Chapter 10- When love Returns
"Amanda what's wrong?" Annabelle came rushing down the stairs as Amanda exited Miss Fritton's office. Amanda hid the ring in her pocket which the envelope was in. She handed the cheque to Annabelle; her reaction was just like Amanda's.
"Why? I must tell auntie...I mean miss" The two girls almost leapt up the stairs and back in to the sixth form area. Annabelle pushed the cheque into Miss Fritton's hands. She lowered her reading glasses and began reading the information on the cheque. Miss Fritton then lifted her head up, removed her glasses from her face and stood up.
"I must see Bursar" She began walking to the door.
"Miss what is it?" Bianca asked as the rest of the girls narrowed in closer to get involved. Miss Fritton spun round and was smiling.
"Courtesy of Sir Piers Pomfrey...We're rich!" Miss Fritton jumped with joy, soon followed by many more girls who were screaming madly with happiness.
"What you say miss?" Bianca was dismissing Miss Fritton's last statement. "So you're telling me he's just given us lots of doll for nothing?" Bianca frowned then smiled. "Cool"
"It's not for nothing Bianca, can't any of you see. He's trying to bribe us to give him Amanda" Lucy stepped forward as she spoke so that the girls created a circle around her. All of them turned to face Amanda.
"I don't think so girls, Piers could easily come in and abduct me with his helicopter, why would he give you money before hand if he was going to bribe? I suggest you cash that cheque as soon as possible before Piers can do anything about it" As Amanda spoke Bursar came crashing into the room followed by other teachers.
"Sorry everyone...We heard screams so we came up here to check everything is alright" Bursar said as he clambered back to his feet. Miss Fritton told them it was alright and summand them to her office where she would talk to them.
"Now girls I don't want any of you questioning Amanda, she has no clue as us as why Piers has done this but be high on alert for any sigh of him entering the school grounds" As Miss Fritton left, everyone were now whispering on ideas of what would happen; if Piers would return or not. As Miss Fritton requested no one to speak to Amanda about the topic, no one did. Lucy strolled over to Amanda who was staring at the floor.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, just need to be alone for a bit" Amanda then went to her own little area and lay down on her bed. All the girls had gone back to their areas and resumed whatever they were doing before. Amanda slipped out the ring and the envelope. She stared at the ring; she couldn't believe he would give her this. She looked into the envelope expected nothing else to be in there but she was surprise to find a note inside. She looked around to see if anyone was watching and retrieved the note from the envelope.
I will give anything up for you.
Tears were building up in Amanda's eyes; she really wanted to speak to him. She got out her phone, there were no new messages. She waited a bit, she knew he would text her when Peter's had returned back and this time she was going to reply.
"Delivered and done sir...were you all right getting to your meeting and match?" Peter's was panting from running up lots of stairs to get to Piers room.
"Yes...How was she?...Did she look okay?... Is she well?"
"Whoa sir, calm down she's fine, she looks just like she was when she was here" Piers sighed, he had hoped that she would beg to see him but he told himself he must stay strong and wait, one day she would come back. "Aren't you going to call her?"
"Should I? What's the point she will never pickup"
"Well have one last try, you don't know your little gift could have worked" Piers looked up to see Peter's nodding. He summoned Peter's out of the room and picked up his mobile. As the number rang he lay back onto his bed, now lying flat above the covers.
"Please pickup"
Amanda was still staring at her phone and the ring when Piers name flashed up. She took a deep breath and answered. There was silence at first when Piers realised that she had answered.
"Hello" Piers said roughly as he struggled to speak.
"Hello" Amanda replied. Piers cleared his throat and Amanda could hear him sigh through the phone.
"You don't know how good it feels to hear your voice"
"Stop it Piers"
"No I won't, I miss you. I know it's only been a few days but to me it feels like year's" There was silence again, tears were building in Amanda's eyes but unknown to Amanda so were Piers'.
"It's nice to hear your voice too" A tear began to trickle down her face, she tried not to cry but a small whimper came out and it was obvious Piers heard it.
"Did you get the gift?"
"Yes I did, thank you...I must know Piers, Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why did you give that amount of money to people you hate?"
