Chapter Twenty-Four
Mandy's Point Of View

Tap Tap Tap Tap

All I could hear was the rain tapping harder and harder onto the window.

I groan, rolling over , getting out of the warm bed.

I wanted to put on proper pyjamas, so I went into my suitcase and grabbed a light onesie with blue polka dots on it. Then I climbed back into bed, wishing for the rain to stop.

I hear Jack make a few noises and roll about, then he wrapped his warm arm around me.

"Morning." Jack says in his cute, croaky morning voice. I attempted not to make a sound.

"Even if your not awake I'm still going to say this. You changed my life from the minute I saw you, you changed me. My life, I used to be a sort of player but... you stopped that.
Your smile made my day amazing, your tears brought me pain... although there weren't any. Tickle fights brought me joy, a joy of shared immaturity. Yesterday on the beach brought us closer together. Laughing over tubs of ice cream and running around in the water." Jack stated. Bringing a tear to my eye, but forcing it to stay in.

He played around my with hair, kissed my cheek.

Then he rolled back to the other side of the bed and after a few minutes he was asleep.

Then I got my phone out and stood up taking a picture of Jack asleep and posting it to Instagram captioning.

'Good Morning, this is what I woke up to. ❤️'

It is 10:30 in the morning.

I then walked over to my suitcase, scrambling through it to find an outfit.

Since I was guessing that it's gonna be a lazy day I went away from my suitcase and got my laptop.

Going outside onto the balcony, sitting on the beloved egg chair.

I opened my laptop and went to my blog, writing about the beach post.

It brought a large smile to my face uploading that selfie of him kissing my cheek.

I took time and effort into the blog post, before my stomach squealed at me.

I pat my stomach, closing the laptop and going inside and getting a cereal bar and going back outside to finish the post.

Then it uploaded once I'd finished it.

Comments flew in.

That's Jack Maynard! OMFG

So cute. X

Amazing swimsuit shame they don't sell it any more.

Didn't know England can be so sunny in Fall!

Is that Jack Maynard? You two are so cute together!

Once I got to the end of the comments I went onto YouTube and watched the video with me sleeping in the back, crossing my fingers nobody noticed.

I went through the comments to see only a few individuals mentioning it.

Then somebody opened the balcony door, I see it's Conor.

"Hiya." I say, he looks up to me and his face lights up.

"Hello Mand, what you up to?" Conor asked, coming over to the egg chair.

"Just finished uploading my blog post." I say, showing him my laptop screen.

He read through it carefully and looked at the pictures.

"Cool, your really good at blogging I think you should maybe consider a YouTube channel." Conor says.

"I might, you have to help with the camera." I told him.

"What about these pictures?" Conor asks.

"For focus?" I say to him, he nods in understanding.

"You know what you said about Jack wanting me for only sex..." I said to Conor.

He just nods.

"I was pretending to be asleep and it doesn't sound like it." I tell him, he looks up at me and doesn't say anything.

"He said a lot about how it changed him." I said to him.

"Just know, I'm here for you. To love you." Conor said, getting up and going back inside.

I just sat there in shock, utter silence.

That went through my head again.

"Just know, I'm here for you. To love you." Ran through my head, I felt so bad.

Then I remember Zoe giving me her number yesterday. So I decide to text her.

Me: Hi Zoe
Zoe: Hi Mandy x
Me: Can I get a favour done?
Zoe: Sure what is it?
Me: Have a spare room up for sale?
Zoe: Yes, I do. What's the occasion?
Me: Boys, the Maynards.
Zoe: Right, how you getting here?
Me: Train, possibly?
Zoe: I'll pick you up, from the apartment.
Me: okay thanks.
Zoe: Bye xx it's fine if you change your mind as I'm going to Joe's.
Me: Okay.
Zoe: Bye again xx

I then shut my phone off and rest my head on the back of the egg.

What is my main realisation is I'm usually asleep when he is still awake. I don't know what he does after lights out for me.

I do know what he said, about all that shit.

I call Zoe.

"Hello!" Zoe's shouts down the phone. Obviously in the car.

"It's final." I say, tearing up on the phone.

"Okay, I'll be there at lunch time." Zoe says, then hanging up.

Then I got a text from Emily.

Emily: only one week and one day left!
Me: What.
Emily: It says on your Callander.
Me: Oh, alright.

I put my phone back down, for the second time.

"You alright out there?" Someone says from inside the sliding doors.

"Mhmm." I lie.

It is Jack, he comes over and holds my hands.

"Your freezing." He says, rubbing my arms up and down.

Then he lifted me up bridal style and walks back into the apartment as a gust of heat overcomes me.

Laying me onto Jack's side of the bed and tucking me in.

He went out of the room, "Its only one more week." I say, quickly.

"What?" He asks, turning around.

"One week." I said, his face dropped and he continued to walk.

Coming back few minutes later with what I presume is hot chocolate as he knows I hate tea and coffee.

It has whipped cream and sprinkles on it.

"There you go." He said, coming over on to my cold side of the bed.

I lick he whipped cream at the top and he grins at me.

"Thanks gorgeous." I thank to him.