CONFESSION

At 5:30 they were again sitting in the living room, huddled together, their minds, a nervous wreck. As the clock struck 6, Amy's phone rang. She gingerly picked up the call and put it on speaker. The voice said,"Ms. Black?" Amy replied,"Yes sir." The man on the other side spoke,"You must be waiting for the results. Well I'm not gonna make you wait. I'll just get to the point. Congratulations to you and your band! You've made it."

Both the girls shrieked in happiness and the boys grinned widely. Amy said,"Umm.. sorry. You were saying?" The man laughed and said,"No! No! No need to apologize. It's understandable. Can you drop by the production house on Monday so that we can sign the contract?" Amy replied with a big smile,"It'll be our pleasure sir." The man said laughing,"The pleasure is all ours Amy. We look forward to your cooperation. See you people on Monday. Enjoy the victory." Amy giggled and said,"Sure sir. Thank you." She cut the call and the girls jumped up and down hugging each other shouting,"We did it! We did it!" They all hugged each other out of the ecstatic feeling that was brimming inside them.

When Amy hugged Archie, for a second he was left stunned but then he hugged her back. Amy soon broke the hug and was left flustered. Nobody commented anything on that. They decided to party that night and a sleep over for Amy. After all, they won.

They went to the same bar. After drinking and buying more bottles, they made their way back to the apartment nearly at 11.

When they reached home Em said,"So what do we do now?" Steph spoke,"Watch a movie, maybe?" Amy exclaimed,"Yes! A movie sounds perfect." Em asked,"Which one though?" Amy grinned and said,"Fantastic beasts." Em said,"Again!? Amy, do you know any other movie other than fantastic beasts or the Harry Potter series? And don't say Crimes of grindelwald because it counts with fantastic beasts." Amy pouted and said,"They are my favourite." Dray laughed and said,"Of course they are. You should be happy Em, that she didn't say Harry Potter." Everyone laughed and Amy glared at Dray and said,"You should be happy that I love you guys so much or Dray I would've strangled you and I didn't say Harry Potter because then I would not stop with only one movie. I'll end up watching the whole series but we also have to get some rest. So fantastic beasts, it is."

Everybody laughed and Em said,"OK then, let's go to my room." Suddenly Archie said,"You guys go ahead. I don't feel like watching a movie." Em asked worried,"Are you okay Archie?" Archie replied,"Yes Em! I'm good. I'll stay up for a while and then go to bed. I need to call grandpa too and give him the goodnews. He must still be waiting for my call." Em smiled and then they made their way to her room, leaving Archie.

It was past midnight when the movie got over. Amy looked around and all of her friends were sleeping soundly. She smiled at the sight. She got up from the bed and carefully and as noiselessly as possible, she made her way out of the room. She went towards the kitchen but stopped in the living room when she saw Archie laying on the couch, sleeping peacefully. She smiled at the sight and went to the kitchen to get herself a glass of water.

Returning , she stopped again in the living room. She somehow fetched a blanket for him as it was mid November and it was starting to get chilly at night. She put the blanket on him and crouched down near where Archie's head was lolling at the end of the couch.

She hesitatingly pulled the hair back from where they were lying on his eyes and forehead. She let out a deep sigh. She murmured slowly and quietly as to not wake him up,"You know Archie I-..... I know I hurt you but I didn't have much choice. I already told you, I have my reasons. You are not the only one Archie who wants to protect the one you like, I wanna protect you too and that's why I had to turn you down. I know it doesn't explain things but.... uuhhh! Fuck it. Being your manager brought this upon us I don't even wanna think what will happen if the news of us being together would be leaked."

She sighed again and looked at Archie,"You look so relaxed and peaceful while sleeping. I don't care about myself. I can bear with the remarks or comments I'll get but.. I know you. I know your anger. I don't want you to hurt anyone because of me or else your career will be over before it even restarted. We don't want any bad publicity, for at least now. I'm so sorry Archie. I really like you. I don't wanna risk your future for my sake. You deserve the best and I'll make sure you get the best. Please forgive me" she didn't realise when she had started crying