Hey, thanks to the last reviewers :D I've had a mild case of writers block for the past few days so this chapter might not be as up beat as the others.
Sorry for the late chapter, my laptop was wiped out and had to be sent of, so I'm writing this while I'm baby sitting...enjoy!
Jake stood there with a large grin across his face. "Um we've never kissed before but ok!" he said as he took a step closer to me. I took a step back away from him.
"Sorry Jake, I actually meant to say that to Liam" I replied awkwardly. He laughed and nodded at me.
"it's okay, I was only joking" he said with a friendly smile. I smiled back at him.
I looked back behind Jake and noticed that the room was empty "have you seen Liam anywhere then?" I asked him.
"he went out with frank somewhere" he replied.
I sighed and gave him a small smile. "okay, well I'll see you later" I waved a goodbye and walked back down stairs, leaving him by himself.
I walked down the stairs, smiling at the occasional person I pass. "Alex, a word please" mike said as he popped his out of his office. I followed him into the room, my smile disappeared as I saw that woman from willow care home, miss Lawrence I think her name was. I took a deep breath and put on a huge smile.
"miss Lawrence, back so soon?" I asked. She raised a brow at me and narrowed her eyes suspiciously at me. They returned back to normal when my smile brightened.
"yes well, I have something for you, Alex, I don't know how you're going to take it" she replied slowly. I shrugged and she passed me a large pile of papers. I looked through and smiled. It was pictures of Charlotte, sent from the family in America. I lifted them up into the light and a small brown envelope fell into my lap. I picked it up and opened it, it was a letter addressed to me.
Dear Miss Alexandria McDonald,
My name is Holly Johnson, my husbands name is mark Johnson. I'm going to tell you a story.
I met mark when I was 19, he was 23, I am now 28 and he is 32. From the moment I met mark, I knew he was the one. I just knew it, it was love at first sight. He made me laugh, looked after me, and treated me like a queen. We weren't just a couple, we were best friends, and still are. We both wanted children, desperately. A year after we met, we wed. Then 6 months after that we decided to go for it, try to have children. We tried and tried, after 2 months we knew something was wrong. We found out I was fertile, I was unable to have children. Mark told me it doesn't matter. That we can still have a life together. But I knew he wasn't being so honest. I knew how much we wanted a family. I felt so worthless, unloved. We celebrated my 21st birthday in a hospital. I had tried to commit suicide. It was a hard few months after that, but a year after we tried to adopt, and things were looking better for us. But then, things turned for the worst, nobody wanted us to adopt their baby, and it was my fault, they didn't want a woman with a past where she tried to kill herself. Just when we thought we had no chance of ever being able to raise a child, they told us about you. How you we're only 15 and had a baby girl, about how you were in a care home. We we're delighted, they brought Charlotte to us as soon as they could. I couldn't believe how beautiful she was. We wish to thank you. We know you tried to stop them from taking her away, but they still did. But we truly thank you. You saved our marriage and maybe even my life.
For a 15 year old girl, you did a great job of raising Charlotte so far. We hope to do just as good a job as you did, she seems happy here in America, she loves the sun and loves our new dog, pebbles, as you'll see in one of the photos we've sent you. We'll send you updates, news and photos every month, you deserve more but it's all we can do at the moment. Maybe when you're older you can visit her, maybe even have her back, we'll have to talk about that. Thank you again!
Yours sincerely, Mr and Mrs Johnson.
I wiped the tears that fell from my eyes and put the letter onto my lap. How could have I been so fucking selfish?! I should have known they wouldn't let Charlotte get sent to a family that would neglect her. I put the pictures and the letter all together and placed them onto the desk.
"so what now? I have to write back or something?" I asked, still wiping tears from my red cheeks. She smiled at me, and shook her head.
"no Alex, you don't, I'll be back next month sometime, nice to see you again" she replied before heading out of the door. I took the pile off from the desk.
"thanks mike, see ya'" I said in an upbeat voice and walked back upstairs. I placed the pile into a drawer. I turned around as the front door slammed shut and loud footsteps and yelling came from down stairs. I ran down stairs to see what was going on, I came down to see Liam and frank, bragging about how they did something that was, and I quote 'more awesome than liamade' whatever that was. I crossed my arms and watched with amusement as they carried on acting like 5 year olds.
Liam turned to face me and smiled at me. "hey Ali" he greeted. I smiled nervously back, aware of the sickening feeling in the pit of my stomach. I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out. I tried again and the same happened. I was now getting weird looks off everyone in the room.
I sighed and relaxed myself. "hey, I need to talk to you" I said a pitch higher than normal, not so relaxed but at least it came out. He frowned but led me outside into the deserted back garden. We wondered right to the back and sat on the beach.
"so what's up?" he asked, looking worried.
I smiled, probably looking like a demented person. "well, here goes...you know-you know last night. We got really drunk, yeah?" he nodded. I cleared my throated loudly. "well, I don't think you remember anything, but, I remember quite a lot, almost everything. Liam, I, we." I stammered.
He laughed "why are you acting so wired? What do you need to tell me?" he asked seeming like he was getting impatient.
"Just...whenweweredrunkweadmittedmel ikedeachotherandimeantit" I let out a breath and smiled widely at him.
He chuckled "yeah, I didn't catch a word of that" he said with a cute smile. I sighed and bowed my head in embarrassment. I felt my face burning up.
"I said, when we were drunk we admitted we liked each other, I meant it" I replied, not even glancing at him. I heard him mutter "wow" under his breath. I bravely turned to face him, he seemed shocked.
"Ali, I remember last night, I just didn't want to bring it up-" I cut him off.
"because you didn't mean a word of it" I mumbled. He shook his head. I turned to face him, confusion gleaming in my eyes.
"no, actually, I thought you didn't mean a word of it, I meant every word." his face turned a bright red. I giggled and hid my red face as well.
"Liam, I really can't believe you like me back, this is so amazing, I really can't believe it-" I was cut off by his lips crashing into mine. I was a little taken back but kissed back after a while.
This kiss, was so much better than last nights. It was sweet, passionate and the best part;sober. It actually meant something. Out lips moved in perfect synchronization, like something you'd see in a romantic film. We kissed for a couple minutes longer then pulled away. I smiled and bit my lip.
"what a perfect way to shut me up" I said, my smile almost growing bigger. He raised a brow at me and laughed along with me.
I shuffled closer to him and rested my hands on my knees. "so, what happens now, are we, you know, going out?" I mentally slapped myself at my horrible people skills, this was the time when I wish my mum taught me how to 'whoo' a guy.
He shrugged "do-do you want to? There's no point of us liking each other and not doing anything about it." he replied. I giggled again and nodded at his question.
"Don't make this more awkward than it already is. Yes, I'll go out with you." I charmingly said. He grinned and let out a big breath.
I rolled my eyes. "one two things; one, don't get me knocked up and two, never, and I mean never call me ali-boo again!" he smirked and nodded.
"sure thing, ali-boo" he replied with a cheesy smile. I slapped his arm playfully.
Finally, After ages of liking Liam, I actually did something about it, life is sweet!
Okay, now their offically together :'D