Life Ain't fair

Chapter 14

I ran to my room and changed as fast as I could possible, seeing as I could not go outside in my current attire.

I wore an over sized grey hoodie along with leggings. And wore a black beanie and dashed downstairs to go there as far as possible.

As I went down I began to get scared about what I should say to my parents but nonetheless I just ran down and went to my mom and said goodbye

"Wait where are you going Sophie" she asked

" Sorry mom. I really really need to go right now . It's somewhat of a midlife crisis. Don't worry I will be back or I will text you." I said urgently.

She looked at me skeptically and spoke

"Okay be back by ten or text me if it's late" she said with a suspicious look

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I love you so much." I said enthusiastically kissing her cheek. She sighed and smiled.

I ran outside and decided to walk. I knew that it would take sometime for me to go there and I have no clue where he lived so he might be there before me. Or after you.

I tried my best to walk fast and keep my emotions in check. What Tori had told. She had lied which made Alex to hate me. And say all of those things to me. I cannot say that it does not hurt but seeing as there was a reason maybe it was okay after all. He did say that he did not mean them. And so far hasn't lied about anything else either. So maybe he was sorry after all.

I don't know what I would say to him now but I know that I need to reconcile because I have learnt it the hard way that if you think it's the right thing to do then you should do it right then and there. Without any delay. Or there would be repercussions.

In about 30 minutes I reached the cliff. And I saw him sitting at the edge. In all his glory the one and only Alexander James. However upset I was I couldn't stop admiring his features which shone in the moonlight. He was truly beautiful. I am still happy that he did not mean any of it. It kind of filled me with a sense of comfort.

I walked towards him and he did not turn around as I went forward. I slowly sat down beside him. That was when he decided to turn to look at me. We held each other's gaze for 2 seconds as we broke it together and looked away.

"Heyy" I breathed out.

"Hey" he replied almost as a whisper.

"I spoke to Tori today. She told me that she lied to me and well you too. And that she would have done it again and again

If it meant that you would be hers. She even said that I took you away from her. And I have no clue what that means. I mean you always spent time with both of us. I don't know why she is like that now. Why would she hate me so much" I whispered my voice almost breaking at the end.

"Hey look at me" he said making me turn towards him

"Whatever she did or told she might have her reasons. Yes I know that it was very wrong to do so and I am in no way defending her. I absolutely am not but I am just telling you she was going through a lot at that time so we don't know why she did what she did. And just ignore whatever she says. Never ever take it to heart" he said looking me in the eye.

I nodded not being able to say anything.

"So are we like okay. Do you forgive me for whatever I said and did" he asked hopefully

"I will not say that whatever you said didn't hurt because it and it did a lot but I know where you were coming from, at least I do a little. At that age hatred can grow. I know it so I am sure that it will be fine. And I know that you are sorry for it so yeah we are okay" I said again turning to look at him.

"I know and I am sorry. And I will always be. I did not realise the extent of my hatred until you thought that I would..." He stopped as if he couldn't complete the sentence and I knew what it was.

He would r**e me.

At that moment last night that's what I thought. His words reminded me of Eddie and Jackson and I was scared that his actions may remind me of something about them too.

I looked at him at that moment and saw regret and hurt flash in his eyes.

"And I am sorry for that too. It's just that I haven't had the best of friends in my life especially males so I doubt them a lot. Especially with everything that happened with us I was just skeptical." I said.

"Wait what do you mean." He asked looking right at me. His eyes showing no emotion.

It was a rare occasion that he would show some emotion in them. And whenever he did I tried my best to figure it out.

"No no. It's nothing you should worry about. It's not a big deal. Just a relationship gone wrong so don't worry." I reassured him.

I knew that it hadn't done much to convince him but at least he settled for now. So I thought maybe we could just talk for a while at least.

"Soo...." I drawed out turning towards him and extending my hand towards him

"Friends?" I grinned.

He finally smiled.

" Friends" he declared shaking my hand in his firm grip.

"Well how's life. I know it must be really really difficult seeing as I wasn't there" I smirked.

"Cocky much"

"Well I did learn from the best" I winked at him. And we both began to laugh.

We sat there in each other's company for a long time taking about trivial matters in his and my life that we did not notice the time.

