CHAPTER 8

We reach late to Nikita's party due to the immense traffic.

"I'm not going in" I cross my arms and pout "we should have left earlier".

"Delilah it'll be fine, it wasn't your fault".

I give a side glance and see him staring at me, so I completely turn to him "I'm scared Kane".

He sighs and shakes his head before stepping out of the car. He comes over and opens the door for me "come out".

He's right, he doesn't have to wait for me to get over my nerves, I step out of the car but keep looking down until I hear him say "I'll come with you".

My head shoots up "WHAT?"

"Well you're scared and clearly you wont step inside alone" he says in an obvious way.

I look him up and down and say, "You're not even dressed though".

"Don't worry, give me a second" he says that, then walks to the back of the car and puts on a blazer and a tie whilst tucking in his shirt, he looks in the mirror and fixes his hair (not that he needed to), "Let's go".

"You really didn't have to do this" I say as we go up the pathway.

"You can think of it as my way of making it up to you for my past behaviour" he looks over at my way.

"Guilt all gone" I laugh as he knocks my shoulder slightly and laughs along.

I press the doorbell and realise the house resembles mine from the outside. After a couple of minutes, the door opens to reveal Nikita who engulfs me in a hug, "Hey Dels, I was worried you got lost or something".

I giggle, "No, no I'm fine".

Nikita catches a glance at Kane and takes an intake of breath before saying, "Hi Kane".

"Hi love, you look beautiful" Kane checks her out with his eyes and winks at her. He's right she does look beautiful with her royal blue bodycon dress, it enhances every curve and reveals the perfect figure she has.

She giggles before leading us in, I glance over at Kane again and see him still checking her out.

I whisper "Man-whore" before walking in, I don��t even think he heard me, actual weirdo.

We walk in and even the inside layout of the house is like mine; however, it has more of a homely feel to it. Nikita's family and the girls are all there and they all get up to greet us.

I sit next to Nikita's grandma; her English isn't as good and she adds in Hindi words but is still understand everything she's saying. She's constantly trying to make me laugh and she makes me feel so welcome. She's like the grandma that I never met.

"Come on everyone, lets cut the cake" Nikita's dad says.

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthd-".

I glance down to my ringing phone and realise its mum, so I step outside into the hallway "Hey Mum".

"Hey Del, did you get at Nikita's place safely?" Mum says in a sleepy voice.

"Yeah, I did, are you okay?" I ask whilst staring at the pictures on the wall.

"Yeah baby I'm fine, just got this deal on a house to finalise which is draining both your father and I" My eyes glance over into the kitchen and that's where I see Kane and Emily kissing "baby, do you need one of us to pick you up?"

Kane and Emily? Kane and Emily? I look away and become so confused. He's got his whole tongue down her throat; does he like her? Why do I care? I don't love him, heck I don't even like him.

Emily is my friend so I should be happy for her. Right?

"Baby are you there?"

Damn it, forgot about mum "Yeah, sorry" image get out of my mind "What were you saying?"

"Shall one of us pick you up?"

"Ummm" pop! Image get out! "No mum… umm it's okay, there's umm… well there's Kane here and he'll… well drop me".

"Oh, that lovely boy Kane is there" lovely? Yeah right "Well guess I have nothing to worry about".

"I'm going to go now, talk to you later" I end the call and without glancing back into the kitchen, I walk back into the living room.

Everyone already started eating but I could hardly concentrate with the image of Kane and Emily kissing still in my mind. The rest of the evening was a fuss and by 10 pm, most people started leaving.

Me and Kane decide to leave as well. The girls decide to leave along with us.

"Bye Nikita".

"Bye guys and Emily, I want all the details tomorrow" Emily giggles and all the girls laugh.

I say bye to the girls and get in the car with Kane.

He puts the keys in and we're on our way home. I stay quiet until Kane speaks up "You can put a song on, if you want".

"No, thank you" I say glancing out of the window.

"Is everything okay?"

I look over and put my best smiling face on, "Yeah, absolutely… just tired, that's all".

Kane smiles back and looks on ahead.

I close my eyes and lean my head against the window. Why am I feeling this way? Kane has the right to kiss whoever he wants. Emily has the right to kiss whoever she wants.

"We're here".

I open my eyes and without making eye contact say, "thank you".

"Oh, before you go, I can��t revise tomorrow" Kane says.

"That's okay, I wasn't feeling like doing it tomorrow anyway" I look at Kane and he scrunches his eyebrows but smiles.

I turn around and leave. I find my keys and get in. All of the confused emotions hit me again and I lean against the door. Why am I feeling this way?

"Honey, is that you?" Mum? Why is she still awake?

I walk into the living room and see that the tv is on whilst she is lying on the couch. I walk up to her and put my head in her lap.

"Delilah, what's wrong?" She runs her hands in my hair.

I close my eyes and try to forget everything "Nothing mum, I'm just sleepy".

"Come baby, let's go to sleep".

She starts to get up and we go upstairs. She kisses my head and goes to her room. I do my usual bedtime routine and then just lay in bed.

Every time!

Every time, I close my eyes, the image of Kane and Emily comes in my mind… the imagine of Mia and Kane… the image of Kane winking at Nikita.

Why do I care?

Why?

I roll on my side and try to think of my happy place. It doesn't work after I try for 30 mins and so I take out my diary and try to finish my poem from before.

'Another day has come to an end,

The sun set in a way that stole my heart,

It was its way of telling that every trouble can mend,

There's something about it that makes me….'

The last line is confusing me just as much as before.

I've got it.

'There's something about it that breaks me apart'

Finally, its complete!

Is this what I'm feeling at the moment?

Stupid hormones!

I put my diary away and try to sleep again. This time it's a success and the last thought I have is of…

Kane.