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Chapter 20: Sorry
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Three Weeks Later"I'll miss you," Amara said hugging her friend.
"Are you sure you don't want to come too?" Kiki asked standing beside Tyson.
"Positive," Amara assured her. "I'll be fine."
Today was the day Amara had been dreading, the day the Bladebreakers would have to go home. They had been living with her for a month and it would be hard to get use to being in an empty house again. Oddly enough, now Amara was kind of looking forward to getting away from all their worried and sympathetic words.
"We should get going if we want to make our flight," Mr. Dickinson joined the group of young people in the foyer.
"And for once Tyson's going to make it," Max nudged Tyson as he walked passed to hug Amara good-bye. One by one the guys hugged her and walked out the door to the waiting SUV. Kiki and Mico stood there and stared at their friend.
"Stop looking at me like that you guys," Amara stifled a laugh. "I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself just fine without you two."
"Are you sure?" Mico asked, worry spread across her delicate features. "You'll be okay alone?"
"Yes," Amara let out an exasperated sigh. "I think being alone is what I need right now."
"If you say so," Mico pulled her friend into a bone-crushing hug. "Keep in touch often."
"I will," Amara laughed and then turned her attention to Kiki, who was still standing there watching her. "Trust me Keeks."
Amara could see the tears swelling in the other girl's eyes.
"I do," Kiki sniffed, pulling Amara into a hug. "It's everyone else I don't trust."
Amara held Kiki at arms length.
"You will have fun while you are in Japan. You will enjoy being with Tyson, who I can tell you like very much." Kiki smiled. "And you will NOT worry about me." Amara stated firmly.
Kiki stared at her for a few minutes, refusing to answer.
"Alright, alright," Kiki shook her head. "I won't worry but you will call."
Amara smiled and brought Kiki back into her arms.
"Promise. Now get out before you make everyone late for the plane." Amara playfully shoved Kiki out the door.
"Good bye my dear." Amara turned to face her uncle, who was still waiting to say goodbye.
"Bye Uncle Dickie," Amara flung her arms around the older man's neck. "Just like I said to everyone else. I'm fine."
"I know you are," Mr. Dickinson stunned her a bit by his calm response.
"You do?"
"Yes, because you've been through worse," he kissed her temple gently. "And you have hope. Hope that will keep you going."
"I love you Uncle Dickie," Amara let the tears flow freely as she hugged her uncle one more time.
"I love you too. I'll see you at Christmas." Amara nodded and walked to the door to wave goodbye as the SUV pulled away.
Once they had disappeared from sight, Amara closed the door and leaned her back against it. Slowly she felt her legs give way and she slid to the floor, sobbing quietly into her hands. After a few minutes Amara felt like she had no tears left. For the past three weeks she had cried herself to sleep. She pulled out the paper that had been with her for the past three weeks. Crinkled and creased from the opening and refolding but the hotel logo was still readable along with the one word written in black ink. SORRY.
A mix of emotions came every time she read that word. Sometimes it made her angry where all she wanted to do was find Kai and string him up the nearest tree. While other times there was this great sadness that took over, causing her to feel like nothing mattered anymore.
DING DONG! DING DONG!
The sound of the doorbell broke Amara free of her thoughts. On wobbly legs, she stood to open the door, to face whoever it was on the other side.
"Kiki was right, you look terrible," Nicholai joked, offering her a small grin.
"How nice of her to say so," Amara wiped her wet eyes with the back of her hand. "I thought you were going to Japan too?"
"Nah, decided to stay behind, go to college here for a year," he answered looking pretty pleased with himself. "And of course to keep you company."
"That's great Nick," Amara managed a strained smile. "But actually I want to be alone right now."
"Right," Nicholai nodded, his smile fading. " But when you're sick of yourself give me a call okay?"
"Okay." A full smile covered his face.
"I'll see you later," he bent down and kissed her cheek before walking down the steps to his car. Amara stood in the doorway, one hand bracing herself from falling; the other hand resting on her cheek.
She didn't doubt that he would be there because he always had, long before Kai Hiwatari had entered the picture.
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Sorry guys but that's it till the sequel which I will probably have the first chapter up next week. I've started it but it's not complete. I'm so bad at leaving my chapters at cliffies but please don't hate me for it. Don't worry Kai and Amara will be reunited in the sequel, I don't want them to be apart and Kai does have a legitimate reason for leaving. But that's all I'm going to say, if you really want to know you'll just have to wait for the sequel. Thanks to all who read and reviewed my fic, it was exciting to hear from all of you since this was my first fic.
Until the Sequel
~ Miss Wright~
