We Want Love
CHAPTER TEN
*Vic*
I hear a knock on my door the next morning before college and I open it to see Amelia stood there smiling at me hopefully. I beckon her to come in and she folds her arms across her chest seemingly nervously.
"I was wondering whether you wanted to come to college with me and Matt today? Just so you're not on your own." She says and I look at her.
"Uh, thanks for the offer, but I have to pick up Mikey and take him to school anyways so I am leaving a bit earlier. And I don't want to intrude on you and him either." I mumble the last part and look away, packing some final things into my bag.
"Okay." She says quietly and then sighs loudly. "Vic... If I knew that going on a date with Matt would cause the both of you to stop being such good friends then I wouldn't have gone. I don't understand what the problem is but if it is that big where you have to stop talking to each other as much then I can just call it off-"
"Call what off? Are you seeing each other? Like, properly?" The words spill out of my mouth before I can stop them and I look at her steadily.
"Well, last night when we got back we decided to see what happens between us-"
"Of course." I interrupt her and she frowns at me.
"Look, I don't know what your problem is right now but I haven't done anything wrong, and neither has Matt, so just stop acting like you have something to hold against me because you don't!" She raises her voice and unfolds her arms, flinging them about as her anger becomes greater when she talks. I realize she is right and I sigh and shake my head.
"I'm sorry, I'm just stressed and-"
"We are all stressed, and no one else in this house is taking it out on people that are supposed to be their friends." She quietens down again and looks at me calmly.
"I know."
"Are you going to tell me why you are acting like such a baby?"
"Maybe another time. Not right now." I say and she sighs.
"I need to know what the problem is with me and Matt dating. I'm not going to carry it on if it is going to pull the both of you apart. You are best friends and I am just a stupid girl that came to learn, I didn't come here to ruin a friendship-"
"You're not stupid, and you haven't ruined a friendship."
"Well, please stop acting like I have then!" She raises her voice again and I flinch a little at her words.
"Okay. We will talk later, and I will tell you what's going on. Alright?" I offer and she folds her arms again, nodding and looking anywhere but at me.
"I'm going now." She says and walks out of my room before I can reply.
I need to tell her tonight, even if it does make it a bit awkward between us. I know that this can't go on for much longer - she can't be left to think that she is ruining mine and Matt's friendship when the only person that is ruining it is me.
*Amelia*
"So he is going to tell you what's wrong with him tonight?" Raye asks me, a slight hint in her voice that she knows something I don't.
"Yeah, at least that is what he said."
"What do you think it could be?" She asks me curiously and I shrug my shoulders.
"I have no idea." I sigh.
"You know when we were talking not long after you first got here, and I told you that Eloise was being bitchy with you because she wants Vic all to herself but it's clear that she has a thing for you?" She says, looking at me carefully and I nod my head. "Well, that's kind of my guess but the tables have turned a little. He is angry because he likes you but Matt has you."
"Don't be stupid." I say and shrug her off.
"Well, if it is don't say I didn't tell you so." She smiles and I roll my eyes at her.
"Anyway, enough about my love life. How are things with Tony?" I change the subject successfully and she sighs.
"The same as always."
"Maybe you should tell him how you feel. My guess is that he feels the same." I tell her honestly.
"Yeah - your guess. What if it turns out that he doesn't like me back? Then it will just make things awkward between us and that is the last thing I want." She says nonchalantly and looks over my shoulder. "Here comes Eloise."
I turn around and see Eloise walking toward our table with a tray of food in her hand. I smile at her and she smiles back halfheartedly - clearly still only 50% with our friendship.
She sits down next to me and says hi. She then looks at me and frowns. "Are you not eating?" She asks me accusingly.
"Uh, no." I say quietly and look at Raye who is texting someone on her phone.
"Here, have my apple." She offers and I take it unwillingly, but internally grateful that she is doing all she can to help me out after the other night.
"Thanks." I smile and she nods.
"So you and Matt are a thing now?" She asks, clearly acting like she doesn't really care when I know that she does. Raye looks up from her phone at me and I feel under pressure from both of their gazes pressed upon me.
"Uh, we are just seeing how things go." I stutter slightly and Eloise nods - again.
"Cute." She says bluntly and takes a bite out of her sandwich.
I take a bite out of the apple that she gave to me and the taste of it makes my stomach rumble loudly. Both Eloise and Raye look at me and I laugh.
"I knew you were hungry." Eloise says and I shrug my shoulders for the millionth time today and take another bite out of the apple, realizing that she is right and I really am hungry.
I sit quietly at the kitchen table and wait for Vic to get home so I can talk to him about earlier. I take a sip from the cup of tea that I made a few minutes ago and smile as Matt walks into the room.
"Hey, you alright?" He asks me and I nod. He walks over to me and plants a gentle kiss on my lips. The warm gesture makes me blush and he notices, grinning to himself as he looks through the cupboards. "Man, I am starving."
"I think there are some crisps in the top cupboard." I tell him and he looks at me strangely. "Chips - whatever you call them." I shake my head and laugh.
"Ah." He laughs too and checks the top cupboard, pulling out some 'chips' and opening them straight away. "I'm going round to Archie's house in about 20 minutes if you want to come?"
"Uh, it's fine, I will stay here. Another time though." I smile at him and he nods.
"Yeah sure. See you later then, beautiful." He says and kisses me lightly again, proceeding to leave the kitchen and head upstairs.
As if on cue, I hear a key in the front door and the sound of Vic's and Mike's voices spilling through and filling the air.
"Hey, Amelia. Long time no see!" Mike says as he walks into the kitchen and sees me sitting there with my head leaned on my hand.
"Hey, Mikey." I smile back and he perches himself on a kitchen counter instead of on a chair like a normal person.
Vic sees me as he walks in and looks away almost instantly. The swift movement makes me frown and then I realize why he has brought Mike here - to avoid telling me what he told me he was going to this morning.
"Hi Vic." I say and he smiles at me. "Are we going to talk or...?"
He looks at me nervously and Mike slides off the kitchen counter. "Do you guys want me to leave?" He smirks.
"No." Vic says.
"Yes." I say louder. "If you don't mind, Mikey."
"It's cool, I will wait in the lounge." He nudges Vic and leaves the room. Vic curses to himself and shakes his head.
"Did you think I would have just let it go, or something?" I ask him accusingly and he shakes his head.
"No."
"Did you think I would have forgotten? That I-"
"No!" He interrupts me and looks me in the eyes. "I knew you wouldn't have forgotten and I knew that you wouldn't have let it go. I just got nervous and I thought maybe you would have ended things with Matt if I didn't tell you and just continued to be the way I am being-" He stops himself and curses again, kicking the table and causing me to jump unexpectedly.
"You want me to end things with Matt?" I ask him warily and he looks at me again.
"Honestly? Yes."
"Okay. Why?"
He sits down at the chair opposite me and looks down at the table. "I like you, Amelia. Not just like, but, really like. I like-like you." He tells me shyly and my heart stops for just a second.
"Uh, I don't really know what to say."
"You don't have to say anything. You wanted to know why I was acting the way I was and now I have told you. I didn't expect a certain kind of reaction or anything so don't worry about it." He tells me and I feel guilty all of a sudden.
Raye was right - this was all out of jealousy because his best friend has a chance with the girl that he likes.
"Well, I can't just end things with Matt - I like him. A lot."
"I know. I don't expect you to, I just want you to." He laughs. I smile at him and he smiles shyly back.
"But we are just seeing how things go. We aren't official, if that makes you feel any better." I say quietly.
"Please don't hint that I might still have a chance because I know that I don't." He tells me and it makes my heart hurt to know that he thinks he has no chance. I consider telling him that in a way, I feel the same, but not as strongly as I feel for Matt but I realize that would probably crush him even more so i keep my mouth shut.
"Okay. I won't."
"I don't want things to be awkward between us now." He tells me.
"Nothing will be awkward. Just don't keep on hating on Matt because of what's going on. You are best friends and a girl shouldn't be able to ruin that."
"I know. I will try not to hate him." He rolls his eyes sarcastically and I laugh. He looks at me as I do and smiles. "I'm glad you know."
"I'm glad I know too." I say truthfully. And although I am glad that I know, I am now very confused about how I feel...
*Matt*
I am about to leave to go to Archie's through the front door when I hear Amelia talking to Vic in the kitchen about something that makes me question a lot of things.
"You want me to end things with Matt?"
"Honestly? Yes."
I could be hearing wrong, so I go closer to the door and listen to more of their conversation.
"I like you, Amelia. Not just like, but, really like. I like-like you."
I frown to myself at Vic, wondering at first why he didn't tell me that he liked Amelia before I went on a date with her and then secondly wondering why he was telling her now when things between me and her were going really well.
"Well, I can't just end things with Matt - I like him. A lot."
"I know. I don't expect you to, I just want you to."
A sense of pride takes form in my chest when Amelia says she doesn't want to end things with me, but then her next words make me doubt everything - including mine and Vic's friendship.
"But we are just seeing how things go. We aren't official, if that makes you feel any better."
I decide I have heard enough and I know that if I listen to any more of the conversation then I will end up storming in there and confronting the both of them - which, really, is the last thing I want to do.
I walk away towards the front door and think about everything, wondering what to do next...
I hear a knock on my door the next morning before college and I open it to see Amelia stood there smiling at me hopefully. I beckon her to come in and she folds her arms across her chest seemingly nervously.
