AVANTHONY A True Love Story

Chapter 25

ANTHONY POV:
I woke up a few minutes before my alarm from the excitement of seeing Avani. There was so much to tell her. I took a shower, shaved, and got dressed nicely.
"Are you going to pick up Avani and Amelie." Blake asked before I walked out.
"Yes!"  I said excitedly.
"Is Amelie coming over?" He asked.
"No Ill probably drop her off at her house. Why?"
"Just asking."
"You like her don't you?"
"Mabye but I don't need a girl. You should have seen all the hoes I was pulling at the parties dude." Blake boasted. I laughed then got inside the car. I stopped by a florist and bought Avani yellow flowers. I put on happy music which made me even happier. Nothing could bring down my happiness.

"Where do I wait for a person coming off of flight..." I told the guy her flight number hoping he could help me find the waiting area. It was always different for some reason. He helped me a little bit but I roamed around trying to figure out we're to go. I found the spot and waited. After about thirty minutes I saw Charli walking out and knew Avani had to be close behind. I was about to get up when I felt a buzz from my phone. I got it out and checked what it was, someone air dropped me a video. I only watched it because I saw Avani in it.

I re-watched the video making sure I was seeing things. I looked up to see Avani walking toward me with a smile. I got up and threw the flowers away out of anger.
"Hey bebe!" Avani said opening her arms to hug me.
I put the phone in her face and her smile disappeared just how mine did when I first saw the video.
"Anthony it's not what it looks like!" She defended.
"I'll call you an Uber." I said coldly before handing her the flowers.
"Anthony can we please talk about th-" She stopped talking when I walked away. I had no intention of arguing over something that was clear. I walked away with a small tear running down cheek. I waited for her Uber to arrive and for her and Amelie to get in it before I left.

I drove home slowly wishing someone would wreck into me. I parked in the Sway garage and sat in the car for a few minutes. I got out slowly and walked to my room even slower dragging my feet with my hands in my pockets as I walked. I had no excitement, no energy, no motivation to do anything.

"Anthony where's Avani?" Blake asked.
"Ya were's your girl?" Josh asked mockingly.
"Shut up! Don't ever talk about her agin!" I yelled with a crack in my voice from wanting to cry.
"Did Avani do something?" Blake asked.
"I said don't talk about her you idiot." I said breaking down and running towards Blake to punch him. I only punched Blake's arm once before Josh pulled me away and into a tight hug so I couldn't move.
"Anthony what's wrong?" Blake asked concerned.
"She cheated on me! She fucking cheated! I thought she loved me." I cried. I could feel Josh and Blake looking at each other not knowing what to do.
"I'm sorry Blake." I said once I pulled myself together.
"I know how you feel. You needed to take you anger out somehow." He said understandingly. We talked for a moment before I walked away.

I went to my bathroom and looked in the mirror. My eyes were red from hatred and crying.
I punched the showers tile repeatedly leaving my knuckles red and bloody. I closed all the windows, made sure no light got threw the blinds, turned off my computer because it gave off light and finally locked my door and turned off the lights before laying in bed and closing my eyes. The more and more I thought the more depression creeped closer. Betrayed by the one person I trusted, by the one person I truly loved made me want to shut everything and everyone out of my life. I didn't even want to see the light of day.

AVANI POV:
I was stupid to think just because Payton deleted the video no one would ever see it. I should have know he would retrieve the video from the recently deleted part in Camera Roll.

Not once in the airport did Anthony raise his voice at me or call me anything bad. He even waited for my Uber to get their before he left, not wanting to leave me alone. He was kind even when he was hurt and angry. And for that reason I knew I had to make sure I didn't lose him.

I racked my brain thinking of how I could say sorry and explain the truth because simply telling him wouldn't do.
"Amelie please help me"
"I'm gonna help you but you better learn form this. Anthony is an amazing person and I believe he is the one for you so don't mess it up agin okay." She lectured me.
"I know what I did was stupid but I didn't really do anything-" I was cut of by Amelie, "Avani!" She said giving me a scornful look.
"Okay sorry." I mumble annoyed that she was right.

We went down to ask Amelies mom for help because we couldn't think of anything. I explained the situation to her and she looked stunned for a moment.
"So, don't do anything today. He also needs some time to think. I'm not going to tell you what you have to do and neither is Amelie." She said looking at Amelie with a raised eyebrows waiting for her acknowledgment.
"Okay I won't tell her what to do but if she asks for help I'll help her." Amelie said defensively.
"Obviously you didn't cheat but who wouldn't think that you cheated if they saw that video. If it's meant to be he will give you the chance to explain yourself and he will open himself up to the truth. Now you just have to figure out what you have to do." She told me.
"That's the thing I don't know what to do." I said.
"Do you love him Avani?" She asked.
"Yes!" I said without hesitation.
"Then you will know what to do." She said. I nodded my head, thanked her, and hugged her even though she didn't help much.

"Okay I have an idea but it involves me driving so I don't know if it will work." I told Amelie.
"Ohh you could use my car and I could teach you how to drive like right now." She said excited. I had no objections so we got in her car.
"Pull out of the drive way and drive down the road." She said.
"Easy." I said confidently.
"You can't press on the brakes that hard!" Amelie said when she got jerked forward when I abruptly stopped the car.
"I thought it was going to stop slowly."
"It will if you press the brake slowly, not if you put all your force on it." She corrected.

We kept going around her neighborhood until I was able to drive smoothly without stopping every five seconds.
"So definitely made good progress." She stated.
"I suck don't I?" I asked.
"No you just need more practice." She admitted.
"Can I try to drive where's there's other cars, please. I need to learn before tomorrow." I begged.
"Okay try driving to you house and back. But whatever you do don't slam the breaks okay." She asserted.
"Okay!" I said happily.

We got to my place and I turned around but didn't go back to Amelies house I stopped at Starbucks.
"Dang I'm good at driving. I should get my license." I said.
"Yeah we definitely didn't almost run over a pedestrian.!" Amelie said with a scared look.
"That wasn't my fault why would he walk there if it wasn't a walking area."
"Your right buy your wrong." She said before we ordered our coffees.

"I figured out what I'm going to do!" I told Amelies mom handing her an iced coffee.
"See I knew you would." She said. I told her what I was going to do before I went and finished little details of my idea.

"Good night!" Amelie said before turning her lamp off.
"Good Night." I whispered back. I fidgeted with my hands and the blankets not wanting to go to sleep.
"Amelie are you still awake?" I asked.
"Barely." She groaned.
"Can we talk?" I asked sitting up.
"Yeah what's wrong." She said yawning.
"What if he breaks up with me I don't know what I'd do without him." I told her.
"He won't break up with you. You know he loves you two much for that."
"But I just know he's really mad by the way he talked at the airport. His voice was empty. Like you know when your mad but don't want to lash but you also don't want to show how hurt you are so your just empty." I tried explaining to her.
"Yeah I know what you mean. Just trust me you'll be fine." She said before giving me a smile and going to sleep. She didn't help ease my anxiety but it wasn't her fault I wouldn't have know how to answer those questions if she asked me. 

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