The next morning I woke up at 11:30 feeling rested for the first time since returning to New York, I had finally seen her in person with nothing between us and I had managed not to ram my tongue down her throat (but only just). I had imagined our reunion in my head so many times but in my head she had looked at me with unadulterated loathing and run away from me screaming. Yesterday she had looked at me with a look that I recognized from the time before we were dating one full of longing, love and guilt. On the way home I began to hope that she still loved me and that she was just pretending to love that Jerk.

I walked into the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee and a bowl of cereal. I smiled as I remembered the many cereal debates I had had with Mia over the years, she always preferred the sugary ones such as lucky charms whereas I had always preferred plain ones like cheerios and muesli. I was halfway through my cereal when I remembered that I was meeting Mia at one. I finished the rest of my cereal in record time and grabbed the mail from my letterbox, as I sifted through the various pieces of junk a large expensive looking cream envelope caught my eye.

I opened the envelope very carefully and saw the Royal Genovian crest at the top of an invitation to Mia's birthday party aboard the Royal Genovian Yacht. I knew from the expensive envelope and invitation that Mia had had absolutely nothing to do with this. I also knew that there was nothing in the world that would make me miss it. This was my chance to show Mia that my feelings hadn't changed and that they weren't ever going to. To do that I needed to find the perfect Birthday present for her. But first I had my date with Mia; speaking of which it was 12:15 and I only had half an hour to get ready.

I went into my bedroom to get dressed. Eventually I decided on my Levi jeans and a black polo shirt that highlights my muscles (hey just cause I am not in to team sports, it doesn't mean I don't take care of myself.). As I was leaving my room Mia's snowflake necklace caught my eye and I decided to take it with me as a lucky charm reminding me of what I am fighting for.

I grabbed my phone from the dresser and saw a message from Lilly wishing me good luck on my date with Mia. I texted her back saying thanks. I checked the clock and panicked as I realized that I was 12:45 and I really had to leave. I left the apartment and decided to take the stairs, as I could not stand still long enough to wait for the lift. I reached the lobby in record time and was greeted by the buildings porter Greg's typical Good morning sir and amused smile similar to the one Lars used to give me before Mia and I dated. I smiled and said good morning back then bolted out to grab a Taxi that was passing; and groaned as I realized that as usual there was one of New York's famous traffic jams, and that if I took a taxi I was going to be really late. I checked my watch again and realized that I was going to have to run.

I stopped running just around the corner from Caffé Dante in order to catch my breath. I looked at my watch and realized with relief that I was 4 minutes early as I rounded the corner my heart sped up so much that I thought it was going to burst out of my rib cage. I walked to the café and there she was my reason for existence and she looked like an angel (even better than yesterday) in jeans and an off the shoulder top (again obviously designer). Just then Mia looked up and smiled I took a deep breath and walked over to her. I sat down and a waiter came over and took our orders, Then Mia began the interview.

Hi Guys

I am soooo sorry this has taken soooo long but I promise I will have the Interview up some time before next Sunday. My life as usual is a total mess my two best friends refuse to speak to one another and I share all my classes with so as you can imagine it is extremely awkward. I am also in final rehearsals for my schools production of Fiddler on the roof, which is in less than 2 weeks ahhh. I hope you guys didn't think I had given up on this fic because I am determined to finish this book. I love you guys so much and I am really sorry about how terrible I am at updating. Special mention to all those who reviewed the last chapter JessHP, Estelle1286, jackjack1291435, Chocolates_Are_The_Best and les_amoureux. Ly all Momo xx

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