Listen to the song AFTER reading this chapter. It'll fit much better then. :)

Oh and this chapter is dedicated to lydia. Please read her stories since they are too good to not be read and loved and shared. I mean this, guys. You'll fall in love with them and her. <3 <3

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Voicemail of 30th April' 2015

09:29 a.m.

"Hello, love."

His voice was low-toned but husky – as if concealing an undertone of mischief.

A small smile crept up my face because of this. Even if for desperate reasons, he was returning to his old, amazing-dorky self.

"I would've asked you to guess my current whereabouts, but I've already proved myself to be a knobhead because of that a couple of times – not again."

He chuckled at the memory, and I laughed breathily.

"Anyways, right now I'm sitting in one your favourite places in this whole town: Cafe Blue's Leuc.

"Now don't ask how I came to know of this place. Let's just say that I've been sort of... you know... following you around every now and then."

I could imagine him sitting in a corner in my favourite cafe, with a drink on his table and a book in his hand, shyly glancing around every now and then with a shy smirk decorating his lips.

Unable to remember anything of our past life, not knowing whether I loved him or not, I could still manage to imagine him in that moment with all its scenic beauty.

An uncertain mixture of a frown and a sad smile glossed my face, perfectly representing my emotional train-wreck of a mind.

"But you can't be mad at me, love. I need to find out more about yo-"

He drew in a quick breath and then announced excitedly, albeit in a hushed voice:

"You're here! You're actually here!

"Oh dear God,"

Another rushed intake of air followed.

"Emma you look beautiful! I mean, it's still early in the morning and you're here for your breakfast and... Love, how do you manage to take my breath away every single time I see your face?

"God, it shouldn't be legal for you to look this... this radiant!"

I tightened my grip on the phone and dug nails in the palm of my other hand, hopelessly praying for the blood-rush to displace to my hands instead.

Groaning in frustration I wondered, why do I keep blushing fifty shades of red every time he so much as hints toward a complement at me?

Suddenly there came a strangled sound from the phone's speaker. Was he in pain? Constipated perhaps? I listened more closely and then realised, only to burn up fifty shades of crimson more, that he was groaning.

"This is pure torture, I'm telling you love. Pure torture,

"Especially since you're wearing blue and you know how much I adore this colour on you. With your black hair cascading down your shoulders and back in loose waves and your sparkling doe eyes, you look like an absolute angel in blue. My angel,"

He inhaled a deep breath and I exhaled a shaky one out.

"Now you're ordering your favourite meal: egg sandwich with a side of hot cocoa.

"And you're not sitting down... that means you won't stay to eat."

He sighed, unintentionally conveying a shade of his sadness. Just a mere shade though, before he hurriedly covered it up with cheeriness.

"But that's okay. Anything's better than not being around you at all, love. Plus I myself volunteered for this life, so... it's okay."

I shook my head.

No, you didn't. You didn't volunteer for this mess and hell, and neither did I.

"Anyways, you're chatting with the cashier now – Ruby is her name, I think. It seems that you're good friends with her.

"But then you always were the extrovert out of the two of us. I can't forget how easily you had slipped into ease when we had met for the first time that night, after I had just stopped singing and God that was so embarrassing! I thought you were going to scold me for ruining your favourite song! But no, no you were all smiles and-"

He stopped talking for about five seconds, his breathing measured and cautious. By now I had been conditioned to take this as a warning sign. So, I braced myself for whatever new bomb that was coming my way.

"A... uh a guy has come up to you. And uh... h...he's smiling.

You're smiling too... and blushing,"

He sucked in a quick breath; my whole being was on edge.

"The wanker is flirting with you, Ems.

"And... yo...you're flirting back,"

Silence followed for a few moments until the voicemail beeped to its end. This time the blood rushed out of my face, rather than in, and I prayed for the ground to open up and swallow me whole.

