Because of you
Chapter 21
2 weeks before Christmas.
"I miss you" I sighed, twirling a strand of hair around my finger. He had been gone for two weeks now and I felt like pulling my hair out. Sure we had spoken over the phone but not being able to see was agony. He sighed too.
"I miss you too babe" shuffling. "I really wish you were here" shuffling. "It's so boring without you" more shuffling. "I can't wait until you come to see one of our show's" even more shuffling.
"Erm, Shane? Have I caught you at a bad time or something?" I asked. He was obviously trying to do something while being on the phone to me. he had never been great at multitasking, bless him.
he chuckled. "Actually, kind of, im about to go on stage and im trying to get these damn skinny jeans to do up" a lot more shuffling, and grunting. "Can I call you after the show Mitch? I have so much to tell you" he said, his voice contained both excitement and anticipation.
I smiled. "Of course, have a good show Shane, good luck" I heard him mutter a quick I love you before the dial tone rung in my ear. I sighed and dropped my phone onto my bed. This was only the third time we had spoken properly in the last two weeks. All the other phone calls lasted a minute or maybe less as he always had something to do or I had to be somewhere. I looked at the clock, it was 12 am, and Amy should be stumbling through the door any minute. And just on cue, she burst through the door, I expected her to be in giggling hysterics, but she was in a completely different hysteric. She was full out sobbing, make-up running, hair all over the place and clothes a little wonky. "Holy Shit Amy, what happened?"
She sniffed. "I..i saaw Bwaaad at da cwubbb" she slurred as her eyes rolled around everywhere. I grabbed hold of her waist and gently lowered her onto the sofa. Her chest started to heave so I quickly grabbed the bin and stuck it next to her, and almost a second later she threw up the contents of her stomach into it. I crinkled my nose in disgust as I held her knotty hair back. I had expressed a number of times how I didn't like dealing with people when they were crying, but this was beyond crying, she was basically choking on her own sick from sobbing too hard. I have her back a few more gentle rubs before I grabbed a cup and filled it with the water from the tap and handed it to her. She nodded her head and took it from me, chugging it down.
"No…no, just sips, you'll throw up if you drink to fast" I warned her. She nodded again and took small sips of the water. She fell back against the wall and sighed loudly. "Ok, now that you've got everything out of you" I cringed. "Tell me what happened?"
she took a long, deep, gurgling breath. "So I went to that new club opening with Becca and I saw Brad there, he was with a girl I hadn't seen before and he had the nerve to come over to me" she sniffed, tears were still streaking her flushed face. "Then he tried to flirt with me, I mean really? After everything he has done, and getting Trish pregnant, he thinks I will give into him? is he fucking insane" she was now mostly talking to herself other than me as she stared at the wall in front of her. "So I slapped him and left"
I giggled. "Good, I would have done it if you hadn't, but why are your clothes all ripped up?" she looked down, guilt written all over her face. "You had a fight didn't you" she nodded, I sighed. "Who with?"
"The girl brad was with, I don't know what came over me, I just lost it with him and took it out on her" she said sadly.
I shook my head. "Come on Amy, we both know you're better than that, and she didn't do anything to you" she nodded in agreement. "But you were upset, I cant blame you totally"
She smiled and took my hand. "See, this is why you're my best friend"
I laughed. "And this is one of the reasons you are mine, I know who to go to when I need help in an argument" we both laughed. "Come on, lets get you to bed" I helped her up and carried/dragged her into room, where she fell on her bed and fell asleep almost instantly. I walked into my room to hear my laptop making a noise. I walked over to it and flipped it open to see the face of one of my old friends from camp Ella.
"Hello hot stuff" she winked.
I squealed a little. "Holy shit Ella is that you? I haven't spoke to you in so long, how have you been?" I asked.
She smiled. "I've been great, how have you been?" she asked with a twinkle in her eyes.
I nodded. "I've been good" it was sort of a lie but recently I had been great, other than missing Shane. "What are you doing these day's?"
She beamed. "Im a music teacher now at a high school in down town Atlanta, its wonderful" she had a genuine look of happiness in her eyes, which made me smile. I had always loved Ella, she was such a great friend of mine, we sadly lost connection when I went through my dark stage when I didn't talk to anyone. She was always the ditsy friend but god was she a lot of fun, and she really knew how to make you feel better. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"Well, I have a little job in a coffee shop and im in school too, it's a lot of work but it pays the rent, of course the help with my flat mate, Amy" I laughed. Without Amy I would have probably lost this place by now.
She nodded her head frantically. "I've heard about her from Nate, poor guy is smitten" she giggled. "I'd love to meet her, is she home?" she asked, looking around my room.
