Phoenix POV

The door slammed and shook the wall as she left.

My eyes clouded in more tears , but they were in anger. Anger at Mia for not letting me make it up, anger at my stupid job, anger at my partners but mostly anger at myself.

My stupid self, how could I be so dumb and forget our evening together.

I thought for a few seconds before ripping our door open and running out after her.

My feet heavily padded on the floor as I sprinted around corners trying to make it to the lot where I knew her explorer was parked.

The doorman wasn't there so I pushed the door open only to see the tail lights of her car already pulled out and past the first stop light.

"Fuck!" I growled grabbing onto my hair.

I grabbed my phone from my pocket and dialed her number only to get sent straight to voicemail.

My heart felt heavy as did the rest of my limbs as I made it back upstairs.

I got back into our home and slammed the door and growled angrily.

I made my way to the bathroom and my chest clinched as I seen all her makeup laid out along with hair products.

I stood up the girl I love.

I loved Amelia Hale with all my heart and would never intentionally do anything to jeopardize her love in me.

I wandered around in circles around our living space,trying to call Mia but she wouldn't pick up, and I honestly couldn't blame her even if I wanted too.

This was a huge fuck up.

I walked to the fridge and opened it to reveal a bottle of vodka stashed way in the back. Not thinking I immediately grabbed it and popped off the top taking it back to the sofa with me.

I buried my face in my hands while the news played softly.

Well tonight's going to be a long night I thought to myself while raising the bottle to my lips and taking the first drink.

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Pounding on my door is what startled me up. At first I thought it was just my head, because holy shit I felt hungover, but it took me a few moments to realize the pounding was outside of my head.

I stumbled up and unlocked the door to be met with my dad and my brother.

"What?" I asked my dad rubbing my eyes.

He was in his uniform and gave me a roll of his eyes before gently leading my brother towards me.

"Watch him. The nanny cancelled because she's sick and I'm not missing work." He grunted handing me a backpack that I could here all the crayons rolling around in.

"I have work dad." I told him giving him the bag back but he refused.

"Where's that girl you live with. Can't she watch him, she dosent seem to do much." He replied tiredly.

My eyes snapped to his and I bit my tongue. "She's busy today. Yeah whatever I'll call in." I replied not wanting to hear him talk more about Mia.

He huffed but left without another word leaving me and my brother Nick.

I closed the door and dropped his bag on the floor.

"Where is Mia?" Nick asked looking around curiously before his eyes coming back to mine.

"What?" I asked rubbing my eyes "oh she's um at school." I told him, making my way to the kitchen to get some aspirin and water.

"Schools out for the summer." He questioned further.

"She's busy ok?" I snapped at him before tossing the pill in my mouth and gulping down the water.

The look on Nicks face instantly made me feel horrible. It's not his fault I decided to drink last night or his nanny got sick.

"Sorry, I just didn't feel very good last night." I apologized.

"It's ok." He said softly just staying there looking up at me.

I sighed. "What do you want to do today? I'll take you anywhere you want."

"Anywhere?" He asked a big smile appearing in his face.

I nodded.

"Park? Then ice-cream?" He asked hopefully.

"How about park, lunch, the ice cream." I suggested and he eagerly nodded along.

"Alright, I'm going to shower. Sit out here and watch TV or whatever you want." I ordered him and he hopped the sofa.

I sighed as soon as he walked away and I made my way back to the bathroom, resisting the urge to throw up and popping some Pepto to help.

I turned the heat up in the shower and let the hot water fun down my stomach and hair.

Looking at the pink loofa and strawberry scented shampoo made my stomach lurch. I missed my Mia.

"Come on Nix! This is a big lead we're going out to celebrate." The head of our case slapped me on the back.

"Alright alright I'll go." I said rolling my eyes.

My phone died because I stupidly left it off the charger overnight so I couldn't text my Amelia that I was going to be home late.

Something felt off, like I was missing something or better yet forgetting and I went to text Mia or look through our messages to figure out what it was but I couldn't because of the dead phone situation.

I got up from our table and followed the rest of the guys out getting into my Rover and following them to a local bar.

Inside it rumbled with music and girls and guys alike were dancing and drinking to their hearts desire.

"Shots on me!" The head shouted making all the men cheer and grab a shot as the bar tender dolled them out.

"Hey sexy, come and Dance with me." A voice purred in my ear and I turned around to face a pale girl with short jet black hair .

"Not tonight." I said nicely and she raised an eyebrow.

"Suit yourself." She said making her way to the next officer.

"Get out here and dance, that's an order Adams!" My boss yelled as a few women gridded against him making me chuckle to myself.

I grabbed my shot and wandered to the edge of the dance floor and did a little shoulder shake move to hold him of for the time being.

A lady bumped into me while I was "dancing" , or more like stumbled because of her drunkness.

She smelt sickly sweet, a cheap perfume she seemed to bathe in. Nothing like my Mias, subtle yet refreshing sent.

I wandered back over to one of the other guys after what seemed like a while.

"You have the time?" I asked and he nodded pulling out his phone.

"11:07" he showed me and I nodded.

I waved all the men goodbye before getting into my car and heading home.

In the back seat of my car lingered a diamond Tiffinys necklace that I spent hours picking out.

Tonight was the night I would give it to her because of how unexpected it would be.

All I could imagine was her green eyes sparkling in shock, while her wild chocolate curls framed her face. Or maybe she would have her hair up, with a few free falling baby hairs.

I pictured her in her favorite pajamas, the soft ,pink ,short,and silky bottoms along with a a black tank top and slippers or maybe flip flops.

I smiled as I stepped on the gas to get home, I couldn't wait.

Last night was supposed to perfect and fun and amazing, but I got caught up in my work and forgot I had previous priorities and I was sorry.

I stepped out of the shower and grabbed my cell phone hoping to see a message or a call,but nothing.

I dialed her number and was sent straight to voicemail.

"Amelia, please I know your tired of me saying sorry, but I can fix this just please let me know you ok." I said getting cut off my answering machine.

I put my phone down and groaned , grabbing the nearest thing is to me, which happened to be a clothes hanger and threw as hard as I could against the wall.

"What was that?" My brother appeared curiously.

"Nothing Nick." I said hurriedly.

"Are you mad?" He asked coming over and climbing onto me and Mias large bed.

"No." I quickly shook my head.

"My teacher said its not good to put how you feel in the bottom of your heart and forget about it." He said quietly running his hands across the white blanket Mia picked out.

"Yeah that's true. But sometimes you don't wanna think about the bad, or you simply can't." I replied.

He shrugged and picked up my cell phone to play games I turned to our walk in closet and to get fully dressed.

Inside the closet my chest tightened as I looked at Mia's side.

Surely this wasn't the end of us, she left almost all of her clothes , so she has to come back soon.

I tried to shake it off before dressing in a soft grey v neck and a pair of jeans.

I grabbed my sunglasses and slipped them on, because the bright sun definitely wouldn't be kind to my hangover.

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