Chapter 8

" I can't believe you brought me here." I say, looking around the bowling alley, whilst Sam and I wear our bowling shoes.

" Yeah and I can't believe you invited your boyfriend here." He says.

" He won't join us till later, besides, it's my way of proving that I really meant what I said. To go back to how things were between us."

"You don't need to prove anything to anyone." He argues.

"Well this is also for me, a step to moving past something and trying to get back what I've placed on pause." I say, rising to my feet.

"Maybe you could also apply that on someone else."

I break eye contact, not feeling up to talking about Roman. All I want to do is have a nice night, a relaxed evening and to laugh, to laugh with no reason.

"Let's play, shall we?" I say, walking on to start playing.

"Hey, hey." His hand on my elbow stops me. " I'm sorry, I sh