"Amy get off that bed, you've been lying there all day" Mrs Elaine said walking into Amy's room. This was the third time she was coming here and the most annoying part of it all was that Amy didn't want to talk to her.
"go away mum. I don't want to face you right now" she said covering her head with a pillow.
Her mum was getting all worried already as she had remained in her room since morning. She had also rejected the breakfast brought to her. Mrs Elaine was worried because it seemed Amy was so disturbed. She also knew that Amy was not that kind of person to act out of annoyance or to kill herself over anything except it was beyond her. And so even when Amy insisted on not seeing her, she persisted.
"come on Amy, you don't expect me to just sit and fold my arms while you're like this. What is wrong with you honey?" she asked sitting beside Amy who was lying on the bed.
"mum! don't you get it? what part of 'I want to be alone' don't you understand?" Amy asked sitting up and spreading her arms.
"leave me alone" she added throwing her head back on the bed and facing the other side of the bed away from her mum.
"just leave my room" she said insistent still.
"Amy you're going to get sick if this continues." Mrs Elaine said giving up. 'Amy had never been this stubborn' she thought. She couldn't help but wonder what or who triggered it.
"fine, let me. You can leave now." she said indifferently. Her mum just walked out without saying anything further.
* * *
It was almost noon and Amy wasn't out of bed still as she had refused to step out or have anything to eat.
'didn't I tell you I want to be alone mum?" she asked angrily without looking at who came into the room.
"and when the hell did you start being a kid?" Tiffany asked in response.
As soon Amy heard her voice, she turned and sat upright.
"Tiffany?"she called in surprise with her eyeballs popped.
"yeah! don't be surprised. Your mom called me and told me everything" she said with her arms crossed walking towards the bed. Amy just slumped back on the bed and used the duvet to cover up her whole body.
"seriously Amy? when I called you earlier, you told me you were fine. Only for your mom to call later and tell me the exact opposite. What is wrong with you?" she scolded.
"I had to leave a pile of work to Maria just because I had to come here. Now make it count by telling me what happened." she said sitting beside Amy and taking off the duvet from her face.
Amy sat up and faced Tiffany, her eyes red from crying too much.
"look at you. You look so miserable" Tiffany said almost laughing.
"who are you and how did you get into my friend?" she asked Amy jokingly.
"oh come on! Not now" Amy replied rolling her eyes.
"like seriously, I've never seen you this way before. I'm a sure as hell convinced that you look extremely miserable. So, tell me, what's up?" she asked giving Amy a come-on-tell-me look. Amy just stared at her blankly without saying anything.
She didn't know how to tell her about everything that had happened, but she just had to because she couldn't keep it for ever. Sooner or later Tiffany would find out anyway. So why shouldn't she be the one to just say it? she thought
And with that, she mustered courage to tell Tiffany about it.
"uhmm, do do you still remember that... that stuff we talked about some time ago?" she asked Tiffany
"what is it? come on, Amy! You can't use that on me. You know we've talked about a whole lot of stuff. How could I possibly pick out one conversation out of over a thousand?" Tiffany replied sounding all anxious.
Amy was staring at her and all of a sudden tears started dropping from her eyes.
"Amy, come on! what is this?" she was surprised as she tried wiping the tears off Amy's eyes.
"I've got feelings for Kol" She said almost in a whisper, covering her face with her palm.
Tiffany froze for a moment. 'Woah! Amy just confessed that she's into my brother! Now how am I supposed to handle that?' Tiffany asked herself.
She remained silent for a while and then replied "but I brought this up between us several times and you never admitted it."
"I'm sorry, I... I... I just..." Amy tried saying but was interrupted mid sentence
"and to think that I actually believed you even if my eyes were seeing the opposite" Tiffany said with a scoff biting her bottom lip.
"I just didn't want to ruin the relationship between Kol and I because I felt he wouldn't feel the same way. Trust me, I thought I could get over it, but... I just couldn't" she replied with a sigh placing her palm on her forehead.
"look Amy, I understand why you had to do that but I think your secretiveness shouldn't have included me. You know how things went with Jordan and I before he left for the UK, I can't believe you didn't even think to tell me the truth about your feelings" Tiffany said with a sigh turning her face away.
"it's not what you think... "
"it's my brother you are talking about here" Tiffany said almost in a whisper getting up from the bed
'I know that." Amy replied shortly. Now she was regretting why she even hid it from Tiffany in the very first place.
"and I believe you should also have known that I could have at least done what I could to bring you two closer to each other." Tiffany said facing Amy
"I'm sorry" Amy replied with a huge sigh
"it's fine."
"so, is that what got you worked up?" she asked.
"I told him about it... precisely last night" Amy replied.
"wait, last night?" she asked as if trying to arrange a puzzle, Amy only nodded. Tiffany scoffed as she realised Amy must have been the reason Kol left the house late last night.
"so was it requited?" Tiffany asked, knowing fully well it wasn't because if it was, Amy would not be in such a mood. She said that only to get Amy to tell her everything. It seemed she didn't waste her time coming, as any issue concerning her brother was worth it.
"he doesn't feel the same way" Amy replied breaking into more tears. She was getting more difficult console as tears couldn't stop pouring out of her eyes.
"I don't know what to say. Believe me when I say I don't even know how to go about this. I mean if Kol doesn't have those feelings for you, then why do you punish yourself this much?" Tiffany asked
"I can't take this. He's the only man that makes me feel the way I feel around him. It hurts. I feel if I had told him sooner, the situation might have been different" Amy said in tears.
"I'm so sorry Amy" she said hugging her.. She thought about her brother. 'that dickhead must be at the office working his butt out, while someone is here killing herself just because of him'
"what can I do to make you feel any better?" Tiffany asked pulling from the hug.
"I'm fine, you being here is just enough" Amy said trying to maintain composure. She sniffled a bit and wiped her tears with a hanky just beside her bed.
"but do you think Kol and I will actually work out?" she asked still hoping against hope.
"it depends so much on Kol's compliance. You know how stubborn he can be" Tiffany replied. As for her, she was completely okay with it. Besides, Amy's cool and she's her friend, she thought. Amy just kept quiet, her eyeballs dilated and swimming in tears.
"hey! come on, that doesn't mean there's no chance. I'll help you okay?" Tiffany said giving her a hug.
"thank you so much. What would I have done without you?" Amy replied hugging her back with her eyes closed.
"now it's time to freshen up and have something to eat." Tiffany said pulling from the hug
"get your lazy ass out of that bed" Tiffany joked pulling Amy by the arm.