Blushings And Cryings

"I'm sorry, okay? I won't do anything like this again, so please don't upload this video on social media, and please don't submit this to the dean, I promise I won't do anything like this again." Julia said with a frown and non-guilty expression. Derek scoffed listening to this and sat on the sofa to think for a while.

"Look how this scardy cat changed her colours instantly as soon as she realizes her position." Derek's friends were laughing and making fun of Julia and calling her many names which was making her shiver in embarrassment.

Derek looked up and stared at Amelia, she was staring back at him. Amelia shook her head again, saying no to whatever evil punishments Derek was plotting against Julia and her minions.

Derek sighed and rubbed his face, giving up. "Alright, get lost from here, and I hope you'll never show your face in front of Amelia or me." Julia gritted her teeth and said yes in a low voice before storming away from the room, her minions following her steps closely.

"I didn't know you were this much forgiving towards your enemies." Derek commented, to which Amelia scoffed and smirked.

"You don't know anything about me, and you don't even need to know, okay? Now you and your friends also get lost from here." She said, huffing and folding her hands. Derek took out another card from his bag and kept it on the table beside the bed.

"How rude of you." Derek clicked his tongue while keeping the card.

"How shameless of you." Amelia frowned and scrunched her face in disgust.

"What did you say!?"

"Clean your ears or get a machine, might come handy for you." By now all his friends were holding their stomach trying to suppress their laugh which was spilling out in between. Derek turned and glared at them, making them run out of the room.

Derek went to Amelia and inspected her injury. "Does it hurt?"

"Of course it does! I'm a human for god's sake!" Amelia exclaimed and glared at him.

"How's your bullet wound now?"

"It's completely healed, but sometimes it hurts when my backstretches too much like today." Derek was staring like a hawk at Amelia.

"Now what?" She asked. Derek just sighed and shook his head.

"It's strange... you rarely talk this much with me." This made Amelia blush.

"Why're you blushing now? Do you have a crush on me?"

"Don't tease me okay? I'm just feeling hot right now." Amelia made an excuse and looked away.

"You're feeling hot because of me?"

"Just shut up! I previously told you to get lost, right!? What will you take to go away?"

"A kiss would be alright." Now he crossed the limit, Amelia gritted her teeth and smacked her pillow directly on his face, making him laugh.

"GO AWAY!" Amelia exclaimed and blushed again. Derek went out of the room while laughing. Amelia sighed, and soon a chuckle left from her mouth as soon as she recalled what happened today.

--At Moretti Mansion--

"Mmm! I love this! Thank you, Adam!" Brinley said while enjoying her favorite caramel cookie dough flavor ice cream. Adam smiled watching Brinley munch her ice cream like a child.

"Do you want some?" Brinley offered some to Adam, but he shook his head. Brinley shrugged and ate a whole spoonful, a bit of ice cream got smeared below her lip. Watching this, Adam chuckled and rubbed off the ice cream with his thumb and licked it.

"It's not that bad." Adam commented making Brinley blush like a tomato.

"If you wanted to have some, have it from here!" Brinley said and pouted.

"No it's more delicious when I had it this way, now eat less ice cream or else you might get sick, I'm going to the office, I've some important work." Adam said and stood up, he ruffled Brinley's hair, making her groan and pout. He chuckled and kissed her cheek greeting her goodbye. Brinley blushed and kissed him back.

Adam took his car keys and went to do his work. Brinley sighed as she kept her hand on her chin, feeling extremely bored. She thought of calling Gianna.

"Yeah! That's it! I miss her a lot and she might be upset with me too for not informing her about my engagement..." Brinley muttered in a low voice and called Gianna. She didn't pick up the call at first, after calling her twice after a while, she finally picked up the call.

"Hello? This is Gianna Allen. Who am I speaking with?" Her sweet, low and impatient voice came through the speaker.

"Gianna, it's me! Brinley. Did something happen? You were not picking the call earlier."

"Um... Brinley, y-yes I was busy with some work, I apologize."

"No! No, it's fine! It's me who should be sorry... I didn't inform you about me and Adam, right?"

"Ohh yeah! Yes, you should be sorry!" Finally, Brinley felt Gianna's bright energy coming back as she teased her.

"Yes, yes, I know. I'm sorry. Ice cream treat as apology?"

"Hmm... might work."

"How about an Ice cream treat and shopping for my engagement?" Brinley giggled excitedly, making Gianna chuckle.

"Will do. When are you free?" Brinley thought for a second.

"How about tomorrow itself! I'm absolutely free tomorrow. How about you? Are you free?" Brinley said excitedly.

"Yeah sure, tomorrow I'm free, in fact Amelia also has free time, she can tag along if she wants." Gianna said.

"Yeah that works! Let's meet tomorrow then! Goodbye, take care."