"You don't hate them" Amanda paused as he spoke, so it was because of her. "It's not a bribe, if you're thinking that way...And the rest? Did you look at the rest in the envelope?"
"Do you mean it Piers?"
"I mean every word I say, I want you with me for the rest of my life, and so I'm willing to give up everything for you" Another whimper came from Amanda. "What's keeping you away? I want to know so I can put it right" Amanda wiped her eyes with her blazer sleeve.
"Who's to say it's you that's keeping away"
"Amanda I know it to be me because I've been a Ba***rd, a fool to think that you would love me the way I was. But I'm not like that anymore...I promise" Amanda burst into a cry; girls around her gathered nearer and soothed her. Piers was also trying to calm her as she gathered herself to talk again.
"Ssshh, it's okay. Can you just tell me why you won't come back?" Amanda waved for the girls to go back to what they were doing.
"I just don't want to be hurt anymore, or to be a puppet on a string. I just want to be free and loved by someone who I know will protect me and comfort me when things get tough"
"I can do that, just give me a chance. I don't want to hurt you, I love you too much to ever want to hurt you again" Amanda wiped her nose with her blazer sleeve.
"Can I see you?"
"Really! I mean sure, when?
"Tomorrow at yours"
"Are you sure you want to come back here?"
"Yes piers I'm sure, I just want to see you...But Piers you need to prove to me that you have changed"
"Haven't I done enough?"
"I want to see if the social side of you has changed, how you would treat me"
"With love and passion" Amanda began to blush.
"Till tomorrow at 10:30am if that's okay?"
"That will be fine, till then. Sleep well" After that the connection was broke. Amanda was breathing heavily, she giggled to herself as Lucy and Annabelle came over.
"Girls I won't be in lessons tomorrow, I've got to go somewhere" To Amanda's surprise none of the girls wanted to argue with her. Lucy sat next to Amanda on her bed as she wanted to know more.
"Lucy you were right I am missing him. Tomorrow I'm going to see if he has really changed"
"I hope he has, you need him and by the looks of things he needs you"
"He gave me this" Amanda revealed the ring "I know he's changed...I just need to see him, so I can return to him"
"So Lady Pomfrey will be returning to us shortly"
"You know she never left really. I'm still lawfully married to him"
"But yet he didn't use that against you"
"What do you mean?"
"Well he's got connections he could have got permission to abduct you but he didn't. I think he cares and he wants to make it right this time, oh by the looks of things he's becoming a good friend of the school in the meantime." Lucy got up preparing to leave Amanda to settle down for the night.
"Thank you Lucy for all the advice"
"Don't worry, thank you for letting me use my brain over your complicated life" Lucy giggled and soon Amanda joined in.
"Night"
"Night"
"Peter's!"
"Yes sir" Peter's came charging back into the room.
"Cancel all my plans for tomorrow, Amanda's coming round. Get this room cleaned in the morning and tell one of the maids to fetch a nice suit for me tomorrow"
"You spoke to her then"
"Oh, yes here sweet voice" Pier's paused as he remembered listening to her speaking. Piers was still lying on his bed. He leaned across to his chest of drawers that stood next to his bed. He opened his top draw and retrieved Amanda's wedding ring. He smiled as the ring court the light.
"Tomorrow this will be back where it belongs; on the hand of my beautiful wife"
"You so sure that she's going to come back?"
"Can't I hope Peter's?"
"Yes you can sir...But you see I hate seeing you really un-happy, it hurts me to just stand and watch which most of the time I can do nothing to help" As Peter's began speaking on his phone contacting a maid, Piers continued staring at the ring he was holding. Peter's then slammed his phone shut and headed out of the room.
"Everything is done sir, have a good night and I wish you all the best tomorrow"
"Goodnight Peter's"
"Goodnight sir" Peter's shut the door, Piers' room was now pitch black. Piers wasn't scared as the dark un-like Amanda, but every night she had been away he still kept a night light on; it was purely out of habit but it made him feel that she was there and with him. But that would all change tomorrow. It wouldn't seem weird anymore having the light on when she would be with him. Piers smiled, he kissed the ring and returned it into his draw.
"Roll on tomorrow" He rolled over to face away from the life and shortly feel asleep.