I closed my eyes and gulped down the ball of dread in my throat. What had I done?
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Lyrics of song "I know what you did last summer" by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello:

[Shawn & Camila:]
Ah
Hey-ey
Ah, ah
Ah
Hey-ey
Ah, ah

[Camila:]
He knows
Dirty secrets that I keep
Does he know it's killing me?
He knows, he knows
D-d-does he know
Another's hands have touched my skin
I won't tell him where I've been
He knows, he knows, he knows

[Shawn & Camila:]
It's tearing me apart
She's slipping away (I'm slipping away)
Am I just hanging on to all the words she used to say?
The pictures on her phone
She's not coming home (I'm not coming home)
Coming home, coming home

[Shawn (Camila) {both}:]
I know what you did last summer
(ah-ah)
Just lie to me there's no other
(he-ey)
I know what you did last summer
{Tell me where you've been}
I know what you did last summer
(ah-ah)
Look me in the eyes, my lover
(He-ey)
I know what you did last summer
{Tell me where you've been}

[Shawn & Camila:]
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I didn't mean it, no
I didn't mean it, mean it, no
Can't seem to let you go
Can't seem to hold you close
I know

[Shawn:]
When she looks me in the eyes
They don't seem as bright
No more, no more, I know
That she loved me at one time
Would I promise her that night
Cross my heart and hope to die

[Shawn & Camila:]
It's tearing me apart (It's tearing me apart)
And she's slipping away (I'm slipping away)
Am I just hanging on to all the words she used to say?
The pictures on her phone (the pictures on my phone)
And she's not coming home (I'm not coming home)
Oh, na, na, na, oh yeah

[Shawn (Camila) {both}:]
I know what you did last summer
(ah-ah)
Just lie to me, there is no other
(he-ey)
I know what you did last summer
{Tell me where you've been}
I know what you did last summer
(ah-ah)
Look me in the eyes, my lover
(he-ey)
I know what you did last summer
{Tell me where you've been}

I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (no, no, no)
Can't seem to let you go,
Can't seem to keep you close
(hold me close)
I can't seem to let you go,
I can't seem to keep you close
(you know I didn't mean it though)
Tell me where you've been lately
Tell me where you've been lately
(just hold me close)
Tell me where you've been lately
Tell me where you've been lately
(don't, don't, don't, don't let me go)
I can't seem to keep you close,
I can't seem to let you go
(I didn't mean it, though)
I know you didn't mean it though
I know you didn't mean it though
(I don't wanna let you go)
Tell me you didn't mean it, though
Tell me you didn't mean it, though (no, no, no)
(can't seem to let you go, seem to let you go)
I know you didn't mean it, though
I wanna know you need it, though
(hold me close)
I know you didn't mean it, though
I know you didn't mean it, though
(just hold me close)
I can't seem to let you go,
Can't seem to hold you close

[Shawn & Camila:]
I know what you did last summer
(ah-ah)
Just lie to me there is no other
(he-ey)
I know what you did last summer
Tell me where you've been
I know what you did last summer
(ah-ah)
Look me in the eyes, my lover
(he-ey)
I know what you did last summer
Tell me where you've been

[Shawn & Camila:]
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (ah-ah)
(he-ey)
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (ah-ah, ah-ah)
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (ah-ah)
(he-ey)
I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know (ah-ah, ah-ah)
I know
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Hey guys! Please don't kill me for this chapter! *speaks from behind a sofa*

You have to understand that through out all this time, Emma believed that she was very much single and ready to mingle. So, what happened happened and please don't hate her! The after-effects of this follow soon.

That being said, *peaks out from behind the sofa and exclaims* WE REACHED NUMBER 404 ON SHORT STORY HOT LIST ON 30TH JULY!!! *starts fireworks*

GUUYYYSSS!! THIS IS BIG!! YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW THAT NOTHING OF MINE HAS EVER EVEN TOUCHED THE HOT LISTS AND THEN THIS ONE HERE IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY CLIMBING THE RANKS, I CAN'T THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE share this story with your friends and family so that it spreads out even more!!

LOVE you all from the tartarus of my heart! ❤❤❤

Toodles.

-zainab