V

I ate the breakfast quickly, shoveling bite after bite in my mouth. It was so good I wanted to cry. Alex kept laughing at me as I made small moaning sounds at how good the food was, I mean could you blame me?

After that it was about 7 am. I thought about what Lilah had said, still hadn't replied and I wanted to talk to Alex about it.

"Whatcha thinking about?" Alex asked as she stood up to put her dish in the sink.

"I really need to talk about something but can we do it while we clean?"

She nodded and grabbed my plate. I pulled out the broom to sweep and took a deep breath.

"Lilah text me." I deadpanned.

Alex stopped washing the plate in her hands and turned around to look at me.

I started paying very close attention to the floor beneath me, looking at every piece of trash I was sweeping up,"She said she wanted to talk." I comtinued.

Alex nodded, "I think you should, she's probably scared and confused."

I felt my eyes drift up to hers. I set the broom against the counter and put my head against the wall.

"I don't know if I can."

"What do you mean?"

"I-"

"Do you love her?" Aled interrupted.

"What?"

"Do you love her?" She repeated waking towards me.

"Yes." I barely manage to whisper.

Alex places a hand on my cheek and looks me in the eye, "Then go talk to her." She sounds almost as if she's asking.

I nod and pick up my phone.

V: ok, when and where?
7:04

I sigh and put my phone back down.
Alex grabs my arm and starts dragging me upstairs.

"What are you doing?" I laughed.

"I know we said we were cleaning your house today but I think we need to clean you up." She says with a small laugh and sticks her tongue out.

I stuck my tongue out at her as well and laughed but deep down I was nervous as hell. The weight of my phone in my pocket seemed so much heavier than usual.