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it had been about a week since oakley stupidly decided to admit he saw amara and david ending up together. during this time amara had gone back to london and contemplated asking dave about oakley's revelation.

she wouldn't have felt the need to had everyone she asked disagreed with him, but they didn't and that caused her to question whether his comment actually had any truth to it. in her mind, she was just curious for the sake of being curious and there was no reason to it.

in reality it actually excited her that david could possibly find her attractive. after her last breakup, her self esteem had been completely destroyed as her boyfriend had cheated on her with her now ex-friend.

when she confronted her about it, he admitted he had lost attraction to her and found her more and more irritating ( he also couldn't stand how successful she had gotten. he's a haterr ) and obviously that had lowered her confidence in both her looks and her personality. so hearing that david found her attractive excited her as it was a slight ego boost for her.

meanwhile dave was in and out of the studio and immersing himself into his work. he felt no need to dwell on what had been said on the group chat as he just though oakley was being annoying and starting drama and was completely unaware of amara's fascination with the comment.

he just found the comment irritating and disliked how his friends had all stood by it. he found that there was no truth behind the statement and that if anything it was completely incorrect as he couldn't imagine being liking amara yet alone finding her attractive ( he needs to realise this is a fanfic and fix up ). in all honesty he had forgotten about what had happened.

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location: dave's house, london

𝗧𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗠𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗦

𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲

+𝟒𝟒 **** ******
hey dave i just wanted to chat to you about what happened yesterday

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞
who's this
and wtf are you talking about

+𝟒𝟒 **** ******
amara
do you seriously not have my number saved?!!

𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 +𝟰𝟰 **** ****** 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮 😒

𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗲 🙄🙄

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
why would i?

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
because we're in the same friend group and have like so many group chats together
do you even know it's me texting in the group chat

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
no and i don't need to know

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
ok i don't need your attitude i just wanted to ask you a question
was what cench said true

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
why do you care so much?
and no it's isn't he's just starting shit because he's a shit stirrer
and even if it was true what would it matter i still don't like you and you still don't like me.

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
i just wanted to know i didn't need a whole essay on why i shouldn't want to know
and i don't care i'm just curious
because if everyone's saying it there must be some truth to it

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
maybe everyone's saying it because they're being delusional and trying to make up for the fact that we don't like each other

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
there is literally no reason to be such a dickhead

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
there is. i don't like you

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
ugh you know what forget i ever even spoke to you because you are such a prick
you're so rude and disrespectful and wonder why i don't like you well here's my reason.

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
i've never wondered

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
yes! you have!!
multiple times! and i've told you it's because you're disrespectful
and just because you don't like me doesn't mean you have to be bitchy about it

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
i could say the same to you "miss i know everything"
and i don't even know why you're talking to me right now  because we literally haven't spoken since we had interviews together for top boy
i seriously don't know why you care so much over something oakley said
it's oakley he's always spouting bullshit

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
alright man you don't have to be so bitchy and catty.
i was just asking is that illegal now (?)

𝐝𝐚𝐯𝐞🙄🙄
for you? yes.

𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚 😒
ughhhh 🙄🙄.
𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗲 🙄🙄

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𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘

location: some bar in london

dave found himself very confused as to why amara cared so much at what he thought was a comment that had no substance, and that oakley was just being oakley. he was also confused as to why amara had even bothered contacting him as he found her incredibly infuriating as she did, him, so the fact that she would even care to ask him left him unbelievably perplexed.

however, he chose not to dwell on it ( not like mars she very much dwelt on it ), and chose to go out for drinks with ria and oakley the next day. and for a while he enjoyed it, until ria decided to be messy and start spilling her thoughts....

"you kmow what? i think that you david need a girlfriend," ria started, slurring her words and slightly leaning onto oakley, "it's just that we always go out as a three and i feel bad because you're always third wheeling." she carried on while pouting sympathetically at dave.

"no i really don't. i mean the third wheeling is hell but i don't need a girlfriend. i'm perfectly happy."

"i swear you told me last week that you were so lonely you listened to adele. while your dogs just stared at you."

"ria i told you that on confidence."

"sorry mate i had to. i'm making a point. we need to find you someone."

"we don't! and even if i did want to date someone, who would it be? it's literally cuffing season, everyone is with someone." dave complained to his friends, unaware of the smirk growing on oakley's face. the truth was that dave was actually growing lonely and found that even his dogs weren't keeping him company. he desperately needed someone to spend his time with but he was too afraid to ever admit that.

"yeah i can think of someone..."

"nooo...no oaks not again-"

dave had slowly quietened as amara had crossed his line of vision, ironically after she had indirectly been the topic of their conversation ( what are the chances (?) ). as they made eye contact, dave couldn't help but narrow his eyes at her. he found it rather irritating that she had pestered him about oakley's comments here she was in the exact same bar.

in all honesty, amara had just wanted to go out with her friends as she was back in london so she went out with jasmine and sumeya ( and yes sumeya was designated driver ). after her breakup, she had spent her time moping and moving between her house and her parents', and even though she had been doing better her spirits were still rather low.

jasmine also had been rather miserable as she had desperately wanted to get back with marcus, but she knew that she needed to deal with the aftermath of her argument with her parents first before sorting out her relationship woes. and so in a way to raise their spirits, the girls had decided to go out to treat themselves....in the exact same bar that dave happened to be in.

