Love, Lies, and Loyalty: A Teens' Love Triangle

Chapter Thirty Nine

Our drinks came and Amelia had already taken hers. She loved the favor combination and asked for a second.

"Amelia, that has one shot of martini in it. Are you sure you can handle two?" I held her hand when she had made her mind up to call the waiter

"Of course, make it three. What do you take me for?" She looked at me and squinted her eyes "I can handle it"

"I'm not sure..."

"You think I'd lie about that?"

"No, you don't lie. Fine. Have just one more. Not three"

"Better than nothing" she shrugged and asked the waiter for one more

I sipped on my drink and watched Amelia talk. She was talking about something, something about a passage she read on the SAT she wrote. A survey about frogs? Not sure. I just watched her lips move, how her hands made gestures and the way her eyes opened when she emphasized on something I had no idea about

Her second drink came and she took has it in her hand. one second the glass was full of a sparkling peach liquid another second it was all gone. Devoured. Empty. Like that didn't just happen, she continued talking, this time it was about some random assignment questions in the mathematics section, something about a placebo effect.

My phone began to vibrate in my pocket and I looked at the screen. It was mother. I excused myself and went to the bathroom to take the call, the room was way to quiet to be disrupted so randomly. After a few minutes, I ended the call. Typical motherly stuff. She only wanted to check up on me and how my so called date with Amelia was going.

I headed back to the table and met the empty glasses but no Amelia. Where did she go to? Maybe the bathroom. But she doesn't even know where it is! I rushed to the waiter

"Have you seen where the lady with me went to?" I was already worried sick

"Yes sir. She went downstairs, I asked her if you knew, she said you'd find her there" he placed the ice cube into a metal cup

"Alright, thanks" I quickly paid the bills and went downstairs to find Amelia. She could be in the crowd dancing for all I know

As I approached the door, my eardrums already prepared for the drastic change in sound frequency. I quickly squeezed my way through the crowds calling out of Amelia but I'm pretty sure that was useless. The music was too loud.

After searching through half the bodies twisting and turning to the rhythm I felt an arm grab me and then pull

"You came!" Amelia screamed in my ear.

She was smiling. A genuine smile. And a spark. The spark. My heart fluttered.

"Joined me! It's been so long" she grabbed my collar and twisted to the music "you know, I hate you. I hate you so much. As much as I hate myself"

"Why?" I was confused now

"I hate you because everything about you made me love you. And I hate myself because I let you do that to me" she placed her hands around my neck and looked up at me.

My heart felt like it would burst. That was a confession. She finally realized it. She is in love with me. She is finally mine. Mine. My angel. All mine. Tears gathered in my eye as I smiled

"You have no idea how much I waited for this" I hugged her

"You should have known. It's you I love. It's always been you. It will forever be you" she pulled away from the hug and placed her hand down to the back of my neck pulling my head down to hers "I'm just scared"