I learnt that he has a sister now who is 4 years old. And her name is Emily. That was such a cute name. And I could see the love he had for his sister in his eyes when he spoke about her. He spoke of everyone but his mother. I felt like something happened to her. But if something actually did he would tell me on his own

Right?.

And I was never really fond of his mother much. But I never voiced my opinion about her seeing as Alex had truly loved her. Which is why I cannot understand why he isn't speaking of her.

At the same time his father was an amazing person and parent. He was just like another parent for me. I knew that he loved me and I him. We were really close . He was the only one who was ever able to stop one of mine and Alex's -what do you call-fights I guess . Either way his father was a total sweetheart.

So I probably shouldn't worry so much either. He will tell me what happened. If anything happened.

When I finally saw the time it was already 10:05. God how worried my mother must be I thought and freaked out. Seeing that there were many messages and missed calls from my mother.

Mom - where are you

Mom- why aren't you home yet.

Mom- answer your phone.

Mom- why aren't you answering your phone Sophie.

Mom- Sophie please answer the phone.

Mom- Sophia answer your phone. You are worrying me a lot right now.

"Ohh s**t" I exclaimed.

"What happened"

"It's my mom. I was supposed to be home by 10. And seeing that it's already past ten. She is worried. A lot." I said

" Well if you want you can stay at my house for the night seeing as your house is quite far right now." He offered

"I don't know. Are you sure?. I don't wanna be a burden though"

"Sophie. You are never a burden so come on let's go" he said getting up.

I thought about it for a few seconds and agreed if my mom does too. So I decided to call her.

Me - hey mom. Sorry for not picking the calls earlier. My phone was on silent.

Mom- thank the gods you are fine. Do you know how worried I was.

Me - yes mom and I am really sorry. I am with my friend right now and as it's late can I stay at their house.

Mom- who is this friend may I ask?.

Me - umm.. it's Amelia mom.

I knew that she wasn't satisfied but agreed nonetheless. Which was a relief and knowing my mother she might even ask Amelia if I am there so I decided to warn her.

Me - hey if my mom asks then I am with you and I spent the night with you . Understand?.

Amelia- what? Why?

Me - I will explain tomorrow.

Amelia- if you are supposedly at my house and aren't at yours whose house are you in.

Me- cool down girl. I said you I would tell you tomorrow.

Amelia- okay be safe. Use protection ?

Me - omg you i***t. Nothing of that sorts is happening. You really need some holy water. And good night.

God this girl would be the death of me. During all this I almost forgot about Alex. I looked up to see him looking down at me. I smiled at him and said

"Come on let's go".

His house was pretty close to the cliff than my house was. And lord his house was almost double of mine. He was filthy rich. Like he always was. He lived in the same house as he always did. And even though I had seen it before it never failed to amuse me . It was really huge.

We walked inside all the while in silence which was both nice and comforting . While he broke the silence

"Umm. I think everyone is asleep so we need to be a little careful not to wake anybody." He whispered.

"Ohh okay" I followed him inside.

We walked upstairs. God this is tiring. His house is huge

"So your house still remains the maze as it was and the best place for hide and seek" I asked with a smile.

At that I heard him laugh.

"Well I guess so" he turned to me and winked.

I looked down and was glad for the lack of lighting or he would have seen the tinge of pink on my cheeks.

I always kind of disliked the fact that I could blush at the simplest things which was a problem to maintain a poker face. Because regardless of what I said my face would give it away. And that's what frustrated me. And that was the thing that put me in so much trouble in the past. I shook my head as if trying to make myself forget all the memories from them before.

We finally stopped outside a door.

"Okay well this is the guest bedroom. You can sleep in here and well the opposite room is mine. Sleep well and don't break your head or fall off the bed okay?. You have a problem of being clumsy " he said with a cheeky smile.

" Asshole" I muttered hitting him on his chest playfully.

I turned around entering the room while muttering the words good night to him. I was really tired as I reached the bed. Exhaustion took over and my eyelids felt heavy and we're drooping.

I slept imagining all the good thing things that happened today. I was finally friends with Alex again. And we had made a proper friendship this time. Even though we had regrets we were not going to let that disturb us now. We were finally starting to build something nice. And I only hope that my past does not come to bite me in the a*s now.