"Amber! Wait up would you." Amber looked around to see the familiar face of Hex, running after her.
"Why didn't you wait for me?"
Amber shrugged. "I didn't see you…until now."
"Really? I'm sure I saw you turn around."
She scowled. "You must have been hallucinating."
"Uhhh…Okay…."
Hex looked at Amber, his expression puzzled. "Is something wrong? You seem to be avoiding me."
"Why'd I want avoid you of all people? It's not like you're…you're important to me or anything!"
Amber started running now, her hair waving crazily behind her. Her eyes began to brim with tears. It was true. She had been trying to avoid Hex. It was a week now, a full week since Hex had revealed that he had a girlfriend. Of course, Alpha Force still didn't know who it was yet, and Hex hadn't had any further communication with her since Li had found out. But Amber was still worried, had she left it too late for asking Hex out? She sighed. Maybe they just weren't meant to be a pair, the two of them.
Amber entered the room she and Li had rented in the hotel, and dumped her bag onto the bed. She sighed again. Although she had heard Hex calling to her, asking her to stop, she had run on and on until she reached the hotel. Her face was a mess, her eyes bloodshot.
Knock knock.
Amber sat up, wiped her face quickly with her sleeve before opening the door. Looking up was a bad idea. It was Hex.
"Hi…" Hex inclined his head. "You've been crying?"
"What? No I haven't."
"Yes you have. Your eyes have gone all red and teary."
Amber frowned. "You…came here for something?"
"Well…Coming in is a good start."
Amber stepped out of the doorway and sat onto her bed.
"Amber…it's obvious you've been avoiding me? Is there something I should know?"
"No."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
Hex smiled.
"Well…I wanted to tell you something…since last week but I didn't get a chance so I guess I should now," he took in a deep breath. "Amber…Would you…could you –"
His sentence was cut off as Li burst through the door. She gasped for breath; her cheeks were flushed, her hair swinging as if she'd just run a long distance. "Close…close the…door." Panted Li. Before either Amber or Hex could move, Paulo followed suit, the door slamming behind him.
"Give me…" Paulo wheezed. "Give…it…back…"
Li grinned mischievously, despite the fact that she was still out of breath. "Never."
Paulo lunged. Li easily sidestepped it and then ducked under Paulo's grasp. She gripped the door handle and twisted it open. Paulo doubled over, his face sweating with exhaustion. "Don't ask" he said. After regaining his breath, he raced out of the door after Li, leaving a confused and blinking Hex and Amber behind. Amber was the first to break the silence. She laughed nervously.
"That was…"
"Surprising" Hex stated.
"Yeah, definitely. I wonder what those two are up to…"
"No use wondering now. Let's go find out."
Amber shook her head. "Sorry, I've got to study. And anyway, we'll find out tomorrow probably."
"Yeah, guess so."
There was an awkward silence before Amber spoke again.
"You wanted to tell me something?"
"Huh? Oh…never mind. It wasn't important. I…eh…guess I should leave you to study…"
"Yeah, see you tomorrow"
"Bye"
"Bye"
Amber looked at the mirror. Just a week ago, the same face had looked back at her, but now the face had a deep, concerned and sad look. Amber sighed again for the third time that day.
Didn't take too long as I didn't exactly 'edit' it. It was sort of rushed, but I hope you'll like itall the same. Please reveiw, if you do, gracias. If you don't...then adiós.