"I was wondering whether you wanted to come to college with me and Matt today? Just so you're not on your own." She says and I look at her.
"Uh, thanks for the offer, but I have to pick up Mikey and take him to school anyways so I am leaving a bit earlier. And I don't want to intrude on you and him either." I mumble the last part and look away, packing some final things into my bag.
"Okay." She says quietly and then sighs loudly. "Vic... If I knew that going on a date with Matt would cause the both of you to stop being such good friends then I wouldn't have gone. I don't understand what the problem is but if it is that big where you have to stop talking to each other as much then I can just call it off-"
"Call what off? Are you seeing each other? Like, properly?" The words spill out of my mouth before I can stop them and I look at her steadily.
"Well, last night when we got back we decided to see what happens between us-"
"Of course." I interrupt her and she frowns at me.
"Look, I don't know what your problem is right now but I haven't done anything wrong, and neither has Matt, so just stop acting like you have something to hold against me because you don't!" She raises her voice and unfolds her arms, flinging them about as her anger becomes greater when she talks. I realize she is right and I sigh and shake my head.
"I'm sorry, I'm just stressed and-"
"We are all stressed, and no one else in this house is taking it out on people that are supposed to be their friends." She quietens down again and looks at me calmly.
"I know."
"Are you going to tell me why you are acting like such a baby?"
"Maybe another time. Not right now." I say and she sighs.
"I need to know what the problem is with me and Matt dating. I'm not going to carry it on if it is going to pull the both of you apart. You are best friends and I am just a stupid girl that came to learn, I didn't come here to ruin a friendship-"
"You're not stupid, and you haven't ruined a friendship."
"Well, please stop acting like I have then!" She raises her voice again and I flinch a little at her words.
"Okay. We will talk later, and I will tell you what's going on. Alright?" I offer and she folds her arms again, nodding and looking anywhere but at me.
"I'm going now." She says and walks out of my room before I can reply.
I need to tell her tonight, even if it does make it a bit awkward between us. I know that this can't go on for much longer - she can't be left to think that she is ruining mine and Matt's friendship when the only person that is ruining it is me.
*Amelia*
"So he is going to tell you what's wrong with him tonight?" Raye asks me, a slight hint in her voice that she knows something I don't.
"Yeah, at least that is what he said."
"What do you think it could be?" She asks me curiously and I shrug my shoulders.
"I have no idea." I sigh.
"You know when we were talking not long after you first got here, and I told you that Eloise was being bitchy with you because she wants Vic all to herself but it's clear that she has a thing for you?" She says, looking at me carefully and I nod my head. "Well, that's kind of my guess but the tables have turned a little. He is angry because he likes you but Matt has you."
"Don't be stupid." I say and shrug her off.
"Well, if it is don't say I didn't tell you so." She smiles and I roll my eyes at her.
"Anyway, enough about my love life. How are things with Tony?" I change the subject successfully and she sighs.
"The same as always."
"Maybe you should tell him how you feel. My guess is that he feels the same." I tell her honestly.
"Yeah - your guess. What if it turns out that he doesn't like me back? Then it will just make things awkward between us and that is the last thing I want." She says nonchalantly and looks over my shoulder. "Here comes Eloise."
I turn around and see Eloise walking toward our table with a tray of food in her hand. I smile at her and she smiles back halfheartedly - clearly still only 50% with our friendship.
She sits down next to me and says hi. She then looks at me and frowns. "Are you not eating?" She asks me accusingly.
"Uh, no." I say quietly and look at Raye who is texting someone on her phone.
"Here, have my apple." She offers and I take it unwillingly, but internally grateful that she is doing all she can to help me out after the other night.
"Thanks." I smile and she nods.
"So you and Matt are a thing now?" She asks, clearly acting like she doesn't really care when I know that she does. Raye looks up from her phone at me and I feel under pressure from both of their gazes pressed upon me.
"Uh, we are just seeing how things go." I stutter slightly and Eloise nods - again.
"Cute." She says bluntly and takes a bite out of her sandwich.
I take a bite out of the apple that she gave to me and the taste of it makes my stomach rumble loudly. Both Eloise and Raye look at me and I laugh.
"I knew you were hungry." Eloise says and I shrug my shoulders for the millionth time today and take another bite out of the apple, realizing that she is right and I really am hungry.
I sit quietly at the kitchen table and wait for Vic to get home so I can talk to him about earlier. I take a sip from the cup of tea that I made a few minutes ago and smile as Matt walks into the room.
"Hey, you alright?" He asks me and I nod. He walks over to me and plants a gentle kiss on my lips. The warm gesture makes me blush and he notices, grinning to himself as he looks through the cupboards. "Man, I am starving."
"I think there are some crisps in the top cupboard." I tell him and he looks at me strangely. "Chips - whatever you call them." I shake my head and laugh.