I nodded, a small laugh slipping from my lips. "She is here, but she's kind of passed out right not in bed, she hasn't had the best of nights, so I was hoping to get Nate to call her in the morning, I think she needs to talk to him right now"
"Aw bless her, what happened?" she asked sympathetically.
"She saw her Ex boyfriend at a club with another girl and then he tried to flirt with her" I sighed. "But he also got her old best friend pregnant, so I can kind of understand why she went a little crazy"
Ella's laugh was like little bells clicking. "She seems like someone I would get a long with, I was speaking to Jason the other day.." she blushed, they had always had a little thing for each other and it deeply frustrated me that they weren't together yet, they really are perfect for each other. "He told me about a party they all went too the other night, it was a Disney party and Nate got a little carried away, had a little too much to drink, got on a table and busted some moves to Hips don't lie and ended up kicking Shane in the head" she laughed and I joined her.
"Oh god I cannot wait to bring that up in a conversation with him, he is going to die from embarrassment" I giggled. " I wish I could have been there"
"I would have totally recorded it," she said with a devilish smile.
I snorted. "Oh god me too, I would show It to him all the time if I ever needed a favour from him" I winked at her. She laughed.
"Oh crap I have to go Mitchie, if you give me your number I'll call you some time" she said as she fumbled around her searching for what I believed to be a piece of paper.
"Erm its" I said told her my number and we exchanged goodbyes before I signed out and closed my laptop. I smiled at my empty screen and climbed into my bed. Right now, it felt like the most comfortable place in the whole world. Just as I was about to close my eyes the loud ringing of my phone jolted my awake. I groaned loudly and snatched it from the ground and answered. "Hello?"
"Hello gorgeous" came Shane's rough voice. I smiled.
"Hello you, good show?" I asked.
"It was absolutely amazing" he said with excitement. "I wish you could have been there, the vibe in the whole arena was unbelievable, you would have loved it, so, what are you doing?" he asked.
"Im currently im bed" I breathed out a small laugh. I was too tired for anything else.
"Oh really" he said huskily. "What are you wearing?" he asked, trying to sound sexy but honestly, he sounded like a hormonal creep.
"Spongebob footsie pyjamas, sexy enough for you" I joked.
He chuckled. "I wish I could see them, did I wake you?"
"No, I was just about to go to sleep actually" I yawned. "Fancy singing me to sleep?" I suggested.
"Of course" he said. "They come and go" his soft voice floated through my ears as I rested my head on my soft white pillow. "But they don't know, that you are my beautiful" right before I drifted I heard him whisper. "Goodnight beautiful" and then the dial tone. For some reason this brought tears to my eyes but I didn't have the chance to cry as I fell in a deep, dreamless slumber.
When I woke the next morning I thanked the lord that it was a Saturday. I had nothing planned today so I could just lay in bed and watch TV, and possibly text Shane, if I could manage to actually get out of bed and reach for my phone that was once again placed on the floor. But right now, I didn't think I had the effort. I was feeling extremely lazy. Amy obviously had other plans though as she burst through my door and sat on my bed. "Seems like you don have a hangover"
She nodded. "Oh I do, a massive one, but if I stay sitting down for too long it seems to hit me like fucking bricks, so im keeping up, im actually thinking about going for a run, wanna come?" she asked.
I snorted. "No thanks, but while you're out, could you get me some ice cream, im in the mood for a lazy day"
"You should be fat" she said with narrowed eyes before walking out of my room. I laughed, she was right though, I was lucky in the weight department, well, I didn't really have a figure, but I never put on weight, I got the fast metabolism from my mom, which was seriously lucky with all the crap I eat. My dad on the other hand used to have a beer gut which was not attractive at all. Thinking about my parents didn't really make me that sad anymore, sure I missed them like hell but it doesn't hurt like it used too. I have dealt with their deaths and im getting on with my life. As I looked around my eyes fell upon my Connect three calendar(Shane). my eyes widened as I saw the date. Shit! It was two weeks until Christmas and I still hadn't gotten any of my presents. And what the hell was I going to get Shane with the limited money I had. This is one of the reasons why I hated Christmas, all the money you have to spend on people, and if you don't get them something, they get angry with you and think you don't care about the, which I think is ridiculous.
But I do like getting presents, that's the only good thing about Christmas. The presents. I jumped out of bed and over to my wardrobe, pulling out something warm. Better get shopping.
sorry its been so long since i have uploaded, i have just been so busy with school work, i apologise for the boring chapter but there is a lot more to come dont worry. anyway. REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEWWW!