Page 19 of Apartment 14


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Key word:Not ready.

She needs time, and I’ll give it to her.

In thattime, I’ll show her how I feel instead of telling her in a crappy message.

And to be honest, I also need time, becauseIstill have no idea how I feel.

The only thing I know with no doubt is that I don’t feel right when I say I don’t like her.

I feel right when my heart is beatingforher, and who am I to deny my own heart?

I finally slept through the whole night, which is a win.

I don’t feel like jumping off my balcony right now. Instead, I actually want to get out of bed.

I sit up and stretch out. I look at myself in the bathroom mirror and smile.

What the hell are you doing, man?

I stop smiling, because that was weird.

I start brushing my teeth when I hear Tilly’s voice float through the apartment.

“Food’s ready!”

It’s probably not, but I finish up either way.

When I get to the kitchen, she smiles and hands me four plates.

“Can you take these to the table, please?”

“Good morning, T.” I tilt my head to the side.

“Oh, good morning,” she blushes. “Sorry, I’m all over the place right now.”

I laugh and go to the dining table.

When I get back, I ask. “What are we having today?”

“Just set up the table and you’ll see.”

I can see she’s making pancakes, and just like I suspected, they arenotready.

Why do all girls say they are done cooking when they aren’t even close to being done?

I know Tilly is avoiding any sort of talk about yesterday evening, but I honestly don’t want to talk about that anyway, so I don’t mind.

“Hey, Luca.” Yana sits down in her usual seat. “How’d you sleep?”

I can hear the slight caution in her voice, and I feel terrible for making my friends feel like they need to be careful around me.

“I actually slept amazingly.” I look at her, and she smiles, making me feel even worse.

I have been a horrible friend and roommate these past days, and it makes me sick.

“I’m so sorry for being weird these past couple of days. I don’t know what came upon me.”

“You’re good. I knew you’d be fine.”