"oh my god marsss!!! come over here!! i haven't seen you in ages!!!" ria shouted over all the buzz and chatter around them, as she frantically waved at her friends and motioned for them to sit with them. she chose to ignore their protests and especially dave's groans and complaints and told them to sit at their table and avoided their grumbles and complaints that there was no space for them to sit.

"dave, oaks, move your fat asses, the only reason there's no space is because yiuve taken it all."

" thats so rude! why are you so rude!"

"oh shut up oaks you know you like it." ria slurred and stuttered slighltly, smirking at her boyfriend as the girls sat down and made space for each other. unfortunately for the both of them, amara and dave were seated next to each other, and both rolled their eyes at the situation and sat in an extremely awkward silence as their friends conversed with each other...until...

"hey guys, ria and i are gonna get some drinks for all of us." oakley muttered

"yeah and i need to go to the toilet, jas can you come with?" sumeya asked as she got up.

now i know what you must be thinking, their friends have planned this whole thing , and you'd be wrong. in fact the last thing they wanted was for the two to be alone together, as it usually ended in an argument and an extremely awkward situation for everyone.

"listen im sorry for being so annoying about what oakley said. i shouldnt have bothered you about it."

"wait am i getting an apology from the amara safa-sinclair. i dont think i heard that right can yiu say it again. wait stop i think i saw a pig fly ( ! )."

"oh haha youre so funny ( ! )"

" i know right." dave bragged while smirking at amara watching her roll her eyes trying to her smile. hed noticed that usually she wouldnt smile as she rolled her eyes at him, and she seemed to slightly warm up to him.

"but seriously though, i'm sorry i was being so annoying about it. i was kinda begging it"

"hey you said it not me." dave said as he raised his hands in defence, a small smile gracing his features as he heard amara's soft laugh.

"hey!! you thought that?!" amara cried as she lightly slapped his chest amd turned to face him more.

"are you serious?! you were basically telling me that i find you fit and you were literally begging me to admit it."

"listen i already said sorry for it youre not hearing it agian." she muttered sarcastically as she smirked, "was i actually?" she inquire feebily.

"uh yeah. you were really annoying about it. you wouldn't drop it even when i asked you to. but it's cool now."

"cool..."

"why are you all of a sudden so chatty towards me. like you're actually speaking to me and not at me or ignoring me."

"i don't know i just- i guess i felt bad. i was being so annoying about something so unimportant, i thought i might as well talk to you and apologise."

"oh ok. never thought i'd see the day when you're being mature. i'll mark the day 15 december 2022."

"oh shut up and i'll have you know....."

oakley moved his attention from his indecisive and tipsy girlfriend to the booth they were in and his eyes widened upon seeing amara and dave alone together. he had immediately assumed world war three was immanent and prepared for the worse until he saw amara laughing and dave...smiling? he couldn't believe what he saw and was sure the drinks were getting to him, until he heard ria mention it ( after she took 5 minutes to choose a drink for herself ).

"is that dave and mars chatting and laughing?? huh who would've thought?"

"right?!!"

"we should totally poke fun at him later." ria suggested as she shared a knowing smile with her boyfriend.

"oh one hundred percent."

as everyone made their way back to the table they were surprised that it hadn't been nuked or something and were counting their blessings that amara and dave had somewhat of a temporary truce. amara had slowly felt more comfortable after her conversation with dave and loosened up as she conversed with everyone on the table, eradicating the awkward silence that had previously taken over the table. she found herself actually enjoying dave's company and even laughing at some of his jokes.

she just assumed the drinks were getting to her and by the next day they would be arguing and getting on each other's nerves as usual ( while that's not wrong it's not right either ). amara even found that instead of arguing her and dave would simply just banter each other and she rather enjoyed it.

subconsciously, she had been taking every one of dave's features and admiring them. of course she just thought that this was her tipsyness and singleness taking over and not actually her staring to realise her attraction to her rival.

so she ignored the slight flutter in her stomach that erupted when dave had shook her hand goodbye, and ignored the way her hand aches to hold his again, linking it back to her current state again. so, as her cousin and friend pestered her about whether she actually enjoyed that night, all she could think about was the darkskinned man who had just piqued her interest and surprised her, with a soft smile on her face.

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a message from becca

this took a whileee and it's longer than usual so enjoy.

yes i did make amara more annoying but i fixed it so it's fine. also we finally get to see amara and dave interact and be snarky to one another.

if you couldn't tell this is a she fell first he fell harder trope mixed in with slight enemies to lovers which is just chefs kiss.

i really hope you guys like this and this book. if you've got any corrections or like anything to help that would be great.

anyways don't be a silent reader, take care, look after yourselves and love youuuu 🤍🤍