beside you | wroetoshaw

twenty-four

tobis pov

once harry left everyone stood in the same place, not moving nor making any noise. waiting for one of them to break the silence they had created.

"well what are we going to do now" jj asked, breaking the silence

"well i need to speak to emilia" i said

"mate, go and tell her i don't like her will you" ethan moaned rubbing his head

"i think you should be telling harry that" simon interrupted

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on my way home i decided to text emilia, to give her warning i would come round to her flat once i'm back

tobi brown
so i have some information for you, can i come round in about 10?

me and ethan were in the same uber, since we live in the same place it just makes sense to. there was an awkward tension in the air, i think he thinks it's his fault about harry and emilia splitting again.

"you alright mate" i asked him, his eyes were glued to his phone.

"i just feel guilty lad, like i knew how much em liked harry. bog should of fucking spoke to me man" he said sighing and rubbing his face

"don't beat yourself up about it, it was harrys problem and it will be sorted soon enough. but you know bog, he doesn't think like that most of the time" i said trying to reassure him

"i'm just confused on.....why, harry just didn't mention anything to me. or any of us for that matter" he said fixing his jumper that was slightly skewed.

"yeah, if he really wanted to start fresh with emilia he should have spoke to you." i said agreeing with him

he nodded his head at my statement and went back to his phone, more of a calm energy was created after he had a rant. must of been something he needed.

"i still don't believe that's it though" i said out of the blue

"what do you mean" ethan said looking up at me again, putting his phone in his pocket - interested in what i had to say.

"i don't just think it's him not being ready, or someone slipping into conversation you like em. i think someone really pushed on him about it to the point he thought they were right. that's what always happens with him" i explained, making ethans eyes widen

"lad see if that's what's happened, and em finds out who it is she will go fucking ape shit" ethan said waving his hands about

i nodded my head laughing.
"she really would" i agreed

"i just think it's if she has a thing with a boy she kind of sticks to them. like see the whole jamie situation, she stuck by him even when he treated her like shit on the bottom of his shoes" ethan said sounding upset

"it's shit hearing her go through that and now this, she doesn't deserve it. she just wants to move on but harry is just being difficult" i rolled my eyes

right after i said that we pulled up at the tower. we thanked the driver and got out, but something caught my eye before we went in.

"ethan" i stopped

"yeah mate" he turned around confused

i pointed into the car park, at a certain car that i somehow recognised.

"is that jamies car?" i asked, scared.

"fuck knows mate, how do you remember his car?" ethan said completely missing my point

i looked at him like he was stupid

"oh my god is jamie here?" he said finally catching on

both our eyes widened as we almost sprinted to the lift, after what felt like years we got to emili as floor and ran to her door banging on it.

"emilia, it's tobi" i practically punched the door

even after a few minutes of knocking, there was no sign of her.

"did she answer your text? she might be out?" ethan asked looking worried

i checked my phone, she hadn't even read the message yet.
i shook my head as his face fell even more.

"maybe that's just not his car, maybe we are overthinking it" ethan said looking down at the car from the hallway window

"i'm almost sure it is" i said pacing outside emilia a door.

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emilias pov

i saw tobis text.
i heard the outisde my door for a good 10 minutes.
i couldn't face them, i didn't want to.

i don't want to beg for harry back if it's going to hurt his and ethans friendship. i don't want to get in between the boys, so it's just best if i leave the situation. let them get on with their lives, and i will mine.

"emilia, shouldn't you answer the door? they sound worried" a mans voice shouted from my kitchen

"it's fine, they'll be gone soon" i shakily shouted back.