Chapter 35: Emma

We spent the whole night in each other's arms. This time things were different and I hated to admit that I felt so comfortable with him. I didn't want to get up in the morning and just leave, like I had done so many times with other guys.

I didn't even want the night to end, for fear that the next day, he would be the one to end it. I felt so stu-pid when he told me that the girl who had been at the house earlier on was his neighbor. The whole idea of him being with someone else really made me go crazy. Yet I was the one that was avoiding his calls. Pretending that he didn't exist.

"I suppose you came round here to give the money back from your dad?" he asked as he stroked my hair.

Oh, shoot. I forgot why I came round here in the first place.

"Nope," I laughed as I flung my head back. We were lying in his bed, facing each other. I didn't even know what time it was, then again I didn't care. It was a weekend and I had nothing planned. Which was nothing new.

"I came to say