"Yeah you too, take care." Gianna said as she chuckled.

As soon as Gianna hung the call, her smile faded away. She turned her face where Robert was sitting. She could feel his stare, Charlie growled in anger as he stood in front of Gianna, protecting her.

"What do you mean Moretti family are the ones involved in my parent's accident?" Gianna said in a low voice, trying to be strong.

"It's true, I don't have any proof with me, but believe in me Gianna! I'm your one and only relative remaining! I have been living hiding from them, so that they don't kill me. It would be better for you to stay away from them! They're dangerous!" Robert said, and he stood up, he caught hold of Gianna's elbows, shaking them as if pressurizing her to accept the fact. Charlie barked as loudly as he could and growled loudly, looking at the dog, Robert left Gianna's elbows.

"Are you not dangerous? Intruding in here, touching me however you like, and warning me of people who had taken care of me many times and had never harmed or touched me! They had many opportunities, okay!? But they didn't! They didn't touch even a single a hair of mine or Amelia's!" Gianna said in a loud voice.

"I know but-"

"Just stop it! Who're you to advise me!? Where were you these many years!? I don't need your advice, please go away or else I'll call the police!" Robert sighed as he backed away. Gianna silently pointed towards the main door. Charlie barked many times, urging him to get lost.

Robert silently and slowly went to the main door, he looked back at Gianna once before leaving, closing the door behind. Gianna stood still in her place, slowly tears started streaming down her face as she remembered the accident again. The pictures were very clear in her mind as those moments were the last moments she witnessed before losing her eyesight.

Gianna fell down on the floor while crying and wailing loudly, Charlie started whining too, looking at Gianna crying this hard. Gianna heard Charlie's cries and rubbed his fur, trying to calm him down. Charlie licked away her tears and barked. He was trying his best to make her feel better. Gianna hugged Charlie and wailed again,

"Charlie... what should I do... I miss my mama and papa a lot...! I can't bear remembering those horrifying moments again and again, my nightmares are already a stress for me, and now this... whom should I believe Charlie? The strangers who care for our family or the relative who came back out of nowhere, trying to blame the ones whom I had developed trust upon! Charlie I'm so tired of living...!" Gianna said making Charlie bark loudly as if trying to deny her outrageous thoughts. Gianna rubbed Charlie's fur on his back and sniffed.

After a while, she calmed down, but soon she heard the main door open again. She understood it was Amelia, as she had the keys. Instantly she stood up and wiped her unshed tears and tears smearing her chin. Amelia stared at Gianna as she was wiping her face. She raised one of her eyebrow suspecting if she cried. She looked at Charlie, he was making a sad face and his eyes went to the floor. Amelia knew something was wrong.

"What's wrong? Were you crying?" Amelia asked cautiously.

"N-No! Why do you t-think so?" Gianna said as she turned around and went in the kitchen.

"Don't you lie to me again! I know just by looking at your expression." Amelia glared at Gianna.

"Why would I lie!" Gianna exclaimed and drank a whole glass of water to calm herself down.

"You never tell me anything!" Amelia huffed and stomped her foot on the floor in anger.

"As if you tell me everything, I smelled ointment and blood a few days ago, today you come with this medicine smell. You think I'm dumb!? You'll take advantage of my blindness to hide things like these!!" Gianna shouted loudly. Amelia's eyes widened in horror and she gasped. Amelia had never ever seen Gianna shout to anyone.

"I... I can tell--"

"I don't want to listen to anything! It's my fault I'm blind I'm the one to blame right!? It's not your fault that you didn't tell me, it's me, I'm the one to blame!" Gianna screamed and started crying, she hit herself twice on her cheeks before Amelia caught her hand from doing so any further.

"W-what are you doing!? Why're you hitting yourself!? I'm really sorry Gianna! It's not your fault, It's my mistake, I'm sorry. Yes, I know, I should've told you about my injuries, but I didn't want you to worry about me, I know you already have many worries and responsibilities, so I thought it would be fine to not tell you... and these are just minor injuries... nothing to worry about that much." Amelia said as she wiped Gianna's tears. She went and took out an ice pack from the freezer and rubbed it on Gianna's cheeks.

"My worries are not more important for me than you... Amelia you've to think how I would feel when you keep these things to yourself and make me feel useless and hopeless." Amelia shook her head and said no.

"You... you're my strength Anna! You're not hopeless and useless! I am what I am today because of you, if you were not with me I don't know how I would have even survived till today." Gianna kept her fingers on Amelia's lips, silencing her and she shook her head.

Amelia told her everything what had happened with Brinley few days ago and at University, at first Gianna was very shocked and her cries continued but Amelia assured her that nothing much serious happened and she was safe and sound. Amelia thought Gianna must already be very exhausted so she urged her to go to sleep and tell her what had happened next day.

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