny.

"Hey, can you come round? I just want to sort things out."

I know he won't reply but I just hope for the best. A few seconds later a message from Johnny comes through.

"Why? Aren't you mad at me?"

"Yeah but I just want to try and figure things out, I don't want things to be awkward between us. Plus I think Jackie and Adam are starting to get suspicious."

"Okay fine, I'll be there in a few minutes"

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A few minutes later I hear a knock at the door. I pause my music and get up to open it, I take a deep breath and open the door to see Johnny standing there.

"Hey, come in." I say to him

He comes in and I can already tell he's anxious.

"Are you okay? You look really nervous." I ask as I sit next to him on the sofa.

"Yeah I'm fine just a bit worked up that's all." He replies. "So where should we start?"

"Maybe I should make some tea? I can tell you're nervous so it might calm you down a bit."

"I promise I won't pour it over you this time."

"And I promise I won't put any salt in yours."

I get up and put the kettle on, I make our tea and give him his cup whilst I sit back down next to him.

"Can I just start off by saying I'm sorry, it was so wrong of me to have poured my tea on you. I don't know why but I just had this feeling of anger building up in me." Johnny said to me.

"I know how you felt. I wad so anxious all night trying to not say anything that I would regret. I just thought it would make me happy to prank you but it obviously didn't."

"Is this what it's gonna be like every Friday? Tension between us?"

"Not if we sort it out now, we can get rid of that tension." I said to him.

We spent the whole night sorting out our problems that by the time we finished it was starting to get light outside.

"I should probably get going, it's quite late." Johnny said as he got up.

I showed him out and I shut the door behind him. I felt so happy to have sorted everything out. Everything I had built up inside of me was released, it was a weight lifted from my shoulders.

Next week will be better, I know it will.