Blooming

Chapter 16:Blooming

Chapter 16

I stood up warily and walked into the living room. I spotted the bag Harry had brought with him. I lifted it up and removed all the tissue paper. I held my breath. I pulled out the most amazing dress I had ever seen, the one in the charity shop window. I just stared at it. How could I have beleived what Matty said about Willow. It was Matty who hadnt turned out as I expected. I needed to see him now tell him I knew the truth, it was the truth. From the look in Harry's pools of disapointment and strain I knew he was telling the truth. The whole family were fake. I decided I would go see Matty. I texted him to meet me in the park beside school. I gave one last look at the dress and walked out the door determined.

He was there, sitting on the bench. I looked at him with hatred but put masked it with a fake smile. He rose from the bench and came towards me, he put his hands round my waist and leaned in. I was entranced his smell overpowered me. My heart was beating a million miles per hour. Then I remembered who this was. The bollocks who messed me up. I put my hands on his chest and pushed him hard like I had done to Jeremy. He stumbled backwards but didnt fall. He steadied himself and looked at me.

"What the..?"

"Dont Matty! I know the truth. I met Harry this morning."

"Oh so your going behind my back with the guy who almost killed Willow?"

"Dont lie to me." I raised my voice.

"Me? Lie? Im not the one who was kissing someone else behind my boyfriends back!"

"Dont even go there! You kissed me!"

"Yea dont pretend you didnt enjoy it or lead me on? You were practically throwing yourself at me with nothing but a towel on!" By this time he was shouting.

"I was locked in a freezing room and you rescued me. My mind was mixed up and you told me that big story about how Harry made Willow anorexic and you were there for her! Thats bull! It was Jay and you were probably part of it!"

Matty stood back. His face was bright red from shouting.

"How dare you! How dare you accuse me! Its not my fault she wanted Jay more than Harry! It wasnt even Jays fault. You wouldnt understand!"

"Tell me how I wouldnt understand."

"How embarassing it was." He let go and sighed. He stopped shouting and just looked sad and lost.

"He got her pregnant, thats why she went anorexic she thought she was getting fat. The baby died." Tears filled my eyes and they soon came rolling down my face.

"You have no idea how disgraced I was. I liked you Bloom I like you now and Harry was in the way. Im sorry I lied to you but I didnt want to start off by telling you how my brother got Willow pregnant. Girls dont really dig guys with brothers like that." I looked into his eyes. He was telling the truth from his heart.

"Do you have any idea about how you make me feel?" He looked up and he stared into my eyes.

"I cant think straight you are always in my mind." He poured out his heart.

"But Harry... He's heart broken and this will send him crazy." I whispered.

"We could keep it on low for a while until he cools off?" I couldnt think with Matty staring passionately into my eyes all I wanted to do was kiss him. He stepped forward.

"Im sorry." He whispered his breath tickled my cheek. He kissed my cheek but respectfully didnt kiss me.

"I want to do this right." He said his face strained. He wanted to kiss me as much as I wanted to kiss him but I needed to think.

"I appreciate that. I just need to think!" Matty nodded. He left but not before pulling his beanie down over my head. It smelt of him. He turned and walked away. I reached up for the beanie. On it it said "your mine." I stared at it. Was this fate telling me I wanted Harry? I suddenly remembered the dress and my head and heart thumped so loudly everything else sounded like background noise. Was it possible to be in love with two people at once?

Mum and Mr Small met me at the doorway.

"Nice hat." Mum commented.

I put my head down and walked up the stairs.

"Bloom?" Mr Small called.

I turned to look at him.

"Come in here we need to talk to you." I reluctantly went and plonked onto a chair in the living room.

Mr Small sat opposite me and Mum stood behind him holding his shoulders.

"So you've probably noticed me and your mum are..." He hesitated to pick the right word. "Seeing eachother." Nice choice. What was he going to tell me? Mum was probably pregnant. I waited for him to say it.

"Are you uncomfortable with that?" Mr Small asked.

"Yup." I answered bluntly.

"Because we want your opinion on this if you would prefer us not to...see eachother just tell me now."

"Why would I care? She has her own life, I have mine." I answered.

"I dont know your view on a mother and daughter relationship but that shouldnt be the way."

"Darren, your not a physciatrist!" Mum joked. "Darren" looked at her with an unanused expression.

"I like it that way ok? I dont want a dosey mother on my back all the time asking me where Im going, who Im texting, to do my homework ok? I manage fine. Ive got plenty of motherly figures in my life." (Well some not so motherly as in Mrs Douglas.) Mr Small nodded.

"If your sure." He sighed. I walked out of the room and heard mum tell him she'd told him so. I went to my room and tried to sort my mind out. I decided to ring Blue.

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