Arthur's name for this chapter was: Discussions over tea
Why am I telling you this, because it's relevant to the story, and that's all the spoiler you'll get
On the other had, if you read 'Tying loose ends' you already know the biggest spoiler for this story
Also this is way too late...

5. One feet from falling
Arthur's POV
Now as to why I thought I had a crush on the burnet, and I say thought because life had still to prove me wrong back then. My interest for Michelle had sparked during our first project together, I found out we were in the same class the following day to meeting her
Whilst doing this project I got the chance to know her better, she was kind, funny, smart, really everything you could ask for; Camila had warned me that she was good at Biology [i] but that was an advantage in the current situation. Though I'm not going to explain to you our project, I do not want to bore you to death [ii], however it was during said project that my feelings for her sparked. She turned out to be really nice to talk to, very kind and kind of funny, she sometimes acted childish, which I found rather cute, and was a bit clumsy
But all my suspicions on the fact that I could be developing a crush on Michelle would start becoming wrong the day that she called in sick, she hadn't really be sick of course but that's another story, the thing is that said day changed many things for me
During the time that I had spent on the school up to this moment I bonded with some of the guys, surprisingly I found that I got along with Antonio [iii] the best, he explained to me that he and Camila were cousins and that they were pretty close and then something happened and she started hating him, however he didn't explain what. In my curiosity I tried asking Camila about it and after much insisting she finally agreed, though she made a different choice of words
"Hey Arthur, are you free this weekend?" asked Camila
"Yes, actually, why?" I asked
"Well, I wanted to invite you over my house for tea, there are some things we need to talk about" said Camila
"Then sure, I didn't have plans anyway" I said
"Great, see you on saturday?" asked Camila
I nodded she gave me a faint smile before making a slight nod with her head and walking away, I could tell something was bothering her but knowing how she was she wouldn't tell me unless she felt like it, sometimes having such a complicated person as a friend could prove to be hard but I was up for the challenge because, even if I didn't really know it back then, she was a change in my life, and for one it would be a good one
Now while the week passed by I found myself making distance between Michelle, who by the time was my official girlfriend, and myself something she noticed of course, we had a little discussion about it, there were screams, tears and what nots, in the end she told me she wanted to break up, when I looked at her surprised that she would do so after our first fight she said said something else, something that would haunt my mind for a good amount of time
"I can't pretend that you like me when your eyes are obviously on someone else" she said
"What do you mean?" I asked
"And the worst thing is that I can't compete with this person" she said ignoring my question
With that said she walked out, metaphorically from my life and literally from the room we were in
Tha phrase, that seemingly harmless comment, made my whole life take a step out of the comfort of the platform it had ben on and start spiraling down into the abyss and there wasn't anything to save me from the fall, no convenient rod I could hold on to, no other platforms besides the one I had been standing on, and no body of water to soothe my fall if even by a little, however I was thankfully falling in a rather slow and almost unnoticeable way, the worst part of the fall was actually when I went to Camila's house
I arrived there a bit earlier than I should have, which I hoped she would be used to by now, but when the door opened I wasn't greeted by Camila's annoyed yet amused face, instead I was met with the shirtless torso of Camila's older brother. I cursed in every language I could, which were a lot more now that I was friends with google translate in person [u], at my height for putting me in this situation, I knew Martin Benterwide wasn't the tallest person in the world, Camila was a few inches from his height and she was even younger than me
"Oh, it's you" said Martin
And for once I was glad to hear the voice of the elder Argentinian, as it stopped my thoughts from going anywhere but the height difference and the fact that it didn't sound like it normally did. I looked up to meet with a very much known expression, a half-smirk with a raised eyebrow to go with, having known Camila for this long I knew that expression meant nothing but trouble, combined with the mischief I saw gleaming in Martin's grass-green eyes I was more than permitted to be afraid; luckily for me the Argentinian was suddenly thrown to the ground by the back and behind him stood a very pissed of Camila
"Don't you dare even think it" [o] said Camila
She then moved her almond-green eyes to me and gave me a sheepiesh smile
"Sorry about that" said Camila
"No problem" I said
"Oh, right... come in, I'll take care of my obnoxious brother" said Camila
I nodded and made my way to the livingroom, as soon as I got there I heard a very familiar voice screaming in German, I sighed glad that I wasn't on Camila's bad side; later I heard the door close and soon Camila came to where I was
"Well, now that that's over with, let's go to the kitchen, shall we?" said Camila
"Of course" I replied
The Argentinian led me to her kitchen where I could see the kettle on the fire and smiled, Camila knew me too well. The black haired sighed and led on the counter with a serious expression
"Please take a sit, we'll be talking for a while" said Camila
I did as told and sat down on the table, Camila sighed again and looked at some point in the air
"I guess I should probably start by telling you about why I don't get along with my cousin" said Camila
While I do remember the story perfectly fine, I find myself unable to write it out, I think it would be a betray of her trust to tell it just like that, what I can tell you is that it made me see Antonio in a different light, for someone tha cheerful he had some issues [p]
"You seem rather distracted, is anything the matter?" asked Camila
Sometimes I really wondered if she could read minds, I had indeed spaced out while looking into the cup of tea I had in front of me now, Camila had served it during the conversation. I glanced at her, still leading into the kitchen corner but now with her own cup in her hands, it gave her an air of maturity and it was hard to remember the age difference between us
"Well there are some things that been bothering me" I admitted
"Is this about your break up with Michelle?" asked Camila
I was rather surprised by this, that had only happened on friday, Camila raised an eyebrow at my look
"Oh, don't look that surprised, you should know bt now that I have my ways of getting information" said Camila
I sighed, I should have known better; now that I look back to this day I can't help but be amused by my reactions, but then again now things are a lot different than back then
"So, does it or does it not have to be with your love life?" asked Camila
"Well, sort of... is mor about something she told me" I explained
"Why? What did she say?" asked Camila
I was tempted to say that she probably already knew but I knew better than to mess with Camila's temper, or at least decided not to do it in the current situation
"something about me being interested in someone she couldn't compete with" I said
An amused grin appeared in Camila's face and I could tell she was trying really hard not to burst out laughing I was obviously mad for this which only caused her to actually start laughing, when she finally calmed she smiled at me
"She was implying that you're gay" said Camila
"What?" I asked
"Not that the idea would be that impossible but I wonder what you did to give her that idea" said Camila
I almost fell to the ground with that, while it was nice to have such an open-minded friend the comments were rather disturbing at that time. Little did I know that this conversation would only be the start of a very tricky road for me

[i] Because... fish!
[ii] The world will be always thankful Arthur
[iii] This was based on that time in History where this two got along
[u] Now you're just being mean!
[o] What was Martin thinking? The world might never know...
[p] Seems like I can't really say anything to Arthur