"Ah." He laughs too and checks the top cupboard, pulling out some 'chips' and opening them straight away. "I'm going round to Archie's house in about 20 minutes if you want to come?"
"Uh, it's fine, I will stay here. Another time though." I smile at him and he nods.
"Yeah sure. See you later then, beautiful." He says and kisses me lightly again, proceeding to leave the kitchen and head upstairs.
As if on cue, I hear a key in the front door and the sound of Vic's and Mike's voices spilling through and filling the air.
"Hey, Amelia. Long time no see!" Mike says as he walks into the kitchen and sees me sitting there with my head leaned on my hand.
"Hey, Mikey." I smile back and he perches himself on a kitchen counter instead of on a chair like a normal person.
Vic sees me as he walks in and looks away almost instantly. The swift movement makes me frown and then I realize why he has brought Mike here - to avoid telling me what he told me he was going to this morning.
"Hi Vic." I say and he smiles at me. "Are we going to talk or...?"
He looks at me nervously and Mike slides off the kitchen counter. "Do you guys want me to leave?" He smirks.
"No." Vic says.
"Yes." I say louder. "If you don't mind, Mikey."
"It's cool, I will wait in the lounge." He nudges Vic and leaves the room. Vic curses to himself and shakes his head.
"Did you think I would have just let it go, or something?" I ask him accusingly and he shakes his head.
"No."
"Did you think I would have forgotten? That I-"
"No!" He interrupts me and looks me in the eyes. "I knew you wouldn't have forgotten and I knew that you wouldn't have let it go. I just got nervous and I thought maybe you would have ended things with Matt if I didn't tell you and just continued to be the way I am being-" He stops himself and curses again, kicking the table and causing me to jump unexpectedly.
"You want me to end things with Matt?" I ask him warily and he looks at me again.
"Honestly? Yes."
"Okay. Why?"
He sits down at the chair opposite me and looks down at the table. "I like you, Amelia. Not just like, but, really like. I like-like you." He tells me shyly and my heart stops for just a second.
"Uh, I don't really know what to say."
"You don't have to say anything. You wanted to know why I was acting the way I was and now I have told you. I didn't expect a certain kind of reaction or anything so don't worry about it." He tells me and I feel guilty all of a sudden.
Raye was right - this was all out of jealousy because his best friend has a chance with the girl that he likes.
"Well, I can't just end things with Matt - I like him. A lot."
"I know. I don't expect you to, I just want you to." He laughs. I smile at him and he smiles shyly back.
"But we are just seeing how things go. We aren't official, if that makes you feel any better." I say quietly.
"Please don't hint that I might still have a chance because I know that I don't." He tells me and it makes my heart hurt to know that he thinks he has no chance. I consider telling him that in a way, I feel the same, but not as strongly as I feel for Matt but I realize that would probably crush him even more so i keep my mouth shut.
"Okay. I won't."
"I don't want things to be awkward between us now." He tells me.
"Nothing will be awkward. Just don't keep on hating on Matt because of what's going on. You are best friends and a girl shouldn't be able to ruin that."
"I know. I will try not to hate him." He rolls his eyes sarcastically and I laugh. He looks at me as I do and smiles. "I'm glad you know."
"I'm glad I know too." I say truthfully. And although I am glad that I know, I am now very confused about how I feel...
*Matt*
I am about to leave to go to Archie's through the front door when I hear Amelia talking to Vic in the kitchen about something that makes me question a lot of things.
"You want me to end things with Matt?"
"Honestly? Yes."
I could be hearing wrong, so I go closer to the door and listen to more of their conversation.
"I like you, Amelia. Not just like, but, really like. I like-like you."
I frown to myself at Vic, wondering at first why he didn't tell me that he liked Amelia before I went on a date with her and then secondly wondering why he was telling her now when things between me and her were going really well.
"Well, I can't just end things with Matt - I like him. A lot."
"I know. I don't expect you to, I just want you to."
A sense of pride takes form in my chest when Amelia says she doesn't want to end things with me, but then her next words make me doubt everything - including mine and Vic's friendship.
"But we are just seeing how things go. We aren't official, if that makes you feel any better."
I decide I have heard enough and I know that if I listen to any more of the conversation then I will end up storming in there and confronting the both of them - which, really, is the last thing I want to do.
I walk away towards the front door and think about everything, wondering what to do next...
Notes
Told you i was going to be updating more often, 2 days is a new record for me! anyways, what did you think of this chapter, it was quite long and maybe a little confusing because of all of the P.O.V changes, but i hope it was okay! comment your opinion/rate/subscribe if you havent already and if i am boring you i am sorry but we are building up to big drama so keep reading! i promise you will be satisfied in the end even if you dont like the way it is going at the moment!
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Aww it's okay a skin had your here to stay :3
6/23/14